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<2016/04/4-Styles-of-Landscape-Lighting.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-753"> 4 Styles of Landscape Lighting It’s the time of year to begin considering how you will be decorating your landscape for the upcoming spring and summer months. Outdoor parties, 4^th of July barbecues and like are all worthy of re-inventing your exteriors to make the most of the space. If you’re looking into different ways of lighting up your backyard, take a look at these 4 types of landscape lighting.

In-Ground Lights

In areas of the yard where grass is short but could benefit by helpful lighting, you may appreciate a set of well lights or in-ground lights. These small, round light fixtures simply mount into the ground and provide a great amount of illumination in dim spaces of the yard. Most are safe outdoor hazards like weather or the occasional run in with a lawn mower. You can find plenty of options that are battery powered or work off a transformer.

Bollards

Often found in commercial locations like restaurants or outside of hotels, bollard lights can find their home in your backyard too. These stylish column lights provide helpful guiding light for pathways, walkways or other dark areas. You’ll also like the energy efficient LED options from designers like SLV Lighting. The LED light source is bright for the space and will create cost savings over time.

Deck Lighting

Because you will likely be entertaining friends during the warmer seasons, you can create a welcoming environment with appropriate deck and step lights on your patio. Like in-ground lights, deck lights are small and helpful for establishing clear walkways. Whether used for the patio or a covered gazebo, you’ll like the additional light these fixtures are able to provide. And again, look to any using an LED light source to help make your backyard as efficient as possible.

Path Lights

Finally, for the front yard or the backyard, guide guests around your landscape with well-chosen path lights. Smaller than a post light but taller than other forms of landscape lighting, a set of path lights is the optimal way to provide guiding light on walkways and driveways. Shopping online, you’ll find a variety of path light fixtures to fit just about any style – modern, restoration, craftsman, art deco and more.

In addition to great looking landscape lighting to dress up your yard, you may also want to take a look at mounting a wall light next to the porch or patio door. Look to these 8 tips to using outdoor sconces for great advice you can use in just about any outdoor space.

Couples often have different design style preferences, especially in the most important room of the home – the kitchen. One of the benefits of the kitchen is that it can take on almost any combination of design styles and still look great, with the right design plan in place. Consider mixing styles to make your kitchen space unique to your personality as a couple or family.

Rustic and Industrial

Rustic and industrial styles are very similar. Both use raw materials and have a rugged look when finished. To create this combination of styles in your kitchen, consider a stainless steel backsplash for your stove area, a concrete countertop and Edison pendant lights with reclaimed wood for the cabinets and island. This makes the kitchen look vintage and has personality.

Country and Modern

Country is not a design style that is very popular but is requested with a modern twist. Consider brighter colors rather than muted gray/blue and gray/green hues. Simple, straight lines with minimal patterns updates a country theme. Still use materials such as quilts, draperies and throw pillows but choose the textures and patterns carefully for your kitchen seating nook. Fewer colors is best to make this match a cohesive one.

Mid-Century and Contemporary

Mid-century and contemporary are both very simple designs but are both quite specific. To achieve this combination, you may require a bit of additional funding since mid-century modern furniture and contemporary accents are specific. You can apply for funding to complete your project with services like ukhomeandpersonalloans.co.uk/, to ensure that you have the necessary funds for unexpected incidents. With these two specific styles, special orders may have to be placed to obtain era-specific furniture pieces.

In the kitchen, consider bulky stools and a solid wood table with simple chairs for your mid-century elements. Contemporary can blend in with quartz countertops, a simple exhaust hood and cabinet hardware.

Modern Industrial

This is almost a match made in heaven. Modern is simple, clean lines. Industrial is raw materials mainly made of metal. Use poly-coated raw metal pieces for stool bases and table frames. Consider open metal shelving instead of closed cabinets. Implement modern style in your light fixtures, countertop and backsplash.

A fun backsplash for a modern concept is a herringbone subway patterned tile in a complementing contrast color. Consider a rectangular sink, without the apron, with a brushed nickel faucet system. Another backsplash option for behind the stove area for modern and industrial is hammered stainless steel.

These mish-mashes of styles work seamlessly together when properly planned out. It is ideal to obtain samples of materials to compare them against each other to make sure the combination is going to work. Kitchens need pops of color and focal points just like the rest of the home, so create a focal feature either with the island or breakfast nook area. Simple décor, leaving enough room for food preparation space, small appliances and commonly used items is ideal in every kitchen design regardless of the style.