How To Put Up Christmas Lights Around Windows Inside

The hooks will have an adhesive on one side that you can attach to the outside or inside of your windows so the hooks stay in place.

How to put up christmas lights around windows inside.

Place the staples so that arms of the staples go on either side of the light s cord and not through it. Run the lights around the inside frame starting with the bottom corner closest to the extension cord. Install the lights by pushing the wire into the molding. Write down the total perimeter for each window or door separately not counting the bottom of the door so you ll know how many strands of lights are needed for each window or door.

Match your wires to the woodwork of your window. There are a variety of solutions for trees. Then across the bottom of the top window then down and across the top of the bottom window then down again working your way around the window. Place around over and under windows in such a way as to frame the windows.

Put the light hooks 2 to 3 inches 5 1 to 7 6 cm apart around the windows. If you have white woodwork a string of christmas lights with green wire will stand out and be less subtle than a string with white wire. Use the same techniques as on the porch railings. If the wires match the woodwork the lights themselves will be more emphasized.

Rubber band tie any unneeded and definitely unsightly extra length of empty christmas light strand sections that commonly end up at both ends of the used christmas light strands. Attach the lights to the inside of the window frame using a staple gun. Use the open end of the electrical continuation area of another strand to strand up another line of christmas lights. Installing lights around or on windows come christmas time is something that many people like to use in understated displays or to provide a centre piece as people come up towards your house.

This will save you the trouble of using screws or nails to put up the lights which can damage your windows. Either use the traditional wrap as you do with indoor trees or use a net of lights that drape over the top of the tree.