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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Outdoor Flood Lights - Set the Stage with Home Exterior Lighting for Security and Landscape

Outdoor flood lights


Outdoor flood lights
have become very popular for home use. Here are the top 5 places to use outdoor flood lighting for adding to both the beauty and security of your home.

Landscape area beside a walkway or sidewalk. Some of the most beautiful plants and flowers are placed in this area, so why not use outdoor flood lighting to highlight them at night as well? This also is a great place for outdoor flood lights to make the path visible at night.

By a tree in your yard. Use outdoor flood lighting to accent a tree in your yard and make it more visible at nighttime. Trees take on a whole new character at night when a light is placed near them. If the tree is located in an area that is away from your house, the outdoor flood lighting will also help to make that entire area of your yard more visible.

Near a fountain or pond. If you have one of these structures in your landscaping, adding outdoor flood lights to it can make it just as beautiful at night as it is during the day. When light is added near water, especially moving water, the light becomes reflective which actually spreads it around even more.

In landscaping at the entrance of your driveway. Outdoor flood lights are a great way to highlight the landscaping at your driveway entrance as well as make your driveway visible. If your mail box post is in your entrance landscaping, having outdoor flood lighting makes your address visible at night as well.

Dark places around your house. It might be a dark corner, or a closed in area around your house. Whatever the area is, adding outdoor flood lighting will bring light to the area and make it less shady.

Outdoor flood lights