Top Landscaping Features for Landscape Lighting in the Dublin, OH Area
If you are wondering where to add landscape lighting to your Dublin, OH Area property, the answer is wherever you wish. However, there are some outdoor living areas that can benefit from illumination that allows you to stay outside longer. Here are some top choices for landscape lighting.
The Property Entry
Adding lighting to the entry of your property can not only improve the safety of access for your guests who arrive and leave after dark but the right lighting plan can make this area look inviting. After all, isn’t that what you want to do for friends and family—make them feel welcome?
You might start by illuminating the driveway surface so it is easy to locate at night. You can choose decorative light fixtures that add more interest to the landscape or discreet fixtures that are not readily visible but emit the right amount of light.
If you have a fence that runs along the road at the front of the yard, this can be another excellent feature to illuminate since the texture of the wood and stone can look amazing at night. This also helps your front yard to stand out.
The Front of the House
Adding lighting to the front of the house can distinguish it from the darkened landscape. illumination along the foundation can bring out the crevices and textural surfaces of the brick or stone while lighting that shines up onto the windows can highlight the window shapes and size.
Adding lighting to columns that are on the front porch is another area that can really give your house some pizzazz. This can give the front façade a dramatic look in the nighttime.
A Patio Area
Lighting the patio can be a primary space in the backyard since so much of your outdoor living happens there. You can opt for light fixtures nestled in the landscape beds that surround the patio perimeter and overhead lighting with dimmable capabilities. This way you can brighten the illumination for tasks you need to finish on the patio such as some leftover work or to clean up a mess but it can be dimmed to create an ambiance for a cocktail party you are hosting.
Be sure to add lighting to the steps that allow guests to access the yard. This can be incorporated beneath the step treads so the surface is visible and with lighting that is along the sides of the steps.
If you have a fire pit or outdoor kitchen, these spaces can benefit from a lighting addition, too.
Lighting for the Front Yard and Backyard
You can opt to finish the landscape lighting with illumination of the trees and landscape beds that focus the attention on the tree heights and interesting foliage. Spotlights placed at various intervals from the tree trunks can bring the bark texture to the forefront while lights in the tree branches can give the ground beneath a mottled look that is quite pretty.
You can also use lights to draw attention to the climbing roses on the trellis in your front yard or a water fountain that you love hearing in the daytime and want to illuminate at night.
Outdoor illumination can be placed anywhere you prefer to bring landscape features to the forefront.
About the Author:
In 2001, Shawn Rine decided he would like to earn a little pocket change. With a used mower and lots of hard work, he got his neighbors' yards into shape in no time. Nearly two decades later, Rine Landscape Group has a few more mowers – not to mention a staff of certified landscape specialists and an extensive portfolio of innovative, functional landscape projects in neighborhoods all over the Greater Columbus Metro Area.