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Two lit floor lanterns along a flagstone path with dark planting behind them

Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor lighting covers every fixture that lives outside the walls of the house: on the wall beside a door, on top of a gate pillar, standing in a border, sitting on a terrace table. They are bought one at a time and they are read together, so the useful question is not which fixture looks good on its own but what the property looks like once they are all on.

The four positions a fixture can take

Almost every exterior fitting falls into one of four groups, and the group decides far more than the style does.

On a wall: beside a door, on a garage elevation, along a fence panel. Fixed, wired or solar, and seen from the street.
On a post or a pillar: a gate column, a fence post, a deck rail. The fixture caps the post and lights the ground around its base.
On the ground: a bollard, a path marker, a stake in a planted bed. Low, repeated along a line, and read as a rhythm rather than as single objects.
On a surface: a table, a bench, a step. Portable, usually cordless, and moved through the evening with the furniture.

A terrace that feels finished almost always uses three of the four. A property lit only from the wall has a bright house and a dark garden. A property lit only from the ground has a glowing lawn and a flat facade.

How to plan a scheme before buying anything

These are the decisions that come first, in the order they actually matter.

Power: wired where the position is fixed and the output has to be the same in December, solar where nothing is run to the spot.
Color temperature: warm around 2700K to 3000K across the whole property. One cool fixture among warm ones is the mistake that shows most at night.
Height: 66 to 72 inches for a wall fixture at a door, 20 to 36 inches for a bollard, under 14 inches for a table piece.
Quantity: fewer fixtures at lower output than instinct suggests. Marking the edges of a space beats filling it.
Exposure: read the rating line on each product page. A covered porch and an open lawn are not the same condition.

Consistency of finish does more work than consistency of shape. A black wall fixture, a black bollard and a black post cap from three different families still read as one scheme. Three matching shapes in three finishes do not.

Which fixture for which exposure

Exposure	Best in	What it does	Price here
Open wall, full weather	A garage elevation, a fence panel	Sealed body, rain lands straight on it	$159 to $379
Under a porch roof	A covered entry, a loggia	Open shade reads well where rain is spray	$139 to $379
On a post or a pillar	A gate pier, a deck rail, a driveway	Caps the post and lights the ground at it	$149 to $489
In soil or on paving	A path, a border, a driveway edge	Repeated low markers read as a rhythm	$159 to $479
On a table or carried	A terrace table, a bench, a step	Moves through the evening with the furniture	$149 to $429
Hung from a branch or a hook	A pergola, a tree, a porch beam	Light above head height with nothing wired	$229 to $589

Power and rating across the range

IP44: IP44 means protected against water splashed from any direction, but not against a jet. A fixture rated that way belongs under a deep porch roof or a covered walkway, where rain reaches it as spray rather than head on.
Hardwired junction box: A wired fixture ends at a sealed box with a cable run from the house. That means a trench or a wall penetration, done once, and it is the only route that gives the same output in December as in July.
Wired or solar at order: Many bodies here are offered both ways and the choice is made when ordering. The same shape can go on a wired wall at the door and on a solar post at the far fence, which keeps a property reading as one scheme.
Rechargeable battery: A battery lantern charges indoors or from its own panel and carries no cable at all. That is what lets a light sit on a terrace table through dinner and come back inside afterward.
Dusk to dawn: A dusk to dawn fixture switches itself on as daylight drops and off again at first light. On a boundary or a far corner that saves running a switch to a spot nobody passes with a free hand.

What is the rule of thumb for outdoor lighting

Four figures cover most of a scheme. A wall lantern beside a front door sits with its center 66 to 72 inches from the floor, and the fixture itself reads right at roughly one third the height of the door. A post light stands 72 to 84 inches to the top of the post. Path lights sit 6 to 8 feet apart, close enough that the pools of light touch at ground level. Keep every fixture on the same color temperature, 2700K or 3000K, so the house does not read as two different buildings after dark.

Where a fixture sits also sets the rating it needs. A covered porch takes an IP44 body, an exposed wall or a post needs IP65, and anything that can sit in standing water needs more again. Each product page lists its rating.

Questions about outdoor lighting

How much does outdoor lighting cost on this page?

Outdoor fixtures here run from $90 to $1,760, and most sit between $149 and $400. Solar path and post cap lights occupy the lower end, while large wall lanterns and cast post lights sit at the top. Installation is not included and is not quoted here.

Where should a scheme start?

At the entrance. The door, the path to it and the change of level in front of it are the three things a visitor needs to see. Everything else is decoration and can be added later.

Is solar bright enough?

For a path edge, a fence line, a step or a terrace table, yes. For a driveway or a working surface, plan a wired fixture and use solar around it. Output follows the sky, so it drops after several overcast days and runs shorter in midwinter.

What does IP65 mean in practice?

Dust tight, and protected against water jets from any direction, which is what driving rain and a sprinkler deliver. It does not mean the fixture can be immersed.

Can the same fixture go on a wall and on a post?

Rarely. A wall body throws light out from a vertical surface, a post body sits on a horizontal one and throws light down. The mounting line on each product page states which surface it is made for.

How many fixtures does an average yard need?

On a typical suburban lot, two at the door, three or four along the main approach and a small group on the terrace covers it. Adding more usually flattens the result rather than improving it.