Our Latest Obsession: Outdoor Lighting by Kichler

Your unique style is on display long before your guests reach the front door. Outdoor lighting highlights special features of your home and landscaping to help you make a great first impression. Kichler has collections to complement every type of architecture and keep your property safe. We’ve put together some essential fixture types and favorite styles so you can create the perfect outdoor lighting plan.

Types of Outdoor Lighting

A comprehensive outdoor lighting plan includes fixtures to define living and recreation spaces, highlight interesting features of your home and garden, and make it safe to walk around your property after sunset. Create a cohesive look by choosing matching pieces from one of Kichler’s style collections.

Post Lights

Mark the entrance to driveways and walkways with post lights. Installed in pairs, these fixtures add balance and set the stage for your outdoor lighting design.

Landscape Lighting

Show off landscape features, illuminate paths, and highlight patios and decks with landscape lighting. Add step lights to make navigating stairs safe and easy at night.

Pendants and Ceiling Fixtures

Treat porches, gazebos, and pergolas like outdoor rooms with pendants and ceiling fixtures. They provide ambient light to define the space and add a cozy glow after the sun goes down.

Wall Sconces

Guide visitors to the front door and make your entryway safe after dark with wall sconces. Use them in pairs on the front or back porch and on either side of the garage door.

Security and Flood Lights  

Discourage thieves by lighting up every corner of your property. Place flood lights between out buildings and in other shadowy areas.

Address Lights

Make it easy for visitors, delivery people, and emergency services to find your home with illuminated house numbers.

Lighting by Style  

The design and details of your outdoor lighting should match your home’s architecture. For a cohesive, pulled-together look, choose fixtures in a finish to match door hardware and other metal features. We’ve put together a selection of popular styles to help you make the right choice.

Traditional  

Tried, true, inviting, and homey, traditional houses aren’t confined to one set of architectural elements. This style is timeless and versatile. Likewise, traditional outdoor lighting can work well on variety of exteriors. Fixtures typically have classic lantern shapes.  

Victorian

Stately homes with orderly brick and stonework, towers and turrets, and stained glass windows, call for impressive lighting in the Victorian style. Ornate details give these fixtures an elegant, formal look.

Colonial

Colonial lighting is a perfect match for homes with square architecture, a centered front door, symmetrical window placement, dormers, and dental moldings. These fixtures often feature light sources that mimic the look of candles.

Nautical

Nautical lighting takes its design inspiration from seafaring vessels and quaint coastal towns. It’s the perfect match for seaside cottages and Cape Cod style homes.

Contemporary

Like the homes they’re designed for, contemporary outdoor lighting fixtures have innovative shapes and sleek lines.

Mission and Craftsman

Inspired by the arts and crafts movement, mission and craftsman lighting has a warm, timeless appearance meant to work in harmony with its natural surroundings. The designs have a high-quality, sturdy look with generous proportions and straight lines.

Rustic

The cozy charm of lakeside cabins, mountain lodges, and log homes is captured in rustic outdoor lighting. This sturdy, easy style celebrates outdoor living.

French Country  

Chateaux in the French countryside are characterized by tall windows, soft arches, rustic stonework, and deep rooflines. Pretty details and old-world design make French country lighting a good choice for the romantic, casual elegance of this architectural style.