Category Design & Inspiration

Halloween is the one holiday where bad lighting is still on theme, which is probably why I overspend on it…

Some yards have expensive lighting and still look cheap. The fixtures cost plenty, the lights come on at dusk, and…

The best-lit patio I ever sat on belonged to a taco truck, three strings and a folding table. The worst…

The first tree I ever lit got one spot light shoved a foot from the trunk, aimed straight up. What…

Cheap backyard lighting is easy – twenty bargain stakes from a big-box end cap and an evening of stabbing them…

Most people do not under-light their yards; they over-light them. They buy a kit with a dozen fixtures, stick them…

Your front yard is the handshake of the house. Guests, delivery drivers, and every future buyer forms a first opinion…

When a delivery driver circles your block twice or a paramedic has to guess which driveway is yours, the problem…

A summer cookout that starts at six usually dies by nine, and the reason is rarely the food. It is…

Your yard looks finished in daylight, but at night most of it disappears. A mature oak becomes a black wall,…

String lights are the easiest way to make a backyard feel finished, but most people hang them once and never…

Most garden paths are lit badly. Either the lights are jammed together like a runway, or they are spaced so…

Curb appeal is not just about how your house looks in daylight. Buyers, guests, and delivery drivers all see a…

Most homeowners pick a solar light, look at the color temperature on the box, and either buy it or do…

Farmhouse and rustic exteriors have a specific lighting vocabulary. The fixtures reference a pre-electric era, when light came from candles…