Christmas Lighting SuggestionsWhether you prefer to adorn your home with only a subtle sprinkling of lights or enjoy putting on a display to rival Oxford Street during the festive period, you have a huge variety of Christmas lights to choose from.When choosing Christmas lights with which to decorate your home, bear in mind that certain colour schemes work best together and create different effects. White lights provide a more traditional sparkling effect than their coloured counter parts and look beautiful both as a source of base lighting on your Christmas tree, or used outside the home, draped around windows (icicle shaped lights are ideal for this). Rainbow coloured lights are hugely popular with children as are those which appear to blink or chase each other. In terms of the lights you choose to use, the overall effect will be more stunning if you stick to either a cool or warm colour scheme. Cool coloured lights in blue and green work well with silver decorations and warmer coloured lights such as those in red and orange really set off gold decorations, white lights can be used to add another light layer to both. Using Christmas lights to decorate the outside or your home can be a fun way to share your festivities whether you prefer to subtly line your house and trees with simple white lights or like to create a bright lighting display featuring traditional Christmas characters and scenes. However, for safety reasons you should only ever use lights which specifically state they are suitable for outdoor use to decorate your garden or the exterior of your home. When lighting your Christmas tree, first read the instructions which accompany your lights, then plug them in and leave for 10 to 15 minutes to check that they are working ok. If they start smoking or you can see any exposed wires, you should throw them away and invest in some new Christmas lights. After checking your lights work, begin winding them around your tree from top to bottom, spacing them evenly between branches, it is easiest to do this if you leave the lights on. If you intend on using more than one variety of Christmas light on your tree, it is best to use the simplest variety (i.e. white lights) to dress the whole tree and then to add the novelty lights afterwards. If you are using strings of miniature bulbs, ensure than the bulbs themselves aren?t in contact with anything which may be combustible or liable to melt (like your Christmas chocolates!). As a rule you should dress a tree which stands between 4 and 5 foot tall, with between 200 and 400 lights. For each additional foot, increase the number of lights by 100 to create the most striking effect. If LED Christmas lights are being used, multiply the width of your tree by 3 times its height to work out the number of lights needed. This type of lighting is much cooler, not only making it easier to hang, but also making it less of a safety risk. When dressing your tree with your chosen Christmas lights, aim to rest the lights near the edges of branches as it gives the tree a more striking outline, especially during the evening. Additionally, for safety reasons ensure you switch your lights off at night time or when you leave the house and never plug more than 3 sets of Christmas lights into an electric socket or cable so as to avoid the risk of overload. However you decide to decorate your house during the festive period, providing you follow the safety advice which accompanies your Christmas lights, you will be able to illuminate your home and enhance your decorations with your choice of Christmas lighting. |
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