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[C652]Christmas Decorating Ideas For Outside

by Catherine Spelling, Cat

This year, the latest craze in Christmas decorating is going back in time. Homeowners seem to be less interested in the icicle-type lights and the use of single color strands. Baby boomers seem to be harkening back to the days of their youth, by bringing back the full color glory of traditional Christmas lights.

Lawn ornaments have become a must-have for the decorating elves in your neighborhood. Families everywhere are installing huge lawn ornaments, many consisting of animated light patterns. They sheer number of choices for shapes, sizes, and designs should tell you that these are very popular with festive homeowners. I am a huge fan of the old-style bubble lights (you know…..the ones with colored water and bubbles inside), and they have returned with a vengeance.

Many people seem to be gravitating back to using real trees, instead of using plastic pre-fab ones. Who can blame them? They smell great, and they make Christmas feel that much more real. My family has always used a real tree. It has become a family tradition to go out and cut the tree ourselves. We usually wait until mid-December. We all get bundled up in our snow gear, get our sleighs out, along with a thermos of hot apple cider, and make our way into the bush. The kids love it, the dog loves it, and it makes for an excellent family adventure!

It seems that Christmas flowers have also changed with the times. Although the classic red poinsettia will likely be with us for the rest of time, many florists are offering their customers alternatives. As has been the case with flowers in general for some time, florists are now adding dyes to traditional holiday flowers and bouquets. My personal favorite happens to be a bright violet poinsettia. My daughter prefers cobalt blue. What is yours?

Whether you are a staunch Christmas traditionalist or you are keen on changing along with the current decorating trends, Christmas decorations have never before been so varied and left consumers with so many choices. So get out there and shop, shop, shop! Tis the season, after all!

Idea 1 - Why not use either spotlights or spread your decorative solar lighting around so that it can highlight or provide focus on a specific place or object within the garden. It could either be something like a tree, plant or a statute that you have and want to show at its best in yours. By offering a contrast between a dark background and the lit object will make it stand out even more.

Idea 2 - Provide a shadow effect around certain areas of the garden by placing the outside solar lighting as low down on the ground as you possibly can. Ideally locate them in areas where you want to enhance the features of certain plants or objects that would otherwise be ignored because something else overshadows them. Before you install the lights place them on poles or posts so that placing them in the ground is much easier.

Idea 3 - Another idea you may want to think about using when it comes to solar lighting as a way of enhancing features in your garden is to mount them high aim. These then should be aimed directly at the object which it is you want to focus on. For example placing such a light high in a tree will then cause a dappled effect on the ground below and will soften a garden where the angles and lines are quite angular.

Idea 4 - Rather than having the lighting directed on to the object from above instead why not let the light from decorative outside lighting to shine upwards. This will enable you to highlight a particular plant or area of the garden that is located at a much higher level.

Because there are no wires that you need to run from your home to the lights in order for them to provide power you can place outside solar lights just about anywhere you want in your garden. All you need to make sure is that they are provided with direct sunlight throughout the day which they can store in the batteries inside before you turn them on and use them at night.

After you have chosen the position where the outside solar lighting is going to be placed and you have installed it should you then leave them for about a week (5 to 7 days) before you turn them on. By doing this you are actually allowing the batteries inside to become fully charged.

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