I put in a small deck in the front of the house. It has a platform around the door area and then one step down to the rest of the desk. Problem is when it's night you cannot see the step down. I do plan on improving my regular lighting but I also want to install some strip lighting that I can cut to 11Ft. Have that run on the riser. I can run the wire under the desk and into the garage where I plan to plug it into a timer. Shopping for these lights has been a little bit of a challenge so far so I thought I would seek advice.