Choosing Walkway Lighting For Your Home
Improving the outdoor lighting of your home will improve the safety of your home and add value to it as well. Walkway lighting is an excellent addition to any home. It improves your guest's ability to see as they walk up to the house and creates an inviting atmosphere. Most homes have a light at each entrance while the walkways remain dark. This may be due in part to the lack of access to power. Many homeowners avoid considering outdoor lighting because they fear the cost of installing lights will make it too costly. Now, however, there are affordable options.
Solar powered walkway lighting is one option that is cost effective and environmentally friendly. Solar powered lights do not need any access to power as they are powered entirely by the sun. It does not take any special expertise to install them and have them up and running in no time at all. During the day the sun charges them up and at night they light up. Adding solar powered walkway lighting to your backyard pathway can be helpful too. A quality solar light can give you as much as 10 hours of white light.
Hinkley Lighting, a popular manufacturer of lighting products has energy efficient walkway lighting options. Using 75 percent less energy than standard lighting options they will save you money each month on your power bill. Using CFL (compact fluorescent) bulbs, they also produce 75 percent less heat and last 10 times longer than a regular bulb. A photo sensing cell is used to turn the lights off during the day to maximize your energy savings. Many Hinkley lights also have a "Dark Sky" feature that eliminates light pollution using a shield to cast the light downward rather than up into the sky.
Walkway lighting can enhance the beauty of your landscape as well as provide clear visibility when walking at night. By placing the lights every three to five feet along a walkway you will have plenty of light by which to see after dark. These lights will also make any ornamental plants more visible and extend your enjoyment of them in the hours after sunset.
Walkway lighting is often available in sets and many types can be installed by the homeowner. Low level lights will spread a soft circular light onto the walkway whereas taller lights will cast a light on a wider area. Consider how much light you wish to have when you choose the height of your walkway lighting. Choose walkway lights in a style that blends well with the style of your home and landscape design. You may want to consider black iron Victorian styled lights for an older home or a modern styled light for a modern home. Aspen lights are another popular choice and are made of solid copper or brass or midnight black and bronze. A high hat style, Aspen lights measure approximately 22 inches high. Choose from the simplest design to the most ornate but most of all enjoy the beauty created by the addition of walkway lighting.
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