christmas lights design
At Mary & Brite’s we have spent over a decade perfecting our
christmas lights design process
for
Convenience,
Creativity
&
Clarity
Mary & Brite’s 3 Step Christmas Lights Design Process
Step 1
Questionnaire
In less than 5 minutes you will fill out our online questionnaire. Here you will tell us the style you’re going for, which of our most popular options you would like to see on your quote, and the budget you would like us to stay within. At the end you will schedule a zoom or phone meeting with our designer. For particularly large or complex jobs we are happy to meet you in person.
Step 2
Design & Quote Creation
We will gather images of your home or business, either from online sources or in person. Using these photos and the answers you provided, our expert Christmas Lights Designer will build an ‘a la carte’ quote for you. Options will be itemized and color coded for clarity. A visual representation will ensure you know exactly what you are getting and there are no misunderstandings later.
Step 3
Presentation
At your appointed time we will walk you through the design we created. Together we will include or exclude options or swap out products to your heart’s content in order to achieve your look and fit your budget. Once you are happy with the quote it can be booked on the spot.
Christmas Lights Design Options
Whether your property is residential or commercial, the offerings are largely the same. Below are some of the most common design options we offer.
Roofs and Ridges
The “roofline” is the starting point for most Christmas light installations, whether commercial or residential. Prices are by the foot and difficulty levels, so the bigger and steeper of a roof our Christmas light installers have to face, the more expensive your Christmas lights will be.
The “ridgeline” is the actual peaks of your roof. Christmas lights are attached to shingles. This is a great way to accent a building with a distinct roof shape, especially on a residential Christmas light installation.
Trim
Next, take the same Christmas lights as your roof and put them on window, door or garage trim! This is a great way to “bring down” the Christmas light installation, especially if you don’t have any columns, trees, bushes, or other items as described below. Almost every building, whether commercial or residential has trim!
Porch Wraps
The next item you might consider in your professional Christmas lights installation, is to wrap thick columns, posts or handrails in mini-lights! Or if you have very thick columns you can even put big bulb Christmas lights on them. Whether you choose mini-lights or big bulbs, the Christmas lights can be wrapped in a spiral, or strung vertically for a unique effect.
Trees
There are lots of ways to skin a cat and lots of ways to wrap a tree in Christmas lights. We can do either a trunk wrap, or a trunk and limb wrap, or a canopy wrap. Or any combination of these.
Canopies can be wrapped in mini-lights for a kind of tornado spiral effect. But our favorite way to hang Christmas lights in canopies is to use C7 or C9 big bulbs. Because of the wider spacing between bulbs, this creates more of a starry sky look. Can’t choose between mini-lights or big bulbs? Do both!
Bushes
Because bushes are close to the ground and our Christmas light installers don’t have to face death, they are an economical way to add to your holiday lighting installation. Put either mini-lights or big bulbs on your bushes. Either way, we go for a starry sky effect, with no distinct lines or spirals. (That’s the sign of an amateur Christmas light installer). Choose one color or alternate colors on multiple bushes, or . . . whatever your little heart desires!
Light Stakes
And our final standard offering is to take the same Christmas lights as you have on your roof and outline any distinctive features on the ground such as pathways, driveways or flower beds. Light stakes in your Christmas lights design is a great way to “ground” the whole thing as well as create a dramatic welcoming to holiday guests.
