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Patio and Outdoor Living Lighting: Lighting the Space You Actually Sit In|How to Light a Patio: The Practical Version|Patio Lighting That Gets Used and Why It Is Not the Same as Curb Appeal

Why the patio plan is its own thing The front of a property gets judged from the street. The patio is for people sitting in it. Everything changes once you are the one sitting under it. Nobody is grading the back yard from the street. The only test is whether anybody wants to sit there.All of which adds up to one point. A roofline system handles the street view and very little for the space behind it. Two spaces, two briefs, and one design conversation that covers both. Gl

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Permanent Lighting Installation: The Process in Plain English|What Goes Into a Permanent Lighting Installation

It starts with a conversation The first step is a look at the property, not a truck in the driveway. Somebody walks the property, asks how you use the outside of your home, and works out where the light should go. There is no charge for it, and you are not signing anything to have it. The design comes before the price Your house is not the same shape as the one down the street, so the plan gets drawn for it. A good design follows the architecture that is already there: the

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