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How have you set up your outdoor lighting system? Including the garage lights and the lights you might have in your flower beds which "spotlight" your house. Any tips would be helpful as there is an increase in burglaries and car thefts in my area (our cars have been broken into 2x in our driveway). Please HELP!
P.S. We have car alarms but the thieves are pretty clever here, no alarms ever go off when cars are broken into. I don't know how they do it, our cars are always locked & alarms off.
P.S. We have car alarms but the thieves are pretty clever here, no alarms ever go off when cars are broken into. I don't know how they do it, our cars are always locked & alarms on

I have a motion activated light by my back garage door. I installed lights on top of my patio cover that I can turn on if someone is on the hillside above my home. I have landscape lights in front, back and both sides. I use the spot lights to highlight recessed corners and the fence. I made it look like the spotlights on the fence are highlighting some decorative items I hung on it, but it is really so that burglars know they cannot get over the fence without being seen. I also keep the trees and bushes pruned under the height of the windows so that they do not provide an obscurity that criminals could use to enter. A very bright motion detecting light above the garage door not only gives visitors light to get up to the front entry, but discourages criminals from messing with cars in the drive. Finally, I replaced the fixtures the builder provided at the front entry because they could not accomodate a bright enough bulb to illuminate the entire front walk and porch.

Inside my home, I have lights on timers in several rooms so that it always looks like someone is home somewhere in the house. I set them to go off at different times so it also looks like there is more than one person home, but randomly enough that there is no regular schedule. I also make certain that neither mine, nor my neighbors, newspapers, ad circulars or any other stuff, accumulates so that no one knows when any of us are out of town. We rarely leave our garage doors open, even when we are mowing the lawn. We've had a lot of petty theft of tools, CDs out of cars, stored items in garages, in broad daylight. I think theives scope out the garages, pick out what they are after, get in and out in a flash.

2007-07-12 11:20:08 by ultra _ girl

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I saw this in a random catalog last year. I know there is a clear plastic sheet that goes in front of your house and some kind of projector, which makes it look like snow is falling.
I found it! Pretty cool.

http://www.smarthome.com/c0304.html

THAT IS SICK I AM GONNA HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT


maybe zamzoes or home depot

2007-11-25 19:03:34 by Michelle

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Ah--a seasonal question! My outdoor house lights are red, and I have white lights on the tree in my front yard. What about you?

all white.

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One neighbor has 5 outdoor street lights (to light the cow field--DUH) and the other has 2 to light a small house. I can hardly see the stars and the glare is outrageous--not to mention the electricity wasted.

Okay. Go to Wal*Mart. Go to the sports and such section. Buy a bb gun. Buy bb's. Go home. Wait till night-time. Load bb's in gun. Shoot bb's at the lights. Run away. Claim complete innocence if confronted.

Or you could always just ask them to tone it down a little. Call them on the phone if you don't like confrontation. ;)

2006-04-21 21:21:48 by Bunny

I have a house in a major US City with a 3rd-floor outdoor deck that also allows access to the roof. These areas provide my only outdoor areas and excellent views of the city skyline, and thus are ideal for entertaining. The deck is small (about 10' x10'), has an outdoor light, and has one outlet. The roof has no electrical outlets or lighting. I am trying to find ways, preferably permanent, to light and provide music to these spaces. Also I am a college student on a very tight budget so the cheaper the better. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

Dude,

Buy a whole bunch (bags) of these little white candles. Each is round, has it's own aluminum base. We do this with our terrace...you can line then along edges of the balconey, ledges etc. Very Euro trendy and cheap. As for music...just get a smal techno "bro box". You don't need to blast loudly .

2007-08-27 18:58:05 by jimmygodpage