Sometime in November I found Christmas lights in a thrift store and (after checking to make sure they worked) bought 4 strings without any idea what I was going to do with them. One string went up in my office, and I've finally found a place for the others.
The upstairs hallway is narrow, poorly lit, and never gets bright enough to trigger the sensor on a little night light that lives up there. So I brightened it up with two strings and the same command strips I used to hang Handel's Messiah.
I just followed the wood trim, attaching the clips to the wall as I went. Some tips:
- Attach your clips and then let them set up before you start tugging at them
- Place the clip opening in a logical way--you don't want your lights falling straight down or pulling out of the clip
- Plan to place a clip at every curve, at least. Either put the clip right in the corner so the lights come all the way to the edge, or put two clips a little ways out from the corner on either side
When I posted a picture of my hallway on facebook a friend offered me a 7 foot Christmas tree to decorate. So now I have a tree! It's wrapped in the last string of lights, dotted with small gold ornaments, and topped with my thrift store star.
Hello, cozy.
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