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Outdoor & Patio Lighting Planner

The three priorities for are to deliver overall brightness through general lighting, create functionality with task lighting, and provide a visually appealing space with accent lighting. In order to accomplish this task, you should incorporate these three layers of lighting into your space.

You may need one or several types of light fixtures in a space, depending on the layout, size, aesthetic and space available. Here is a checklist of lighting types to consider for a properly lit outdoor and patio:

Outdoor Lighting Ideas

General lighting

Provides lighting for everyday activities

Task Lighting

Highlights a specific area creating a focal point or focused Illumination for walkways and steps
  1. Security & Flood Light

Accent Lighting

Highlights a specific area creating a focal point or to set a mood
  1. Dimmers, Controls & Wall Plates

Choosing the right light bulb

The right bulb

Incandescent

Recognizable as the “standard” light bulb, with electricity heating a tungsten filament enough to produce visible light.

  • Dimmable Fully dimmable
  • Average Life 1,500 hours
HALOGEN

Energy efficient and warm light. Halogen bulbs are actually incandescent lighting with their energy savings.

  • Efficiency At least 25% more efficient than standard incandescent
  • Dimmable Fully dimmable, just like standard incandescent
  • Average Life 1,000 hours

Like Halogen, Xenon and Krypton bulbs are also energy efficient incandescent bulbs. Xenon doesn’t get as hot as Halogen, and can be a better option in tight or enclosed lighting fixtures.

FLUORESCENT

Energy efficient bulbs are available in a wide variety of types, and have improved accuracy in how they render color, so everything looks more natural and alive.

  • Efficiency About 75% more efficient than standard incandescent
  • Dimmable Not always dimmable (check the bulb’s label)
  • Average Life 8,000 hours
LED

LED bulbs are fast becoming the coolest light bulb of them all--literally, as they emit almost no heat and they thrive in cold locations.

  • Efficiency At least 75% more efficient than standard incandescent
  • Dimmable Dimmable options and LED-compatible dimmers available
  • Average Life 25,000 plus hours

Color Temperature

The color temperature indicates the relative color that a light source has. It is measured on the . Light sources with warm light are lower in color temperature, usually around 2700-3000K. Light sources with white light (daylight) are usually around 3000-4000K. Light sources with cooler blue light are higher in color temperature, usually 4000K and over.

LED Kelvin Color Temperature Chart

SWITCHES AND CONTROLS

Light dimmers offer flexibility in that area in-between, giving you just the right level of brightness as dictated by a given situation or desired mood. When choosing a dimmer, keep in mind:

  • Incandescent or a Halogen Lamping that is 120 Volts will use a standard dimmer switch.
  • Halogen Lamping that is 12 Volts (low voltage) will need an electronic low voltage dimmer or a magnetic low voltage dimmer depending on the transformer.
  • Integrated LED fixtures need to indicate that they are dimmable. Often they will use an electronic low voltage dimmer, but please refer to manufacturers spec sheet.
  • CFL Lamping is rarely dimmable and can be a fire hazard.

Some brands are excluded.

Alessi, Artek, Arteriors, Artkalia, Bambrella, BDI, Bernhardt Design, Blomus, Blu Dot, Calligaris, Cane-line, Carl Hansen, Cherner Chair Company, Chilewich, Copeland Furniture, Driade, dweLED, Ethnicraft, Fermob, Fine Art Handcrafted Lighting, FLOS, Fredrick Ramond, Gan Rugs, Greenington, Gus Modern, Heller, Herman Miller, Hinkley, Hubbardton Forge, Huppe, Iittala, Kartell, Kebe, Knoll, Lafer, Lafuma, Lechuza, Loll Designs, Loloi, Luceplan, Lyon Beton, Magis, Marset, Midj, Minka Aire Fans, Modern Fan Company, Modern Forms, Modloft, Modloft Black, Moooi Carpets, Nanimarquina, Nelson Bubble Lamps, Nomon, Petite Friture, QLOCKTWO, Roll & Hill, Secto Design, Teckell, Toulemonde Bochart, Visual Comfort, Vitra, Vondom, WAC Lighting, ZANEEN design. Some eligible brands may include items that do not qualify for this promotion. This list is subject to change at any time. All open-box, clearance, light bulbs and some sale items are also excluded from this offer. Cannot be combined with any other offers or past orders.

Discount does not apply to furniture, clearance or open-box items.

Brand exclusions:

*Exclusions apply. Certain brands prohibit discounting and are excluded from this offer:

&Tradition, Alessi, Artek, Arteriors, B&B Italia, Bambrella, BDI, Bernhardt Design, Big Ass Fans, Blomus, Blu Dot, Calligaris, Capital Lighting, Cappellini, Carl Hansen, Casablanca Fan Company, Cerno, Cherner Chair Company, Chilewich, Contardi Lighting, Copeland Furniture, Corbett Lighting, Craftmade, Currey & Company, Cyan Design, Davide Groppi, dweLED, EcoSmart Fire, Eglo, Elan Lighting, ET2 Lighting, Ethnicraft, Fanimation Fans, Fatboy,Fermob, Fine Art Handcrafted Lighting, FLOS, Fredrick Ramond, Fritz Hansen, Gabriel Scott, Gan Rugs, Generation Lighting, George Kovacs, Greenington, Gus Modern, Heller, Hennepin Made, Herman Miller, Hinkley, Hubbardton Forge, Hudson Valley Lighting, Humanscale, Hunter Fans, Huppe, Iittala, J. Adams & Co., Juniper Design, Kebe, Kichler, Knoll, Lafer, Lafuma, Lechuza, Loll Designs, Loloi, Louis Poulsen, Luceplan, Lyon Beton, LZF, Magis, Marset, Maxim Lighting, Metropolitan Lighting, Michael Anastassiades, Midj, Minka Aire Fans, Minka-Lavery, Mitzi, Modern Fan Company, Modern Forms, Modloft, Modloft Black, Monte Carlo Fans, Moooi, Moooi Carpets, Nanimarquina, Noir, Nomon, Oxygen Lighting, Pablo Designs, Petite Friture, Poltrona Frau, QLOCKTWO, Quorum International, Regina Andrew, Robert Abbey, Roll & Hill, RS Barcelona, Savoy House, Schonbek, Secto Design, SONNEMAN Lighting, Steelcase, Stickbulb, Studio M, Teckell, Terzani, The Great Outdoors: Minka-Lavery, Toulemonde Bochart, Troy Lighting, Troy RLM Lighting, Vibia, Visual Comfort Modern, Visual Comfort Architectural, Visual Comfort Fan, Visual Comfort Signature, Visual Comfort Studio, Vitra, Vondom, WAC Lighting, ZANEEN Design

Some eligible brands may include items that do not qualify for this promotion. This list is subject to change at any time. Clearance, light bulbs and some sale items are also excluded from this offer. Cannot be combined with any other offers or past orders.