Lighting is the perfect accent for your home’s design, whether you are looking at upgrading your interior or your exterior. Many homeowners overlook lighting in the exterior design, but adding it can make the space look more sophisticated and increase the home’s curb appeal and overall value.
The design specialist at Triad Associates can help you discover the possibilities to elevate your hardscaping, including ways that you can add lighting. Here are some of the top hardscape lighting ideas we recommend to our clients:
Lighted Pillars and Columns
Pillars and columns add an air of elegance to your hardscaping. They can be structural or decorative, and they can be made of a wide variety of materials. We can add lighting to the outside of the pillars or columns, or we can drill holes to place the lighting inside. The lighting can create a dramatic effect that will illuminate the area while also creating a beautiful look.
Water Feature Lighting
Lighting can make water features look even more lovely. Some lighting can be placed near the source of the water, like in a fountain, to make it look like liquid light is flowing out. Other lighting can be placed strategically within the body of water, such as colored lights placed intermittently along the edge of a pool. Our design specialists can help you determine how to accent your unique space to full effect.
Fence Lighting
Your fence can be much more than functional. It looks beautiful during the day, so it should look beautiful at night, too – not just fade into the shadows. Spot lighting against the fence or mounted lights can accent the panels beautifully.
Illuminated Brick Edging
Just like a fence or a wall, edging around a garden bed or other landscaped area can blend into the background at night. It may be a beautiful stone that can be appreciated during the day, but without the right lighting, it can’t be seen at night. Nestled lighting within the edging can not only highlight that stone but can also create its own border for the space at night.
House Spotlights
Well-placed spotlights can make your home look like something on the cover of a design magazine. These will cast against the home’s exterior, giving it an overall glow that makes it look beautiful at night. This lighting scheme has the added bonus of enhancing safety as it removes dark spots around the home at night where would-be thieves could hide.
There are many more great options for adding lighting to your hardscaping to bring out its natural beauty and take the overall design to the next level. The design specialists at Triad Associates can assess your hardscape and give you ideas for what would work best in the space, or they can help you bring your overall vision to life. Contact us in Haverhill today to schedule a consultation with a lighting design specialist and learn more. We’re ready to transform your home and make it a space you love.
