Solar Outdoor Lights for our Property

One of my favorite things to do is add lighting to our property.

Y’all know that I have LOVED putting lights in and around my garden!

I’ve shown you the electric string lights that we have around the perimeter of our garden, and the solar twinkle lights I have on my trellises, but I haven’t show you the solar lights I put at garden gate entrance!

Here is what my garden gate looked like earlier this summer…

See how I had barrel planters on each side of the gate? Well, at night, the gate area was dark, and I wanted to have lights shining on each planter. I found some lights I loved on Amazon…

The only problem was they were black, not gold. I tried to find gold solar lights, but couldn’t find any I liked. (Really couldn’t find many at all!) I bought the black ones anyway, and used Rub n buff in “gold leaf” to make them the gold I wanted.

It was the same “gold leaf” rub n buff that I put on the gate hardware. I rubbed it all over the light except on top where the solar panel is located. I had never used rub n buff on outdoor items, but it has held up perfectly all summer long! I’ve been pleasantly surprised.

I may have to touch them up in the spring, but I am find with that. It’s super easy.

I just LOVE the way they turned out, and they add the perfect touch of light to my garden gate every night!

I’ve also added solar barn lights from Lowes to two more spots on our property!

One spot is down by the bridge we built that connects our current back yard to the pond house area.

We use this bridge every day, whether going down to the pond house or taking the long way up to Four Gables.

However at night, it gets dark down there, and I wanted to add some light. Since we don’t have electricity there we can use, I chose to install these solar barn lights…

We installed the light at the top of the tree with screws, and then we added the solar panel at the bottom of the tree. The solar panel is attached with a removable wire to the barn light, and we wrapped it around the back of the tree. The solar panel can also be moved around to different angles to face the sun.

It’s the perfect amount a light and gives a warm glow to walk across the bridge at night

The other spot that I put a solar barn light was down on what I call the “peninsula” on the pond.

This an area that Sania likes to fish at, and we have two old Adirondack chairs (that Jonathan built a few years ago,) with a little fire pit beside them.

Eventually, I want to put gravel down on the peninsula and get some new chairs and fire pit. It’s fun to sit there by the fire at night, but it always needs a little more lighting. So we attached one of the solar barn lights to the tree.

I love the light that it gives to the area, and it gives a warm ambience when walking around the pond at night.

I have a couple more spots around the property that I want to install solar lights. I love that they require no electricity! They usually stay on most of the night, depending on how sunny it was that day.

Do you have any solar lights on your property?

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