add ambience for outdoor dining. Consider the style of your property. Whether your home and garden is contemporary or traditional in character, decorative outdoor lighting can be designed for versatility to suit all styles, helping to further enhance the look of the property. When done well, outdoor lighting can be used to accentuate your home and make the elements you really love stand out.


Outdoor lighting also has the added advantage of deterring unwanted intruders, and you will also find a wide range of functional and motion activated solutions on the market.


HOW CAN I REDUCE ENERGY USE BUT ALSO KEEP THE RIGHT LIGHT LEVELS?


Instead of buying low priced, low-quality goods, look for products that will last longer, which do not hurt the environment and that you are proud to own.


In terms of bulbs, LED vintage bulbs are an excellent choice. With their clean, minimalist style, LED energy-saving


bulbs look great in any room, and they are as practical as they are decorative, as you won’t need to replace the bulb for years. The increased wattage of modern LEDs provides a warm and relaxing glow that can be used in combination with incandescent bulbs for a ‘polished’ finish.


No one wants to waste energy unnecessarily, hence there has been increasing popularity of ‘smart’


technology within the home. At the beginning of your design project it's worth looking into new technologies such as voice commands, mobile phones and other mobile devices to turn on lights at a specific percentage, as opposed to using the traditional method of turning a dimmer switch.


Marketa Rypacek is managing director of Industville


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