Two sides, two purposes The front of a property gets judged from the street. Out back you are inside the lighting, not looking at it. Everything changes once you are the one sitting under it. Nobody is grading the back yard from the street. The only test is whether anybody wants to sit there.All of which is a long way of saying the back yard is its own project. The front and the back rarely get solved by the same fixtures, and assuming otherwise is how a patio ends up with
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Read more about Outdoor Living Space Lighting, A Guide to Evening Outdoor Spaces|How to Light a Patio? Here Is What Works|Patio Lighting That Gets Used: A Homeowner's GuideCurb appeal is usually judged at two in the afternoon The front of a home absorbs a lot of budget. Every bit of it only exists while it is light out. Then the sun goes down and the whole thing disappears. Half the hours people drive past your house are after sunset for a good part of the year, and most of them see nothing.None of that requires much: an outline, a focal point, and matched color. The uncommon part is thinking about it before the sun goes down, rather than the
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Read more about Lighting for Curb Appeal: The Half of Curb Appeal Everyone Forgets|Does Lighting Improve Curb Appeal? Here Is What Changes|Nighttime Curb AppealStart at the top edge Look at any house after dark and the outline you pick out first is the roof edge. It is the longest continuous line on the building, and it has open sky behind it, which is why light on it reads from a distance. Light that line and the whole house resolves.Which is why the roof edge is where permanent lighting goes instead of being spread across the walls. One continuous line, mounted once, doing the most visible job on the property: that is the case f
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