Sometimes in life, you don’t know what you don’t know. So when it comes to your options for gorgeous outdoor lighting at your Seattle home, we are here to arm you with information.
While we can offer ideas for better-illuminating all areas of your home’s exterior, there are two areas we have identified as often overlooked.
The floodlight, typically found on the corner of your home, maybe above the garage, shining brightly on your driveway or parking area.
And, driveway lighting. Driveway lighting is typically limited to one or two posts at the end of the driveway if there is any driveway lighting at all.
What are Floodlights?
Floodlights are powerful, broad-beamed artificial lights used to illuminate large outdoor areas. Commonly installed above garages or on the corners of homes, they provide bright, day-like lighting to enhance security and visibility. However, their intense glare can be harsh and visually unappealing, leading many to seek alternatives that offer both safety and aesthetic appeal.
Flood Light Alternatives
If you're looking for alternatives to floodlights, we've got you covered. Enhance your outdoor spaces with options that provide security and beauty without the harsh glare.
Here are some excellent alternatives to flood lights that can transform your property:
- Pathway Lighting
- Uplighting
- Spotlights
- Step Lights
- Wall Lights
- Bollard Lights
- Downlighting
- Deck and Patio Lighting
- String Lights
- Motion-Sensor Lights
At Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Puget Sound, we create security lighting designs for Seattle homeowners that look beautiful, provide security, and don’t try to mimic daylight. We use a combination of focal lights, uplights, and path lights to wash your home and surrounding landscape with a consistent all-over glow.
We’ll place lighting near all of your home’s entrances to provide security where there maybe was none before, while simultaneously showing off your gorgeous landscaping and architectural features.
Since most people use floodlights to feel safer, we feel confident providing you a more aesthetically pleasing design that will, in fact, provide greater security to your entire property.
What are Driveway Lights?
Driveway lights are outdoor lighting fixtures specifically designed to illuminate driveways, enhancing visibility and safety for drivers and pedestrians. They guide vehicles along the driveway, highlight its edges, and provide an attractive, welcoming ambiance to your home's exterior. Driveway lights improve nighttime navigation and add to the overall curb appeal and security of your property.
Driveway Lighting Alternatives
If you have driveway lighting at all, it likely consists of a post light or two. Sometimes placed on gorgeous brick pillars, this is a fabulous way to create a grand entrance at the end of your driveway. Where it doesn’t work is when your driveway is longer, has curves, or features a lot of landscaping nearby. It might be easy to miss the driveway and ruin landscaping or worse-yet, damage vehicles and injure people.
We like to integrate driveway lighting for the length of the driveway. The lighting we use is subtle but creates clear visibility for the edges of your driveway for safety and security.
We recommend a few driveway lighting alternatives you may not have thought of:
- Integrated landscape lighting along both sides of your driveway.
- Uplighting on the trees or other features to cast an indirect glow.
- Path lighting casts a nice wash of light across the driveway for a subtle guide and dramatic beauty.
- Recessed lighting in the driveway hardscape or retaining walls surrounding the driveway.
If you’re ready to update your home’s driveway and floodlighting to something more aesthetic and appealing, call our lighting design team at (425) 414-8885 today! We’ll come out and create a custom design and provide a free nighttime demo so you can see the difference because seeing is believing!
