Enjoying the night sky and refreshing evening air could be on your calendar every day during the year. One way to take in the nighttime sights and sounds is to dine outdoors at your home whenever possible. With the right outdoor lighting, you can enjoy alfresco dining with the family on your Trenton and Brownstown Charter Township, MI, area property at night. Here are some outdoor lighting ideas for inspiration:
Pavilion Lighting
Pavilions are excellent gathering spots for friends and family members to enjoy. If you have a pavilion in your backyard, increase its use by adding outdoor lighting to it. Put up twinkling lights overhead or add vintage Edison bulb lighting to the pavilion. You can also add walkway lighting to your property to help family members bring their plates out to a pavilion that may be set away from the house. All these outdoor lighting additions can improve your pavilion and make it useful for outdoor dining at night.
Paver Patio Outdoor Lights
If your paver patio is a favorite spot to lounge and enjoy the natural surroundings, adding outdoor lighting to this area can expand the amount of time you’re able to spend there. With an outdoor dining table and chairs in place, you would have the perfect spot to eat. It’s not too far from the kitchen so you can get your meal to the table while it’s still hot. In addition, when you add outdoor lights to your paver patio, you can see the delicious meal in front of you. If you want the area to be brighter, add lighting to any nearby retaining wall or have the landscape contractor install tall outdoor light fixtures surrounding your patio.
Outdoor Kitchen with Lighting
If you have an outdoor kitchen, you can really make use of your backyard for outdoor dining. Add task lights to the cooking area so you can create fabulous meals outside while your family sits on the adjoining patio and patiently awaits dinner. You can also have outdoor lights added to the walls of your outdoor kitchen or tall lamp posts installed surrounding the outdoor cooking space.
Uplighting
Uplighting helps to create a “just right” ambiance for nights when you want to hang out with loved ones by the fire pit and encourage lots of conversation. This can be the perfect solution for your outdoor dining area, to have uplighting along the surrounding retaining wall, or to bring attention to some of your favorite landscape features, such as your outdoor fireplace when it is not in use.
When it is done well and with the eye of an expert, landscape lighting creates a compelling atmosphere that pulls you off the living room couch and outside in the fresh air. Your summers will seem longer and well spent, after many family meals outside, by the light of your fire features or the subtle lighting placed throughout the landscape. The idea is to encourage quality time, among your friends and family, which the right level of outdoor lighting helps to encourage.
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