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Outdoor lighting covers more than one job "Outdoor lighting" means different things to different people. Some mean the roofline. Some mean the walk and the trees. Some mean the side yard that never gets any light. They are different problems, and they get solved differently. Lighting the house On the building, permanent architectural lighting traces the roof edge and the gables, is left in place year round, and changes color on demand. One install handles the holidays and

Before anything goes on the house The first step is a look at the property, not a truck in the driveway. Somebody comes out and looks at the roofline, asks how you use the outside of your home, and works out where the light should go. The consultation is free and it does not commit you to anything. Custom design, not a template Every roofline is a little different, which is why a template design usually looks off. A good design follows the architecture that is already ther

The part of December nobody looks forward to A week or so after Thanksgiving, the box of Christmas lights comes out of the garage. The strands are knotted together, one section refuses to light, and somebody is about to climb a ladder in the cold. You put up with it because the house looks good lit, though the setup is nobody's favorite part. Then in January you take it all down again. What permanent Christmas lights really are Permanent Christmas lights is a different app

Outdoor lighting covers more than one job "Outdoor lighting" means different things to different people. For some it is the roof edge, for others the yard, and for plenty of people it is the dark part of the property they never fixed. They are different problems, and they get solved differently. Lighting the house On the building, a permanent LED system traces the roof edge and the gables, stays up all year, and changes color from an app. That covers holiday color in Decem

The floodlight instinct The standard response to feeling exposed at night is one very bright fixture on a bracket. It feels like the right answer. It mostly is not. One bright light produces hard edges, and anything outside the beam is now less visible than it was before you installed it.Taken together, it points somewhere other than brightness. It is more fixtures at lower output, placed thoughtfully, aimed at the places that need it. It costs about what people were going

The oversight People spend real money on the front of a house: landscaping, paint, hardware, plantings. All of it is designed for daylight. Then the sun goes down and the whole thing disappears. Half the hours anybody sees the front of your home are after sunset for a good part of the year, and there is nothing to see.Put together, none of this is exotic. The uncommon part is thinking about it before the sun goes down, rather than the cost. The houses that stand out after d

Most of the decision is made before anybody quotes you The trouble with comparing lighting quotes is that two numbers can describe two completely different jobs. One company is pricing a standard package, another drew something for your house, and you cannot tell from the page which is which. Ask whether the design is yours The first question is simple: is there a plan drawn for my house? If somebody can walk you through why each run is where it is, you are talking to the

Why LED and nothing else Anything mounted permanently on a roof edge has to survive being there. That rules out the bulbs that go in a tub in January. LEDs generate almost no heat and have nothing fragile inside, which is the whole reason a permanent system is possible.You do not have to follow the technical side to make a good decision. But it is worth asking what the channel is, how it mounts and how it is wired, because the answer tells you how carefully somebody works.