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Light that makes the whole yard usable.
Lighting is the difference between a yard you look at from the kitchen window and one you walk out into after dinner. These designs show landscape lighting done with restraint: uplit trees, path lights along beds and steps, string lights over dining terraces, pools and fire features that glow, and façades washed with warm light.
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What makes a great outdoor lighting scheme.
Lighting is the difference between a yard you look at from the kitchen window and one you walk out into after dinner. These designs show landscape lighting done with restraint: uplit trees, path lights along beds and steps, string lights over dining terraces, pools and fire features that glow, and façades washed with warm light.
Look for layers — one overhead source, one at eye level, one low along the ground — and for fixtures you can't see. Save the schemes whose mood you want, then plan the wiring before the paving goes down.
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- Layers: one overhead, one at eye level, one low along the ground
- Whether you can see the fixture or only the light
- Colour temperature — everything warm, nothing blue
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What colour temperature should outdoor lighting be?
Warm white, 2700K or lower, everywhere. Cooler light looks clinical outside and makes planting look grey.
Low-voltage or line-voltage?
Low-voltage 12V LED systems handle almost every garden: they are safe, simple to extend and cheap to run. Line voltage is for large fixtures and long runs.
How many lights does a backyard need?
Fewer than you think. Light the destinations — the table, the steps, a few trees — and leave the rest dark so the lit parts read.
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