Category Design & Inspiration

The best costume photo we ever took in this family was an accident. My daughter, six at the time, in…

Backlighting is light aimed at a subject from behind, so the subject itself goes dark while the space around it…

Two porches on my street, three houses apart, both decorated for fall within the same week last October. The first…

The myth about projection lights is that they are the giving-up option, the inflatable-snowman tier of Halloween decor you grab…

I have a confession. The first year I bought solar torch lights, Halloween was only half the reason. The other…

Why do some Halloween yards look styled while others look like a carnival threw up on the lawn? The difference…

The best Halloween house on my street last year was also the quietest one. No humming power strips on the…

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…