During the day, the beauty of the sunny shores and coastal homes can’t be denied but when the sun sets, many captivating homes fade into the night. Not only does this leave VA Beach homes less secure, it makes their outdoor spaces less enjoyable at night. But with professionally designed and installed outdoor lighting, it can make all the difference. Beyond enhancing aesthetics, well-designed outdoor lighting plays a crucial role in boosting security, safety, and beauty. As VA Beach’s outdoor lighting experts, we know there are certain types of outdoor lighting solutions ideal for Virginia Beach properties. Whether you’re looking to improve your landscape, enhance curb appeal, or amp up safety, we’ve got you covered.
Types of Virginia Beach Outdoor Lighting
Low-Voltage Landscape Lighting
Low-voltage landscape lighting is a timeless classic with an energy-efficient edge. From highlighting those flower beds you work hard to maintain to illuminating the various crepe myrtles, palms, river birches, or other trees on oaks, palms, or other trees on your property, this type of lighting adds depth and character to your yard. A professionally created landscape lighting design typically features a variety of different fixtures, such as well lights ideal for driveways and uplighting to showcase the property’s foliage. A combination of these lights create properly placed shadows and highlights, turning your landscape into a nighttime wonderland.
Custom Curb Appeal Lighting
First impressions matter, and curb appeal lighting ensures your VA Beach home looks inviting even after the sun sets. In order to properly highlight your home’s facade, the OLP VA Beach lighting designers are strategic about light fixture selection, placement, color temperature, and intensity, taking into account your home’s unique architectural features. This custom design process results in a curb appeal lighting system that creates a warm and welcoming atmosphere, while giving your VA Beach home a major wow factor. And an added bonus is that curb appeal lighting may increase the value of your home, too! The housing market in VA Beach is strong and professionally designed landscape lighting will help your home stand out when buyers are comparing it to others on the market.
Professional Pathway Lighting
If you’re traversing your dock after dark or walking along your pathway to your outdoor patio, safety should always come first. Safety and aesthetics meet with pathway lighting. Pathway lights guide your family and friends safely along walkways, driveways, docks, and garden paths. And if you have any outdoor stairs anywhere on your property, pathway lighting isn’t optional – it’s essential to keep you and any visiting friends and family safe!
Party-Ready Poolside Lighting
A commonly missed lighting type that is critical for many VA Beach homeowners is poolside lighting. Normally, it’s not enough to simply have in-pool lighting to properly illuminate your poolside surface and landscaping and that’s where our poolside lighting options can help! It not only improves the usability of your pool after dark, but it significantly increases the safety of your poolside for you, your kids, and any guests. Our poolside lighting designs typically include path lights to illuminate the surrounding landscape and well lights to offer a subtle glow to the pool deck.
Permanent, Color-Changing Roofline Lighting
Whether you want to celebrate the Neptune Festival by illuminating your home in blue and white, you want to root on VA Beach United with red and blue light animations, or you simply just want a stunning architectural lighting system, permanent roofline lighting has the flexibility to do it all. These lights are installed along the eaves of your roof and can be controlled remotely from your phone. And with the endless light animations and color combinations, it’s a lighting system that VA Beach homeowners have fun with!
High-Quality String Lighting
Professional string lights give your VA Beach outdoor living space a subtle glow and a magical atmosphere. Perfect for patios, decks, and pergolas, these lights add a whimsical touch to any outdoor setting. They come in various styles and shapes, and our team will work alongside you to customize the look to match your style.
Factors to Consider for Virginia Beach
Environmental Considerations
Virginia Beach's coastal environment presents unique challenges for outdoor lighting. Salt air, humidity, and strong winds can impact the longevity and performance of your lighting fixtures. That’s why we always opt for the highest-quality fixtures made of brass or copper to ensure durability. Additionally, all of our lighting installations utilize LED lights, which are less prone to deterioration from environmental factors and use significantly less energy than old-school halogen bulbs. And with color temperatures ranging from golden hues to brilliant white, your desired lighting temperature can easily be achieved with our LED fixtures.
Architectural Considerations
The architectural style of your home should influence your lighting choices. A Little Neck brick home with many dormers or a colonial revival home with a large front porch would need a completely different lighting design than a Alanton single story, modern home. The unique architectural features of your home should be taken into account to ensure a cohesive look.
Placement and Angle
Proper placement and angle of your lights are crucial for achieving the desired effect. For instance, we ensure that distinct architectural features, such as roof peaks along a second story or columns along a porch, have the correct fixture placement to illuminate them to perfection. During the installation, we make these types of fine-tuned adjustments, and also come back for a nighttime adjustment to ensure placement and light angles are perfect.
Start Your Outdoor Lighting Project Today
Outdoor lighting is an essential aspect of enhancing the beauty, safety, and functionality of your Virginia Beach home. From a simple landscape lighting system to a full-property lighting design, there are near limitless options to suit your needs and preferences.
Ready to get started? Reach out to our team of outdoor lighting professionals for a complimentary design consultation at 757-665-2668 or contact us via form. We can’t wait to start your Virginia Beach outdoor lighting project!
