Outdoor lights bring house to life at night
This isn’t a post about how to install landscape lighting (click for that tutorial). It’s just me enjoying our front-of-house lighting so much that I took a few pics of it again last weekend. Sometimes it’s the basic stuff that makes you happy.
Looking along the dry creek, you see two uplights glowing up a container plant and an ornamental tree along the house, plus one downlight casting a spotlight on a piece of garden art by the fence.
I like how the uplights cast shadows on the brick wall of the house. Here a potted squid agave and seedhead-esque garden art get the uplight treatment.
Another uplight turns a toothless sotol (Dasylirion longissimum) in a steel-pipe planter into a shimmering fiber optic light. Lighting gives you an entirely new way to enjoy your garden.
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Great job in positioning the lights, Pam!
Thanks, Kris.
Your lighting does bring a different vibe to the garden. I love the plants etc you have highlighted.
Bold plants and big pots show off well at night.
I can definitely see why you are enjoying it, the lighting is stunning! Houses that are well lit have such flair, you guys did an awesome job!
Thanks! I should clarify that while we originally did the foundation lighting ourselves, we later had a company come in and upgrade the lights and add downlighting high up in our oaks, including the down-facing spotlight on the artwork by the fence. If anyone’s looking to hire a company that does top-notch work — and high up in trees, which is not for the average DIYer — I enthusiastically recommend Paul Gosselin at NightScenes in the Austin area. 🙂
Absolutely FABULOUS!!!
Thanks!