The lush greens, decorative stones, and pathways are some of the elements that make up a beautiful landscape design. True enough, you can enjoy the view of your outdoors throughout the day. On the other hand, without proper outdoor lighting at night, you would have a limited view of the area—both for usage and aesthetic purposes.
Setting up outdoor lighting would help further enhance and maximize the user experience of homeowners and invited guests of the outdoor space. But is outdoor lighting enough? What are the key elements to achieving your goal of making a warm and comforting ambiance for your outdoors?
In this blog, we will share with you how to set the perfect mood using landscape lighting.
Type Of Lighting
Choosing the right lighting for outdoors would help you set the mood and good ambiance for your landscape. It’s a known fact that there are plenty of different types of outdoor lighting available—comes in different designs, colors, sizes, and features. And sometimes, it can be too much for you which makes it hard for you to decide which lighting suits best for your landscape.
The best solution for that is for you to have a clear picture of how you want your landscape to look like. If you want a subtle ambiance, then go for the option of highlighting the pathway of your landscape. This is effective because path lighting would make your landscape inviting for a stroll at night.
If there are key features in your landscape that you want to highlight, you can use directional lighting to emphasize an object or an area. The “artsy” ambiance in your landscape would be set with this type of lighting.
In reality, the design of lighting fixtures would help create a specific mood that you want to showcase. So, when choosing the type of outdoor lighting for your lighting, you should go for designs, colors, and sizes that would complement each other as it complements the area once you install them.
Placement Of Lighting
The placement of outdoor lighting is a very important key in setting the perfect mood and ambiance for your landscape. Through the correct placing and light layering techniques, it is highly possible to achieve the night view of your landscape more naturally.
Furthermore, when outdoor lighting placements are done correctly, you’re not required to purchase a bunch of lighting fixtures just to ensure all areas will be well-lit. Correct placement of lighting will achieve both goals for your landscape’s beautification and ensure security at the same time.
Consult A Professional
Outdoor lighting companies and contractors don’t just install and maintain outdoor lighting for your home. They promote safety and security as they install outdoor lighting to beautify your property. Hiring them to install landscape lighting would be a great choice because they are the experts. Thus, they ensure that they do their best and offer insurance and/or warranty for the lighting fixtures that they use.
You can discuss with them—as they are ready to listen—how you want the landscape to look. You can inform them of the mood and ambiance you want to set for your outdoors.
Follow Your Intuition
It is you more than anyone else who would know what’s best for your property. And it is understandable that you want to achieve a beautiful, safe, and secured landscape at night in your home. Trust your instincts on how you want your property to look because that’s what will make you happy.
In Conclusion
Setting the mood through outdoor lighting is a great way to add curb appeal, safety, security, and value to your property. The first step to creating the right mood for your outdoors is by deciding what mood you want.
When you hire an outdoor lighting company to install outdoor lighting for your property, they will ask you about the mood you want to set for the area. This is because you are the homeowner and the professionals are the ones who will execute the work. Remember that if there’s a better approach to achieving the mood you want to set for your landscape, that’s the only time a professional will suggest something.
About Resort Lighting, Inc.
Resort Lighting, Inc. is a Southampton-based company that offers outdoor lighting and maintenance services. With over 40+ years of experience, we set the standard of excellence when it comes to Landscape, Architectural & Multi-Function Lighting System Design. Our goal is to complement the design of your beautiful outdoors. Contact us to book an appointment with us!