10 Tips to Decorate Your Home With Christmas Lights
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It might be hard to believe, but Christmas is right around the corner again. If you were a little embarrassed by your decorations (or lack of them) last year, put all of that behind you and start over. This year, you can plan early to light up your house and make a statement. Here are 10 tips to decorate your home with Christmas lights in a fun and festive way.
1. Create Shapes With Your Holiday Lights
Everyone is used to driving down the road in winter and seeing houses decked out with regular Christmas string lights. But you can draw more attention to your home for Christmas 2021 by creating unique shapes with your lights. To do so, wrap your string lights around some sort of shaped form. For example, to create a form in the shape of a star, sphere, or Christmas tree, use chicken wire or branches. Then wrap strands of Christmas lights around your form, plug them in and watch your creation light it up for dramatic effect!
2. Light Up Your Sidewalk
The sidewalk or walkway to your home should be well-illuminated to help guests find their way to your doorstep. You can Christmas light along your walkway with rope lights that come in a variety of colors. Rope lights are easy to install because they come in rope form instead of individual bulbs you have to arrange. Rope lights are beautiful lining a walkway, and they look even better when dusted with snow.
3. Create a Canopy of Lights Using Your Trees as Anchors
Most people wrap outdoor Christmas lights around their trees like Christmas decorations, but you may be able to increase your awe factor by stringing lights from one nearby tree to the next to create a canopy of lights overhead. If you have a lot of trees in your yard, this method will work well and make your property look enchanted during the holiday season.
4. Place Artificial Flickering Candles in Wreaths and Windows
A flickering candle placed inside a Christmas wreath brings back the nostalgia of simpler Christmases gone by. To recreate this look without the fire danger, tie an artificial flickering candle to a wreath by wrapping floral wire around the base, then place the wreath on a hanger adorning your front door. For a more dramatic statement, hang similar wreaths with flickering candles in the windows of your home as well.
5. Transform Your Home Into a Light Show
Did you know there are kaleidoscope LED lights you can place in your yard that will turn your home into a glowing light show? These lights usually come in packs of eight so you can effectively illuminate your entire home at night.
6. Use Net Lights to Make Bushes Glow Quickly
Putting string lights on all your bushes and trees can take a lot of time. Plus, it cannot be easy to maintain consistent light spacing. Fortunately, you can minimize the time it takes to light your bushes by investing in some net Christmas lights. Then, you can easily drape them over the top of your evergreen bushes for an instantly Christmassy look.
7. Add Warmth to Your Fireplace Mantel With Mini Lights
Of all the places in your home that should look festive for Christmas, your fireplace mantel is one of the most important; this is naturally the focal point of your living room area and should set a cheerful tone. To make all the Christmas decor on your mantel stand out, create a garland of tiny micro Christmas lights. These LED Christmas lights are surprisingly bright for their size and make the impression of stardust or fairy lights.
8. Use Icicle Lights To Create a Magical Scene
Icicle lights are some of the most magical Christmas lights you can hang in your home. You can get them in various colors, but try to choose a color that complements the rest of your outdoor lights for the most pleasing appearance.
9. Make Topiary Ball Lanterns
Are you looking for a unique way to decorate your outdoor trees beyond the regular Christmas tree lights? Try making topiary ball lanterns using chicken wire, bundled twigs, or glued-together shatterproof Christmas ball ornaments wrapped with twinkling strands of lights. Attach wire or string to one end and hang them from the branches of your outdoor trees.
10. Make a Glowing Pinecone Table Centerpiece
Your table centerpiece should make a gorgeous statement for the holidays, and that's precisely what you'll achieve with glowing pine cones. To begin, spray paint your pine cones silver or gold, then place them in an attractive bowl. Next, weave small white Christmas lights throughout the pinecones to achieve a subtle, warm glow.
These 10 Christmas decor ideas will light up your holiday season and help you share the magic of Christmas with all your family members and guests. So give one or more of them a try for Christmas 2021! You can find a wide selection of Christmas lights at Max Warehouse.
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