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Outdoor Lighting is Columbia’s Most Valuable Fall Purchase

August 2, 2016 By Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia SC

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia (803) 935-4611
It’s August. Fall is just around the corner. That means cooler weather (which we’re all excited about) and longer nights. You’ve probably already noticed a change in the amount of light we have each day. While we still have long days, they are shorter than they were just a few short weeks ago. With more hours of darkness, all of the home improvements and landscaping work you did this summer will fade into the shadows. You can’t stop the days from getting shorter, the weather from getting cold, or the kids from going back-to-school, but you can keep your property visible, safe, and beautiful by adding outdoor lighting.

Illuminating your pathways and driveways increases your safety.
Nothing elevates the appearance of your home quite like outdoor lighting. By casting light from multiple sources onto your home, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia creates mood, highlights unique features, and causes those who pass your home to stop and take in the scene. Outdoor lighting shines a warm, welcome in the midst of a cold, dark fall. It beckons you and your guests and increases your curb appeal.

With days getting shorter and nights getting longer, now is the perfect time to install outdoor lighting. While it enhances the look of your home no matter the season, outdoor lighting will provide you with the visibility your family needs this fall. So call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia today and put outdoor lighting on your back-to-school list. While it may not be a school item, it will certainly make life easier when the kids return late from various practices and you come home from work.

Call the professionals at Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia today to see how elegant your home will appear awash in illumination. We offer a 100% free nighttime demonstration which allows you to see exactly how your home will look with outdoor lighting prior to ever installing a single fixture. Contact us by calling us 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!

Columbia Water Features are More Enjoyable with Outdoor Lighting

June 14, 2016 By Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia SC

Water features have become increasingly popular in Columbia backyards the last several years. It could be a rocky mountain waterfall in the corner of your yard, a pebble stream leading down to your dock or a stone structure on your patio. Water features give Columbia residents year-round enjoyment with the soothing sounds of the trickling water. But if you don’t have Columbia outdoor lighting showing off your water feature at night, you’re missing out on a lot.

Relaxing and captivating at the same time, the trickling sounds ease all the cares of the day away. Imagine sitting on your deck or patio watching the light bounce off the movement of the water at night, enjoying the full experience only possible with water feature lighting from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia. Our approach to water feature lighting is much like our approach to landscape lighting, architectural lighting, deck and patio lighting and every other area of your outdoor living spaces. Bringing out our clients’ vision while enhancing the best characteristics of their space.

Each water feature we light is as unique as our clients, so every trait is taken into consideration as we design the best custom lighting plan for your water feature. And, we go beyond the focal aspect to look at the foliage, trees, pathways and sitting areas surrounding the feature because outdoor lighting is about enhancing the entire area. Take a look at this water feature in one of our client’s backyard. The fountain was placed in the middle of their patio so using our cast brass underwater lights were perfect for this setting. Our fixtures are made of solid brass and designed with waterproof and watertight gaskets. The lights shine up on the stone structure to show the textures of the material but also bounce off the cascading water as it falls to the base. Because our case brass underwater lights give off plenty of illumination, we only needed to add some additional path lighting around the seating area to create the perfect ambiance to this setting.

It is important, when lighting a water feature, to illuminate the water and surroundings using various fixtures to accentuate the entire space. With this feature, not only did we light the pathway leading up to the feature, behind the water itself, but also installed up lighting on both sides to show the brick wall and creeping ivy surrounding the piece. The combination of these fixtures not only highlights movement, textures and reflections but makes the focal point one worthy of an entire night of gazing.

You may not think of a babbling creek as a water feature but if you had one that looked like this clients, you would definitely want to view it and listen to it from the deck above. All that was needed to bring this water movement to life at night were our copper path lights placed along the edges of the brook. The light reflects off the water as it dances down the stream bringing hours of soothing enjoyment to these homeowners.

Choosing the perfect lighting effect for your Columbia water feature is part of the custom design plan you will receive from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia. Our extensive line of copper and brass fixtures and our experience in the outdoor lighting industry allows us to choose the perfect light for your space. You’ll receive nothing but awe-inspiring beauty.

If you have a water feature or are considering the addition of one at your Columbia home that you would like to enjoy even more after the sun goes down, give us a call. We are the area’s premier outdoor lighting designers and will capture that look and feel you desire. All the work you put into making it look great during can be enjoyed at night with custom outdoor lighting from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia

Kenny Kaufman, Owner

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia
803-935-4611
columbiasc@outdoorlights.com

Outdoor Lighting Makes a Grand Entrance in Forest Acres

July 20, 2014 By Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia SC

Making an entrance is a beautiful thing, especially when it is done right. We aren’t talking about tripping over a chair as you enter the room, spilling a tray of drinks all over the guests so that all eyes are on you. We are talking about the grand entrance outdoor lighting can make to your Columbia area home. Take for example the entrance we enhanced with landscape lighting at this home in Forest Acres.

Starting with a beautiful home makes our job easy. While the homeowners had lights by their front door, they weren’t portraying that welcoming feeling they had envisioned. Not only was the home difficult to see from the street at night, the gorgeous palm trees that we are fortunate to have in our area were completely lost. They knew they wanted to create an atmosphere that welcomed them home after a long day. We were able to do this with just a few Columbia landscape lighting fixtures.

We started with the trio of palm trees near the top of their driveway. By positioning Columbia landscape lighting fixtures at the bottom of the trees, we not only illuminated the trunks of the trees, showing the textures that can only be found in palms, but we were able to light all the way up to the unique shape of the fronds. Lighting the palm trees also brightened the darkened corner of the home.

Driveway Lighting Forest Acres

Going further down the drive we added six of our copper path lights to the sides. Our path light is one of our most versatile outdoor lighting fixtures, spreading a warm ambient light on the drive and surrounding grounds to give the perfect amount of illumination. Path lights are great for this application as well as in landscaping because they are lower to the ground and give off just enough light to bring out the colors of your flowers or guide you safely through a walking area. Because they cast light down, they also work great in naturally dark or secluded areas where you just want a soft accentuation of light or increased visibility.

If you’re interested in bringing any of your outdoor living spaces to life at night call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia. We have a full line of quality copper outdoor lighting fixtures that can be used in a variety of applications. Our nighttime demonstrations and custom outdoor lighting designs are part of our process so you can see what your spaces will look like before the work is done. Whether you want to enhance the curb appeal of your home or add deck lighting, dock lighting, landscape lighting or anything in between, we are Columbia’s best choice when it comes to custom outdoor lighting. Give us a call today to see what we can do for you.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Columbia
(803) 935-4611