Extend your Living Space by adding Outdoor Lighting to your Pool Area

Homeowners in Florida take advantage of sunny days with outdoor living spaces. When you create an outdoor living space around your pool, you will be able to encourage your family and friends to spend time outdoors and enjoy some fresh air. With today’s busy lifestyles, families want to be able to enjoy their outdoor living spaces every minute of the day—even after dusk. Outdoor lighting techniques can achieve a dramatic look while providing a safe, cozy, people-friendly environment.

Around the pool, you should have both functional lighting and mood lighting. At night, most people spend little time swimming; they’re more likely to be cooking and socializing. You want lighting that’s conducive to all of that and creates a pleasant experience, so avoid anything that looks like a harsh spotlight across the pool – instead, use combination lighting effects to illuminate elements around the pool. Like the illumination from the sun and the moon, the most natural form of lighting comes from above. If a tree canopy hangs over the pool deck, moonlighting can create a mystical effect. You can put moon lights in tall trees or off the side of the house. Soft, uplighting adds a touch of class to any setting. Robellini Palms are one of Central Florida’s favorite candidates for uplighting. With complex limb structures, the evening sight of these beauties can be enjoyed year around. Path lighting is a much smaller version of downlighting, this popular fixture treatment displays streams of light along walkways, remember that nit all walkways will be used at night.

The landscape surrounding the pool area can act like a backdrop; it can create the perfect lighting canvas…many landscapers now are showcasing beautiful water features or water falls. Be sure these features are not over lit and that the right color temperatures are used and that you are not competing with the lighting that may already be provided from inside the pool. Finally, a lighting technique that will define the property or boundaries by softly washing the pillars of the walls with a soft warm light is wall washing. This technique can truly refine and finish off the pool area and provide that feeling of balance and composition to your landscape. We only work with trusted plumbing experts to ensure our lighting systems do not conflict with existing water pipes and so forth.

Exterior lighting not only adds to the ambiance and atmosphere of a pool area; it also adds safety and security. There is no shortage of ideas or possibilities when it comes to exterior lighting. The team at Southern Outdoor Lighting will gladly discuss lighting ideas and possibilities for your Home.