Outdoor lighting can be the perfect touch for your Texas home, accentuating the architectural finishes and landscaping…if it’s done right. If not set up properly, however, your lighting may fall flat or even detract from your beautiful property. The decision about which landscape lighting company to use plays a huge role in the success of the final product.

So before you choose the first Dallas-Fort Worth area landscape lighting company you find, make sure you’re doing your due diligence in selecting a business that will do it right the first time.

Here are six questions that will help you narrow down your options:

1.      Do You Support Smart Home Automation?

More and more often, an outdoor lighting system isn’t just an outdoor lighting system. It’s part of something greater. Through home automation, you can have one system that controls the lights (indoor and out), the climate, the televisions, the multi-room music, and more. It really helps when learning how to operate the lighting system because it’s one platform for everything.

And even if you don’t want to start out with smart lighting, it’s nice to know if it’s something that can easily be integrated later.

Are you looking to spice up your outdoor spaces?  With the warmer spring weather in Dallas, it could be the right time to add dramatic outdoor lighting to your pool, patio, and landscape.

According to a recent survey by the home design website Houzz, 45% of landscape design projects incorporate some outdoor lighting components.  Why? Outdoor lighting can extend your outdoor entertainment well into the warm Texas spring and summer evenings, and set just the right tone and mood for you and your guests.

Interested in hearing more?  Let’s explore how outdoor lighting and lighting control can make your outside time more fun in the seasonal months ahead.    

SEE ALSO: A Quick Guide to Outdoor Sound Systems

Accenting Your Outdoors

There are many ways to add flair to your outdoor spaces.  LED lights can illuminate pathways in your patio and through garden areas.  Up-lights can add a dramatic effect to parts of the home, in the front and back, and at the street level at stanchions or gates. They can also illuminate trees and bushes, drawing the eye to the view you want to stage when the sun goes down.