When it comes to family and friends at home, lighting for safety and security is always a priority.  Keep these tips in mind as you consider how best to protect your home from accidents and crime.

Brighten up driveway and walkway lighting to enhance safety and security by utilizing SYLVANIA HALOGEN CRYSTAL bulbs and floodlights or spotlights.  The SYLVANIA HALOGEN CRYSTAL bulb provides a bright, sparkling light and lasts three times longer than ordinary incandescent bulbs, making them perfect for outdoor enclosed fixtures.

Illuminate the steps – make sure light provides enough coverage on the steps so people can navigate their way safely.  Try lo-voltage halogen walkway lighting to line pathways and steps.  They are easier to install than line voltage lights because wires don’t have to be buried as deep.  Pay special attention to seasonal issues with rain and ice on sidewalks and walkways.

To better identify visitors, use overhead or house-mounted lighting that illuminates the face and body of the caller.  Avoid direct glare on the person visiting and be sensitive to how glare affects neighbors across the street.  Try a SYLVANIA Compact Fluorescent or Double Life bulb in enclosed fixtures.

Provide good front yard lighting with post top lanterns.  This provides two benefits.  First, the lighting gives a “welcome home” sense when you arrive home after dark.  Second, it gives outsiders a sense of someone being home even when the house is empty.  Consider putting SYLVANIA HALOGEN CRYSTAL bulbs on a photocell or timer.  If using compact fluorescent products, these can also be put on a timer.

Use landscape and eve-mounted flood lamps to light out to the perimeter of the property, making sure not to light any of your neighbors’ property.  Consider installing an easy-to-reach switch for instant light.

Light paths evenly by overlapping the patterns of light.  Sharp contrasts between dark and light can confuse or disorient people.