Let's see your... Christmas Lights

  • Active since 1995, Hearth.com is THE place on the internet for free information and advice about wood stoves, pellet stoves and other energy saving equipment.

    We strive to provide opinions, articles, discussions and history related to Hearth Products and in a more general sense, energy issues.

    We promote the EFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN and SAFE use of all fuels, whether renewable or fossil.
  • Hope everyone has a wonderful and warm Thanksgiving!
  • Super Cedar firestarters 30% discount Use code Hearth2024 Click here
Status
Not open for further replies.

Ashful

Minister of Fire
Mar 7, 2012
20,075
Philadelphia
Yes... I used the "C" word. Let's see 'em.

Spent Sunday afternoon putting up mine, although I haven't had time to take a good photo, yet.

[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights

Here's a better photo of a poorer light job, ca.2012.

[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights
 
We inherited my FIL's collection of resin Christmas characters.

I have a dozen more to fix still...

[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights
 
  • Like
Reactions: Ashful
Ashful you should ask Scott Kelly to take a picture of it from the space station ;) ;) ;)



he he. Id add a shot of our house but its downright dull by comparison.
 
Let's see it! Seeing how tastefully your house is done, I'm sure it looks great.

I just ordered eight strings of LED lights in warm white. I want to see how they're going to look, since these incandescents are really causing me some trouble with load balancing (I have to split them up onto two circuits, and one circuit is always close to breaker rating). I'll do the shrubs on the back patio with the new LED's, this year, to see how they look.

I'll probably finish mine tomorrow, and post a photo for this year.
 
I'm not doing the outside (mineself& ladders ='s not good :p ), but I'm doing the inside. Right now I'm in tear it apart and put it back together mode.

Will post pics when done ;)
 
Very nice guys. Here's mine I've been adding every year started with eaves last year and railing this year. Figure I'll wrap a couple trees next
Year
 

Attachments

  • [Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights
    image.webp
    88.8 KB · Views: 273
  • [Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights
    image.webp
    68.3 KB · Views: 254
  • Like
Reactions: jakeyboy
No pictures yet, but I added a laser projector, it looks like a net light on the whole house, but only has a stake and a cord to set up
 
Ok I finally got some photos of the lights. Nothing exciting and doesn't really come out so great with the phone camera. Hard to see but we do have electric candles in every window.

[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights [Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights

Looks better in the daytime. My wife does the wreath decorating herself and we put up a lot of live garland on the fences and around the lamp post and door.

[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights


Inside. She was going for a more traditional look this year with the mantle decorations. If not for me she would have the tree all white as well.

[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights [Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights
 
Love it! You have some great paneling and cabinetry in that living room.

What's the vintage of that stone front stoop?
 
Believe it or not the living room paneling is all a modern reproduction. The inside of that large cabinet behind the tree is all plywood and sheetrock. They did a decent job however even hand planing some of the panels above the fireplace. Hearth is original and the ovens where functional before a PO put the stove in.

The small fireplace is an original surround and rebuilt brickwork.

The stone steps I think may be original. Many houses around 1800ish in this area have the granite slab steps. The foundation is rubble stone capped with these big granite slabs at grade and I believe they just put an extra one at the door for step when they where building them. the granite comes from a quarry about 5 miles away in the next town.
 
Yep, knew that paneling above fireplace is new, but looks great, nonetheless. Wasn't sure on the age of the drawers, but I really like them! Fireplace brick looks like a later mod to me. Would love to see what's behind it.

We have another house in our family that was built in 1740, and expanded in the early 1800's. Has large natural flagstone steps, that remind me of that front stoop of yours. That house is 100% original, right down to the dirt on the floors. Been in family since 1840.
 
Even found room for my major award!
[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights

Sorry about the phantom file initially posted, if you feel any better, I didn't have permission to view it either. :oops:
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Ashful
Not sure where it was attached. I can't get to it.
 
Fixed. I think. New OS here doesn't let me upload from the phone anymore, need to go through PC. Either uploads and looses the file, or tells me it has an improper extension on it.
 
At one of the local garages

[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights
 
  • Like
Reactions: Omaha419
Nice! There's a Komatsu dealer not far from here, who does a rig like that every year. Love it!
 
I guess I should include the Charlie Brown tree and stand my son and I made from a branch lopped off one of our pine trees.

[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights
 
  • Like
Reactions: jharkin and begreen
Our first tree wasn't a tree............ it was a pine scented candle set on a coffee table. :)
 
  • Like
Reactions: Warm_in_NH
[Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights
it got a little chilly here in NW Florida hitting a whopping 61 deg, for now, We have to burn in my fire pit in my driveway... X-mas boxes etc... here's some pics of us and the neighbors have a bit of wine n cheese right after Christmas...
 
Cool! But... a Floridian on a site dedicated to heating your home with wood?

On the subject of lights, we pulled ours down and packed them away today, and hauled the tree out of the house. Always one of the more depressing days of the year.
 
Cool! But... a Floridian on a site dedicated to heating your home with wood?

On the subject of lights, we pulled ours down and packed them away today, and hauled the tree out of the house. Always one of the more depressing days of the year.
Yes!! totally dedicated! and that is my goal to heat my beach house (1600sf) with wood!! It gets in the 20s and 30s here in January.. I actually burn a little bit of wood in my gas log fireplace now, I know! very dangerous!! I have insurance lol, but seriously, its a newer home (1994) and I'm seriously looking to convert my NG FP to a wood burning.
 
Last edited:
Wow, big climate difference from Naples or Orlando! A cold January in Naples is 55F, and it's 75F there, today.
 
Wow, big climate difference from Naples or Orlando! A cold January in Naples is 55F, and it's 75F there, today.
Actually where I am is the coldest climate in Florida, Being at the highest elevation and in the northwest corner of the state. Last year we saw teens.. lol I'm about 6 hours NW of Orlando in Crestview / Destin.
 

Attachments

  • [Hearth.com] Let's see your... Christmas Lights
    IMG_8706.webp
    77.3 KB · Views: 217
Status
Not open for further replies.