Outdoor Lights – Let There Be Light
Given the wet misery of the last two summers, if you don’t have garden lighting, its likely that you’ve had even less enjoyment than usual from your garden than ever before – and in the UK we don’t get that much garden time anyway, do we? With the weathermen telling us that the two summers past are indicative of summers to come, it’s probably time to investigate the world of outdoor lighting.
YG-5006 Black Outdoor light £30.30
If you’re like the majority of the British, you have probably nurtured your garden to within an inch of its life: planting, weeding, cutting, hoeing; but to what end if you can’t spend time out there. Illuminate it; show it off – go on, you know it makes sense!
Whether you have a country estate or live on an estate, to be successful your outdoor lighting must be planned properly. That doesn’t mean you need to get in professional designers, just that you must think ahead and decide exactly what function you want your lights to have. There is, of course, one function that all outdoor lighting must fulfil, and that is security.
In fact, let’s take a look at security lighting, which can be classified as any outside lighting that deters unwanted visitors. That means security lights can come under the guise of lampposts, porch lights, wall lights – in fact, any source of light at all.
Perhaps the best place to start with your combined outdoor/security lighting project is with a simple porch or wall light. You can buy them with a PIR sensor – basically a movement detector – or you can add a sensor to an existing light. Every time somebody or something comes within the range of the sensor the light will switch on – which makes this time of light wonderful for those who come home from work after dark.
Or what about a lamppost? Okay, not everybody has the space or even the desire for one but, it has to be said that, as far as security lighting goes, garden lampposts are difficult to beat. The height of the lamp means that the light falls on a wide area and the very presence of an illuminated lamppost will deter all but the most determined intruders.
Olimpo Porch Light £35.00
And thinking about the huge range of available lamppost styles takes us neatly to the other, more exciting, aspect of planning your outdoor lighting – the looks that can be achieved. From subtle sophistication to footballers’ wife flash, you can create your own oasis from the world outside your front door.
Outdoor lighting will help you to reclaim your garden from the summer rains and the winter evenings -it’s easy when you know how.
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