Lennar Resource Center

Outdoor lighting is an important feature of your home’s exterior. It can beautifully highlight your home’s architecture and make it easier to navigate around your home at night. There are a variety of lighting options available, each carries out its own specific function as well as it’s own particular style.

Learn about the different types of outdoor lighting features available to help you decide what would be the best fit for your home!

• Wall lanterns and sconces are a source of indirect uplighting and downlighting that are typically utilized in pairs over outdoor seating areas and on either side of entry ways and windows.

• Pendants and hanging lanterns enhance curb appeal as they illuminate the front doorway.

• Post lanterns placed at the end of a driveway can improve street-side visibility.

• Landscape lighting, such as spotlights and well lights, draw attention to the natural elements of a landscape (i.e., trees, shrubs, or flowers) or the architectural features of an edifice.

• Flood, bullet, and wash lights highlight manmade landscape amenities such as fountains, statues, or arbors.

• Path lights are visual aids along walkways, sidewalks, driveways, and pool edges that can enhance color and texture if placed near plants.

• Cove lighting is an indirect form of lighting that can be built into ceilings, walls, ledges, and recesses to emphasize architectural qualities, footpaths, and water or landscape features.

• Pool lights add drama and mood-enhancing color to the water, while ensuring a safer swim.