buy building these often times elaborate decks is outdoor furniture.
After all, you need a place for your guests to sit and drink their cocktails.
One problem.
You have no outdoor deck lighting! This happens time and time again.
Everything is thought of from the ceiling fans to warming units but the most common thing that people forget is the deck lighting.
It's something that I simply don't understand.
  Outdoor deck lighting especially when having people over sets a great ambiance and keeps carrying those cocktails and walking up and down the deck in heels a lot less cumbersome.
A good place to start when looking into deck lighting could be, under bench mini spot-lights.
These are a good option to begin with because you can get the kind that turn on with a simple press and get an idea of what it looks like without spending a lot of money.
Or, you an also purchase the mini spot-lights that require a bit of installation, but in the end isn't too hard since there are plenty of places to conceal the cords when you're placing them under benches.
An other popular option for deck lights that can also be solar-powered are deck post tops.
These fixtures don't require a professional to install but they are not recommended for a novice.
Several home improvement stores offer different variations of these fixtures in their outdoor deck lighting department.
Many times the people that work at these stores are knowledgeable enough to give the customer good direction on how to install these items.
Some stores even offer installation of these fixtures for a small extra fee which is definitely worth looking into as the ease of having someone else do the job is sometimes priceless and the option offers one less thing to think about.
In the meantime, so that your guests don't break a leg and so that you can all enjoy that deck of your dreams in the absence of your outdoor deck lighting, make sure to invest in some tiki torches.