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Patio Lighting

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Now that the weather has cooled off a bit, us Texans are able to enjoy our outdoor patios. A patio is an extension of your home, as it adds another entertaining or relaxing space. Outdoor lighting can make your patio more beautiful as the sun goes down and help you use it for extended hours. At Texas Outdoor Lighting, we provide expert lighting solutions for homes and businesses. We can turn your outdoor living space into a warm, inviting place to sit and enjoy this beautiful Fall weather.

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Our lighting designers can work with you to design your patio lighting to brighten up your space without distracting from your patio’s decor and design all while enhancing the architectural qualities. Adding lighting to your outdoor living space will provide more functionality. You can extend the hours you are able to spend out there, have family dinner, have a party, or just sit on your patio furniture and enjoy the peacefulness and bright stars.

In outdoor spaces like patios, LED lights provide an ideal solution. These lights offer an energy efficient lighting option that offers strong and lasting light. This type of light works well in outdoor weather conditions, even in areas with a lot of water. LED lights offer a low voltage solution that is stronger and longer lasting than other types of bulbs. LED lights also emit very little UV light, which makes them less attractive for bugs, which also increases your enjoyment of your outdoor living space!

Give Texas Outdoor Lighting a call or click here to meet with one of our award winning lighting designers to help create your perfect outdoor living space.

Creating a Budget for Your Lighting Project

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You’ve seen all of our posts and beautiful photo images of landscape lighting and are ready to move forward: You want to have a lighting system of your own installed.

Coming up with a budget can be intimidating. There are three things you need to do to be on your way to creating the outdoor living space you’ve been dreaming about.

  1. Figure out your budget. Think about how much you are prepared to spend on your outdoor lighting system. Like most any home improvement project, chances are you will end up needing to spend a bit more than you originally intended. So it’s important to have a realistic budget in mind.

  1. Decide what elements of the lighting design will be most important. Ask yourself – what are you wanting to accomplish? Is security the biggest priority? Is it most important to have functional lighting for your outdoor living space? Deciding on lighting priorities early will help you when you are looking at your budget. While having every element of your outdoor space illuminated with differing levels of ambient light would be spectacular, it’s important to set a realistic budget. If you’re looking at doing lighting for your own personal enjoyment, consider where you spend your time in the evening.

  1. Meet with a professional lighting designer. Landscape lighting can be intimidating when you don’t know where to start. This is where working with a professional lighting designer can make all the difference. It’s easy to design a lighting system when there aren’t any budget restraints, but this is not always the case. Don’t be afraid to let your lighting designer know that you have a budget and what that budget looks like. Our lighting designers can work within a budget to still create a lighting system that has a WOW factor. They can also help you revise and reconsider what is most important in the design and give you ideas how to stay within your budget while still being happy with the final look. 

Texas Outdoor Lighting has award winning lighting designers who can come out to your property and together work with you to create a beautiful design that will fit in your budget. Call us today!

New Lighting Trend: Bistro Lighting

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Bistro Lighting is a new and unique trend that’s specifically geared for use while entertaining.  There are a number of ways this light can be used, from smaller deck projects to larger scale projects that light entire backyards.

As the weather continues to warm up, outdoor bistro lights provide a breathtaking way to provide light to your outdoor living spaces.  Not only do they provide light to previously dark living spaces, they also increase the safety of you and your guests as well as add a festive, incomparable flair to your outdoor spaces.

Texas Outdoor Lighting uses the highest quality fixtures so the bistro lights we utilize are much more durable than the lights you can find at local home improvement stores.  Contact us today for a free at home consultation with one of our award winning lighting designers to see how the hot new trend of bistro lighting can improve your outdoor living spaces.

Outdoor Lighting: Landscape Renovation Trend

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More homeowners than ever are investing in eco-friendly outdoor projects whether its updating irrigation systems, emphasizing composting or creating an outdoor garden.  John Wyer, an award-winning garden designer, gave predictions on outdoor trends for 2018 and stated that outdoor living spaces with integrated lighting will be a must have feature for residential outdoor living spaces in 2018. 

According to Renee Changnon, the assistant editor for Hardware Retailing magazine, outdoor LED lighting is trending into the realm of a more eco-friendly space as well.  In fact, Changnon states that 9 out of 10 respondents of her study reported substantial renovations or complete outdoor living overhauls and a huge 98.3% were looking to improve the lighting in their outdoor spaces. 

A separate Houzz Landscaping and Garden Trends Study revealed that a majority of homeowners are upgrading their outdoor spaces, with 64% specifically addressing their backyard living areas.  The top three uses of outdoor spaces are relaxing, gardening, and entertaining with outdoor living and beauty as the most valued aspects of outdoor design.  A properly installed and maintained, high quality outdoor LED lighting system can assist in enhancing all of these aspects of outdoor living.

Texas Outdoor Lighting uses top of the line fixtures and LED bulbs.  We also have a full time maintenance staff to take care of all of your lighting maintenance needs.  Visit our website to see more examples of how we can help to transform your outdoor living areas from dark to functional and beautiful.