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Pool/outdoor kitchen design ideas

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  1. diymom

    diymom New Member

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    Would appreciate any design ideas for our pool area and outdoor kitchen/side yard. Thanks!
     

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    Beautiful backyard/pool area!

    I attached some photos with some general recommendations for you.

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    Overall, a combination of uplights and path/area lights could add some beautiful illumination to the layout.

    For the pathlights (marked in blue), any of our Classic LED Path Lights would be ideal and you can add extension risers to help elevate the light housings above the shrubs to keep illumination focus on the pathway and surrounding area.

    Uplighting could look great on the trees in the back (marked in yellow). For the smaller trees up front, any of our Lamp-Ready LED Spotlights could be ideal - given the current sizes and accounting for future growth, I'd probably recommend an MR16 fixture. For the bulb specs, I'd consider a 3 Watt at minimum with either a 38 or 60 degree beam spread (60 likely more ideal), and 2700K color temperature (most common for residential applications).

    For the trees in the back, LED floodlights would likely be more ideal given the width and lushness of the trees. Either the VOLT® Gentle Splash Integrated LED Brass Flood Light or the VOLT® Gentle Splash Cast Brass Flood Light & Wall Wash (w/ 3W 2700K G4 Bulb) could look beautiful. A lot of style choices and deciding between lamp-ready or integrated LEDs is preferential - I prefer to recommend lamp-ready models due to the easily interchangeable bulbs.

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    For the side yard, classic path lights (marked in blue) could be ideal for these garden beds as well. With the lanterns and ceiling light, there is not much illumination to be added to the actual kitchen area.

    You could also consider uplighting the large tree (crepe myrtle?) - it is tough to see the entire size of the tree in this photo, but considering the visible size, a more powerful MR16 might be ideal (5 Watt at minimum I'd guess). 2700K with narrow beam spread (no wider than 38-degree) to keep the illumination focused up the trunk and onto the canopy. If that tree is quite large and grows an expansive canopy, using (2) fixtures at the base could help achieve the proper illumination and also add a beautiful dimensional effect to the tree.