Bright Ideas: Outdoor Lighting Redefines the Outdoor Space

Outdoor lighting, from sophisticated lamps to outdoor candles to the humble tiki torch, offers the same quality as indoor lighting and has become a key accessory when decorating an outdoor space.

Avant-garde or elegant, new lighting designs bring interior styling to the outdoors with versatile, luxurious and design-inspired looks. Lighting can transform an outdoor space by creating a “wow” factor, from illuminating the water in a pool or pond with submersible lights, to silhouetting a tree to lighting up a gazebo.

Materials ranging from silicone to weather-resistant polymer resin characterize today’s outdoor lighting and make a statement in any outdoor space:

• Affordable and multi-functional, hi-tech candles are heating up outdoor rooms. LED-powered lights now offer a built-in microchip that creates a cozy glow of a real-burning flickering candle without the flammability of a traditional flame. Create a sexy centerpiece or a striking accent by gathering them in a group on a table, varying their heights or arranging greenery around them.

•Rechargeable weather-resistant candles are easy at parties and on the electric bill. Made of silicone but giving the appearance of real wax, they provide a warm ambient flickering light just like candles but have no flame, no smoke, and no wax and are safe to use.

•Artistically exquisite lamps that fit into foyers and flank living room sofas are now designed for the outdoors, creating an old world feel and offering charm and elegance. Constructed with brass, hand-painted porcelain, patina metals, art-glaze ceramic and genuine wood complemented by exotic fabrics and trim, these table and floor lamps look like a work of art. The all-weather styles are eclectic, ranging from the elegant to whimsical.

•Torches add a dramatic effect, creating festive ambience around the deck, patio or pool. Oil torches are ideal to highlight driveways, sidewalks or even plants in your landscaping. Cordless outdoor patio lights provide mood lighting, are energy efficient and add festive color to your party.
•Want to light up your imagination and keep the party going past sundown? Beautifully designed woven wicker patterns made of the highest quality weather resistant polymer resin add festive charm to an outdoor space and are a great conversation-starter at special events.
•Modernistic outdoor lighting adds drama to outdoor spaces. Beautifully designed multi-purpose fixtures are transforming outdoor living areas and providing energy-efficient, captivating, glare-free light ideal for outdoor entertaining, special occasions, or everyday elegance. Versatile lighting system offers several different shapes, sizes and colors, and adapts to any landscape. Rechargeable cordless, long cord with a plug, or hard-wired styles can float in a pond, mount to your deck or patio, hang in trees or under eaves or be placed throughout your front yard.

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Bring your Outdoor Room to Life With a Few Essential Accessories

Bringing your outdoor room to life has never been so creative...and so challenging.

Think of your space as an extension of your indoor living area. With an infinite palette of stylish and performance-driven designs, you can create a coordinated look that is welcoming, functional, and even luxurious.

Your first impulse is to buy your “nuts and bolts” pieces, such as sofas, chaise lounges and dining tables. Yet have you thought strategically about the space you are filling? If not, your new outdoor room will offer a few scattered items that reflect clutter instead of the inviting paradise you imagined.

Translate Your Needs Into a Functional Space

Designing a coordinated look takes a little research about what options are out there. Think about the space you are filling by breaking the room into its parts. Is it a place for entertaining or quiet contemplation? Do you want to create separate rooms or a small intimate space that coordinates with your interior? How do you define a space that is different from the rest of your backyard?

Use your imagination and translate your creativity into reality with a few well chosen accessories. We call them “essential accessories” because without them it is very difficult to tie everything together into a coordinated, lifestyle-driven space.

Outdoor Area Rugs or Floor Tiles

There is probably no one single accessory that defines a focal point in your outdoor room than an area rug. Just like your interior space, you can create several mini-rooms on a large patio with different color schemes by using multiple area rugs.

Another creative option is snap-together outdoor wood tiles. Complete with mitered corners and beveled edges, they are designed to create a look of a hardwood floor. They are ideal for visually expanding the floor area when used over an entire deck, balcony or roof top garden.

Throw Pillows

No interior or outdoor room is complete without throw pillows. The patterns and color choices have greatly expanded, enabling you to brighten up or change the look of a chair, sofa or chaise. The use and longevity of treated acrylic fibers has opened the door to a variety of palettes and textures.

Outdoor pillows can handle the wear and tear of outdoor living and are increasingly durable. The fabrics are very resistant to sun fading and they have an inside stuffing or foam that will not attract mold or mildew. For added flexibility, many pillows now come with zippers so the covers can be easily taken off and machine washed

Outdoor Lighting

A wide range of weather-resistant outdoor lighting, from oil torches to rechargeable candles, is now available. New to the mix are table and floor lamp styles with plush fabric shades, ornate glazed bodies and granite bases that will add a an elegant touch to any outdoor room.

When you begin to assemble your outdoor room, remember that selecting the furniture is just the first step. Adding a few well chosen essential accessories will give you a much better chance of ending up with the outdoor lifestyle you imagined.

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Tête-à-tête or Soiree…

The sleek design of this outdoor wicker dining stool makes it ideal for casual gatherings around the pool or patio. The 28’’ high seat can function as a bistro table or outdoor bar and the open space below the seat is ideal for storing bags, towels or accessories.

The outdoor stool is constructed of 100% recyclable polyethylene fiber woven together to look like real wicker. It is resistant to pool water, sea salt, UV and all weather conditions, not to mention kids and pets. The aluminum frame is extremely durable and completely weather resistant for convenient outdoor living. This product is available at www.homeinfatuation.com.

Backyard Utopia – Long Beach Outdoor Bar and Grill Island Hosts Year-Round Celebration

Having a portable outdoor bar provides the freedom to host a party on the patio, in the garden or even on your own private beach.

The sleek, free-standing Long Beach Outdoor Bar and serving island is eight feet long and provides a fun and efficient way to entertain in any patio area. Blending functionality with a “Wow” design, it is completely weatherproof making it ideal for all-season entertaining.

The bar offers a spacious surface for easy serving. It is constructed with a fiberglass resin frame, an Italian porcelain tile top, and a cement plaster stucco facing. The combination’s of stucco and tile colors offer complementary design options.

The bar is mounted on 2 ½” rubber casters for easy maneuverability. The back of the island has a stainless steel door opening for additional hidden storage to protect bar supplies and a high opening with a removable stainless steel shelf.

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Outdoor Dining – Reusable Ceramic Place Cards

Home Infatuation already knows that you are the “hostess with the mostess!” Be confident with this fabulous title when you have set the perfect dining table for an event and your finishing touch is a ceramic place card that you have personalized for each guest!
Home Infatuation offers a wide selection of the most charming and stylish ceramic place cards ranging from pieces that offer a flower bud vase attachment to themes that include nature, scrolled artwork, wildlife and seashells.

The reusable ceramic place cards can be used in all settings. Planning a birthday party or wedding? From small to large engagements, the ceramic place cards are sure to be a fun conversation starter. A dry erase marking pen is included and can be used to write on the ceramic place card. Writing easily wipes off for your next event.

To find this product and other wonderful additions to your outdoor living lifestyle, check out Home Infatuation’s web store at http://www.homeinfatuation.com. Home Infatuation offers a variety of outdoor living products that include luxury furniture collections, patio torches and fire pits as well as garden statues and break-resistant luxury outdoor dinnerware.