Using Landscape Accent Lighting To Enhance A Yard
Most people, when planning their yards landscaping just focus on how the yard looks during the day, but some homeowners realize the benefits of making their yard a showpiece in the day as well as at night.
Landscape accent lighting can help make any yard make a statement at night, when most of the yards are a blank canvass; a yard with landscape accent lighting can become an oasis.
By installing lights to bring out the beauty of the yard, a homeowner can create a vision for everyone to enjoy.
How To Plan For Landscape Accent Lighting
When beginning a plan to install landscape accent lighting, the homeowner needs to take a look at their current landscape and determine which features to accent. There are some common ideas that work in every yard including using a landscape path light to brighten sidewalks.
This type of lighting will be placed next to sidewalks and pathways in order to not only accent them, but these lights can be considered a safety feature as they highlight where a path is. This lighting is a great way to make the front of a home a bright and cheerful sight for guests as they walk up to the front door.
Landscape accent lighting can also involve using a spotlight light to bring focus to a feature in the yard. These lights are bright and need to be placed in areas that won't shine into neighbor's windows. A spotlight is a great way to bring the eye to a particular spot in the yard and can also be used to create shadows within the yard.
Landscape accent lighting can also be placed in the dark corners of a yard to help brighten up those areas and discourage any unwanted guests from the yard. This is thought to keep potential home invasions from occurring within the home as a well lit yard can keep crime at bay.
Spotlights and other more powerful lights need to be connected to a power source and will involve the use of cables throughout the yard. Keep that in mind when planning the landscape accent lighting for your yard. There are also solar powered lights that use solar energy and come on once it gets dark. These lights are often softer looking but can really enhance a yards natural beauty.
Using landscape accent lighting is a great way to make a house stand out and show all of its potential in the daylight and at night.
