Homeowners look to outdoor illumination for security, safety, curb appeal

Several fixtures light the outside of Rip and Lorie Connell's home in Chickamauga, Ga. The outdoor lighting helps make the Connells feel safer in their house, and they say it gives their house a wow factor when they make their way up their driveway at night. Several fixtures light the outside of Rip and Lorie Connell's home in Chickamauga, Ga. The outdoor lighting helps make the Connells feel safer in their house, and they say it gives their house a wow factor when they make their way up their driveway at night.

By Yolanda Putman March 19, 2018 3 min read

Rip Connell lives in a picturesque home with soaring roof lines and arched windows near Chickamauga Battlefield in North Georgia. But until last year, the scenic setting was lost on anyone entering at night.

Then Troy Oliver with LifeSpark Outdoor Lighting installed lights.

Rip Connell talks about the decision to get outdoor lighting at the Chickamauga, Ga., home he shares with wife, Lorie. The Connells say they feel safer with the added lights and like the wow factor the lights give their house at night.

“Now when we drive into our driveway – every time when we drive in – we stop and say, ‘Oh man, it looks so good,'” says Connell, who shares the home with his wife, Lorie.

The property exemplifies the impact lighting makes on a home.

“I love it, not only for the security reason, obviously, but it’s also really pretty,” says Lorie Connell.