What landscape lighting is for
Where roofline lighting works on the building, landscape lighting handles everything below it: the walk, the beds, the trees, the steps. The goal is light you see the effect of, not fixtures you count. Done badly, you get a line
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The pieces of a plan
Path lighting is usually the starting point, since walking to the door in the dark is the daily problem. Uplighting on the trees worth showing changes the whole front of a property after dark. Then there are beds and low plantings, stairs and walls where the light is about footing, and the parking area.
Landscape, patio and security lighting are related jobs
The request almost never stays in one lane. Patio lighting makes the back of the house usable after dinner. Security lighting deals with the corners of the lot, which is a different goal from the pretty work. Accent lighting is the finish work.
Where landscape lighting goes wrong
The most common mistake is too much of it. Even light everywhere kills the contrast that makes it look good. Badly aimed fixtures put light in your guests' eyes rather than onto the surface. The third is ignoring how the yard will look in five years, since the bed in front of a fixture fills in.
Businesses and communities
On commercial property the brief changes. Outdoor seating lives or dies on the lighting. Parking and walkways come down to safety. A neighborhood entrance is about the first impression of the whole community, which is why entry lighting gets attention in planned developments.
Landscape lighting and roofline lighting together
Roofline lighting works on the house. Landscape lighting handles everything else. Most properties want both. Roofline light gives the house a shape after dark, and landscape light gives the ground in front of it depth.A single design avoids a mismatched result, which is the usual problem when a second company adds to a first company's work. If the budget only covers one this year, ask which half does more for your property, and the answer is not always the house.Landscape lighting needs a look now and then. Fixtures shift over time, plantings grow up in front of them, and aiming drifts. An annual adjustment keeps it looking the way it was designed.
How to start
The plan should be made standing in the yard, not chosen off a menu. EverCrest Lighting installs landscape lighting as well as patio, accent, security and permanent LED roofline lighting for residential and commercial properties. They are based in Greenville, South Carolina and serve Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. Consultations are free, and the design gets built around your yard. Call (864) 252-1732 or email
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