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Don’t Forget About Lighting your Stonework

A hardscape can make your home the place to be. If you have a hardscape on your property or are considering addding one don’t forget about lighting. An outdoor lighting system for your hardscape can not only add to the aesthetic qualities but it can also allow you to enjoy it for longer during the day. If you would like to light your hardscape up and are on Long Island Resort Lighting can help.

The Practical

Outdoor lighting on your hardscape brings a mix of practical uses and aesthetics to the table. As far as practical goes by illuminating the hardscape fewer accidents will occur increasing the safety of your property. Pathways can be illuminated as can any water or any other hazards. With proper illumination hopefully no one will walk into a tree in the pitch black or trip over something. That can turn any event from festive to sour in minutes.

Don’t forget as well about the safety for you home that outdoor lighting brings. Light deters crime and the more light that is available the less likely a criminal will attempt to burglarize a property.

The Aestheticsresort-lighting-stone-work-lighting-content

The right outdoor lighting system can give your home a more inviting and warm feeling. At the same time it will allow you to spend more time outside at night which can make your place the place to be for entertaining friends and other guests, especially in the summertime. With a well-planned lighting system you may not want to go inside, so for the warmer months you might want to also get a hammock too.

Hardscape lighting is also for more than just the home. Restaurants and other commercial properties can and have installed systems as well. Aesthetics play a large part of the dining experience and hardscape lighting can be what can separate a restaurant or pub from a competitor, especially in the summertime.

Hardscape Lighting and LED Bulbs

Hardscape lighting is becoming more and more popular. A major reason for this is evolution to LED bulbs. LED bulbs of course use less electricity but they are much more durable. Incandescent bulbs tend to burn out quickly and when combined with the fact that many of the fixtures are not as easy to access it has proven to be a deterrent for many people in the past since lights are embedded in the stone and may not be easily accessible. No one wants to have to call their lighting company to replace a burned out bulb.

LED has removed much of the inconvenience and the good news for any person who already has a lighting system it can be upgraded to LED. LED bulbs can last for potentially decades. Combine that with using less electricity and putting off less heat LED bulbs are making outdoor lighting and hardscape lighting more and more affordable.

If you have a hardscaping project for your home or are looking to upgrade to a LED system now is the time to start getting things together. If this is you and you are on Long Island give Resort Lighting a call to handle your outdoor lighting needs.

 

References:

https://creativenightscapes.com/outdoor-lights/lighting-homes-stonework/

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