Warm-White Roofline, Balcony Lights and Window Wreaths
A white-painted brick home with warm-white mini lights along the full roofline and in swags across the balcony railings, plus two wreaths on the upper windows.
The project
This white-painted brick home has two broad end sections and a recessed center with a second-floor balcony. The straight eaves and repeated windows called for a symmetrical layout that would connect the three roof sections while keeping the balcony as the focal point.
For this project in Orange, we installed warm-white C9 bulbs along the full visible roofline and mini lights across the upper railings. The railing lights run in shallow swags between the dark metal supports, adding a lower horizontal layer beneath the roofline. We placed two unlit wreaths on the upper windows, one on each outer section. From the front walk at night, the roofline defines the width of the house, while the balcony lights lead toward the centered entrance. Snow on the shrubs and lawn reflects the light.
The challenge
The house is strictly symmetrical: two hipped end sections with long straight eaves and a recessed center whose roof sits lower, with an iron balcony railing across the second floor. On a facade this regular, any gap or uneven spacing shows immediately, and the center had to hold its own between the two larger sections.
How we lit it
Because the center roof sits lower and farther back than the two ends, it was run as its own line that meets the end sections at the inside corners, so the three eaves read as one continuous frame. The spacing is identical on all three.
Below the roofline, the balcony lights span the full width between the two outer iron posts, giving the center a second line that mirrors the eave above it. The wreaths on the upper windows of the end sections hang at the same height, which keeps the facade balanced around the entry below.
The result
At dusk the lit eaves outline the white brick against the dark sky, and the balcony line pulls the eye to the center of the house. With snow on the boxwoods along the walk, the light carries down to the ground without any lighting in the beds.
