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Outdoor lighting is an essential part of your decor and all your lighting designs regardless of their placement require maintenance at frequent intervals so that their charm doesn’t fade out quickly. Maintaining your outdoor lighting designs also helps you enhance the life and the durability of the lighting fixtures, eventually saving your money and time in the long run. 

Autumn is one of the most picturesque seasons and it is the best time to let your home complement the reddish and brownish tones of nature. And when you outdoor decor blends effortlessly with the surroundings, there’s absolutely nothing better than that. Autumn comes in between summer and winter and this transitional season is the perfect time to renovate or maintain or rejig your outdoor lighting designs.

You not only prep your outdoor lighting design for this season but another extreme season which gets quite messy, to say the least. Now, take a look at everything that you can do to add a distinct flair to your outdoor decor. 

1. Clean your outdoor lighting designs

All your outdoor decorative lights need to be cleaned thoroughly at least once a year. And autumn is just the perfect time to take this task up. Since the weather isn’t too harsh like the one preceding it or succeeding it, your lighting designs are least likely to get damaged. Go ahead bath all your outdoor decorative lights and be very gentle with all the lighting designs despite their demeanour. Ensure that you don’t use any chemicals or other harsh agents to clean your lighting designs as there’s a high possibility of them reacting to them and probably eroding a layer or two from their surface. 

2. Best time to rejig the designs

Everybody hates monotony and watching the same outdoor lighting layout over and over again is not exactly in your best interest. Go ahead and experiment with different design styles and different placements and figure out what works best for your decor. You can go with the current trends and grab a few outdoor hanging lights, outdoor table lamps, or outdoor floor lamps for your space. Or you can simply play around with your old lighting designs and sport a fine look this fall. 

3. Organize your outdoor space

Fall is the time when you will face your previously rampant green growth litter all around your outdoor space. It is in your best interest to clean your outdoor space regularly and trim the bushes frequently so that you can accentuate the ambience and the aesthetics of your home. You can also conceal your wires and electrical fittings so that they don’t pose a threat to anybody in the space. 

4. Enhance the functionality of your space

As we told you before, the way you prep your outdoor lighting layout now will help you out a lot in the winters. You’ll have to make your outdoor space as functional as it gets. Start with your sitting space, then move on to the driveways and also light up your garden area as much as you can.