How To Plan the Perfect Holiday Light Display for Your Chilliwack Home

A great holiday light display can be one of the best ways to get into the joy of the season and show your holiday spirit. But how do you put together a holiday light display that can really make an impact, really show off your creativity and make your home look incredible? In today’s blog we will be presenting our guide to planning the perfect holiday light display for your Chilliwack home.

Planning

One of the first things you should do for your light display is to make a plan, possibly by making sketches of what you intend to do, this will help you visualize your lighting display and ensure that it looks right. A plan will also help you make sure that you have the right resources to make your vision a reality, whether that means making the best of the lights you already have or acquiring new ones.

Resources

Now that you have your plan in place it’s time to make sure that you have the right stuff to make your light display vision a reality. Clips and Hooks can be helpful for both putting up the display and minimizing damage to your homes’ exterior. Using timers can be helpful in a variety of ways, from helping you save energy to ensuring that your carefully planned lighting display is on at night so it can be enjoyed. Light projectors can be used to display a variety of images and patterns on your home or other exterior areas for more variety in your visuals. Lastly, Twinkling or color changing lights can be a dynamic and exciting addition to your holiday light display that can take the entire project to the next level.

Tips and Tricks

With your plan in hand and your resources available here are some tips and tricks to help achieve the best results from your holiday light display. Making sure your power needs are met is important, you will want to be able to access outlets or have extension cords available. In order to avoid hazards and tripped brakers, make sure that the total wattage of the display does not exceed the capacity of your electrical outlets. You should choose LED Lights over incandescent bulbs as LEDs are more energy efficient, last longer and don’t have the same amount of heat buildup as incandescent bulbs do.

Windows are one of the most visually important exterior features on a home and you should consider taking advantage of that when putting up a holiday light display. You can frame your windows with lights to enhance the festive appearance of your home and give a visual pop to the whole display. Consider integrating built in lighting, it looks great, and the lights don’t need to be put up and taken down year after year. Built in lighting can be programmed in a variety of colors and can be made to flash in different patterns using an easy-to-use app.

We hope that we have been able to provide you with some excellent tips, tricks and suggestions to plan the perfect holiday light display for your home in Chilliwack. Should you have any questions regarding light displays or integrated lighting please contact our friendly staff at Northern Lights, we are experts at outdoor lighting and would be happy to share that expertise with you.

If you are interested in outdoor lighting, give Northern Lights a call on the Lower Mainland at (604) 357-4781. This is our area of expertise and we are experts on outdoor lighting.