Easy Outdoor Solutions to Light Up Your Life
Life comes at you with a lot of grave matters. Sometimes, though, those big problems have remarkably easy fixes. In this case, we’re talking about outdoor lighting remedies that will add time to your schedule and make your life less complicated—and safer.
Ho Ho Ho-liday Lights
Does the following scenario sound at all familiar:
The Hallowe’en pumpkins have rotted into mush, Remembrance Day wreaths line the cenotaph, and frostbite is threatening to heist a few of your toes. But Christmas lights are calling your name, and so you slide out the ladder that gets heavier every year. You begin untangling the lights, which feels extra awkward because your tuque is blinding you as it slides toward your nose. Not to mention there is more rope here than on the entire Bluenose. ‘Tis the Season…
You’re not really a fan of the process … but you certainly like the results of a festive-looking home.
According to Maclean’s magazine, most Canadians decorate their homes for the holiday period in the last week of November and the first week of December. In parts of Canada, it’s cold by then, and the schedule is super busy. But leaving the décor up all year isn’t a truly desirable or acceptable option.
Balaklava offers you a simple fix: outdoor strip lighting that has a full range of colour control and brightness.
Come check out a real-life example at the Balaklava Show Home near Holstein, Ontario.
This lighting can be pre-programmed with your lighting control system or altered with the touch of a button.
Bonus: the colour scheme can be adjusted for more than just the month of December. The options are endless and exciting.
- Your honey can come home to lovey-dovey pink on Valentine’s Day.
- Welcome trick-or-treaters with spooky orange on October 31.
- Light up the night with your hockey team colours during the regular season or playoffs.
- Add a warm amber for Diwali.
You can get pumped about the fact that there is no annual setup or takedown and no fear of breaking a ladder or a body part.
Time Change Challenge
In parts of the world, the time change just happened, and we gained an extra hour. This may mean that besides being exhausted way too early in the evening, you also had to amble about your abode reprogramming ovens, coffeemakers, and microwave clocks.
Plus, car dashboards, the cuckoo clock you inherited from your grandma, and the hour the porch lights flicker on. It may not seem like a lot, but those minutes take time away from things you’d much rather be doing.
We have an extremely simple solution.
When Balaklava automates your home, cottage, business, building, or facility, outdoor lighting will be set to automatically reprogramme itself. You choose when you’d like the outdoor lights on—for example, an hour before sunrise and an hour before sunset—and voila, you don’t need to do a thing. The timer switches will routinely do the work for you.
Guiding Your Way Home
Why approach your home in the dark, guessing where the laneway starts and the snowbanks or rain puddles end?
Here’s a painless fix that is both functional and elegant: line your driveway or adjacent trees with Coastal Source’s luxurious outdoor lighting.
- You’ll never have to worry about whether they’ll come on—we’ll do the behind-the-scenes work, and you reap the benefits of automation.
- Coastal Source’s products are hardy, waterproof and airtight.
- They will outlast extreme weather—and when we say extreme, we’re referring to blizzards and hurricanes.
And, of course, along with safety comes an extra perk: The illuminated trees will become one of those focal points the neighbours won’t stop admiring.
Call or email us to find out how we can simplify—and light up—your life.
