December 15, 2020

How to Use Outdoor Landscape Lighting to Brighten Winter Nights

As the brisk weather and shorter daylights start encroaching this winter, do not let dark winter nights dampen your spirit. Outdoor landscape lighting can help. Sure, the month of December is full of bright seasonal lighting that brings about holiday cheer. However, those lights soon disappears after the New Year.

Low levels of natural light during the winter contribute to the winter blues. The remaining winter months do not have to be all doom and gloom. Not when there are varieties of subtle approaches homeowners can take to incorporate landscape lighting to lift their spirits.

Consider spotlighting, backlighting or up-lighting certain trees in your yard to add a stunning effect of shadows and silhouettes. Light reflecting off snow or water features makes for a softer ambient form of lighting. Colored lighting, such as yellows and reds, will create a coziness. While blue and purple lighting will add to a more natural lighting effect.

Do not forget to light up pathways and outdoor living areas for safety, as well as extending outdoor living into the darker hours.

A stone walkway winds through a landscaped garden with purple flowers and greenery, illuminated by small path lights, leading to inviting outdoor living spaces and houses in the background at dusk.

A well-lit outdoor patio with a white pergola, stairs with built-in lights, and comfortable seating. The brick house and evening sky create a cozy, inviting atmosphere—perfect for enjoying beautiful outdoor living spaces.

A stone house with warm porch lights is surrounded by trees and shrubs, softly illuminated by landscape lighting along a curved walkway at dusk. The inviting outdoor living space blends seamlessly into the cozy, welcoming atmosphere under a deep blue sky.

A backyard outdoor living space features a glowing spa connected to a swimming pool, surrounded by lounge chairs, patio umbrellas, landscaped plants, and a pergola-covered seating area near the house at dusk.

Curved stone walkway with built-in ground lights leads to a front porch with steps, creating an inviting outdoor living space surrounded by landscaped shrubs, plants, and small garden lights at night.

A house with a sloped roof is illuminated by warm outdoor lighting at dusk, highlighting landscaped gardens, stone retaining walls, and a tree in the front yard. An inviting outdoor living space blends seamlessly with the dark blue sky and surrounding trees.

A two-story house at dusk with illuminated stone steps and retaining walls, enhanced by outdoor landscape lighting, warm lights glowing along the pathway, and a well-kept grassy yard in the foreground.

A charming house at night showcases exquisite stone and brick architecture, enhanced by warm exterior lighting. Flanking the entrance are two small trees, while a cobblestone path leads to a welcoming wooden door. Perfectly illustrating outdoor living in Delaware County, PA.

A stone patio with gray lounge chairs, potted plants, and soft outdoor landscape lighting. Steps lead up to a garden area with green bushes, tall trees, and an umbrella near the chairs. The setting appears calm and inviting.

Outdoor patio with a custom fire pit, four cushioned wooden chairs, stone flooring, built-in stone oven, and landscaped garden with shrubs and flowers in the background, all elegantly lit by warm lighting.

A well-lit stone driveway and garden at night, featuring outdoor landscape lighting that highlights small trees, flowers, a brick pathway, and decorative stone walls with two lanterns in front of a house.

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