Outdoor lighting could be the most transformative way to upgrade your New Lenox and Homer Glen, IL property. From the front yard to the backyard, the right illumination can highlight your favorite features and landscape plantings. Here are some ways for outdoor lighting to take your space from daytime to evening.
Front Yard Entry
While your property is likely completely visible in the daytime, unless you have landscape lighting it can disappear in the darkness. Illuminating the front yard entry where the driveway begins can be an excellent plan.
You might like to have a spotlight on the main landscape bed there as well as on the house numbers. Your friends and family already know where your house sits on the street but new guests won’t. Entry lighting can not only make this space look welcoming and visible but it can relieve the stress of trying to find a house people have never been to before.
Driveway Illumination
Arriving and parking at your house can be easy and attractive when there are gentle LED lights shining on the driveway surface and in the adjoining landscape beds. Plus, parking can be safer when the area is clearly visible in the dark. You can opt for the same illumination there as along the driveway for a continuous look that puts these spaces in the best light.
Walkway Illumination
Adding decorative LED lights along the walkway to the front door can make visitors feel more comfortable walking in the dark landscape. You could also add warm lighting to the house foundation and entry steps to bring out these spaces as guests approach the front door. A landscape professional could recommend adding brighter lighting to the front door to make it stand out in the front landscape.
Front Yard Illumination
Lighting for the front yard can focus on the landscape beds, mature trees, and special features like a water spout on an exterior wall. Adding light to the features you love can make your front yard look truly magical.
Backyard Illumination
When you entertain a large group, just your close friends, or plan to spend time with your immediate family, illuminating the patio can be the place to start in the backyard. Since this can tend to be the area you use most, be sure to include brighter lighting and dimmable choices so you can set the tone for the activity.
Lighting around the patio perimeter can illuminate the surface and shine farther to make the outdoor furniture functional after dark. You might like to add overhead lights, particularly over an outdoor dining set where you can play board games with the kids or finish some last-minute work.
Illumination for a fire pit and outdoor kitchen can let you enjoy them late into the evening while lighting that has a broad spread over the surface of a fence can help you feel more secure in the darkened landscape.
For a seamless appearance, you can continue the same lighting plan in the backyard as you have on the front yard landscape beds and trees. If you choose outdoor lighting that can change color, you can adjust the colors to be festive and fun for whatever you have planned.
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