Stop Dreaming! Magically Transform Your Garden By Night
(ARA) – It’s cold in most areas of the country, but those of us who love our gardens can’t help but dream of the spring, when we can spruce up our homes with color and life.
We take pride in our gardens, spending thousands of dollars making the outside of our homes look spectacular. Yet, this investment remains visible only half the time -- when the property isn’t shrouded in darkness.
“Lighting your property can add thousands of hours of enjoyment to any home or garden,” says Curtis Hogan, president of Nite Time Décor. “With the proper exterior lighting, you can also extend the home’s usability by adding life to dark areas and making the property appear larger.”
During the spring and summer, landscape lighting can create a “resort-like” environment, especially in a backyard patio or pool area. Imagine an elegant waterfall with soft, white light casting ripples and shadows onto the greenery in your garden, or the canopy of a tree exploding with a variety of shadows and lines.
In the winter, uplighting adds charm to dormant plants and trees. For instance, front lighting a dull, empty shrub casts shadows and shapes onto the backdrop, adding life to gloom.
Another benefit of landscape lighting involves enhanced safety and security, as burglars will move past a home that’s lit up at night in favor of a dark house. Crime statistics show that lighting is the single most effective deterrent against burglary that a homeowner can consider.
“Landscape lighting can have a dramatic impact. It enhances the home’s charm and elegance year round, maximizes the home’s curb appeal, and adds warmth during the fall and winter. In fact, with the right landscape lighting system, you can achieve the same dazzling effect and glow of the Magic Kingdom at night,” adds Hogan.
Garden lovers should look for a landscape lighting installer who routinely uses three distinct lighting levels and placement to create a three-dimensional effect.
“Achieving that kind of aesthetically pleasing look requires a certain level of sophistication. You’d be surprised how many homeowners are dissatisfied with their landscape or architectural lighting because the lights are too bright or too dim, or they stop working altogether. Most landscape lighting contractors give you a series of flat, bright lights and create an effect that is only two-dimensional. To really increase the value of your landscape investment, the landscape lighting portrait must be subtle, artistic, and carefully placed, taking all angles into account,” comments Hogan.
Nite Time Décor designers are the professional outdoor lighting experts with the know-how to use various lenses and louvers to establish the desired effect and create a true retreat. Nite Time Décor can install and maintain an elegant landscape lighting system that will increase the value of your landscaping investment. To find out more, or locate a dealer near you, visit www.nitetimedecor.com or call (800) 687-9551.
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Diamond Pane Solar Light
Illuminate a patio, steps, or garden path with these classically styled solar lights that emit a soft amber glow. They need no wiring, so you can move them around as the season or event requires. The solar panels are the most reliable we've seen, and they're unobtrusive, too. Energy-efficient amber LEDs switch on automaticallyat dusk, never need replacing.Our Acorn Light of burnished copper has all the same great features as the Diamond Pane Solar Light.
Solar Rainbow Maker
When the sun shines, these solar-powered ornaments turn a genuine Swarovski crystal pendant, sending beautiful rainbows dancing around the room. The colorful gears are fascinating to watch, and the ornaments provide a close-up look at the principle of solar power. Genuine Swarovski crystal pendants! Easy to attach with included suction cup. Choose original single or new double prism.
Solar Footlight
This innovative footlight has two swivel adjustments. One directs the light at a garden statue, fountain, or whatever feature you desire. The other adjusts the solar panel to face the sun for maximum charge efficiency. Position the panel once and forget it. Bright white LED light never needs replacing. 3 NiCad batteries (included) store the sun's energy. Aluminum case is weatherproof. Convenient on/off switch. Available in black or green finish. New! 3 mounting options!
Acorn Solar Light
This classically styled solar light is so versatile and affordable, you'll probably want several for the patio, entryway, and garden path. It needs no wiring, so you can move it around as the season or event requires. The solar panels are the most reliable we've seen, and they're unobtrusive too. Two ways to hangwall mount or shepherd's crook (both included). Colonial-era design in burnished copper. LED bulb never needs replacing.Our Diamond Pane Solar Light of verdigris-finished steel also come
Acorn Solar Stake Lights, set of 4
Because they're mounted on ground stakes, these handsome acorn lamps can be "planted" anywhere you liketo light the way along your garden path, softly define a flowerbed, or mark the driveway. The brushed pewter finish adds a touch of elegance to this great value in path lights, and the LED bulbs last an amazing one million hours each! Versatile lights go anywhere you like.
Illuminated Solar Fountain
At last, a floating solar fountain that works at night when you're home to enjoy it! Not only does this fountain charge with solar power, it has a battery backup so it pumps for 4 hour durations on cloudy days. It even pumps at night, while two bright white LEDs illuminate the 16" high spray. It will be the highlight of your next garden soiree. Sprays by day, lights by night. Works on cloudy days and even in darkness. Adds glamour to your evening parties. Includes pump, power cord, solar panel,
Double Solar Spotlight
When you want to really show off a garden statue, fountain, flag or other special landscape feature, you need more than an accent light. This Double Solar Spotlight is amazingly bright, and shines all night when fully charged. Place the solar panel in direct sunlight and set the two spotlights wherever you need illumination. Double spots throw light 15-20 feet! Lifetime white LEDs never need replacing. 3 NiCad batteries are included. Adjustable arms let you control the spots' angle. Lights are m
Granite Solar Pillar
A pillar of solid granite conceals state-of-the-art solar technology in this timeless lantern. It's powered by two lifetime LED bulbs that illuminate all night, even when days are short and nights are long. State-of-the-art solar technology. LED bulbs never need replacing. Light lasts all night on one charge. Perfect for the garden, entryway or deck. 3 "portholes" cast a full circle of light. Natural granite complements any style home. No mounting, no assembly required.
Solar Driveway Markers, set of 2
These amazing lights performed beautifully in the most miserable winter weather Vermont has ever seen. They're indestructible - you can drive a truck right over them. They glow for several nights on one charge, even buried in snow, and the blinking light is visible over a mile away. No one will ever miss your driveway again! Set of 2 markers, each with 6 amber LEDs. Visible a mile away. Nail right into the asphalt, or screw to posts if you plow your drive (screws not included). Also great
Carved Soapstone Solar Lantern
These solar lanterns are one-of-a-kind works of art, each individually hand carved from natural soapstone in a beautiful meandering leaf pattern. By day the globe is a striking sculpture to display indoors or out. By night it glows softly, casting delicate dappled shadows on tabletop, garden foliage or snowy landscape. Contains a solar-powered light module that uses 2 white LEDs instead of conventional bulbs, for a longer burn time and no maintenance worries. Replace the solar module with
Dickensian Solar Flicker Lantern
The lamplighters of Charles Dickens' day would recognize the design of this Victorian lantern, but they would be amazed to find no candle flame inside. Powered by a long-lasting amber LED, our solar lantern stays lit all night on a single day of full sun. The bulb is hidden in a candle pillar for amazing realism, and actually flickers just like candlelight. Another amazing feature: the price! Comes with traditional shepherd's crook hanger. 4 solar lanterns with shepherd's crooks, just $80! Reali
Holiday Solar Footlight
Our new Holiday Footlight has three LED bulbs - white, red and green - to change color at will. Optional 30" Ground Stake raises your footlight above plantings or snowdrifts. This innovative light features two swivel adjustments. One directs the light at a garden statue, fountain, or your holiday decorations. The other adjusts the solar panel to face full sun for proper charge efficiency. Illuminates up to 5 feet. 3 NiCad batteries (included) store the sun's energy. Mounts 3 ways: on wall, deck
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