Every Evening Can Feel Like Vacation with LUX Landscape Lighting
Wouldn’t it be great to wrap up every day relaxing at your favorite resort? LUX’s landscape lighting installs have helped many Cincinnati-area homeowners bring this dream to light. Check out these six areas where you can enhance the luxury resort vibe of your property:
- Pool decks
- Outdoor kitchens
- Outdoor seating areas
- Walkways
- Landscaping, fountains and statuary
- Backyard fun
1. Luxury Resort Living at Home: Pool Decks
Your pool is the centerpiece of your outdoor living space. Landscape lighting both improves the ambiance and safety after sunset. See how this pool deck is gently illuminated by under-counter hardscape lighting and path lights in the landscaping.
Below, behold this dramatic poolscape. Along with the festive string lights, we lit up the trees in the background to expand the view beyond the patio.
This pool is nestled in a hilly backyard which has been beautifully landscaped. Landscape lighting features the stone retaining walls and carefully-chosen plants.
The best thing about this luxury space is that the pool never closes! After dark, reflections in the pool double the impact of landscape lighting on the trees and containers.
During the day, this hilltop pool space offers a spectacular view. At night, the atmosphere becomes cozier and features trees and planters, complete with beautiful reflections.
2. Luxury Resort Living at Home: Outdoor Kitchens
Feasts are best enjoyed after the sun has set! Illuminating outdoor kitchens requires expertise, as the light temperature needs to help the chef accurately judge meat and fish temperatures. We’re going for indirect but bright light that mimics natural daylight.
Imagine yourself enjoying a cozy evening grilling next to the fireplace (your at-home luxury resort extends into the autumn– no need to check out just because summer is over). Hardscape lighting helps your guests see their plates without blinding them.
This sunset requires to be admired! Landscape lighting doesn’t detract from the main event, but it also helps you keep the party going at your outdoor kitchen and bar.
3. Luxury Resort Living at Home: Outdoor Seating Areas
Luxury resorts are known for their intimate seating areas tucked away in beautiful nooks and crannies. We built this color-changing chandelier specifically for this charming arbor.
This homeowners enjoys their forested hideaway. Moonlighting adds magic, with dancing shadows from the leaves in the trees.
4. Luxury Resort Living at Home: Walkways
Make an entrance with some dramatic path lighting. Along with highlighting the natural stone staircase, landscape lighting makes navigating this organic pathway easier. Tripping and falling is definitely not a luxury resort experience.
Here’s another example of a luxury staircase lit with path lights. Doesn’t it welcome you to explore where the stairs will take you?
5. Luxury Resort Living at Home: Landscaping, Fountains and Statuary
For a luxury outdoor experience, you need something to look at besides the dark. When lighting evergreen trees, we use green-tinted light to enhance the rich colors. Instead of a simple privacy screen, these plantings become a focal point.
Everyone loves listening to a tinkling fountain. And lighting up the falling water often steals the show after dark. We illuminated this fountain area with blue-tinted light, which contrasts with the more natural lighting of the surrounding garden.
And when you have beautiful statuary, it’s a natural opportunity to install dramatic lighting. Pieces that are lovely in the day transform at night to even more spectacular works of art.
6. Luxury Resort Living at Home: Backyard Fun
Luxury resorts offer plenty of recreation, so why not bring the fun home? This putting green features color-changing lights, which can be changed to any color you choose.
Here’s the same putting green with a more moderated white light. Some people are more colorful than others!
Another fun product we offer are these tiki torches with color-changing LED lights built into the base. This intense red color changes the entire feel of the landscaping, making this outdoor living area very unique.
Here, two tiki torches are set to different colors, pink and red. As the light mixes, it makes really interesting effects. The lights can be changed to any color your heart desires, at the touch of a button. You could even use natural white light, if that’s your preference.
Are you ready to start living the luxury resort life at your home? Check out our video “Make Your Home Look Like a 5-Star Luxury Resort at Night” for more ideas. Contact us for a free consultation on what’s new and trending in landscape lighting. You will love your backyard!