GOOD OUTDOOR LIGHTING AND ITS MAGIC ON YOUR LANDSCAPE

You have invested significant resources into your landscaping, making it match your ideal definition of elegance. Why would you want the darkness of the night to cover the hard work you've put in? The perfect outdoor lighting solution not only shines a spotlight on your masterpiece, but it also serves to change the look of your yard. Add an extra layer of magic by highlighting individual trees, statues, or even unique water features.

As day evolves into the night, thoughtfully positioned outdoor lighting delivers a calming atmosphere, illuminates your summer feasts, and lights up a dark avenue to ensure a safe stroll back inside.

Like indoor lighting, you can use a blend of table and wall fixtures or overhead lighting to make your outdoor area elegant and practical. In addition, you can also use lamps that rest on the tables and the ground, such as hurricane lights and lanterns. Treat any outdoor living space as an extension of an interior with a mix of lighting fixtures, designs and styles.

 WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OUTDOOR LIGHTS?

First impressions are essential, and the gateway to your home can tell a lot about you and your style. Invite people in with a flair. The right choice of fixtures would make those first impressions safe and chic. Just like any other style of lighting, choosing the correct mix of outdoor lighting fixtures can be a problem. But It's simpler than you think, below are the various types of outdoor lighting solutions Global Light and Power provides.

1)  Bollard Light- A form of architectural outdoor lighting fixture, consisting of short vertical, ground-mounted units, typically illuminated from the top of the sides, and used to cast a light on walkways, steps, or pathways.

2) Bulkhead Lights - They are a robust, heavy-duty, exterior lighting solution. Often sealed and built to survive seasonal elements, a bulkhead light has an industrial appearance.

3) Flood and Façade Lights - Floodlights are great lighting fixtures that emit a broad beam of light. As the name suggests, this type of light is used to flood a space with illumination. It's the best way to send an incredible amount of unnatural light to a space.

4) LED Strip Lights - A compact circuit board featuring surface-mounted light-emitting diodes and other elements that normally come with an adhesive backing

5) Linear Wall Washers - Wall washer is a common term for the lighting design technique used to illuminate large surfaces. It is primarily used in modern architecture; in public cultural structures, museums, and galleries; and in landscape lighting.

6) Spike Lights - They are garden spotlights mounted on a spike and can be directly fitted in the earth for ground lighting or up lighting.

7) Step Lights -Step lights occasionally act as night lights, specifically built to illuminate halls, stairs, and anterooms.

8) Surface Mounted Lights – A type of light that lies on the top of a flat surface, like a flat part of a ceiling, expanded from the body.

9) Underwater Lights - They are lighting systems placed within water bodies such as swimming pools, fountains, etc., and often also in smaller places such as Jacuzzis. Underwater illumination also interacts with the impact of lighting positioned in water, on and above water.

10) Wall Scones - Usually, it is a wall lighting fixture that is mounted using the support of a wall. These lights are typically directed upwards and owe their history to the pre-modern era when such fixtures were used to host candles and torches.

WHAT ARE THE BEST TYPES OF OUTDOOR LIGHTS?

Outdoor lighting is a great way to add elegance to your house, bring protection to your doors, improve the overall security of your estate as well as enhance the beauty of your grounds. If you like to entertain after dark, a well-lit area is essential to make your yard both functional and pleasurable. Add step lights for safety. Try low voltage LED Strip lights for your low traffic zones. Bollard lights work great around a driveway, as well as in general use areas within your lawn. And don't overlook the fact that outdoor lighting is a brilliant way to help you minimize the number of intruders.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT SIZE OF OUTDOOR FIXTURES FOR YOUR SPACE

If your yard is huge, it's going to be very tempting to pick huge, flashy light fixtures to post across your property to cast in as much light as possible. But doing so will spoil the look of your house and disrupt the perfect contrast between light and dark. To pick light fixtures that will fit well together and will not overshadow the natural beauty of your property, here are a few recommendations:

·     Don't choose light fixtures that block the doorway. An open entrance is welcoming and looks nice.

·     Choose just enough lighting to get your job done, not more. For instance, if you're trying to brighten up your front lawn to chase off the gloom, some façade and flood lights will do the trick. If you are looking to light a pathway in your garden, a floodlight might be too much, but some spike lights will look a lot better.

 WHY LED LIGHTS ARE GOOD FOR OUTDOOR USE

LED Lighting Can Help Reduce Your Energy Bill

With modern innovations in lighting, you don't have to think about paying a fortune on your electricity bill.  LED lighting is an excellent energy-efficient approach that adds brilliant lighting to your house without burning a hole in your pocket. With the money you save on your energy bill with your beautiful LED lighting, you can invest in more flowers for your garden, a slide for your pool, or attach a stone retaining wall to truly wow the visitors.