Improve your home for the holidays
These four projects will not only improve your guests' experience, but also add to your own quality of life all year round.
Illuminate the walkway
Cost: about $350 for a 15-foot walk
Mounted on stakes you simply press into the ground, solar-powered LED lights automatically click on as the sun sets. Hammacher.com's ($70 each) will run up to eight hours after an even moderately sunny day.
Mounted on stakes you simply press into the ground, solar-powered LED lights automatically click on as the sun sets. Hammacher.com's ($70 each) will run up to eight hours after an even moderately sunny day.
Space the lights every three to six feet on only one side of a fairly direct walk or both sides if it's a winding path, says New Haven lighting designer Mark Loeffler.
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Last updated November 22 2010: 7:51 AM ET
