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Color and Control

How to Plan Holiday Lighting That Looks Professional

Key takeaways

  • Follow the lines of the house
  • Limit the palette to two or three colors
  • Permanent track and color systems save work each year
  • Plan the power before you hang anything

Holiday lighting looks best when it follows a plan.

Follow the lines

Rooflines, windows and columns are natural places for light.

Limit the palette

Two or three colors look polished. More can look busy.

Make it easy next year

Permanent roofline track and color-changing fixtures let you change looks with an app and no ladders.

Check the power

Plan circuits and a transformer that can carry the load.

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