Most of the time I’m pretty take-it-or-leave-it with home gadgetry but this one I actually love – it’s a programmable outdoor light timer that turns your lights on and off for you. We installed it for our outdoor flood lights and programmed them to automatically go on at sunset and off at sunrise (you can also specify your own on and off times or put it on random mode which is nice for when you’re on vacation). It’s been great because the switch to our outdoor lights is inconveniently upstairs so it was a pain to turn them on and hard to remember to turn them off (so this baby should save us some bucks in the long run!). (post includes affiliate links – see my full disclosure statement {here})
The one that we installed is {this Honeywell Programmable Switch} that has great ratings on Amazon, no minimum wattage required (so it’s compatible with CFLs and LEDs), and a backlit display so you can see it at night. It can be placed on almost any single pole switch that has a neutral wire. It comes with detailed instructions so was a pretty simple DIY but as with anything electrical, hire an electrician if you aren’t 100% comfortable with doing it yourself.
Update! We’ve now had our outdoor light timer for over a year and it’s the best! Now anytime we go out at night, you can be guaranteed that the outdoor lights will be on yet they go off on their own every morning – definitely one of my favorite buys!
Hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend! I’ll be back here next week with (hopefully) the “after” of my nightmarish it-took-forever-to-sand project – see you then!
I need this Honeywell Programmable Switch more than you will ever know. Thank you and your husband for telling us about it. I will be going on Amazon shortly to order one. Thanks again.
I am seriously loving never even having to think about turning on and off those lights and coming home to a lit up house when I’m gone in the evening. Hope you love yours too!
Oh my goodness! Everything you put together is genius. I have so many “Pins” of your home, we should be living in carbon copy houses by 2017. I just cannot find a proper wood slice for my wall.
I’d love to find a boatload of cash and have you come to Chicago for a month and just redecorate me room by room. I am so deficient in this category of talents. Lordy.
Your blog saves me a ton though. . . well, sort of . . . decorator wise. I does make me think, and that is a VERY dangerous thing.
Keep sending the good stuff – avid readers/followers LOVE YA!
Kari, your comment totally cracks me up – thank you! Glad to know I have a Chicago area design twin! 🙂 Enjoy your holiday weekend!
The programmable switch is brilliant! I will be ordering one tomorrow. Thank you for sharing!!!
Diana
TheLadyDIY.com
Glad you liked it – hope you love having it as much as I do – makes it so much easier!!