LED Icicle Lights for Home Use
For easier visibility of your front walkway, steps, and entry way, illuminate the way by wrapping bushes or hedges, and lining stair rails and porch railing with lights. It’s not only a cheerful way to welcome holiday visitors, but a well lighted pathway keeps them safe from falls.
Front yard displays lend themselves well to the use of lights. Try draping lights around the top of Santa’s sleigh or around the edges and roof of a nativity scene manger. Fence in and make your display easier to see by stringing icicle lights along garden stakes set into the ground around your display.
For a breathtakingly romantic atmosphere winter or summer, hang icicle lights around the inside of the gazebo. They’ll be visible from the outside, but the inside of the gazebo will have a soft, warm glow. It will be a comfy place to sit with your special someone and enjoy the warm summer nights or to cozy up together in blankets with a steaming cup of eggnog on those cool winter nights.
Put the spotlight on your establishment and instill a warm inviting touch in restaurants, boutiques, cafes by adding excitement with glistening, sparkling icicle lights. Bring to life and add a glow to entry ways, outdoor seating areas.
You needn’t wait until the Christmas season to start planning the perfect décor. Lights can easily be found online all year around in a large variety of types. In both incandescent and LED’s, string and bulb colors, bulb shapes, and lengths.
As versatile as they are, take advantage of your lights in the summer months too. Use them on porches, patios, and back yard areas to create a festive, magical atmosphere to parties or get togethers.
Whether you experience snow each winter, or live in a area that rarely sees a flake, you can create your own winter setting with icicle lights. Both the LED and traditional version can be used to create a festive mood throughout the year. There are thousands of different ways to use icicle lights to create custom lighting both inside and outside of your home whenever you wish.
How To Safely Decorate With Icicle Lights
Decorating with icicle lights is an easy way to make a big impact in adding a fun, festive, and elegant look to your home for the holiday season. Adding your own personal stamp, setting your home apart from the rest. Good quality lighting needn’t cost a small fortune. Bargains can be found online, at home improvement stores, or major retailers. Icicle lights, unlike some other seasonal decorating materials, have the added benefit of being versatile enough to use in decorating in different ways throughout the rest of the year. In summer months try adding magic to your porch or patio area by using them there.
Coming in several different colors, the classic, original white remains the most popular. While previously only available in incandescent, the last few years have seen an increasing availability of new energy efficient LED, or Light Emitting Diode, sets. While slightly higher priced, they save money in the long term by being more economical in lower energy consumption, and can have a lifespan lasting several times longer than traditional sets. Which can be especially practical for the those hard to reach areas where bulb replacement would be difficult. Be sure to measure before before purchasing. It’s all too easy to underestimate how many strings will be needed. You don’t want to find yourself running back to the store in the middle of your project to purchase additional sets.
When using electrical lighting such as icicle lights, remember the motto “safety first”. Take appropriate precautions to protect your family from fire hazard and ensure a safe and happy holiday season. Make sure to follow manufacturer’s recommendations on the number of strings that may be safely connected at once. Enlist children’s help with opinions on placement, but leave the actual installing only to adults. Be sure all extension cords are tucked out of the way to avoid tripping accidents. Also, take it slow when initially powering up your display. Turn on groupings individually adding one by one to test how much of a load your circuit breaker can handle.