When did backyard lighting get so serious? An outdoor lamp that looks like an indoor one is chic because it’s unexpected alfresco, but it can also read a bit like dressing a small child in a suit. At first, it's amusing, then it's... overly austere. You start wanting to swap the tiny lapels for a unicorn T-shirt.
Joanna Gaines, calling a spade a spade, is bringing a bit of whimsy back with her new outdoor lantern for Target. Rather than pretending to be something it’s not, it leans fully into its open-air identity, with a rustic woven silhouette offered in two sizes, designed to be nested, clustered, and set an ambient scene on tabletops – or, more interestingly, in those awkward in-between outdoor living room corners that need light but don’t quite suit an empire shade.
