Lighting for Porch & Patio
Light the way—and your home’s architectural details—with well-placed landscape lighting.
Exterior Lighting
A look at exterior lighting for old houses, including porch lights, patio lights, landscape lighting, garden path lighting, lanterns, gas lighting, antique reproduction lighting and more.
SEE ALSO: Conservatories, Gazebos & Sheds | Exterior Painting | Garden Design | Porches | Remuddling | Siding, Shingles & Roofing |Windows, Doors & Shutters
Period Lanterns
The entryway or porch light looks right when it illuminates the style antecedents of the house. Early lighting designs in copper or iron have been joined by lantern types patterned on those in French monasteries, English castles, and California’s iconic Arts & Crafts houses.
6 Options for Historic Porch Lights
When deciding on your porch light, the good news is that more than one light type can be the right choice.
Vintage Doors
Bring beauty and value your home with heirloom-quality REAL wood doors by Vintage Doors. Meticulously handmade by expert craftsmen in your exact size and style—to be loved and respected for generations, just like the olden days. Hand-crafted wood product line includes: screen doors, storm doors, Dutch doors, French doors, louver doors, pantry doors, interior doors, exterior doors, entrance units, three season porch enclosures, pet doors, arch top doors, round top doors, custom doors and more.
Nostalgic Warehouse
Classic-style door hardware, engineered for new construction or historic renovation, lacquer-coated, solid brass, patterned after original antique hardware, passage, privacy, mortise lock, or dummy sets and cabinet hardware and accessories.
Pewabic Pottery
Pewabic fabricates heirloom quality architectural tiles for public and private installations, gift and commemorative tiles, vessels, gardenware, ornaments and both reproductions and adaptations of its historic designs and offers classes, workshops, lectures, internships and residency programs for studio potters and other artists.
