No more light lassoed christmas trees.
How to put on christmas tree lights martha stewart.
The whole tree glows and the strands of lights aren t barely as noticeable as with the lasso method.
The first designer secret is you can add a bit of twinkle to your christmas tree by adding 1 2 strands of 50 or 100 clear or white blinking lights no more than 2 strand for a tree under 10 tall or 3 if you have a tree that is at least 10 tall wrapped around just the trunk of your christmas tree they can be a different color white than your basic string lights if you wish.
Wrap the cord around every green as you work back along the branch.
Make sure to test your lights in all different forms of lighting.
Hanging christmas tree lights horizontally as in our video is the more traditional method.
Here is a quick video showing how to light a christmas tree.
Use 12 boxes of 100 light strands for a 6 foot tree and 16 boxes for an 8 foot tree.
We ll show you how to string lights on a christmas tree that wows.
First put on the bottom layer of branches.
But that my friends is how i put lights on my christmas tree.
How to put lights on a christmas tree.
Beginning at the bottom weave each string in and out of the branches to the top of the tree and back.
Light amount is a preference so if you like more subtle lighting weave the lights closer to t.
His team starts by wrapping the first strand of lights the one plugged into the main power source around the base of the tree trunk continuing to wrap the trunk until they reach the highest set of branches.
Turn your house lights off and look at the tree.
To make your tree really wow double the number of lights to 200 per foot of tree.
This year take some pride in potting and find a suitable.
Starting at the bottom string your lights around and through the tree in a random fashion.
The wrapping of the trunk going up is literally just to get to the top says miller.
Best way to string lights on a christmas tree martha stewart when it comes to the base of the tree it s too often overlooked by all the other pretty decorations.
Then wrap each branch going up and down the branch with the lights.
Then turn the house lights on.
If your branches are attached just fold down the branches layer by layer.
Now we re not going to start at the top.
No no friends we start at the bottom.