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Just as the right lamp or light fixture can really bring a room together, the perfect visual effects in your yard can make quite the impression. Yards are another terrific way to express your personality and create an extension of the warm and welcoming atmosphere that your home brings. Consider the following outdoor lighting ideas to turn your space into its own miniature oasis.
Outdoor lighting is all about setting the mood, and string lights are a lovely way to add that distinctive touch. Strategically hang them through and between trees, along fences, walls, and trellis and under canopies. In addition to complementing the yard’s theme, it’s easy to coordinate string light designs with the seasons, or with certain occasions or holidays. They also work well, when combined with other landscape lighting techniques, such as silhouetting and shadowing. Those methods focus on creating subtle plays on light, as their names suggest, and can produce an even greater enchanting element to a seating or dining area in the yard.
Take the calming, captivating feeling that water brings to the senses, and use underwater pond lighting to highlight its beauty. You can control the exact angles of emphasis with the light’s swivel bracket, and make a striking statement. These types of fixtures are also effective on land, when placed near statues, plants, or rock structures that outline the waters. Remember too, that these accents are terrific for curb appeal, should you ever decide to sell or rent out your home.
One of the strongest resources for outdoor lighting ideas lies within the yard itself, and how it is shaped and designed. Create your own borders around natural and decorative formations, with low voltage lights in a variety of shapes and styles. Bullet landscape lights can be staked right into the ground to act as directional pathway illumination, often in between small hedges. For more of a resort-type ambiance, consider placing brass or rust-colored mushroom, hat, or tulip lighting along the front yard walkway, and along the outlines of where the gardens, outdoor kitchen, fireplace, or fire pit area. If you prefer something less ornamental but still powerful, consider powder coated, metallic looking LED step deck lights with frosted glass.
Whether your outdoor lighting follows an overall theme, or only adorns certain pocket spaces, use it to evoke happiness, relaxation, and everything else that’s great about unwinding in the yard. Paint recycled cans and jars with bright colors or whimsical designs, put battery-powered candles in each, and either hang them or place on a planting shelf. Hang vintage looking lanterns from lampposts and shepherd hooks. To decorate parts of the yard where landscape lights aren’t possible, try:
Make sure that all of the lighting is comfortable on the eyes, and have fun setting up a yard that you and your guests can always enjoy at night!
How will you be making your yard more inviting this season? Share your ideas in the comments section below!
