To get the most out of your landscape in the Simsbury and Wethersfield, CT, areas, you may want to consider a plan for outdoor lighting. Proper illumination can extend your outdoor usage into the evening, create safe areas for guests, and highlight some of your favorite landscape features. And, with strategic placement, landscape lighting can transform your space into an evening paradise.
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Pathway Lighting
When hosting larger events, it can be challenging to keep track of all your guests and ensure they stay in designated areas. Curious guests may unintentionally wander off and find themselves in areas they are unsure how to return from. Pathway light is a great way to keep everyone where the fun is, give some guidance on how to move to different areas, and prevent anyone from wandering too far.
Uneven terrain can be a tripping hazard for visitors, and guests with limited mobility may struggle once the sun goes down. Giving all of your guests a defined and safe area to walk is one of the main reasons to start looking into a landscape lighting plan, yet you will quickly discover that landscape lighting can help to set a particular ambiance as well. Whether you have a walkway leading from your driveway to your backyard or from a paver patio to a fire pit, lighting the route can get everyone safely to their destination.
Lighting Along the Driveway
The landscape lighting used along the driveway can indicate the welcoming nature of your landscape and home. And of course outdoor lighting can help create a visual border around your driveway and show guests where to park when it gets dark out and your driveway is less visible.
Lit Up Water Features
A water feature adds movement, sound, and beauty to your landscape, something that you do not want to lose out on just because it’s nighttime. The soft bubbling of a waterfall or the way light reflects off a small pond can bring new life to your outdoor space, creating an oasis for relaxation.
Adding outdoor lighting around a water feature will cast a beautiful reflection in the evening, lighting up the feature for you to continue to enjoy even as the sun goes down—your water feature is no longer a daytime-only enjoyment and can now be a spot to gather around at dusk and unwind from the day.
Lighting for the Pergola
The addition of a pergola to your outdoor space can provide extra protection from the sun and elements, letting you enjoy your space regardless of the weather. A pergola is a place to kick back in the day, but what about in the evening? By adding outdoor lighting in and around the pergola, you can create an area that can be used well into the night. Adding string lights to the pergola beams can create a sense of whimsy in your pergola, while mounted sconces on posts can create an elegant ambiance. For a real show-stopper, you could include a hanging light in your pergola to create some formal flare.
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