12 Modern Pathway Lighting Ideas
Updated: 04/19/2023 | © www.canadalightingexperts.com
Homeowners have long relied on outdoor lighting to make sure that their guests don’t bonk their heads on a tree branch when visiting their lovely home, and this simple precaution highlights the two main uses for outdoor lighting – safety and illumination. Pathway lighting has the same two primary objectives, additionally motivating your guests to move forward along the path to their destination.
When we talk about “modern” pathway lighting, we’re simply saying that the style of the light fits in well with a modern home. This means that your modern pathway lighting will have the same absence of ornamentation, transitioning between varying materials to create a clean aesthetic with a focus on function.
When discussing modern outdoor path lighting, bollard lights play a large role. You’ve seen them all over the place – a short post used to create a protective or architectural perimeter. Wandering into your favorite store, you’ll notice multiples of these just outside the entrance, protecting the people from an accidental crash into the actual store. Lighting bollards aren’t so much to keep people from passing through them, but more to highlight the perimeter of the area with onboard lighting.
Why bother with outdoor pathway lights? Not only are the safety and illumination aspects in play, but adding decorative landscape path lighting is one of the best ways to welcome your guests with your own sense of style – helping them to your doorstep and keeping your pathway looking good while doing it.
Remember that walkway lighting isn’t only for the path to the front door… we’ve helped our customers to use modern pathway lighting to light a circular driveway, ring an outstanding swimming pool with dramatic lighting effects, and to highlight a mulched pathway through a garden overflowing with flowers. Wherever you need to highlight an area, modern pathway lighting can be your friend.
As you well know, here at canadalightingexperts we pride ourselves on having tons of options for you, no matter what your lighting needs may be.
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We have a touchdown… nope, not that kind
One of our favorite uses of modern pathway lighting is to edge a curved driveway, guiding you home like runway lights at an airport. It’s comforting to find the soft glow of the Hinkley Lighting Atlantis 15602 large bollard lights beckoning you home every evening
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Atlantis Found
We always choose the Hinkley Lighting Atlantis 1518CD-LL large modern path lights as one of our favorite LED pathway lights for its clean, simple style perfect for just about any home. Available in six colors (here in cedar, but also bronze, satin black, hematite, titanium, and matte bronze) the Atlantis relies on LED lighting to provide years of maintenance-free service.
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It’s got it all…
To do outdoor pathway lights just right, you should look for durability (this is crafted from aluminum for maximum durability), use LED lighting to run for years with no maintenance, and look amazing leading up to your home. The Eurofase Lighting 31909-027 LED path lights bring all this and more, bringing a smile to your guests as they traverse your pathway to what you have in store for them.
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Seeded Glass with Style
A unique feature of the Hinkley Lighting Shelter 1547BK-LL modern path light is the clear seedy glass, which leaves dramatic shadow droplets across your path as you wind your way along. Perfect as transitional or modern walkway lights, the shelter draws your guests’ attention as they light the way.
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Perfectly Tapered
Nestled firmly inside a bronze square aluminum bollard, you’ll find an integrated LED shining down from on high, reflected by the tapered opaque white insets to provide a soft, diffused pathway light. The Hinkley Lighting Taper 15288BZ LED bollard path light has the clean, modern lines you’re looking for in today’s pathway lighting.
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As Modern As It Gets
Ah, this is modern pathway lighting at its finest. Super simple clean lines are perfect for your modern home, and the small round LED light source provides years of maintenance-free service. There’s a lot to love in the Eurofase Lighting 31911-023 LED bollard pathway light – can you see them at your house?
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Low-voltage Winner
As one of our favorite low-voltage path lights, the Kichler Lighting 15844AZT employs a diffused lens to spread smooth, even lighting across your pathway without hotspots or glare. Choose your lighting output by simply dropping in various Kichler 12-volt LED drop-in lamps (sold separately) to create exactly the right mood.
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Spherical Wonder
With one look you can tell how the Hinkley Lighting Revolve 1550SK path light creates sophisticated curb appeal with a 360° beam spread out of the bottom half of the black aluminum and seedy glass sphere. The included long-lasting LED bulb ensures years of use while the classic design adds an effortless flair to your outdoor living spaces and pathways.
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Get your Swivel On
Making sure the light shines on exactly the right spot with the Eurofase Lighting 31918-022 LED pathway lights is simple. The LED lamp swivels a full 360° to aim your light precisely. With a wide stance and strong architecture, selecting this pathway light for your home makes a bold statement.
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Rings of Saturn
You have seen us touting the benefits of LED lighting in pathway lighting all throughout this article, but the Hinkley Lighting Saturn 1579SS-LL has an added benefit. Unlike “integrated LED” fixtures that must be replaced when the LED fails, this fixture uses an industry standard T5 wedge lamp (think “bulb”) that can be replaced at any time. You think the light from the 2700 Kelvin is too yellow’y? Just a simple bulb replacement and you’ve changed your pathway lighting to meet your needs.
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Eclipse… Totally!
Adding a new 120-volt version of their immensely popular outdoor walkway lighting line, the Kichler Ecllipse 15236BKT now throws an even wider light spread onto your pathway or patio. Using a standard bulb socket (medium or E26 base), you can select exactly the right lamp for your needs (as always, we suggest LED in the color range you need to make your pathway pop).
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Contemporary Bollard Lights
The incandescent bulb provided with the Hinkley Lighting Luna 15609 pathway light can be replaced at any time by selecting a GU5.3 lamp of your liking (again, we’d suggest LED for the win!). You’ll love how the light cascades down the (included) contemporary styled radius front die cast faceplate.
Wrap-Up
Whether your pathway lighting lines your driveway, invites people to your front door, or beckons them out toward your central gazebo, there’s no denying the safety and security that each provides for your guests.
Here at canadalightingexperts, we’ve got the selection you want (many ready to ship tomorrow) at the price you need. If you’re unsure as to which modern pathway lights would be right for your situation or need help in identifying any of the accessories required to make it all work, we’re there for you. Give us a call and we’ll be right there with you, every step of the way.