Uplighting & Downlighting: When To Use Each

Our choice of lighting is an essential part of your home environment. Choosing the right up / down lighting design can create a subtle yet striking outdoor lighting atmosphere that you crave for the exterior of your home.

Although lighting experts and landscaping professionals seem to speak their jargon, understanding the meaning of the term up/down lighting is as evident as it sounds. Uplighting refers to lights that are mounted to shine your light upward and are installed at ground level or low. Downlight refers to lights that shine your light down, so they would be installed at a higher point to create this downlight effect.
What should you highlight? Standard features to light up the exterior of your home include special, substantial or unique trees, architectural features or columns, as well as garden features. Vertical lights are also a perfect option to light up something taller. The beauty of these types of features on the exterior of your home can be lost without the right choice of surface.

                                        
  

In addition to highlighting :

Create captivating shadows in your landscape.
Adds depth to exterior walls, fences, or other flat surfaces
Extra light layers for security purposes
Describe the limits of space in your exterior design
There are many types of uplight available to meet a large number of backyard lighting needs, the perfect beam of the Led light. to light up the surface features of your favorite home. !

What should you downlight? Downlight is excellent for adding a layer of depth to your beautiful outdoor landscape and creates that warm and inviting feeling everyone wants your home to have! Downlight is often used for landscape beds, water fountains, or any of your favorite ground-level focal points that you want to draw attention to once the sun goes down. Downlight also provides an element of safety and visibility to outdoor seating areas as well as to the paths around your home.

If you want to add a beautiful effect to a Led downlight, we recommend looking for Moonlighting. Moonlight is a downlight technique that, if done correctly, can replicate the beauty of light exactly where you want it.
This is how moonlighting works:

Place a light fixture, such as the 6-inch Kichler Outdoor Light, on top of a tree and point its beam downward to replicate the moon shining in your favorite area of ​​your home's exterior. Moonlighting is a fantastic choice for entertainment areas like patios or pools, where you and your guests can relax in the light of the "moon."
A note about LED up / downlights: LED up / downlights are a great choice when planning the perfect lighting setup for the exterior of your home. LED up / downlights like the 4-inch Kichler Energy Smart Outdoor Spotlight from Capitol Lighting's comprehensive collection of lighting products can help you achieve almost any of your outdoor lighting goals!

LED up / downlights offer many advantages,
 such as:
Ease of installation and maintenance.
Eco-friendly and energy-efficient
Cutting-edge technology
Versatility and durability

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