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Light up your life!

©Elle M Photography
The dark fall and winter evenings can be a downer for some people. Inside, we can turn on all the lights, light a fire, and bring ourselves out of the doldrums. What about outside?
Nothing is more inviting or welcoming than outdoor lighting. Inviting for us, because it brings the outdoors in. For guests, it is a welcoming sight.
Lighting can bring your patio to life during the dark, cold season ahead of us.
©Elle M Photography
Du interiors suggest you string a set of outdoor lights across your patio furniture to create a festive look.  Lights in or over your evergreen pots and planters will extend your indoor living space creating a cheerful environment. Adding candlelight indoors puts everyone in a holiday mood.

If you have a deck with or without a staircase, you can easily wrap the railings with outdoor patio lights that you and your guests will appreciate when you are indoors.

Vertical flat surfaces like fences and walls are hard to decorate but you can make a waterfall of lights by stringing them horizontally or vertically across the wall. Your patio will become brighter and, here again, you will visually extend your indoor space.
Other outdoor lighting accessories to consider are wireless candles, lanterns, globes and lit sentiments. 

Find Lantern Globe 
at plowhearth.com









Find Lit Sentiment JOY

 Find Mini Solar Lanterns
at plowhearth.com

 Find Twinkling Wire Garden Finials 
at ballarddesign.com

















For more Holiday inspiration check Du interiors Holiday Pinterest Board 
Until next time,
Dulce

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