Outdoor Landscape Lighting
Imagine this – it’s the middle of summer, you’ve got the grill going, the deck furniture out and the music going. But when the sun goes down, lights out (or worse, floodlights on)! Backyard lighting is an oft-overlooked but essential part of your backyard design, adding value to your home and allowing you to enjoy the outdoors long after the sun goes down. Alternatively, outdoor lighting can be used for security, illuminating the darkest corners of your home and deterring would-be criminals. If you’ve been thinking about adding a little backyard lighting to your home, call Colonial Electric today!
Backyard Lighting Ideas
Backyard lighting can take many forms – hanging lights, string lights, spotlights and more. These different methods of landscape lighting can be combined fluidly to create a beautiful and unified light display that helps you maintain that party mood even after dark.
Hanging lights – if you like to host parties under a pergola, awning or gazebo, hanging lights are all but a necessity. Hanging lights are available in many different styles (our particular favorites are the frosted bulbs, which give off a soft, subtle glow). Hanging bulbs can be strung up between the slats of your pergola, looping gracefully around the entire entertainment space, lighting up your outdoor parties without creating a distracting (or worse, annoying) glare.
String lights – think Christmas lights. String lights can be wound around columns, strewn through bushes and shrubbery, even lined around tables. At Colonial Electric, we can hook up string-style outdoor lights in ways that will enhance your backyard lighting without making it feel tacky.
Spotlights – most people equate spotlights with floodlights and write them off as ugly and mood killing. But when used appropriately, spotlights can be one of the most effective parts of your outdoor lighting! It helps if you don’t think of spotlights as the primary parts of your landscape lighting. Instead, use them subtly to highlight a particular feature in your backyard - a prominent tree or decoration, for instance.
Walkway lights – what good is beautiful landscape lighting if you can’t see where you’re going? The key to any successful outdoor lighting scheme is walkway lights lining any paths you have in your yard, whether from the driveway to the front door or the front yard to the backyard.
No matter what you’re looking for in the way of outdoor lighting, Colonial Electric can help. If you’ve been thinking of enhancing the value of your home (and the value of your summer nights!), call us today!
Security Lighting
If you already have a well lit backyard (or if backyard lighting isn’t your thing) but you have parts of your home that you want lit up at night for security reasons, call Colonial Electric. Our experienced security lighting designers can strategically enhance your home’s security without making it too bright to sleep and without contributing too much light pollution around your home.
If you’ve been thinking about adding outdoor lighting, whether in the form of decorative backyard lighting, security lighting or both, to your Baltimore or Annapolis, Maryland home, call Colonial Electric today!