DIY vs. Professional Holiday Lighting Installation: Which Is Right for You?
Bright Services LLC
The Holiday season is quickly approaching this year. As you drive down the road you see more and more twinkling lights, light shows, and inflatables. However, when it comes to holiday lighting, often homeowners ask themselves, Should I take the DIY route or hire a professional to install my lights? Both options have their cons and benefits, but the right choice comes down to each household’s goals, time, resources, and budget.
Here at Winter Wonder Lights, we understand that decorating for the holidays is both exciting and daunting. Here’s a breakdown of the pros and cons of each approach to help you decide.
DIY Holiday Lighting:
DIY holiday lighting is often appealing for those looking to save money upfront. It gives you full creative control over your design and can be a fun project for the family. There is something so satisfying and special about doing it yourself, stepping back, and saying “Hey, This is a special family memory.” No matter where you live in the metro Atlanta area, keeping holiday lighting budget-friendly is always a benefit.
However, DIY lighting comes with its challenges. Installing lights on tall trees, rooftops, or intricate designs can be risky, complicated, and overall, time-consuming, especially for those without the proper tools or expertise. DIY holiday lighting is fun but it’s also not a small task depending on your ideas and styles in mind. Frayed wires, blown circuits, and slippery ladders are just a few of the common hazards that can turn a festive activity into a stressful and dangerous ordeal.
If you have a larger home, it can often feel like a daunting task. All that space and end up spending hours untangling lights, attempting to test bulbs, climbing ladders, and it ends up consuming hours, even days of your time. With such a big house and so little precious time during the holiday season, it can often feel overwhelming and time-consuming.
Setting up holiday lights can be a joyful holiday time, with climbing ladders and working around electricity it can sometimes be more dangerous than it seems. When decorating high rooftops or tall trees, there's the potential for slips and falls, and using lights that aren't properly installed can create electrical hazards. The last thing we want during the festive season is an unexpected injury or electrical fire. Let's prioritize safety and ensure a merry and bright holiday for all!
Professional Holiday Lighting:
Though decorating with your family can be a joyful experience it can also be daunting at times. That’s where professional holiday lighting services truly shine. Because professional holiday lighting installation offers unmatched convenience and safety. The trained professionals handle everything—while your family and you sit back and enjoy the more important moments of the holiday season.
One of the biggest benefits of having professional installation is having a team capable of complex projects —from design and installation to maintenance and removal—saving you countless hours of work. Additionally, we use high-quality materials designed to withstand the elements and ensure a stunning, durable display throughout the holiday season. At Winter Wonder Lights, Our team’s experience allows them to design a stunning display that matches your vision and create custom designs tailored to your home, creating displays that are both unique and breathtaking. All the while your family doesn’t have to worry about a thing.
Which Option is for me?
Deciding between whether you should decorate yourself again this year or if you should call up the professionals comes down to a few factors from costs to design and overall aesthetics. It’s best to choose the option that fits into your lifestyle and personal preferences.
One important factor to note is the overall cost of professional installation services vs. installing yourself. However, at first glance professional installation is seen as a clear upfront cost compared to DIY decorating where you may spend a couple hundred dollars or less on new lights, extension cords, and various decorations. However, depending on the complexity of your design and how large of a space you’re decorating, you may spend countless precious hours decorating your space just for it to not look quite how you imagined. Just think about the National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, where the Christmas tree ended up exploding due to Uncle Lewis. Though dramatized, Christmas trees are responsible for 160 house fires each year. Additionally, holiday decorations, excluding Christmas trees, cause around 790 home fires each year. This emphasizes another huge factor to consider with light installation, which is everyone’s safety during the holiday season.