Outdoor Living Space Lighting, Lighting the Space You Actually Sit In|How to Light a Patio: The Practical Version|Outdoor Living Lighting Done Properly and Why It Is Not the Same as Curb Appeal
Two sides, two purposes Front yard lighting is for people looking at the house. The patio is for people sitting in it. Everything changes once you are the one sitting under it. Nobody cares how the patio reads from the road. The only test is whether the space gets used.The short version: the patio deserves its own plan. A roofline system does a great deal for the front of a house and almost nothing for where you sit. Two spaces, two separate sets of requirements to satisfy.