Outdoor lighting has become an art, and homeowners are becoming more sophisticated about the “artwork” that is designed to highlight the exterior of their home and landscaping. Naturally, proper light discourages intruders (two and four legged). It provides you and your visitors a safe path. And it draws attention to the architecture of a house and the garden features surrounding it.

Outdoor lighting has many uses but one common quality:
it can be beautiful and functional
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How to Showcase Your Home and Greenery
Landscape lighting used to be simple; a couple of “cans”, maybe a fixture shining down from the eaves, and a floodlight on the corner of a home. No more! We can categorize some of the most popular choices:

Zones: this is lighting that focuses attention on plants and objects (such as a tree or architecture)
Artificial moonlight creates a natural effect, conjuring the look a full moon casts. Fixtures are mounted in trees, and mix uplighting with downlighting.
Uplighting is used to accentuate specific objects (most zone lighting is uplight). Often the fixtures utilize reflectors to direct the light.
Downlighting: is often used to illuminate large areas and feature architecture. It can be outdoor lighting that is more security or safety oriented, for instance when it is used to define a pathway.
Path Lighting doesn’t shine in your eyes and lets you see where you are going clearly. It has no glare, is usually a soft glow, and it is inviting as well as functional.
Specialty Lighting has more than one purpose. It can highlight an area, define a vertical space, and this category can also include pure security lighting.

• With all the choices available and decisions to be made, it makes sense that you have chosen our firm’s expertise to guide your design and safely install your outdoor lighting.

One of the most popular recommendations we give prospective clients is to come with us on a night time tour of St Simons Island and Sea Island, to see the various homes at which we have designed and installed lighting. No scale drawing or catalogue of fixtures can match the experience of viewing a finished product and seeing what’s possible. This not only speaks to our quality installation, but also to the design ideas we bring to any project.

There are some trends in outdoor lighting

Fixtures that blend-in and look natural are “in”. The soft copper outdoor lighting we recommend is far more natural than something painted black or aluminum. It avoids having to “hide” fixtures behind rocks. Copper adds a subtle color during the day, and adds to the warm glow when lit in the evening. Designers are also choosing copper lighting because it is available in so many shapes and architectural styles.

The spacing on pathway lighting is getting some close attention, because if the fixtures are not generally five to eight feet apart, your path can look like an airport runway at night. Even if the path is straight, the light can gently curve to add dimension.

• We encourage homeowners to consider that less is more when it comes to outdoor lighting. Designers will tell you that it is important not to over-light. The point is to see the landscape and architecture, not the lighting itself. Light should paint; it should not be the painting. Night-lighting showcases your home, your landscape and your property after dark. Properly designed and expertly installed, you will see your home in a “whole new light”.

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