Outdoor Holiday Lighting Ideas

Time to hang the lights! My families favorite outdoor holiday tradition. A day that I look forward to. My husband……not so much. He’s got work to do. Ladders to climb.Lights to hang.

Outdoor Holiday Lighting Ideas

In preparation of the big day around here, I thought I would share a few outdoor lighting ideas and tips. These are things that we do around Duke Manor Farm…. since we take lighting pretty seriously around here. And even though my electric bill is just ‘slightly’ higher in December, to see the excitement on my kids faces when we count down and turn the lights on for the first time, is so worth it.

Create Tunnel Lighting with PVC pipe

Outdoor Holiday Lighting Ideas

This year we have plans to do the driveway lighting again…… I just have to remember to tell the UPS man that he has to walk the packages down since his truck wont fit under the arches.  This is such an easy lighting project and you can find the details here.

Icicle Lighting

I love the lighted icicles hanging from the house They are a pain to unravel but once there up, I just glow from excitement….or it may be from the lights. To make hanging the outdoor lights on the house easier each year, we installed little hooks in the trim that we keep up all the time. It makes the hanging process go so much quicker, and hubby is happy to as he goes up and down the ladder hanging each section of lights.

Outdoor Holiday Lighting Ideas

Net Lighting

My backyard is as bright as the front yard with lights.  I like to use net lighting in my shrubs. If you need several strands of lights, make sure you follow the recommendations on the package of how many you can safely plug into each other. You don’t want to create a fire hazard.

Outdoor Holiday Lighting Ideas

 If you have extra lights, another idea is to lay them on the ground along a walk way, landscape border or driveway. This creates extra impact. These were extra strands of icicle lights that we did not use. I just laid them along the bricks.

Outdoor Holiday Lighting Ideas

A timer can save on time and money if you are putting up outdoor lighting. You can pick one up at any home improvement store. Just program the time that you want you lights to turn on each day and what time you want them to shut off. Using a timer makes it a easier to remember to shut the lights off each night.Timers will also save lots of money in electric costs, should you forget to shut the lights off. Not that I have ever done that….no not me. 

Outdoor Holiday Lighting Ideas

So whether you are climbing the ladder to hang your lights or just supervising the ladder climber like me, I sure hope you are safe and that your month is that much brighter!

Do you climb the ladder to put your lights up or leave that to someone else?

For more of my Christmas and Holiday ideas, inspiration and holiday home tours , click here.

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Grateful for~
Lights, ladder and a husband who never complains
 

 

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16 Comments

  1. We are definitely "climbers" and I'm nervous the entire time but oh how we love the lights. Extra lights … well that's never happened, but I do love the idea of just mounding them on the ground, and this year we removed some of the key large (overgrown) shrubs in front that were perfect for lights …. neighbor who also loves lights just keeps shaking his head say "I don't know what you're gonna do without those shrubs" … well, maybe I just got my inspiration. Thanks 🙂

  2. Very pretty! I bet your kids DO love the lighted arches over the driveway! We don't hang lights on our house except on greenery. We use spot lights at night. There are so many fun way to decorate with lights this time of year.

  3. Last year we got dumped on with snow before I got my outside stuff done. Real frost on the pumpkin. And I got excited for that great idea you have of lights following the landscape on the ground, till I remembered it snows here. I'll have to go to plan B.

  4. We haven't done lights in a few years just because the house has been such a mess. We'll see about this year. I love the netting on the shrubs. So pretty!

  5. So pretty! I love icicle lights too, but hubby wasn't willing to go up and down the ladder several times just to hung those, so I had to get creative. I inserted our icicles inside a J Channel and we just hang the channel up so the lights go up in under 40 minutes,,,,easy peesy! And they're straight, which drives me crazy when winds catch ours and take off with them.

    You guys do a great job, wish we were neighbors!

  6. I always love the idea of climbing the ladder just to put those lights because it is very exciting. But mom won’t allow me to do so because she says it is really dangerous. So she just let professionals do the lightings. By the way, your lightings are really beautiful and so much ready for the Holiday.
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