Transforming your home when the sun sets
Daylight flattens out landscape design. The sheer volume of natural light gives everything an equal value: neighboring houses, utility equipment and pool equipment are as well lit as the more interesting aspects of outdoor layout.
But when night falls, a new set of rules applies. Now the homeowner or lighting professional has control over illumination, and there is an opportunity to create a whole new feel to the outdoor environment - theatrical, poetic, mysterious. Nighttime provides a chance to design a dazzling, festive atmosphere, to highlight shapely trees, sculpture, and water features in order to create a series of exciting focal points in the garden. In fact, outdoor lighting can be far more dramatic than indoor lighting.