patio - $3 lighting solutions - IMG_3682 (20111014)

For 11 years we've been annoyed at how hard it is to see at night when on this concrete patio.

 

Half of that problem is addressed by the big gaping window (currently with no blinds or curtains! Ahhh! Security breach!) letting our light out. But the final solution is this $3 Home Depot solar light, stood up inside the umbrella holder to our patio table (which is filled with counterweight rocks as per the original instructions for the table). This casts just enough light that you can see the concrete a bit at night. And the one wedged into the bricks by the top of the stairs (LIFE TETRIS!) allows us to use the stairs at night. Problem solved for $6, plus we can take these things camping if we are so inclined.

 

bricks, house maintenance, kudzu, solar light, stairs, umbrella holder, umbrella stand.

 

side yard, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

 

October 14, 2011.

 

 

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BACKSTORY: Random pics taken during our 2011 house maintenance. Our most taxing house-related year since the completion of our addition.

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