Backyard Ambiance with Outdoor Lighting

In an effort to repurpose and spend less, we put our outdoor Christmas lights to summertime use and converted them to backyard ambient lighting.

 This is how the lights usually look at Christmas...
(please excuse the words on pic as I copied it from a previous post)

 

...and here's how they look now 

 

This is not a tutorial on how to string/attach the lights as Mr. D did all that and I'm afraid I didn't pay too much attention but was very happy with the end result! He even put them on a dimmer switch so we can control the brightness.

 

And now we can sit out here in our Adirondack chairs and soak in the evening ambiance.

 

It will also be nice for larger gatherings this summer.

 

Lighting our fire bowl allows us the extra warmth to stay outside longer,

 

especially now that we have the extra lighting.

 

Want to come over and relax in one of these chairs with us?  We'd love to have you!

 

This chair is a recent purchase from Canadian Tire and I was very pleased to find one that coordinates well with the ones I already had.

Pillow is reversible (to a red side) and is by Pier 1.

 

 

The lights inside the cabana as well as my candelier also add to the outdoor lighting.

 

Below, you can see how the lights are strung over to our sundeck which will come in handy as that is how we access the kitchen.

 

It's amazing how much the atmosphere of your outdoor space can change just by adding some lighting.

 

Ahh, summer nights...

 

...will definitely be spent out here!

 

Thanks for visiting!

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