Stonework can be a beautiful addition to your Dallas-Fort Worth area home, and you can use outdoor lighting to accentuate it and bring it to life at night. Here, Creative Nightscapes will explore tips and ideas for complementing your home’s stonework with outdoor lighting.
Benefits of Outdoor Lighting for DFW Homes With Stonework
Illuminating your Dallas-Fort Worth home’s stonework has many benefits. The following are a few of them.
- Enhanced beauty – Outdoor lighting can make beautiful stonework visible at night, creating a unique look in the dark.
- Increased visibility – Lighting that illuminates the ground near your home’s stonework can help people navigate and potentially alert them to tripping hazards.
- Help create a welcoming atmosphere – A dark home can seem foreboding, but lighting can set an inviting tone.
- Better curb appeal – Outdoor lighting can bring out the beauty of your home’s stonework at night.
Types of Outdoor LED Lighting Techniques for Stonework
There are several options for illuminating your home’s exterior. The following are a few outdoor lighting techniques that you can use to add light to your home’s stonework.
Uplighting
Uplighting can add a dramatic flair to stonewalls and pillars, highlighting their unique texture.
Downlighting
Downlighting adds a peaceful moonlight effect to your home’s stonework while illuminating the area below it, which can help you see tripping hazards.
Wash Lighting
Wash lighting creates a smooth look that helps hide imperfections in the stonework.
Graze Lighting
Graze lighting is achieved by placing a light directly above the face of a stone wall. The lights must be positioned correctly to achieve the desired effect, and the proper position varies depending on the texture of the stone.
Creative Ideas To Highlight Stonework With LED Outdoor Lighting
There are many ways to highlight your home’s stonework with outdoor LED lighting. The following section showcases creative ways we’ve illuminated stonework on past projects.
Spotlights create shadows on the stone wall, adding visual interest while illuminating plants.
Uplighting showcases the texture of the stone pillars in the front of this home. Downlighting is used to illuminate the stone wall behind the pillars, creating balance.
These uplighting fixtures highlight the texture of the home’s stone walls. Some of the fixtures are hidden behind plants.
Choosing the Right LED Outdoor Lighting Fixtures for Stonework
Whether you need outdoor lighting for stonework or another part of your landscape, it’s essential to get the right LED fixtures for the job. LED lights are an excellent choice for lighting your home’s stonework. They are long-lasting, durable, and energy efficient. As outdoor lights are subject to heat, rain, wind, and more, you’ll want to ensure they can handle the elements.
Outdoor Lamps or Lantern Fixtures
Outdoor lamps or lantern fixtures offer a decorative touch in addition to illuminating your home’s stone walls. They can be mounted on stonework posts and columns, hung from porch roofs, or installed near garage doors and other entry points. These fixtures can be made of wrought iron, polished brass, green patina coatings, or other painted colors.
Landscape Lighting
You can also use landscape lighting to illuminate your home’s stonework. Unlike outdoor lamps and lanterns, landscape lighting fixtures are designed to blend with your landscape.
Let Creative Nightscapes Illuminate Your Stonework
If your Dallas-Fort Worth home features stonework, let the outdoor lighting experts at Creative Nightscapes design sensational LED outdoor lighting to showcase it at night. We’ll design and install a durable, energy-efficient outdoor lighting arrangement to bring out the best in your home’s stonework and boost curb appeal. We are award-winning and proudly maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. Contact us to get a free outdoor lighting consultation and quote.
