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10 tips for hanging holiday lights
Bring the holiday warmth to your home this season with a safe and festive light display.
- Hang your lights early in the season to avoid cold, wet weather that may pose a safety hazard.
- Measure and map out a general plan to determine the number of string lights your home needs.
- Choose a size and wattage that fits your needs. Mini lights are less expensive and use less energy. Larger C7 or C9 lights are more durable and stay lit when one bulb dies.
- Select shorter strings of lights to avoid losing a large portion of your display if one string malfunctions.
- Test for any dead bulbs before you work hard to hang them.
- Plug your extension cords into a ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI). Be sure the total wattage of your lights doesn’t exceed the capacity of your outlet.
- Install hooks and clips along surfaces where you’ll thread your lights.
- Mix up your light display to highlight architectural features on your home. Complement these focal points by hanging additional lights along paths, doors, windows and around trees, planters and bushes.
- Space your lights a few inches apart so they don’t blend together. This also saves you money as you’ll use a smaller number of lights.
- Hook your lights up to an automatic timer so they turn on when the sun dips and switch off at dawn.
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