8 Creative Ideas for DIY Outdoor Lighting
To really enjoy the warm summer evenings, you’ll need a well lit yard, patio, or deck. For some creative and unique lighting ideas you can do yourself, check out these eight outdoor lighting ideas from Hometalk!
How to Make Star Lanterns via Debbie @Me and My DIY
Perfect for hanging from branches or arranging along your porch banister, these whimsical little lanterns are an inexpensive and fun way of adding some light to your night.
2. Mason Jar Votives
Upcycled Silver Lanterns via Kim @Too Much Time on My Hands
Upcycle your empty sauce jars or buy a bunch of low-cost mason jars, for these sweet lanterns that you can fill with tealights or electric candles and use to line your walkway or decorate your picnic table.
3. Candle Chandelier
Outdoor Living Room Chandelier via Corey @Tiny Sidekick
If you’ve got any old chandeliers lying around, now is the perfect time to give one a bright, springy makeover and add little glass cups for tealights. An elegant outdoor chandelier won’t only light up your space, it will dress it up, too!
4. Sparkling Garden Orb
DIY Sparkling Orb via Melissa @Empress of Dirt
Now, here’s a genius DIY! Use four circular planters to create this sparkling orb light, by simply shaping them into a large sphere and securing them with zip ties. Then, just wind string lights around and through your creation—what a bright idea!
5. Faux Stone Lantern
DIY Faux Stone Lantern via Tara @Anything & Everything
Turn craft store foam boards into high-end stone lanterns, with this quick and clever DIY. Make a few of these, and use them to line your walkway or your porch steps.
6. Lighted Gazing Ball
Make a Lighted Gazing Ball via Julee
Buy a standard glass gazing ball from your nearest garden or craft center, and give this clever fairy light idea a go! All it takes is a string of multi-colored lights and the perfect place in your garden, to add a flower bed light that you just know you’ll show off to everyone.
7. Hanging Grapevine Orbs
Outdoor Grapevine Lighting Balls via Lynne @Design the Life You Want to Live
Build your own orbs from grapevine, and then use tiny fairy lights to bring them to life. These glowing grapevine orbs will look like a true fairytale in your garden, especially if you hang them from trees, or arrange them throughout plants and bushes.
8. Mason Jar Solar Lights
DIY Mason Jar Lights via Dee @ThriftDee
Add hanging lanterns to your entire yard, with these super easy DIY mason jar solar lights. energy efficient and super chic, these little hanging lights are just the thing to create convenient pathway lighting, or hang from your fence or porch beams.
For more amazing and unique lighting ideas, check out the lighting page on Hometalk!