Outdoor Living Space Lighting: Why the Back of the House Needs a Different Plan|How Should a Patio Be Lit? Start With How You Use It|Patio Lighting That Gets Used
Two sides, two purposes Front yard lighting is for people looking at the house. Out back you are inside the lighting, not looking at it. That flips the priorities. Nobody is grading the back yard from the street. What matters is whether the space still works after dark.The short version: do not treat the back as an afterthought of the front. A roofline system does a great deal for the front of a house and almost nothing for where you sit. Two spaces, two separate sets of re