When most homeowners decide to remodel their homes, thoughts of new kitchen countertops or appliances pop into their heads. But with the increasing interest in outdoor living, focusing on lighting up the lawn might be a bright idea for you and your clients. Exterior lighting can add value to a remodeling project, from the pro and homeowner perspective.
Richard Lowrey of Coastal Landscaping Service, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., a landscaping and lighting design and installation firm, encourages his clients to incorporate outdoor lighting into their landscaping undertakings. That way, he doesn't have to come back and dig up the site at a later date. "Exterior lighting really adds a lot of value -- real and perceived -- to a home," Lowrey says.
Many homes can look unfinished without exterior and landscape lighting, and adding in lighting can tie a home's look together. In-ground, flood, spot, lantern, and even rope lights are used to enhance the great outdoors.
Many of the same finishes that are popular for door and cabinet hardware are cropping up in non-corrosive outdoor adaptations, including copper, bronze, and wrought iron, and art glass is showing up on Arts and Crafts-style fixtures.
With the variety of style and design choices out there, you have to carefully choose what you want to highlight, because "when everything is illuminated, nothing stands out," says Daniel Blitzer, of the American Lighting Association. 
Outdoor and landscape lighting work together to
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