It’s expensive to add a room or an addition to a home. Current estimates to put an addition onto an existing home can be from $200 to $250 per square foot or more. That means if you’d like to add a 20 x 30 living area to your house, you’re looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of $100,000. But what if you already had the space, and many people do, in their own yards. With the proper lighting, an outdoor space can be transformed into a magnificent outdoor room.
As for lighting, who would put a floodlight in a new family room, or who would use a lantern in a spectacular dining room? As lighting is absolutely essential indoors, it is equally critical in providing both light and ambience in an outdoor setting. Nancy Brewer with Nancy Bs House of Lights, a retail lighting showroom in Charlottesville, is an expert in landscape lighting. ”Thinking ahead to spring and summer, there is no time like the present to begin planning your outdoor room, Nancy said. “If you have space for a beautiful outdoor room, we can help you decorate it. Just as beautiful lighting is the jewelry for your home, landscape lighting can make an outdoor area one of the most enjoyable rooms for your home.” Landscape lighting can include everything from path and deck lighting to exterior fans and chandeliers to exterior lamps and shades and to underwater lighting. “Landscape lighting can create beautiful areas for dining and entertainment,” Nancy pointed out. Now is the time to plan for an outdoor room. For more information, call Nancy Brewer at 434-97-LIGHT (975-4448) or go to her web site at nancybshouseoflights.com