Spring is Here! Upgrade your outdoor lighting!

With spring well underway, it’s time to start thinking about warm weather and enjoying the outside of your home. Many people have made plans to make significant improvements to their outdoor living spaces and the options are limitless. Many of the home improvement shows on television include ideas for converting your backyard into a useful living space that your family can enjoy three seasons a year. There are even improvements that you can make outdoors that you can utilize 12 months a year simply by hiring Ion Electric to install outdoor lighting around your home.

Have an  Ion Electric quote your home’s outdoor lighting options

Often, people overlook the significant improvements that can be made to their outdoor areas. Stop to consider some of the nicer neighborhoods you drive through at night and notice how appealing a home looks from the outside. Most of the time, it’s the subtle lighting that highlights the features of the home and yard. When done properly, electrical lighting outside a home will subtlety enhance your home’s appearance while also improving home security.

Up lighting adds curb appeal and security to your home

One of the more attractive lighting options for the front of your home is up lighting. Up lighting is often located in the garden beds of your home and can illuminate the walkways and entries. For those with landscaping features including trees and shrubs, a subtle light fixture installed near the base of a landscaping focal point will highlight the feature from the road and improve the overall curb appeal. Any electrician will undoubtedly recommend that you install up lighting that is symmetrical along the entire front of your home and garage.

Electrical outdoor improvements for your private living areas

There are also significant outdoor electrical additions that can be made to improve your private backyard living space. Continuing the theme of up lighting along your garden beds can add focus to the backyard you’ve worked so hard on on for years. Additional backyard lighting features should also include the entryways into your home and be as symmetrical as the up lighting you use for the front of your home.

For those families with a deck, additional lighting installed by a licensed electrician can allow your family to utilize this outdoor space after sundown. Being able to relax in comfort on a warm evening while enjoying your backyard space is one of the smaller financial investments you can make that will pay off tenfold in the way you live and use your outdoor space.

How hiring an electrician can improve your home

Not only does added outdoor lighting add to the beauty of your home, but it makes your home safer. Both police and insurance issuers agree that good lighting is an effective method of deterring a home invasion. You may even phone your homeowner’s insurance agent and ask if there are discounts available on your policy for having installed additional outdoor lighting.

Both safety and aesthetics are added benefits when you add additional lighting outside your home. Consider up lighting and discover other lighting options that can improve your outdoor living space. Contact the skilled electricians at Ion Electric at 303-332-5430 for help with your outdoor lighting projects this spring.