It has become fashionable to equip private cottages and summer spaces of restaurants with places for cozy outdoor recreation. To do this, build or install verandas and terraces of various designs. So that you can spend time comfortably in them when it gets dark on the street, but you don’t want to go into the room, they let light in. How to organize the lighting of the veranda in a private house, a photo and a description of the work are given below.
What is the lighting of the veranda for?
The street veranda is an additional extension, which serves as the main entrance to the house. The open-type design is always supplemented by lighting during design development and installation in a country cottage.
The backlight is needed for the following purposes:
- creates good visibility on the porch and ensures the safety of movement on the stairs;
- becomes an element of the decor of garden terraces;
- makes it possible to comfortably spend time at the cottage;
- gives the building a beautiful, aesthetic appearance;
- serves as part of the security system around the perimeter of the house and the surrounding area.
Today, manufacturers offer a large selection of street lights and lamps of various configurations and installation methods. Depending on the design idea, it is possible to choose and combine hanging, ceiling and wall options. And you can make the backlight yourself.
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Lighting Rules
Conducting light on an open veranda is a type of outdoor lighting, and is carried out in accordance with certain rules:
- Installation of bulbs must be carried out in a safe area for movement.
- Create a neat and aesthetic appearance on the porch, have a sufficient degree of brightness.
- The glow should be comfortable for the perception of the eyes at the optimum level, not to cause irritation during a long stay next to it.
- A type of lighting device with a high class of moisture resistance and good resistance to temperature extremes. Such devices reduce the risk of a short circuit when water enters the structure and ignites, especially on wooden verandas.
The interior space of the structure is multifunctional, so it is natural to use different types of lamps at the same time. LED strips, garlands and fiber optic color cables also give special originality. With this solution, it is more convenient and functional to make portable versions of lighting devices near rocking chairs and deck chairs, and not to use stationary ones.
Important! The power of the lamp should correspond to the area of the veranda and the total number of lamps that are installed on it.
Choice of fixtures
When choosing lighting products for an open area, attention should be paid to power, radiation spectrum, minimum life, cost and color temperature. Also, devices should be easy to install and, if necessary, give the opportunity to perform cabling.
It is important to choose the right type of lamp. The light source in them is luminescent, halogen, with a filament and LED. Halogen lamps shine brightly with a stable luminous flux, are compact, but are rarely used in arranging terraces. Typical incandescent lamps are inexpensive, easily combined with any element of the lighting device. Their main disadvantage is the strong heating of the flask during use, fragility.
Did you know? LED lights generate high-frequency pulses that interfere and can affect the operation of electrical appliances. Therefore, televisions, radios and other equipment need to be located at a distance of 40 cm from them.
For outdoor areas, several models of fixtures are used:
- Chandeliers - they install infrequently and only small-sized ceiling models, since suspended versions limit movement in space. The best place for her is above the front door.
- Sconces (wall mounted). Convenient lighting device to illuminate the porch. They are located on the sides of the door or between the window openings. Facade sconces are often made in the form of flashlights that organically look on the supports of the steps.
- LED Strip Light. LED lamps are suitable for any area on the terrace. The design allows you to mount a hidden ceiling lights and perform lighting around the perimeter of the load-bearing walls. The flexible device of the LED lamp allows you to bend in the right direction, take any shape. Thus, it brings a special aesthetic to the design of the site.
Recently, automatic light, which is created using motion sensors, has gained great popularity. The automatic system turns on the backlight when a person walks past the terrace or an animal runs.
How to make lighting yourself
To conduct light on the cottage terrace yourself, you will need:
- tools: hammer, electric drill, tape measure, hole saw, drills (cork and feather), pliers;
- mark the location of the fixtures;
- drill slots for devices;
- make a hole in the center of the socket for the back of the lighting device and extend the hidden wiring to the power supply;
- in the niche done, first fix the block with the wires and the lamp, then install the case;
- pass the wires into the hole of the socket, and mount the case;
- install safety glasses;
- connect to the power supply.
There are various ways to bring light to the terrace. The main thing is to decide on the design and type of fixtures for installation.
Video: Installing LED lights for the new veranda
Main lighting
The main light is designed to create coziness. It is best generated by soft scattered radiation with a comfortable stream of light for the eyes. In most cases, this spectrum passes through a warm yellow region.
The chandelier is a "classic" of this type of lighting. Its dimensions should be compact, since it can interfere with movement. Most often they are suspended above the entrance, table and above the recreation area. Spotlights - a very convenient option for outdoor areas. Lamps are selected taking into account the technical requirements and the design of the architectural form.
Important! Lighting devices with motion sensors consume electricity extremely economically.
Additional items
If the outdoor area has a complex structure with insufficient light from the main source, it is compensated by the installation of additional elements.
These include:
- floor lamps;
- fairy lights;
- sconces of various types;
- hidden lighting (LED cable or tape);
- wireless backlight.
You can decorate the space with the help of a multi-level arrangement of devices, with lampshades of one color scale of different shades. Such a design approach will create a pleasant light for the eyes, boring, and expressive.
Backlight and decorative light
With the help of highlighting, they focus on certain areas, and distinguish them from the rest in the general context of design. For example, flower beds and original home decoration. There must be a mandatory illumination of reservoirs located close to the veranda, for security purposes in the adjacent territory.
Did you know? Energy-saving lamps affect the human psyche, reduce performance, increase fatigue, change biorhythms and hormonal levels. Therefore, it is best to equip the backlight with LED devices.
Decorative light always makes the design of an outdoor area unique. To do this, set garlands, LED strips and colored lights. LED tapes decorate or delineate the borders and shapes of terraces and verandas, decorate the steps of the porch and railings. Garlands are hung both for decoration and as auxiliary lighting.
Colored lanterns organically complement various styles of venues.
Security measures
The installation of lighting devices in open areas requires compliance with certain safety measures:
- devices should be installed in inaccessible places for children and animals;
- the presence of protection against dust, dirt and moisture so that a short circuit does not occur;
- use only environmentally friendly and safe lamp models.
Today, LED-type fixtures are considered the safest due to their technical characteristics.
The country veranda can be beautifully and stylishly decorated with various types of lighting fixtures. With the help of lamps, visually transform the space, visually change its configuration. The finished composition is created by contrast of brightly lit ones zones and immersed in the twilight of others. Various extraordinary solutions and bold experiments will help to distinguish an open recreation area from a private house.
