Proper lighting design can achieve the best lighting effect wherever it is applied. When applied in an outdoor setting, the design can give you a feeling of security and opulence if it is done correctly.
Security is a main concern for most homeowners. They want to preserve their own safety as well as their physical property. But they also want to increase the value of their house by making it more secure - and therefore more attractive to potential buyers if they ever sell it. The most basic of all security lighting is simply installing bright lights near entrances to the house. These lights will deter criminals from burglarizing your home because they will be exposed in the light as they try to break in.
The lights can also be used to spotlight certain areas in the garden. Statues, rock formations and plants can be highlighted with the outdoor lights. In order to illuminate these objects of attention, the lights should be placed on mounts of established as spotlights staked to the ground. Flood lights can be used to cast a wide or narrow illumination over parts of the yard.
Lighting pathways can make them safer and provide a nice feeling for your guests when walking the grounds of your house. They not only server a security function but can be quite decorative and pleasing to the eye. String lights or rope lights can be strung across along the pathways between two trees or poles.
Plan your lighting design properly. Light your pathways, entrances, decks and patios and your will feel more safe than you have ever felt.
By:John Fransick
