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  1. diymom

    diymom New Member

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    We would appreciate any design ideas for our home. We plan to do the installation ourselves. Thanks.
     

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    Some general recommendations you could consider:

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    For the trees up front (marked in yellow), essentially I'd make the same recommendation as made for the larger trees in the backyard - any MR16 up lights could be ideal (5 Watt at minimum for the bulbs given the sizes). 2700K color temperature with moderate beam spread (60 degree minimum). If these trees grow expansive canopies, potentially consider wider beam spreads (110 degrees), or using (2) fixtures at the base to help achieve the proper balanced illumination and also add a beautiful dimensional effect to the tree.

    For the open wall space area in the back (marked in yellow), an LED flood light would likely be ideal. A fixture such as the round wall wash or the gentle splash could be placed in front of the plants/bushes back there and cast a beautiful shadowing effect on the open wall space directly behind the plants.

    For the architectural areas up front (marked in blue) - while placing uplight fixtures closer to the wall could help highlight the texture of the brick through a grazing effect, my concern is the windows are quite large and there is not much open space to actually accent. If it were my home, I'd probably consider applying the same shadowing effect mentioned above. Using a brighter fixture such as the Big Splash LED Flood Light may be more ideal for these areas - this fixture also offers interchangeable lenses, so you could add a frosted lens to help soften the illumination further if needed as well.

    For the 2nd story areas (marked in red), you could consider using gutter mount kits and installing (2) mini LED spotlights. From smallest to largest, the Nano, Spark, and All-Star Mini all differ in size slightly, but the light outputs are similar in the range of 150-200 lumens; any could look beautiful up there.

    The lanterns near the front door look like they provide ideal area lighting, but you could also consider adding a few extra path lights along the walkway as well - any of our classic LED path lights would look beautiful and you can use extension risers to help elevate above the plants if needed to keep illumination focused on the path way.