There is no better time to bond with family and friends in your residential property than summer. Summer nights present the perfect opportunity to dress up your home, cook some wonderful meals and catch up with the people close to you. Whether you want to do this at your garden, patio or outdoor kitchen, it is important to consider how you want to light up your exteriors so it’s not only well-illuminated, but also displays a beautiful mood and ambience.
Here are the top five fantastic ways to start illuminate your outdoors for summer gatherings.
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1.Light Up the Pathway
Nobody wants to enter a property immersed in darkness. Lighting up the pathway is more of for security reasons. You want to prevent anybody from falling, tripping and slipping while walking towards your outdoor entertainment area. Pick path lights that cast a soft downward glow to prevent the harsh glare from meeting the eye. Also, don’t position the lights in one straight line as this creates the so-called ‘runway effect’ which is unappealing and uncreative.
2. Uplight Your Foliage
Create a mystique appeal to your favorite trees and shrubs by installing outdoor house uplighting. Uplighting is a technique wherein a luminaire is placed below an object to cast upward illumination. Uplighting your prized plants will give them more texture and drama with lesser shadows, bringing attention to the lush green foliage, attractive branches and beautiful blooms. You may also consider putting uplights for walls, water features and other outdoor areas you want to provide ambient and accent lighting to at the same time.
3.Soft-glowing Lighting Fixtures on the Dining Table
Bonding over food requires a great and relaxing ambience which you can best achieved with the use of soft glowing lights. Consider hanging up string lights on tree branches near the dining table. If the gathering is rather intimate, battery-powered LED candles and soft-glowing lanterns can set restful vibe.
4.Garden Bed Outliners
The beauty of your garden fades in the darkness, and the best way to bring back the spotlight is to outline the garden beds with lights. A roll of rope lighting following the shape of your garden beds can give your garden a mystical appeal with their soft glowing uplights. It’s also relatively low-cost and DIY project that you can pull even at a moment’s notice.
5.Tiki Torches
Tiki torches are brilliant ways, pun intended, to light up the outdoors at sunset. These are portable battery-powered lighting devices that you can place basically anywhere you desire. But to achieve the best effect, tiki torches are best used as supplemental lighting sources for the dining area and pathways.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Lighting up your outdoors for summer nighttime entertainment takes some consideration and creativity, but the end result is an outdoor bonding experience your family and guests won’t forget. From string lights, path lights to torches and a variety of other fixtures in between, your options are almost endless. You just need to be a little creative with your outdoor lighting design, and things should fall into their proper places.