How to Illuminate Your Home This Winter

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Outdoor Lighting

Cozy Lighting Tips for the Holiday Season

Greet friends and family members with a warm and welcoming entrance to your home. An exterior lighting system is one of the most stylish and effortless ways to add an instant upgrade to your property.

Curved stone steps with built-in yellow lights lead to a patio area. Potted flowers sit on either side of the steps, and a garden with plants and grass is visible in the background at night.
Curved stone steps with built-in yellow lights lead to a patio area. Potted flowers sit on either side of the steps, and a garden with plants and grass is visible in the background at night.

Let Illuminations by DiSabatino show you how to spotlight your home. Our team members put together a few tips to consider before installing an outdoor lighting project:

Assess Your Property

What do you hope to accomplish with an outdoor lighting project? If you want to highlight focal points in your backyard, consider globe lights, lanterns or garden feature illumination. If it’s for entertaining, consider string lighting, pathway sconces or bollard lights. To increase security, retaining wall and overhead lights are great choices.

A cozy outdoor patio with a stone fire pit, surrounded by turquoise Adirondack chairs. Steps with built-in lights lead to a house with large windows and warm indoor lighting. Lush landscaping lines the patio.
A cozy outdoor patio with a stone fire pit, surrounded by turquoise Adirondack chairs. Steps with built-in lights lead to a house with large windows and warm indoor lighting. Lush landscaping lines the patio.

Identify Potential Concerns

If you have a yard with poor drainage, unusual property features, or a particularly dark lot, you need to take these into consideration while planning your lighting. An Ingress Protection (IP) rating lets clients know how well lights can work with water or soil particles. Make sure your lighting can access all the electricity outlets around your home as well.

A large two-story house with stone and siding exterior, illuminated by outdoor lighting at night. The home features two garage doors, a paved driveway, and landscaped garden beds.
A large two-story house with stone and siding exterior, illuminated by outdoor lighting at night. The home features two garage doors, a paved driveway, and landscaped garden beds.

Add Color and Depth

Have fun this holiday season! Add bright and colorful lights, blinking accents, or roving light shows. Put a bright display of reindeer on your lawn or hang Christmas ornaments from your trees. This is the time to let it all out and enjoy the magic of the holidays. 

      

A stone walkway bordered by purple flowers and landscape lighting leads to suburban houses in the background, with green lawns and trees surrounding the well-kept neighborhood at dusk.
A stone walkway bordered by purple flowers and landscape lighting leads to suburban houses in the background, with green lawns and trees surrounding the well-kept neighborhood at dusk.

Choose Quality Fixtures

This area exposes outdoor lighting fixtures to bracing elements of snow, hail, ice and heavy rain. Plan accordingly. You’ll need quality lighting fixtures that stand up to harsh Northeastern temperatures. Quality fixtures will have “weather resistant” and “weather proof” labels on their boxes.

Enlist a Professional

Illuminations by DiSabatino’s outdoor lighting specialists have experience highlighting your landscape in an artistic way. They know how to work with your property’s best features while offering a lighted entranceway for guests. Our designers can help you avoid making mistakes in your comprehensive lighting plan.  

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