| Given the wet misery of the last two summers, if you | | | | or wall light. You can buy them with a PIR sensor - |
| don't have garden lighting, its likely that you've had | | | | basically a movement detector - or you can add a |
| even less enjoyment than usual from your garden than | | | | sensor to an existing light. Every time somebody or |
| ever before - and in the UK we don't get that much | | | | something comes within the range of the sensor the |
| garden time anyway, do we? With the weathermen | | | | light will switch on - which makes this time of light |
| telling us that the two summers past are indicative of | | | | wonderful for those who come home from work after |
| summers to come, it's probably time to investigate the | | | | dark. |
| world of outdoor lighting. | | | | Or what about a lamppost? Okay, not everybody has |
| If you're like the majority of the British, you have | | | | the space or even the desire for one but, it has to be |
| probably nurtured your garden to within an inch of its | | | | said that, as far as security lighting goes, garden |
| life: planting, weeding, cutting, hoeing; but to what end if | | | | lampposts are difficult to beat. The height of the lamp |
| you can't spend time out there. Illuminate it; show it off - | | | | means that the light falls on a wide area and the very |
| go on, you know it makes sense! | | | | presence of an illuminated lamppost will deter all but |
| Your outdoor lighting project can be as simple or as | | | | the most determined intruders. |
| grand as you like but, for it to be successful, good | | | | There are so many outdoor lighting options on the |
| planning is essential. Decide what you want to achieve | | | | market nowadays that you'll have a whale of a time |
| with your lighting before you go rushing in to buy the | | | | planning what effects you want to achieve in your |
| first sparklers that please your eye. And don't forget | | | | outdoor space. Whether you go for relaxing, subtly |
| that a major aspect to any outdoor lighting scheme is | | | | illuminated sanctuary to all-flashing strobe and disco |
| security. | | | | lighting, by illuminating your outdoor space you are, in |
| Don't be misled though - security lights can be defined | | | | effect, expanding your home and gaining another |
| as any outside lighting that makes your home | | | | room. |
| unattractive to intruders or that illumines any gloomy | | | | In these days of improving rather than moving, you can |
| corners where people might hide. So you could have | | | | still expand by adding a few outdoor lights to reclaim |
| wall lights, porch lights, deck lights, lamp posts - any | | | | your garden from the night. |
| type of light that makes your home less attractive to | | | | Want to find out more about outdoor lights, then visit |
| intruders can be classified as a security light. | | | | Duncan Munday's blog on how to choose the best |
| Perhaps the best place to start with your combined | | | | outdoor light for your needs. |
| outdoor/security lighting project is with a simple porch | | | | |