Are you ready for fall? It’s the season of mild temperatures allowing for outdoor dinners on the deck and endless late-night conversation on the patio. While personally you may be more than ready for these meaningful moments, your property may not be. So the past few weeks, you’ve been sprucing up your landscape, tending to outdoor maintenance in anticipation of the changing season ahead. While you were doing all this, did you notice any dark spots on your property after sunset? Your landscape and architecture may be illuminated, but if your outdoor living spaces are dark, your neighbors and passers-by may be enjoying your outdoor lighting more than you are.
Decks and patios provide a spot to enjoy fall nightlife that can be relaxing and intimate or exciting and lively. They really can be whatever you want them to be. Outdoor lighting helps you create these atmospheres. It provides mood and aesthetics and also makes your favorite outdoor living space functional after sundown. Now that milder nights will soon be here, it’s time to upgrade your outdoor lighting so you can take round-the-clock advantage of these areas, and Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia can help.
If you are concerned about the additional costs you will accrue on your energy bill by making an addition, consider LED for your deck or patio. Even if your system consists of halogen fixtures and components, LED is an option. In many cases, more LED fixtures can be added to your transformer than halogen because they pull less voltage, meaning you can get more light for the same amount of energy consumption. While some may be reluctant to mix halogen and LED lights, we would not suggest such a option if it could not be done seamlessly. Of course, if you would like to keep your system consistent, your new deck or patio addition can certainly be halogen. Or perhaps, you would like to upgrade your entire system to LED. That too can be arranged.
We know you are ready for the cooler, fall nights outdoors relaxing and celebrating with friends and family. Be sure your deck or patio is ready too. Outdoor lighting is that final touch you have been looking for. It will elevate your outdoor living spaces and provide a safe place for your favorite gatherings. If you are ready to add deck or patio lighting, contact Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia today. We will do a custom design that will highlight the very best of your unique space. Call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia today at (803) 935-4611, email us at columbiasc@outdoorlights.com, fill out the form to the upper right or visit our website for more information. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Are your home’s floodlights leaving you with an intense, over-bearing illumination yet providing you with minimal visibility coverage? Wouldn’t you like to get cohesive coverage through a soothing wash of light to keep areas of your property evenly lit? Moonlighting not only provides a more subtle source of illumination, but the fixtures are mounted high up within the trees and are nearly invisible. Not only does this technique deliver generous light, your yard will be awash in the subtle glow mixing with silhouettes created by leaves blowing in the wind.
Moonlighting, also known as downlighting, is the perfect replacement for harsh flood lights that don’t illuminate nearly enough of your yard. Lighting that is too bright can make anything appear stark, bland and just ugly. With different tree locations and thoughtful placement of our moonlighting fixtures, all the areas of your yard that turn pitch black come nightfall will be provided a beautiful “moonlight-like” glow.
In addition to the added illumination to areas of your yard and the beauty that comes from our top-of-the-line fixtures, energy savings are definitely a major benefit. Whereas most mercury vapor lights and house floodlights run on 120 volts, our fixtures are capable of providing the same amount of illumination with only 12 volts. Your energy savings would be incredible. Combine energy savings with added beauty and illumination to your backyard and you have a win-win.
To bring the moonlight to your Columbia, SC landscape, call 
Now that trees are budding and flowers are blooming, you are probably spending more time outdoors in your outdoor living spaces and in the yard. This evening, take some time to walk around your property. Are you happy with how it looks when the sun begins to fade? Do you notice dark areas and shadows that are hiding important features of your property? Maybe you planning some additions to your landscaping this spring, or perhaps adding a deck or a fire pit area. You have invested time and money into your yard to make it appealing and functional. Of course, you want to spend time in those spaces, so don’t let sunset drive you indoors. Now is undoubtedly the perfect time for an outdoor lighting addition.
Some people believe that outdoor lighting is all or nothing, but in reality, most people install their outdoor lighting in phases as their properties change and expand. With new additions to landscape and architecture, new areas need lighting. When 
Did you know that, if you add LED lights, you can add even more than you could if they were halogen? It’s true, and you won’t be able to tell the difference in the quality of the lighting. Many of our clients have both halogen and LED lights in their system. Our high quality CREE® LED lights blend seamlessly into a halogen system, so even if all of your outdoor lighting isn’t LED, you can still reap some of its benefits until you fully upgrade.
One of our favorite parts of the job is watching our clients’ faces light up once they see the dramatic transformation and enhancements an outdoor lighting system creates for their home immediately after installation. In fact, many homeowners are so pleased with their initial designs that they continue to add on additional areas or upgrade their current designs for years. Of course, at 
Additional lights are frequently added to areas around the home once a client sees the difference it can make. If only the front of your home has been treated with a beautiful, one-of-a-kind lighting design, you might start to feel like the backyard, garage, pool area and other areas within the landscape and around the home are left in the shadows. Share the light and get a more balanced, polished look for the entire house by expanding your design and upgrading your outdoor lighting system in additional spaces.
These upgraded bulbs offer a brighter, more balanced look without cranking up the electricity. In fact, you may even save on your monthly bills since LED bulbs are significantly more energy-efficient and have an expected lifespan of up to 25 years! And the best part?