Do you want the lighting to illuminate the yard and deck, or just the garage? If there is enough space, consider mounting flush lights under the --what's it called, the overhang? Fascia? Soffit? -- to create a downlit glow for the garage space, without creating glare that casts light into the house.

Good point bp. I guess we want it to illuminate the yard a bit since that is really the only lighting out there. I also kind of like the idea of having something on either side in terms of style rather than having nothing. However, I really like black, but not sure if it will even show up on the black siding. I also like brass, but don't seem to see anything in brass in our price range - or at all really.

daisy, I love the black fixtures, but I think you might want to go with brass, or possibly bronze, so that the fixtures themselves don't disappear.

I would put a light to the left of the walk-in door, and one on each side of the garage door.

If I recall correctly you're in Canada too. I've found that Lowes online/in store is quite good and speedy, and has a decent selection (plus the Home Depot website makes me crazy). Here are some fixtures I found online just now,

motion activated fixture, sort of antique brass-y on sale through tomorrow

There are some other, pricier motion activated choices here

Not motion-activated, antique brass finish fixture

Not motion-activated, bronze finish fixture

I was picking toward the lower end of the price spectrum, but there are other choices for some more $$$.

I also like Don's Light House in Ontario, they have a nice selection and some great prices. Here are their outdoor wall fixtures in brass and here are their outdoor wall fixtures in bronze.

I've also had good luck ordering from Lowes.ca (but it's their website I hate!) and I know we don't have a Lowes here so if you don't like them, you're out of luck.

Doesn't look like a lot of light, but super cute

bronzey light

another bronzey light :)

ORB at Rona

Oh my gosh super cute light

Ok, Rona has a ton of cute lights. My back door one is brushed nickel and rusty...I think I may need a new one after this search!

Good luck.

Oh, the CDN input is much appreciated! I bought a lot of our lights for the house restoration from the states and the electricians were not happy with me.

Everyone I talk to says it took about a week to get their garages built. We are going on 4 months now and, of course, contractor wants me to order everything this week when I am going crazy at work. We'd just reconciled ourselves to the fact we weren't going to have a finished garage for the winter when he decided to (finally) get moving on it. Thought I'd have til spring to think about lights.

I'm going to look at all the links above and see what works (hoping for brass!). I still haven't changed the house numbers on the front from the original black and good luck to anyone trying to find our house after dark.

Sorry daisy, I couldn't find brass ones, but the first one I posted is so cute!

And I don't know why we always get the slow people here and who these people are that get garages built in a week and kitchens in 3 weeks (mine took 3 years).

Which side will the man-door open from, right or left? That might influence your decision on whether to put a motion-sensor light there or not if you need to see the lock.

They aren't 'pretty' but those corner-mounted floodlights put out a lot of light, so if you decide to put in something besides motion-sensor sconces, you could mount one motion sensor flood up in the left corner and aim it toward the doors.

I agree it would look better balanced to have 3 lights, one to the left of the door and one on each side of the garage door. I'm going to be the outlier and say the lights need to be black. I don't think your siding is so dark that they won't show up. The bronze ones just look off to me. The ORB is a little better since there is only a hint of copper and it comes off as mostly black.

Which side will the man-door open from, right or left? That might influence your decision on whether to put a motion-sensor light there or not if you need to see the lock.

i was thinking the same thing, but then realized that if there are lights on both sides of the garage door, and one on the left of the man door, your bases are covered and it's a nice balance.

Thanks so much! You'd think these little details are no brainers but this is just the advice I need. Of course another light for the motion detection! Perfect solution.

I also agree about the black many of the bronzey ones are closer to the house colour than the black is and I think they need to be black

I agree, bpathome, but not all of them would have to be motion-sensitive if you had a choice. I don't know, it seems like you could buy the same fixture in either one or the other. That's why I thought about the corner flood that could be motion triggered.

We can put the motion light just around the corner that you can't see in the pic (right side). There will be a gate and walk there anyways so very good.

Perfect! And I am assuming you will have a remote control garage opener. There is usually an inside light on the controller box that comes on when the door opens so you will be covered there.

I love your garage door!!! I just got a new one myself, but it's not nearly as nice as yours.

I'm curious about your garage. I assume the cars go in through the back, i.e., not across the lawn. I love your door, but wonder why you have a large one on the non-car side, unless it's so that you can bring big things in through the back access?