Outdoor Living Space Lighting, How to Light a Patio People Want to Stay On|How Should a Patio Be Lit? Here Is What Works|Patio Lighting That Gets Used

The back of the house is not curb appeal

The front of a property gets judged from the street. The patio is a place you occupy. That flips most of the design rules. Nobody cares how the patio reads from the road. The only test is whether anybody wants to sit there.All of which is a long way of saying the back yard is its own project. A roofline system does a great deal for the front of a house and very little for the space behind it. Two spaces, two briefs, and one design conversation that covers both.

What actually drives people inside

A single glaring bulb undoes an otherwise good plan. Look at a bright source and everything beyond it goes black. Aim for light you notice the effect of but not the source of.

Bistro and string lighting

The reason overhead strings feel right is that they define a room. A patio without them has no top to it. Add a canopy of light and the area has walls it did not have. Keep them warm and low, every time.None of this is a question of spending more, since most of what separates a good patio from a harsh one is where things point.

Layers, the way a designer thinks about it

Think of it as three jobs, not one fixture. Overhead, low, and a feature or two. Put them on different circuits, because the dinner setting and the cleaning up setting are not the same.

Restaurants and businesses have the same problem with higher stakes

For a business with outdoor seating, the lighting decides whether those tables get used after sunset. Warm overhead light is the difference between seating outside and not. Nothing changes technically. The stakes are just higher.

Lighting stretches the season

Without light, the space closes when the sun does. A lit one stays open well https://travistdpv080.wpsuo.com/roofline-lighting-why-the-roof-edge-is-the-line-that-matters-what-makes-roofline-lighting-look-right-considering-roofline-lighting-what-to-know-first past the point the sun stops cooperating. Mild evenings are not limited to July, they just happen at night. The lighting is the thing standing between a nice evening and an unused patio.

Something worth knowing about color

Anybody who has sat under a bright outdoor light in July has shared it with insects. Insects are drawn more strongly to the cool end, so a warm setting over a seating area is the better choice for more than one reason. It will not eliminate anything, and nobody should promise that. But it is a free consideration when choosing the setting.If a permanent system covers the rear elevation, keep it warm and dim when people are out there, and the patio and the house agree.

Where to begin

Patio lighting gets designed by somebody standing on the patio, ideally after dark. EverCrest Lighting designs and installs patio and outdoor living lighting for residential and commercial properties across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, from Greenville. Consultations are free. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or [email protected].

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