As they say, the first impression is the last impression. If you’re looking to give a warm and welcoming first impression of your home, you must ensure that its exterior is well lit. People usually focus on indoor lighting, forgetting that people first see the outdoors. So, regardless of how well-made your home’s exterior is, without the right lighting, it won’t be able to charm visitors to the best of its capacity.
Not only does the right outdoor lighting illuminate your home, but it also makes it feel more personalized and creates a whole new vibe and ambiance.
So, without further ado, let’s have a look at the importance of outdoor lighting and a few ways to light up your home’s exterior.
Importance of Outdoor Lighting
It is crucial to understand the role of outdoor lighting and how different lighting styles contribute to different purposes. These include:
- Illumination
- Safety
- Décor
- Curb Appeal
- Property Value
- Security
Different Lighting Style Ideas
Security Lighting
An exterior without lighting or with poor lighting is an open invitation to the robbers and wild animals. That is why you need to have security lighting that is the brightest kind of light outdoors. Security lights are usually of cool temperature and mounted on the top of the house, fence, or garage wall to light up a broader area.
The downside of security lighting is that its harsh light compromises the beauty of the warm and welcoming lights you have installed to add warmth and beauty to your exterior. However, you can avoid that by installing a motion-sensing floodlight system that only turns on the lights when it detects motion. The lights are harsh and keep your home safe even when not at home.
Path Lighting
Path lights are soft and warm lights to light pathways extending from your house door to the fence door. This helps illuminate the path and makes a beautiful combination with the lush green grass on both sides. You can install the path lighting to other pathways going around your house to the backyard or the side area. Path lighting is a great idea to lead visitors to a particular place, such as the patio, a fountain, etc.
Pathway lights are usually low-energy consuming lights, available in 12 volts to 15 volts. You can also get solar-powered LED path lights for lighting up your pathway in an attractive manner without adding to your electricity bill. If you pair them with a solar battery, you can keep your solar LED path lights lit hours after dark.
String Lighting
String lighting’s popularity has grown tremendously since they came in low-energy consuming options. They are highly versatile lighting options that you can mount anywhere permanently or for a certain period. Whether it’s the festive season, an outdoor party, or a date, string lights are an excellent choice to light up a particular area.
You can hang as many string lights as you want on your house to light it for Christmas. If you are having a barbecue and having your friends and relatives over, you can stretch the string lights in your backyard from fence to fence to add a warm and welcoming tone to it.
Outdoor Wall Lighting
While string lights are preferable for accent lighting for events and occasions, outdoor wall lights are the right choice to pull focus to an area permanently. These are low-energy consuming lights with soft to moderate intensity to illuminate a dark area or a specific spot.
You can install outdoor wall lighting on your garden wall to draw attention to the greenery. On the other hand, people use outdoor wall lighting on their patio’s roof, house walls, around the house door, pools, and more.
Lanterns
Lanterns are for adding décor to your outdoors. While their light is very soft and illuminates only a small area surrounding it, lanterns are highly preferred to add details and a mood to the outdoor architecture. Lanterns are usually mounted alongside the house walls to shed light on a particular object, such as the door, a window, an arch, flower pots, and more. You can get various styles of lanterns – from antique to modern and minimalistic to maximalist.
Ending Note
Outdoor lighting is as important as indoor lighting. These outdoor lighting ideas are an excellent place to plan and start searching for the right style of lights you want to have on your home exterior. Once you have chosen the lights to light your home outdoors, you will need to hire an electrician to install them. Golden Electrical Services have experienced electricians working in the residential sector for several years. Please reach us at goldenelectricalservicellc@gmail.com for consultation.
