When hot days arrive, evenings are a great time to spend in your patio or yard. If you want to entertain friends or hold a family party in the yard or simple relax with a good book in a summer night, then you need to have proper outdoor lighting. Want your patio or yard to be magical with lights as the evening falls then that doesn’t mean you have to inverst a lot on the outdoor lighting. You can buy some simple materials such as incandescent lights or solar lights, plus your creative ideas to DIY your outdoor lighting. Cool! right? Come and enjoy the these best ideas to add DIY lighting to your summer night.

1. Use rusty chains to hang the spring mattress and then hang some Edison style string lights on it:

2. LED lights can create cute lighting patterns in your front walkway:

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3. Decorate the railing of your balcony or deck with these mason jar lanterns:

See the step by step instructions here.

4. Glass block lights used to build light base of a pillar or added to seat walls:

5. Transform a hula hoop into this magical chandelier with decorative ribbon and icicle lights:

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6. Hanging mason jar lighting are perfect for backyard pergola’s night time:

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7. Light up your walkway of front yard with vintage style solar lanterns suspended from shepherd’s hooks:

You can buy them from Amazon.

8. The brick fire pit can help you keep warm in the cool summer nights, and also be an interesting outdoor lighting:

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9. Set up rope lights along the path to highlight your front yard landscape:

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10. Decorate the garden fence with glass insulators that are lit underneath with a string of solar powered LEDs:

11. Fill metal bucket with water and have floating candles on them. Aren’t they absolutely gorgeous?

12. Don’t throw away those old watering cans, they can be turn into magical lighting for your patio or yard:

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13. Make these cute outdoor lighting with your leftover bricks and candles:

14. Wind some string lights around the trunks of the trees or pergola posts for a perfect way to light your yard:

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15. Candles in the lying-down galvanized barrel create a fairy-tale scene:

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16. Make a Tiki torch with a wire basket filled with rocks:

17. Canning jars with tea lights create a sparkling entrance to any outdoor gathering:

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18. Reuse some old glass shades and old string lights to make these glowing outdoor orbs to improve your landscapes in summer evenings:

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19. A string of cafe lights and a diy chandelier add a lot of wonderful ambiance to this low-budget pergola:

See the full step by step tutorial at thecreatedhome.com.

20. Adding suitable led lights to your garden or yard trees will greatly enhance the night landscape:

21. Install lights under the firepit benches:

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