There’s nothing like the magic of Christmas lights. Whether you’re someone who goes all out and people know that your house is one to ooo and aah at or you’re someone who prefers elegant simplicity for just a touch of festive cheer, it’s a special time of year. However, getting your Christmas lights up, on the other hand… That’s not so special. For many people, it ends up being very frustrating, trying to untangle lights and balancing precariously on ladders.
As such, you may wonder if you even should DIY your Christmas lights, or if it might be better to just bite the bullet and hire a professional Christmas lighting company. The goal is to enjoy the holidays, after all, not to cause family feuds or end up in hospitals. Here’s what you need to know about why you may prefer to DIY your Christmas lights and why it can be better to leave this job to the experts.
Why You May Want To DIY Your Christmas Lights
There are certainly some advantages to DIYing your Christmas lights. If you don’t have the budget to hire a professional, then just getting lights from your local store and then enlisting your friends and family to help you hang them up allows you to still enjoy holiday magic. You may even like the quirkiness that inevitably accompanies most DIY projects and think it adds charm to your holiday display.
DIYing your Christmas lights also enables you to have complete creative control over your display. Whether or not said creative vision can be executed will depend on your capabilities, equipment, and budget, but if you have the time, the will, and the way, you can make it happen. Plus, there’s a certain sense of pride that comes with doing a project yourself that simply cannot be replicated by hiring someone else to do it for you.
Why It’s Better To Leave Christmas Lighting To The Professionals
While there are certainly some good reasons to DIY your Christmas lights, there are more reasons for why this is something you should really leave to the trained and experienced professionals.
#1. Safety
You know how we talked about ladders and hospitals? When you hire a professional Christmas lighting company to take care of your lighting for you, you don’t have to worry about your safety or injuries. You can stay safe while the fully-insured pros utilize their training and the appropriate equipment to ensure that your lighting is done safely and efficiently, so that all parties involved stay injury-free.
#2. Time-Saving
Let’s face it: life is busy at the best of times, but even moreso during the holidays. By leaving your Christmas lights to the pros, you free up more of your time to focus on what matters to you, rather than fighting with tangled strands and heming and hawing over what would look best.
#3. High-Quality Results
Want to ensure that your Christmas lights really wow this year? Professionals can custom design your lights to best suit your property. There won’t be any quirky bits and pieces that come with DIY projects. Plus, professionals use top-quality lights, ensuring that you get the most bang for your buck.
Why Choose Cardinal’s Lighting Services
We are an all-inclusive service! We make it to where Christmas lights are the last thing you need to focus on during the holidays because we handle everything for you! Our End of Summer returning customers will receive an email asking if they would like to get on the schedule for the current season.
We hang the lighting. A timer is installed and preset to turn on and off. Any maintenance that needs done while the lighting is installed, we will handle! We try to respond to calls within 24 hours to fix the issue. We will remove the lighting and store the lighting in our temperature controlled facility.
When you request a quote you will receive design renderings so you are able to see what the designs would look like on your home. Our wiring is all custom cut to fit our home perfectly! There will be no visible dangling wires or wires that look out of places. We also make sure the wires running along the ground are not going to become a tripping hazard while the lighting is up.
Contact us today to learn more about our Christmas lighting services or to schedule your service. We look forward to hearing from you!