Installing outdoor lighting is an exciting task to do knowing that it would not just beautify your home, but potentially adds value because of its more enhanced curb appeal. Also, at the same time, outdoor lighting heightens the security of your property’s perimeter.
But before you begin with the installation process, you have to remember that installing outdoor lighting is more than just doing a mix and match of type of lighting, designs, and light color. It is about cohesive planning of installing lighting fixtures that would not just complement the aesthetics of your home but also should be reliable lighting for your other outdoor tasks and activities, especially at night.
In this blog, we will share with you the three most common but important outdoor lighting types that you should consider.
Task Lighting
From the name itself, task lighting’s purpose is to provide increased light for certain tasks that you do outdoors. The idea and goal of this lighting is to make the outdoor space, like an outdoor kitchen, be useful all year round after dark.
Task lighting is made from LED lights which provide increased lighting without being aggressive to keep your retinas comfortable. For example, aggressive lighting causes discomfort in our eyes. But task lighting made from LED lights is made from an ergonomic product that relieves eye strain. In short, it allows your eyes to adjust comfortably to work smoothly.
Area/Ambient LIghting
This is the most common type of lighting used for both indoor and outdoor. This type of lighting is used to illuminate specific large areas. For outdoors, we usually see this type of lighting used on parking areas in big establishments. But this doesn’t mean that it can’t be used in residential areas.
This type of lighting tends to dominate outdoor landscape lighting as it sets the mood of an area. This is because it provides a uniform level of illumination throughout the space independently from other sources of lighting. Furthermore, its main purpose is to ensure safety and easy traffic for users to navigate within the vicinity or perimeter of the outdoor area.
Accent Lighting
The main intention of using accent lighting is to highlight a specific area, object, or feature in your outdoors. It can typically be thrice brighter than ambient lights. In short, it only highlights specifics that you, as a homeowner, want to make more noticeable than the rest—a focal point.
There are instances that accent lighting is not used to highlight an object, feature, or area, but the light itself serves as the focal point base from its lighting fixture design.
In Conclusion
There’s no denying that outdoor lighting is essential and should be well invested in time, energy, and money. However, there are instances that it is overlooked and just gets noticed when a special occasion happens like a gathering. On the other hand, if you are reading it, it is good to know as early as now that these types of lighting are worth getting your attention and consideration for your outdoors.
Outdoor lighting is a great investment without a doubt when installed and used the right way. And for you to truly enjoy beautiful outdoor lighting for your own home is to hire an outdoor lighting company to do the lighting installation for you.
About Resort Lighting, Inc.
Resort Lighting, Inc. is a Southampton-based company in New York that offers outdoor lighting installation and maintenance services. With over 40 years of experience in the field, we set the standard for Landscape, Architectural & Multi-Function Lighting System Design. Our goal is not to replace the current beauty of your home, only to compliment the design. Contact us today to know more!
