It’s a fine line to balance. You love the look of winter lighting, but you are also acutely aware that after a certain point, having your Christmas lights still up begins to look tacky.
How can you enjoy the beauty of your outdoor lighting all winter long without looking like you have a Christmas obsession?
A Timeless Glow with Winter Lighting
Create a charming vibe with string lights. Hang warm white lights over an outdoor seating area and around your porch railing to provide a cozy place to enjoy hot cocoa. Drape fairy lights in cooler tones from tree branches and around bare shrubs for a winter frost aesthetic.
Rustic Elegance
Transport your home to yesteryear with an old-fashioned touch. Place lanterns on your front steps, along pathways, and hanging from hooks in your garden. Use LED lights to recreate the flickering glow of candles without the risk of fire.
There are several styles and finishes, so don’t limit yourself to just one. Using a variety of styles can create an authentic layered feel. Consider solar-powered lanterns. They give you a hands-off lighting solution that recharges during the day.
Improve Walkway Safety
Combine safety and beauty by adding stylish solar-powered path lights. Illuminating your sidewalks and driveways helps you and your guests avoid ice patches. They also provide a warm invitation to guests during the long, dark winter evenings.
Placing the Spotlight on Winter’s Beauty
No matter where you live, winter provides its own stark beauty. You can showcase a tree’s bald branches or silhouette a frosty hedge using uplights.
Frosted or clear globe lights hanging from trees blend seamlessly into the winter landscape and shine brightly throughout chilly nights.
Magic Winter Garden
Cluster lights consist of concentrated bulbs. Use them to decorate bare branches, shrubs, or trellises. Twinkling like little stars, they can accentuate your garden’s beauty and make it look like a fairy winter paradise.
Benefits of Outdoor Winter Lighting
In addition to enhancing your home’s beauty, keeping your outdoor lights up throughout the winter comes with a variety of other benefits. They reduce the risk of falling and being injured on icy surfaces. Outdoor winter lights can also eliminate hiding spots and deter potential intruders.
Outdoor illumination can lift your mood on a cold, dreary night. Viewing the tranquility of a winter landscape can calm your soul after the hurried Christmas season, especially for someone with the post-holiday blues.
Lighting your outdoors throughout the winder can also boost your home’s aesthetic appeal by turning your yard into a winter wonderland that goes beyond December.
Year-Round Enjoyment with Winter Lighting
Houston Lightscapes can help you create a practical, beautiful, affordable outdoor lighting solution. We will discuss your options, such as using LEDs and solar-powered lights for a cost-effective, eco-friendly solution.
Our outdoor lighting designers will work with you to find the perfect solution to extend the magic of Christmas and keep your yard and home shining bright beyond the holidays.
Contact us for a free consultation by calling (713) 461-3600. Rather than taking your lights down, reimagine them to create your own winter wonderland.