Contact
Account
As in the home, outdoor lighting plays a key role in the ambiance and aesthetics of your outdoor space. Enhance a pathway with bollards, a swimming pool with spotlights, a flower bed with a spotlight, a terrace with a floor lamp or a relaxation area with free-standing lanterns... When night falls, all these lighting effects add a touch of enchantment to your green space. But which outdoor lighting fixture should you choose to create a warm atmosphere in your garden? Here's our advice to help you make the right choice.
Outdoor lighting: the right color temperature to create a warm space
All outdoor lightingoutdoor lighting do not have the same light color. In fact, there are two: cold light and warm light, which transmits a more yellowish light. For LED lighting, color temperature is expressed in Kelvins. The higher the number of Kelvins, the cooler the light. Here's a quick guide to help you find your way around:
- Warm light is between 2,200 and 3,200 Kelvin;
- Cold light corresponds to more than 5,000 Kelvin;
- Neutral light ranges from 3,200 to 5,000 Kelvin.
Although popular for functional spaces, cold light is more aggressive and therefore less visually pleasing. To create a warm atmosphere, warm white lighting is the way to go. In fact, this type of soft light is reputed to be pleasing and soothing to the eye.
→ "If you're hesitating between aesthetics and functionality, there's RBG CCT technology, adds Christophe Coelho. What is it? The acronym RGB stands for Red Green Blue. Thanks to these 3 colors, we can obtain over 10 million lighting nuances. As for CCT: Changing Color Temperature, it allows you to obtain all shades of white (cool, neutral or warm). In short, this new-generation light lets you illuminate in color, cool white or warm white, as you wish."
Every outdoor luminaire has its function
Now that you know which light color to choose, let's take a look at which fixture you'd prefer, depending on your decorating mood.
Demarcate garden areas with solar-powered LED bollards
To illuminate a path, a driveway or a staircase, solar-powered solar LED bollards and pole-mounted spotlights are excellent solutions. In addition to helping you see more clearly at night, bollards can be used to delineate different areas of your outdoor space, and to highlight what's around them.
Draw the eye to a specific area of your exterior
Do you have a beautiful tree, stone wall or statue? Sublimate their singularity at nightfall by installing a spotlight. For customized lighting, Lumihome offers ultra-powerful spotlights equipped with the famous RGB CCT technology. And if your exterior features a water feature such as a fountain or mini waterfall, you can also transform it into a little fairytale corner with a submersible LED spotlight.
Create a cosy atmosphere with table lamps
To add the decorative touch that makes all the difference, place lanterns near a relaxation area, by the pool or on your terrace. Very trendy, they'll add a touch of warmth, ideal for enjoying the outdoors in summer.
Simply illuminate
That's right: in addition to their decorative power, the primary function of lighting fixtures is toilluminate areas where brightness is essential, such as the entrance porch or the terrace at mealtimes. For this functional lighting need, opt for solar wall lightsoutdoor bollards and floor lamps. At Lumihome, we offer design and performance models that combine practicality and elegance.
Bonus tip: to create a warm atmosphere, multiply the lighting. Accumulating light sources in strategic places around your exterior will create a cosy atmosphere.
The benefits of solar-powered outdoor lighting to create a warm ambience
Now that you've got everything you need to illuminate your garden, let's take a look at a particularly interesting option: solar lighting. As the name suggests, solar-powered lights operate solely on natural light stored throughout the day. In addition to their ecological and economic benefits, let's take a look at how they can create a warm atmosphere in the garden.
Quick and easy installation for strategic placement
Solar lighting is completely autonomous, so you can install the lights wherever you like without having to worry about running ducts or other electrical wiring. That's the advantage. You can place them strategically to create the ambience you want. What's more, they're easy to install.
Numerous solutions for varying heights and angles...
To create a warm atmosphere, it's all a question of placement, but also of choice of height and angle. The beauty of solar-powered luminaires is that they come in a wide range of models. As we saw above, sconces, lanterns, floor lamps, adjustable spotlights, etc. allow you to play with heights and angles, to create the setting you want.
... and to combine lighting effects
Solar-powered lighting comes in all shapes and sizes, so why not make the most of them? Garlands, lanterns, wall lights, spotlights... Useand abuse all models to create a warm, harmonious atmosphere .
High-performance outdoor luminaires
Lack of light intensity, short autonomy... The first solar luminaires were not very efficient. But with the arrival of new technologies, this is a thing of the past. Lumihome's solar lighting solutions incorporate monocrystalline collectors with amplifiers. What's more, their advanced LED system delivers intense light of up to 3,000 lumens, depending on the model. In short, they're simply perfect for creating a customized ambience.
Want to create a warm atmosphere in your outdoor space? Lumihome's solar-powered luminaires have everything you need to transform your garden into a warm, friendly and inviting place.
