Now perhaps you might have recently replaced the garage doors and now want to showcase its beautiful style or want to enhance your home’s overall curb appeal. One way to add value and beauty to your home without breaking the bank is to choose the right lighting. Lighting can make a great deal of difference both to how your garage door and home in general looks.

If this is your first time trying to find lights for your garage door, then allow us to help you in this article.

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Lighting Ideas for a Two Car Garage Door

Out of all the garage door lighting ideas, we’d have to say that lighting a two-car garage is possibly the most challenging. You need to pay close attention to the overall size of the fixture, the wattage, and positioning.

Generally speaking, smaller lights are better, and that’s because then the fixtures don’t draw in too much attention and take that attention away from what the lights are illuminating. That’s one reason why you always make to make sure that the lights are spaced out evenly across the garage door. If you see one size has too much light, just even it out with another light or a brighter one.

Single Garage Door Lighting Ideas

In a single door garage, you will want to center the lights above the door. It is also possible to add lights to the side, and that will also help to brighten the driveway. Plus, it makes things easier if you want to enjoy a basketball game with the kids in the driveway. Make sure that the lights are not too bright so as to blind incoming traffic. In fact, if you can add a dimmer to the light so that the intensity can be adjusted as needed.

Lights Added Above the Garage Door

On the outside, you can have the garage door lights placed above the door. You can play around with how much distance you have and see how the lights look when they are in different directions. In fact, try experimenting with colored bulbs to see if you can add that bold modern hue to it.

Energy Efficient Lighting

Regardless of what type of garage door lighting you choose, always make sure to use energy-efficient bulbs. LEDs are the best choice because they are versatile, last long, and energy-efficient. Plus, you might want to consider powering them with solar electricity so that they have no effect on your energy bill. However, that’s an added expense, which we think is worth it.