Landscape lighting, or nightscaping, is curb appeal after dark. When installed using various lighting techniques, it adds a whole new dimension to a home. It is an art form. Here’s how to dress up a house for an Open House at night.
- Illuminate walkways and paths
- Accent focal points such as architecture, stonework, specimen plants, and water features
- Create a mood for outdoor patios and decks
- Create a look of grandeur to a home with uplighting of large trees and sillouettes
- Add a warm welcome with lit doors, lamp posts and plantings
- Create an air of mystery and drama with downlighting (moonlighting) and shadowing
- Nightscaping also provides security with timers and motion detectors
Accent plantings, walks
Uplighting
Water features
Dramatic moonlighting
Mood for a deck
Light is not only white
A home is not one-dimensional. Use night photographs to have your listing stand out from the corwd. Buyers appreciate the beauty of a home at night. Meet prospective buyers at dusk so that they can experience the sensory effect.
Note: While best done by experienced lighting professionals (it is a low voltage system), it is easy to create dramatic uplighting effects with inexpensive staked lighting. Uplight large trees that frame a house to give it a grander look. You’d be surprised—it even works on modest homes.
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When I was “shopping” for my new home last year, I used to spend a lot of evenings in my car driving directly to the houses for sale.
This kind of “outside home staging” would certainly have had a lot of impact on my shopping!