If you're a homeowner then you often spend your time fixing up your home. It may not be in a state of disrepair but there's always an element you consider "touching up" whenever possible. One such area that garners a lot of our attention as homeowners is the outdoors for curb appeal.
Many of us have heard the same tried and true advice that money well spent on the home is in kitchens and bathrooms. It's sound advice. But if you haven't considered investing in curb appeal; particularly outdoor lighting, then give it some serious thought. Outdoor lighting doesn't have to be costly or a massive increase to your electric bill; there are energy-saving lights available as well.
There are outdoor lanterns, pagoda-type lights, small solar lights for along the driveway which sit atop stakes and even outdoor lanterns. These are some examples of the types of lights you can purchase. If you've ever fumbled for your front door key when walking up to your home then imagine a small battery powered light sitting a few feet away and how it would aid in finding your key. Or if you're slightly averse to standing in the dark outside the home; outdoor lighting is your answer. Some of the most breath-taking ones hang by chains outside your entryway.
Some of the lights come in sets of two or more. They also have 3-in-1 lights that allow you to take a lantern off a stake and walk around with the light. You can also take them and arrange the lights so instead of sitting atop a pedestal, they hang from a hook. The sky is truly the limit when it comes to outdoor lighting. If you're going to light up your outdoors, try to incorporate the same type of styling as you have indoors to the outdoors. This design concept makes your outdoor living areas extend your indoor space.
The Energy Star (TM) is even stamped on some of these outdoor lights so you know you're being more "green" when you incorporate them into your landscape design. There are antique bronze finish lights, lights that look precisely like lanterns, some that take on a pagoda look, and other still which are rounded with a wire frame, or basket, to protect the bulb.
You can expect to pay anywhere from $19 all the way up to several hundred dollars a piece for an outdoor light. But what you don't often consider is the value added to your home with a purchase like this. You're creating, and living, a certain lifestyle when you extend the living area of your home. What is meant by that is, you're allowing for an outdoor living and use area the more illuminated it is. It allows you and future homeowners of the property to make use of indoor living space as well as outdoor living space. That is a check mark in the "sound investment" column when considering adding outdoor lanterns and other lighting to your home.
Many of us have heard the same tried and true advice that money well spent on the home is in kitchens and bathrooms. It's sound advice. But if you haven't considered investing in curb appeal; particularly outdoor lighting, then give it some serious thought. Outdoor lighting doesn't have to be costly or a massive increase to your electric bill; there are energy-saving lights available as well.
There are outdoor lanterns, pagoda-type lights, small solar lights for along the driveway which sit atop stakes and even outdoor lanterns. These are some examples of the types of lights you can purchase. If you've ever fumbled for your front door key when walking up to your home then imagine a small battery powered light sitting a few feet away and how it would aid in finding your key. Or if you're slightly averse to standing in the dark outside the home; outdoor lighting is your answer. Some of the most breath-taking ones hang by chains outside your entryway.
Some of the lights come in sets of two or more. They also have 3-in-1 lights that allow you to take a lantern off a stake and walk around with the light. You can also take them and arrange the lights so instead of sitting atop a pedestal, they hang from a hook. The sky is truly the limit when it comes to outdoor lighting. If you're going to light up your outdoors, try to incorporate the same type of styling as you have indoors to the outdoors. This design concept makes your outdoor living areas extend your indoor space.
The Energy Star (TM) is even stamped on some of these outdoor lights so you know you're being more "green" when you incorporate them into your landscape design. There are antique bronze finish lights, lights that look precisely like lanterns, some that take on a pagoda look, and other still which are rounded with a wire frame, or basket, to protect the bulb.
You can expect to pay anywhere from $19 all the way up to several hundred dollars a piece for an outdoor light. But what you don't often consider is the value added to your home with a purchase like this. You're creating, and living, a certain lifestyle when you extend the living area of your home. What is meant by that is, you're allowing for an outdoor living and use area the more illuminated it is. It allows you and future homeowners of the property to make use of indoor living space as well as outdoor living space. That is a check mark in the "sound investment" column when considering adding outdoor lanterns and other lighting to your home.
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