Christmas lights are the bread and butter of Christmas decorations – it’s the backdrop that sets the mood and sets the tone. The risk, however, is that they are tacky rather than “magical”.
So here are five simple rules to make no mistakes and, indeed, give a special touch to your home.
1) Use only warm lights
The fairy lights are meant to create a warm, shimmering glow, which should make you feel like you’re sitting inside a box of chocolate. Instead, many fairy light setups are downright cold, sometimes downright sad: this happens when you use too much bluish light. If you opt for LEDs, choose the «warm white» option and if you opt for colors instead, buy only the old-fashioned ones with pink, in the manner of Amanda Brooks.
2) Use “pluggable” lights and empty cables to avoid tangles
Lights4Fun offers an infinite line of extendable fairy lights. They are a stylists best friend, allowing you to get a huge amount of length from a single power source and connect new lights to the end of the previous one, avoiding tangles and making it much easier to create neat compositions. You can also buy blank wires to hide splices or transitions between plugs.
3) Keep the lights on a fixed setting
The flashing lights are a source of distraction and sometimes create an anxious effect: it is better to opt for fixed lights, without movement. They are much more sober and beautiful.
4) Keep the type of light consistent
All of us, over time, have accumulated a series of different lights: one year we bought colored ones, one year we gave in to the red ones in the shape of a flower, following the fashion of the moment. Actually the best thing would be that there was consistency. In short, it’s better to have them all the same: the jumble of lights is simply… ugly!
5) Get inspired by weddings
Whether it’s Pinterest, Instagram or your favorite wedding program, steal these ideas for Christmas too. Wedding decorators tend to use fairy lights just as heavily. Try to follow their eye for detail and the final effect. If you choose to create rows or curtains of lights, help yourself with nails or with those small plastic buttonholes that telephone installers use: they help keep the lines tidy and the result will certainly be chic.
Source: Vanity Fair
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