Top Trends in Landscape Lighting in 2023
Landscape lighting is a great way to transform the exterior of your home. When you strategically plan your landscape lighting, highlighting features such as flowerbeds, trees, or ponds, you can enhance your home's curb appeal, which may increase the value of your home. A well-lit home can also provide safety for you and your family by illuminating pathways and driveways for easy access at night. A well-lit home also serves as a deterrent for burglars reducing the opportunity for break-ins.
The Best Options for Seasonal Lighting
After being bundled up indoors over the fall and winter months, who doesn't love to head outdoors and take in some fresh spring or early summer air? Exterior lighting allows you to stay outside longer on warm nights so you can enjoy your evenings with family and friends. When designing your landscape lighting, there are many options you can choose to help you to enhance this exterior space.
String Lights
String lights look great hung over the patio, strung along fences, or draped around trees. They add a warm, inviting touch to your backyard and are easy to install as they connect to a basic outdoor electrical socket. String lights come in a wide selection of designs that include globes, lanterns and stars to create the perfect ambience.
Illuminated Pathways
Illuminated pathways that lead to your front door not only provide safety for your guests but also add to the home's security by making your home more visible. Path lights can be solar-powered or wired. They can be placed along the edges of the path and also be strategically placed around the yard and flowerbeds to create an elegant night-time scene.
Outdoor Spotlights
Outdoor spotlights are perfect for illuminating different areas of your yard and home. You can highlight flower beds and ponds to add aesthetic appeal or shine spotlights on doorways and patios for improved night-time visibility.
Colour-Changing Lights
Colour-changing outdoor lights are a fun feature for any backyard, as you can change the colour of the lights to suit your mood. You can choose green or red to celebrate Christmas, red to show your appreciation for Valentine's Day, and even delight the kids with orange for Halloween. If you're a die-hard hockey fan, how about setting your lights to celebrate the colour of your favourite hockey team?
Outdoor Wall Lights
Wall lights are commonly used to illuminate the exterior walls of the home. When these lights are placed strategically, they serve to enhance the curb appeal of your home. They can be used to accentuate various architectural features such as doorways and windows and also provide security benefits by lighting up the darker areas of the home.
Smart Security Lights
If you are concerned about safety, you might want to consider security lights or spotlights that brighten up the exterior of your home. These smart lights have built-in motion sensors and are activated when someone approaches the home. They are also programmable and can be set to turn on at a specific time of the day.
Why Hire a Master Electrician to Install Your Decorative Lighting
Installing an outdoor lighting system is best done by a licensed electrician. They can use smart security lights and spotlights to brighten up your space and use decorative lighting to enhance it. Our master electricians:
Have extensive experience with designing a perfectly lit backyard
Have the skill and knowledge to ensure electrical safety standards are met
Can pull the necessary permits for any exterior or interior work
Can install additional GFCI electrical wall sockets for your outdoor living needs.
Your Edmonton Landscape Lighting Specialists
If you need help with your landscape lighting design, the electricians at MMi have got you covered. We install a variety of exterior lights, including pathway lights, accent lights, and security lights and will ensure that your landscape lighting system is installed properly and meets the Alberta electrical code.
Other outdoor features that also require electrical wiring installation include hot tub installations, ponds and fountains and outdoor kitchen and dining. For a consultation about your next home project, contact us. We would love to sit down with you and put a customized plan into place.