There are few features of a home that add the kind of convenience, entertainment value, and plain old fun of an outdoor pool. When considering landscape lighting around a pool, it’s essential to consider safety and aesthetics. You want to show off your sparkling pool and lush landscaping that surrounds it. It may be tempting to flood the area with light, but not only does this wash out the space, it also doesn’t highlight its special features.
How Do You Light an Outdoor Pool Area?
The placement of lighting around your pool landscape depends on your backyard or porch, their features, the ambiance you want to enhance, and the elements you want to highlight. You may have trees, flowers, specimen plants, or mostly hardscapes and tile. Deck lighting for the pool landscape can frame the area and highlight its special features.
Pool Lighting Idea #1: Highlighting Trees and Plants
The best way to show off landscaping at night is to use uplighting. With this technique, you place small fixtures in the ground around trees or shrubbery you want to highlight. Pointing the lights upward towards the landscaping illuminates them nicely in the dark. And they create pleasing shadows that highlight architectural features.
Pool Lighting Idea #2: Illuminate Walkways and Steps
Safety is essential when lighting walkways, stairs, and any area around a pool. Without enough light at night, the pool can become unsafe. Family members or guests risk tripping and falling into the pool or down the stairs when they aren’t well-lit.
Staggering the lighting along walkways avoids the runway effect while offering plenty of illumination right where it is needed.
Pool Lighting Idea #3: Using Outdoor Wall Lights
Using stunning outdoor lighting around the pool can add an artful vibe to the backyard or porch. Visually striking lighting can become wall art, especially when juxtaposed with other features that stand out in the soft illumination.
Lighting around the pool can be subtle, as we’ve seen above, or more ornate.
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