Transform your garden into a beautiful and functional evening space with these five outdoor lighting ideas to enhance your home.
Make your garden festive
Whether having a summer party, hosting an outdoor wedding or celebrating the season, lights are a great way to make your garden festive. Lanterns suspended in tree canopies, festoon strings hung along fences and fairy lights stretched above the space are all elegant ways to transform your space into an enchanting Eden when darkness falls.
Especially if you have children at home, why not be whimsical with your garden décor? You can highlight your trees with outdoor Christmas lights in December and place illuminated spooky ornaments around your doorways at Halloween.
Transform your patio
Make your outdoor seating area a serene refuge for balmy evenings with decorative lights. This could include fairy lights crisscrossed above the space, solar-powered lamps beside your chairs and battery-powered candles on the table.
As well as making your patio more attractive, it will improve visibility for guests and create a warmer and more welcoming atmosphere.
Line pools and pathways
Another way to improve the look and functionality of your garden is by using ground spotlights to line pools and pathways. These ensure you and your guests can find the way when walking outside the house at night, and they will emphasise the individual elements of your design to make your garden look expensive.
Ground spotlights are very discreet during the daytime, so you don’t need to worry about them interrupting your design negatively. Buried in the soil or pool foundations they lie completely flat to the ground, so the spotlights don’t draw the eye. This also means they won’t be trip hazards for children who enjoy scampering across the lawn without looking down!
Illuminate your doorways
Make your home’s exterior just as friendly as the interiors by using lights to illuminate your doorways. This is also an effective way to increase kerb appeal, especially if you’re selling your house in winter and have to conduct viewings after dark.
There are many ways to approach this so it’s easy to find styles that work with your overall design. Popular options include strip lights beneath lintels and wall lights on either side. Your wall lights can have an old-world lantern feel or be decisively modern to suit your taste.
Increase your security
One of the easiest ways to deter burglars as recommended by the police is to keep your property visible, especially at night. Crown your driveway with large lights at the entrance to cast light over the driveway and add motion-sensor lights along the side of the house to eradicate places where you could hide. Pair this with other straightforward security measures such as having gravel in the driveway and putting your indoor lights on a timer when you’re out.
