placement of exterior lighting for new garage
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Help with exterior garage/barn lighting?
Comments (1)Try barnlightelectric .com MH...See MoreGarage lights - placement
Comments (12)chickadee, the last two photos are actually of the same height, except they show the base centered and what the shade would look like at that location. The garage is shot straight on, but the lights are shown on an angle. You're right that the lights will be shining down, and that's why I've considered raising them another 7 inches or so. However, I'm not sure whether it's better to have the base or the shade level with the header trim....See MoreNew build/log home: Exterior light/doorbell placement
Comments (22)chicagoans...thank you so much! And those pictures are great! I just realized the first picture I uploaded doesn't show the tape marks for the lights on the prow...oi :) The whole reason I posted....but, we have planned two up/down sconce type lights, about half way up, on the narrow vertical logs just to the left/right of the 3 vertical prow logs...so they'll shine up to the prow soffit (that we labored over staining/sealing for days..ha. We also plan for one above the garage door. Labor of love.) And LED sounds like the way to go cause they'll be up so high. Sure hope they last as long as they say they do :) The question I've been pondering is should we do the 'up/down', or just the 'up' lights? Im overly sensitive about not wanting to light it up too much out there..we'll have coach lights on the outsides of the middle two sliding doors on either end of the prow..matching the height of the garage door coach lights (on both sides of the garage door), at least that's the plan for now....wish I could put the sconces on a dimmer, but they're going to be on a timer, so the electrician said a dimmer wouldn't work unless we do a smart switch type thing-and we're all about not going the smart route--lol. Dumb lights, dumb switches...we embrace the dumb & thats how we roll...after my husbands flip phone finally died, not too long ago, he walked into the store and asked for the dumbest smart phone they had, lol. The poor young man who was trying to upsell him on the highest of high tech phones, didn't know what to say....See MoreElectrician Comes Friday - Need Input on Garage Light Placement!
Comments (5)Just a thought.... what if you place them both the same distance from the garage door and on the larger side place your house number (address) in large font - installed vertically to help fill some of the space. It may make the wider side look purposeful and intentional - like "duh - that's where the house numbers go"....See Morekay kin
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