Christmas tree lights have been around for almost 150 years, ever since a friend of the American inventor Thomas Edison thought it would be a good idea to make his tree really stand out with some special bulbs.
Now, with a wide range of lighting products readily available, there’s nothing to stop you decorating your whole garden in the same vein. Here Lumberjacks, who offer outdoor lighting in Ipswich and across Suffolk, look at the advantages of installing this type of feature during the festive season.
Outdoor Lights Can Get You into The Festive Spirit
It’s much easier to feel festive if your lights are outside as well as inside. This particularly applies to children, whether they are your own or just visiting – the warm glow of outdoor lighting greatly complements the earlier (and longer) nights of winter.
Outdoor lighting also helps if you want to see the New Year in as well – you could time your outdoor lights, for instance, to come on at midnight on New Year’s Eve (a nice surprise for any visitors!).
Outdoor lighting helps not just yourself but your neighbours as well – providing a valuable psychological lift during the darkest of seasons that makes the whole area around your home feel safer and more friendly.
Outdoor Lighting Highlights Your Garden
Outdoor lighting isn’t just restricted to your trees – you can position it strategically to improve the look of shrubs and other smaller plants throughout your garden to provide an enhanced atmosphere.
And it doesn’t have to be used near plants at all – you can use your outdoor lighting to highlight a particular garden feature, such as a fountain, statue, or a favourite garden bench. This ensures you get more use out of your garden – whether it’s just appreciating the plants and features within it or allowing you to entertain guests over the festive period.
Outdoor Lighting Provides Better Security
One of the problems with Christmas and the New Year is that they coincide with the darkest months of the year, when natural light is at a premium. This means that opportunist thieves are more likely to target homes, particularly if they think there’s a lot of valuable presents inside.
However, outdoor lighting will help solve those problems and discourage thieves – light has a proven deterrent value when it comes to discouraging thieves who don’t want to be seen. If your lights are activated by motion, this can have a further deterrent value.
Outdoor Lighting Can Help Avoid Accidents
Winter is both the darkest and potentially wettest and iciest time of year. Outdoor lighting will give you clear line-of-sight of any paths and patches of ice in your garden, making it far easier to avoid any unfortunate slips or falls which could prove dangerous, should you need to venture outside.
It will also help if you have any friends or family coming round for the festive season – and remember they may not be as familiar with the layout of your home and garden.
Ellumiere Lighting from Lumberjacks
At Lumberjacks, we can brighten up your garden with Ellumiere outdoor lighting. It will ensure your garden (and house) is safer, more attractive and should help you get into the festive spirit very easily.
All you need to do is choose your lights, cables and connectors, and buy a transformer (you may need more than one depending on how many lights you want). These low voltage systems (they only need 12 volts) are much safer than the 240 volts required for more complex set-ups. The lower current means there’s also a much lower risk for the user because any electric shocks - for example, during installation – shouldn’t be too harmful.
For more information about our Ellumiere products - which include starter kit bundles – then follow this link. There’s a couple of YouTube videos on the page to help you on your way, but if you have any further questions or queries regarding our products you can also contact us by following this link and filling in the online form, or by calling us on 01473 461394.