Christmas Lighting | Inspiring Ideas for Christmas House Lights

As Christmas fast approaches, you want to make sure you have the tree decorated and the rest of your home looking festive well before the big day. After all, you want to get things put up nice and early so you won?t have to worry about them later; plus you don?t want to get things out from the loft only to find them infested by dirt and damp ? leaving you to head out and grab cheap last minute replacements that look tacky and uninviting in your home. And of course, the most important aspect of decoration ? Christmas lighting ? can be beset with electrical problems too!

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For the best final results, you should always plan well ahead with your Christmas house lights. So to help you and your family find what?s right for your property, we?ve put together the following mini-guide to a range of different Christmas lighting ideas! Remember, lighting is a way to enhance your other decorations, and although you can choose from many different styles you shouldn?t ever overdo it ? even if it?s just to keep the electricity bill in check! Take a quick glance to see what sort of things suit you, and before you know it you can have it purchased and hung across your home ? just the way you like it.

Christmas Tree Lights

The Christmas tree is usually the focal point of any sitting room or living area, so you want the lighting to suit the regular interior d?cor as well as the extra temporary decorations; plus it should help set the mood or tone to the style you?ve gone for. For indoor Christmas tree lights most homeowners often stick to the classics: elegant white lighting, or a more fun colour arrangement. There are, however, other options you can go with; why not choose a single colour (something Christmassy, like green or red) that comes with an array of special effects? They can be exciting for kids and add a bit of spontaneity to the look of the tree. Or if you have a white tree, blue or purple lights can fit just as well with an alternative interior theme.

Indoor House Lights

The trick to finding a successful balance for your indoor Christmas house lights is to not overdo it. If you have enough space, excess is all very well, but for most of us room is limited and you want to make the most of the areas you have rather than throw around decorations wherever you can fit them. Obviously indoor light arrangements have to be close enough to a plug socket (unless you obtain an extension lead), but they usually work best with borders or centrepieces.

Window Christmas lighting, for instance, looks great either inside or out, and adds focus without distracting from the main room ? plus the reflections in the window add a surprisingly pretty final touch. If you have the confidence you could also display Christmas LED lights across mantelpieces or hallway tables (as long as there is enough room), or even stuff whole cords into glass bowls or vases ? an idea increasing in popularity thanks to the colourful ambience that comes with neat and tidy storage.

Outdoor House Lights

Setting up outdoor Christmas lights is obviously a bit trickier, so before purchasing them make sure you have a ladder and all the safety equipment (and possibly an extra pair of hands!) that is necessary to getting the job done. Any you purchase for outdoors should also be waterproof and weather resistant, as the last thing you need is an electrical fault ? or worse, a dangerous accident ? over the Christmas holidays.

As for styles, there is a lot to go for: hanging icicles always add a cosy, wintry element compared the more colourful and glaring lights, but little lanterns or Christmas star lights work just as well if you have a smaller property. Just remember to fix up outdoor lights to a safe power supply, and always turn them off when you?re not at home! Get some more outdoor Christmas lighting ideas.

Source: http://www.servicemagic.co.uk/resources/christmas-lighting-ideas-for-indoor-and-outdoor-lights/

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