How to Safely Remove and Store Your Christmas Lights
I feel like there are three priorities when taking down Christmas lights:
Don’t fall off the ladder or the roof.
Somehow keep them from becoming a giant knot in the box.
Keep all the decorations from getting broken.
This may seem like a manageable list, but a lot of the time this chore can turn into a nightmare. Either something goes wrong this year, or you get the box out next year and realize that something went wrong in storage and now you need to re-buy perfectly good decorations because they won’t light up anymore. So here are some simple, manageable tips from your friendly neighborhood exterior cleaners who routinely remove and store lights for hundreds of houses a year.
It’s Time to Upgrade to Professionally Installed Christmas Lights
Installing Christmas lights is such a weird thing to expect regular, untrained people to do. I can’t think of a single other house job that involves climbing multiple stories up on a ladder, handling electrical equipment, and ensuring aesthetic precision all at the same time with no instructions or certifications required. Christmas lighting is its own beast. Now if your goal for your Christmas lights is to spend five minutes throwing some grocery store light strands up on your lowest eaves and calling that good, then you don’t need to consider professional Christmas lighting installation. But if you are frustrated with the process of hanging your own lights, or disappointed in the way your lights look each year, or if you are concerned about yourself or your spouse scrambling about on the roof this season, then here is all the information you need to make a decision about changing your lighting game plan this year!