Outdoor Lighting For Your Pool and Landscape

You’ve invested time and money in your inground pool, as well as your landscaping. Why not show it off at night with professional outdoor lighting? Also known as landscape lighting, outdoor lighting for your pool is about more than security. It sets the mood, highlights the beauty of your property, and provides a measure of safety and security.

Outdoor Lighting Installation

Your pool and landscaping company will be able to provide you with a multitude of options when it comes to outdoor lighting installation. Whether you’re upgrading existing landscape lighting or starting from scratch with outdoor lighting, you will want to work with someone who has experience in all aspects of outdoor lighting and landscape design.

You want your outdoor lighting to showcase your pool and landscape. Choosing the right fixtures, bulb wattage, and correct placement of the lights is crucial to getting the desired effect. Take a look around your neighborhood and others to see what you like and don’t like. Browse Pinterest or other internet sites, as well as design magazines to narrow down your options. If you can show your outdoor lighting installer pictures of what you want, that can help ensure you get the look you desire.

Types of Outdoor Lighting

There are as many types of outdoor lighting as there are types of indoor lighting. Outdoor LED lighting and solar lights are among the most popular. Both come in a variety of fixtures for a variety of placements including:

• Outdoor string lights
• Outdoor wall lights
• Flood lights
• Motion sensor lights
• Post lights
• Pathway lighting
• Step lights
• Spot lights
• Well lights
• Pool lights
• Outdoor kitchen lighting
• And more

The placement and angle of the light fixtures create various effects, including up lighting, silhouetting, shadowing, moon lighting, grazing, washing etc. Which light fixtures and lighting techniques you use depend on whether you are trying to highlight a landscape feature, or create a well-lit outdoor living area.

And of course, all of these outdoor lighting fixtures should be on timers, so you can easily control when the lights come on and when they go off. That can be dusk to dawn, or motion sensor. You will also want just a regular light switch for some of your outdoor lighting fixtures. A good landscape lighting company can custom design and install your outdoor lighting to your specifications.