10 Easy Pieces: Cafe-Style Outdoor String Lights - Gardenista
If one of your jobs as a child was to follow your mother through the backyard, slowly unfurling garlands of glowing bulbs for her to wrap around the trunk of the crabapple tree and drape across the yews, you have most likely inherited a tendency toward twinkly, golden light. Here are 10 garlands of outdoor string lights at a variety of prices that can give those fireflies competition: Photograph by Matthew Williams for Gardenista. The Table in a Bag Outdoor Commercial 15-Light String Light Set Up is $47.09 for the 48-foot-long strand from Amazon. Above:An 11-foot-long cord of 10 Industrial String Lights is available in three colors including red for $49 from West Elm. A perennial favorite, an 11-foot-long strand holds 10 lights with unglazed, ultra-thin ceramic shades that give off a translucent glow. Pleated String Lights are suitable for outdoor or indoor use; $224 from Pigeon Toe. A 20-light Hanging String of Light Balls is made of rattan wrapped with cotton. This garland of 20 White Festoon Lights uses low-energy-consuming LED bulbs and is suitable for indoor or outdoor use. A 54-foot-long string of Terrazzo Outdoor Lights holds 24 bulbs. A Party Globe Light String, with choice of two sizes of bulb, is currently on sale for $38 (marked down from $45) at Restoration Hardware. A Sardal LED Lighting Chain with 24 lights is $7.99 from Ikea. A strand of Mercury Glass Globe String Lights comes in two lengths, with either 10 or 20 lights; the price is $29.99 or $59.99 at Pottery Barn. With 10 filament bulbs per strand, a 10-foot length of Smith & Hawken String Lights is $18.74 from Target. A 50-foot-long Vintage Light String with 24 bulbs and all-weather wiring is $146 at Restoration Hardware.