11 Decorative Lighting For A Lovely Home Outdoor
Outdoor Decorative Lighting
A good outdoor lighting can make your outdoor space more warm and enjoyable. It’ll become a lovely place to be with your loved ones, and other social events at night. One important criteria to set the mood right is a right outdoor lighting. It needs to be able to light up the place good enough for a clear visibility. Having a cool decorative feature is a plus and in this list, we’re looking into that extra decorative feature that a lighting should have. Some of the ideas here are made with recycled materials and even a wood stump. Take a look and see how you want to integrate into your lovely home.
1. Grass Shade Lantern
Lanterns are the perfect lighting for a warm ambiance. The usual shades of orange is enough to illuminate the darkness while at the same time being soft to the eyes. And, this lovely grass shade is actually portable. The shade is made with wax paper that is secured onto the wooden frame. Real grasses are used for the decoration. It’s actually enclosed in between two sheets of wax paper. Checkout the tutorial below for a thorough instruction.
2. Cracked Lamp Log
The wooden stump isn’t exactly cracked. A fine artistic chipping made it looked like it’s cracked. Some wood work maybe required and if you know what you’re doing, you can probably turn it into a seat as well.
3. Mason Jar Lights
Mason jars make perfect containers for fireflies and also string lights! Put battery operated string lights into the mason jar and hang them around the backyard. You could setup poles so the mason jar can hang at specific point around your garden. You can also use candles too.
The rails too make a perfect place to hang these lighting.
4. Outdoor Chandelier
Outdoor chandelier is a very nice lighting to have when you’re having dinners out door. It looks elegant and amazing. You can easily make this using grape vine balls and battery-operated string lights. Checkout how you can make this in your home via link below.
5. Bottled Lights
Light up some bottles along the fences! Different color bottles emit different lighting. So, even if you’re using string lights of the same color, you’ll get a mix of different coloration.
6. Pendant Shades
If you have battery-operated light bulbs just dangling on your patio, why not make a simple shade for it? This simple rectangular hole lamp shade is made with a candle holder. You could use other stuffs like a thin sheet of paper for the same effect.
7. Light Columns
Here’s a unique outdoor lighting. Stacked balls! Well, they’re actually round lanterns. String lights are wrapped around a wooden dowel. Then, the round paper lanterns are just slot on top of each other. It’s simple but looks quite amazing.
8. Wrapped Tree Lights
Outdoor string lights is a super nice thing to have. What a time to be alive!
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9. Mason Jar Prism Light
Create a fancy mason jar with glass ornaments. It becomes a special luminaries as light becomes refracted by the glasses.
10. Starry Lights
Simply slotting in a piece of star-shaped paper onto each light bulb turns a normal string light into something magical.
11. Ground Paper Lanterns
Used paper bags can be used as a simple lantern. You can punch out some patterns out of it for the light to go through better. It also doubles as decor for the lantern.
We hope these ideas helped you to be creative with your outdoor lighting. If you like this post, share it!
