Ideas

Ideas for lighting your home

Short, plain answers to the questions people ask before they light a house: how to make it look expensive, warm white or color, game-day scenes, and which look fits your home. Written by Sol, the designer and installer at Curbsight Lighting in Yukon.

A house at night with only the entry, the columns and one tree lit
Lit with restraint: the entry, the columns and one tree. Illustration.
  1. 01

    How to make your house look expensive at night

    Restraint: warm white, a few lit surfaces and real darkness between them.

  2. 02

    Warm white or color: what each says about your house

    Warm white makes a house look finished. Color is for occasions. How to have both.

  3. 03

    Game-day lights for Sooners, Cowboys and Thunder fans

    Crimson and cream, orange and black, blue and orange, on a schedule.

  4. 04

    Four ways a home can feel at night

    Warm and welcoming, classic estate, modern drama or celebration.

  5. 05

    Dots or a continuous line

    What you will actually see from the street, and what each costs.

New to the words? See lighting terms, explained.

Sol, owner of Curbsight Lighting

See it on your own house first.

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