With the arrival of summer, the days have become longer and as a result our desire to spend time outdoors has increased considerably. If you are lucky enough to have an outdoor space, choose carefully how to light your garden: let’s see together how to select the lights for outdoor spaces so that you can live them at any time of the day and night.
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Garden lighting ideas: an important choice
The choice of outdoor lights is a delicate stage in outdoor design. Good lighting should not only meet your aesthetic needs, but also those of functionality and safety. To be able to live the garden even when the daylight falls it is necessary, in fact, to place the light sources in a strategic way and not to leave in the dark the walkways, the entrance of the house and all the areas reserved for conviviality. Our advice is to find pleasant solutions and not to exceed with the brightness: if enhanced with the appropriate lights, the shadows of the evening allow you to create extraordinary scenic effects.
Lighting examples for entrances, walkways and relaxation areas
Making the steps easy is the first need to be met when designing outdoor lighting. If you’ve set up a path across the lawn, be sure to place spotlights along the road to allow you and guests to safely move around. Do not forget to effectively illuminate all the access routes to your home: gates, doors and gates must be clearly visible even at night, not only to welcome your guests safely, but also to discourage unpleasant attackers. Also remember not to leave the intercom in the dark: only then, when night falls, your guests will know where to go to warn you of their arrival. Illuminated the walkways and secured access, it is time to take care of the areas reserved for relaxation. Outdoor dining on summer evenings is a precious privilege for those who enjoy an outdoor area all to themselves. For this reason, illuminating the space for conviviality in an appropriate way is an aspect not to be underestimated. Around the table be sure to ensure good visibility: in this case the pendant lights are a functional and elegant solution.
Technical features for garden lighting ideas
Unlike the interior lights, the garden lights stay on for many hours. For this reason it is important to choose the best solutions to keep consumption under control. The LED lights are undoubtedly the most suitable answer for a good energy saving and can guarantee gradations of different temperature. Choosing the right shade for the lighting of your garden will allow you to avoid an annoying excess of light, but also the shady areas that would make your outdoor area unsafe. For the lighting of walkways, entrances, outdoor kitchens and barbecues we suggest neutral lights (4000 K) while warm ones (less than 3300 K) are perfect for decorative and scenic lighting, but also for relaxation areas where a more welcoming atmosphere is required.
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