Category Design & Inspiration

There is a category of solar garden light where the fixture is almost a disappointment if you judge it by…

Walk into any backyard bar built in the last three summers and you will probably see the same thing glowing…

I put up my first outdoor solar Christmas display three winters ago, and the motivation was not environmental. It was…

Walk down any suburban street at dusk and you will see the same mistake repeated yard after yard. A row…

The first time I saw real moonlighting done well, I was walking through a neighbor’s backyard at dusk and could…

A rock garden is a different lighting problem than a lawn or a flower bed, and most of the solar…

An outdoor bar is one of the hardest things to light in a backyard, and the reason is almost always…

For most of the last decade, solar outdoor lighting carried a specific visual language, and it was not a flattering…

There is a particular kind of frustration that comes with lighting a garden arbor. You build the structure, you plant…

Most people think of chandeliers as indoor fixtures, something that belongs over a dining table or in a foyer. The…

If you have ever set a solar tabletop lantern on a patio table, gone inside for a napkin, and come…

Walk into any garden center in May and you will see the same thing: a boho solar lights endcap strung…

I first spotted solar watering can lights in a neighbor’s yard last summer, and I will admit that I stopped…

Garden statues are the hardest things in a yard to light well, and most people get it wrong on the…

The front porch is the first thing guests see and the last thing you see when you lock up at…