I vowed to stop buying solar lights, first they are not cheap, second they don't last more than 2 years and third, the give off like no light.
I knew I wanted to put landscape lights around the front of the house. It gets so dark in our little court yard.
I bought this kit by Malibu from Home Depot for $119. It's a really good deal, it come with 6 lights, the wire and a transformer. 4 of the 6 lights cost $25 a piece so right there is almost the cost of the kit. Not to mention the wire is not cheap, like 50 bucks for 100 feet.
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| The Transformer that came in the kit - its not as fancy as the one you can buy as a stand alone, but its still has a photo lite sensor but the stand along model has a sensor that picks up the light so you can mount the box inside. |
This is the easiest project, I was done in less than 30 minutes and had to keep a toddler entertained. I didn't have to bury the wires as we're filling the front with 2 inches of rocks so that obviously saved time.
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| The only "wiring" you have to do it is to screw the two pre cut ends into the transformer box, so simple! |
There is no cutting wire, no wire nuts, just little clips that you push into the wire. I first put the lights where I wanted them, than ran the wire, the last thing I did was close the clips and done! That fast!
I'll post before and after picture but tonight it's pouring rain.
Don't mind by half painted front door, or empty pots - we're working on that. But the lights look nice, you can make this this tall or half the height, I think the height makes them stand out nicely.
So I was not 100% sold on the front door color, thinking maybe a lighter color to make it pop, but all of the neighbors were telling me how much they liked the color and I already had the paint so we'll try it this year. At this point I'm going to keep the sidelights white so next year if I want to change the door color is a quick fix!
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