We love the wide variety of trees available each season. Finding the right lights can be tricky when a tree isn’t green or white. We love the black and silver tree in this Get This Look. Multicolor string lights on black wire are a good fit and traditional ornaments round out the design. (The rock…
Category: Christmas
Get This Look: Outlining a Restaurant Roofline
Driving through shopping centers during the holidays, it’s easy to see that lights along retail rooflines and trees wrapped with lights make magic. This Panera Bread installation shows the impact of warm white LED light bulbs and a spool of C9 cord. We really appreciated receiving these customer photos showing a great look for our…
Get This Look: Lighting a HUGE Outdoor Christmas Tree
We were really excited about this tree decorated by one of our customers up in Wisconsin. We hope you are as inspired as we are.
Get This Look: Lights for Your Mantle
An inviting mantle is a quick easy project for the first time home-owner or a veteran. Assemble a few seasonal items, or favorite collectibles to accent your mantle any time of year. In the evenings, just plug in the mantle lights, turn down the room lights, and enjoy. Add simple automation to have that happen…
Get This Look: Classic Incandescent Red, Green, and White Bulbs
We love this traditional installation of classic C9 Christmas light bulbs in white, green, and red. And who doesn’t love a wiener dog inflatable? For first-time homeowners, this project was simple and economical. A fine place to start.
Get This Look: Dressing up a porch for Christmas!
We love and appreciate the simplicity of this customer’s Christmas porch. Here is the simple materials list for this project.
Get this Look: First-time installation with excellent results (200-foot install)
A big thank you to Ben who sent us these photos of their first-time Christmas lights installation. Starting with a classic design made the project quick and easy. The traditional color and design leave plenty of room to add to their Christmas lights display over the next few years.
Get This Look: Classic Round Satin Finish Bulbs for Christmas
Thanks so much, Michael, for sending us these photos of your beautiful home and lights celebrating the Holidays. I’m glad you were pleased and they worked out so well. This project uses the largest round glass bulb that we have available. It’s the “G50” size. See the quick video below discussing their relative sizes. Be…
Get This Look: Red and White with a Splash of Green
We love the sheer friendliness of this thoughtfully outlined home and garage. Closeup and wide view shots.
Get This Look: C7 LED Light Strings
This house is outlined with strings of pre-wired multi-color C7 light sets. These plug and play strings are constructed in series like a set of Christmas tree lights and the bulbs cannot be removed or replaced. Their uni-body, ultra-low current construction makes them easy to install since over 80 strings can be run in series…
Get This Look: Pedro’s 2020 Art Car
While the city parades may have been canceled this year, there are no rules about making a parade of your own. All you need are a few strings of 12-volt Christmas lights and a handful of common-sense techniques for non-marring installation of the lights. Using car accessory plugs eliminates the need for an additional battery…
Can I run steady burning and twinkle (C7/C9) bulbs in the same cord?
Yes, you can mix C7 and C9 twinkle and steady-on bulbs in the same cord if they are standard 20 or 18 AWG socket cord. Check to confirm they are the same style as the bulbs and cords shown in this bulbs and cords category. This question is closely related to our blog post about…
Get This Look: Wrap trees with warm white LED light strings!
We’ve seen fantastic trees lit up at residences, shopping malls, and in corporate installations just like this residential installation in West Texas. Running so many lights in series takes advantage of the high maximum connectivity specifications of LED light strings. (You can run a ton of them together in one continuous circuit.) Materials Warm white…
Get this Look! Retro red and green bulbs
We love this sweet project outlined with vintage-style red and green painted C9 bulbs. The retro look is easy with traditional glass, incandescent bulbs that are just like what folks used in the ’70s. They are still a favorite of many of our customers who love the look. This project is the first of this…
How many lights for a 20-foot tree? Which type of lights? How many can I string together?
Here is a customer question we received via email today: I need enough LED outdoor lights to light a 20 foot Colorado Spruce. How many strands can be strung together? Which ones are safe for outdoor use? Customer Question October 25, 2020 First, all of our LED light strings or C7/C9 18 AWG Christmas light…
Step-by-Step Instructions for Replacing Lights on Yard Sculptures
Leaves are changing colors, pumpkin spice is in the air, it’s time to pull out and assess how last year’s Christmas decorations are holding up. Most Christmas 3D graphic yard sculpture is lit with incandescent light strings that have an approximate average lifespan of 3000 hours so it pays to know how to replace the…
A lovely customer sent us a lighted glass block!
There have been a few bright spots in the Summer of 2020 and one of the brightest was opening a box to find this wonderful gift and note from Ellie. Dear David, I’m sending you this gift because you attended to my order. Your product is superior to those I’ve been using for the past…
What does the Christmas tree symbolize?
We see folks asking this question quite a bit on Google and we thought we’d chime in with our response as well. The use of trees to celebrate festivals can be traced back to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In recent history, Germans brought the tradition of candlelit trees from the old country to the…
Marvin’s Flagpole Tree
We love a great flagpole tree. Running string lights from the ground to the top of a flagpole becomes the centerpiece of an outdoor Christmas lights display. Thanks, Marvin, for sending us this photo of your fantastic project! Get the Look! This tree was made with strings of warm white M5 LED Christmas lights. Roughly…
Christmas Family Traditions
Making memories with your kids is one of the highlights of every holiday season. From drinking hot cocoa and playing Christmas music while hanging ornaments on a real tree when it’s 100 degrees outside to choosing to all pink lights inside and out for December, there are simple, easy, and sometimes inexpensive activities to count…
Customer uses both LED lights strings and cords and bulbs for their Christmas Lights Display
We love customer Christmas lights photos and this one is fantastic. Wrapping trees and fences is easy with LED light strings. Outlining the roof with a custom pattern is easy with LED bulbs and cords. Three purple, two white along the roof are super-festive! Materials For the roof C9 cords in a color that matches…
Christmas Lights Recycling Benefits Toys for Tots for 2019
Another year of recycling is in the bag! In 2019, customers sent in and we recycled over 8000 pounds of used Christmas lights. All of the proceeds were used to purchase over $3000 worth of educational books, and project kits from Usborne Books that were delivered to friendly Marines at Toys for Tots. Thanks go…