Friday, September 07, 2007

Artificial Christmas Tree Accessories from Residential Landscape Lighting & Design

Should I use a wooden stand with an artificial tree to make it look more “alive?”
Not necessarily. Metal stands will look just as good with an artificial tree as do a wooden stands, and they offer trees either high profile decorative enhancements or low-key, unobtrusive support.

Our metal replacement stand consists of dark metal that underneath even the brightest light presents a non-reflective surface that will not detract from the tree and decorations. It includes a metal stand for 6.5 and 7.5 feet trees and fits a 1.25” diameter center pole. This is perfect for the corner of the room where only one side of the tree presents itself to the eyes of family and friends, and the backside of the tree and corresponding shadow beneath conceal the stand.

For the opposite effect, RLL offers the revolving stand designed for 9.5 feet pre-lit artificial Christmas trees with 2000 lamps. It consists of a metal base plated with a gold-colored overlay, and it offers a highly reflective surface that makes an excellent compliment to globe lights, miniature lights, amber mini lights, and icicle lights. Its ambient surface will catch every flashing color and scatters it like a prism, simultaneously adding a golden touch to the various shades of red, green, purple, and white.

What accessories do you have to make artificial Christmas trees look more attractive as retail store decorations?
RLLD’s retail light display provides and excellent compliment to any artificial Christmas tree. It serves as either a rack or a decorative piece that stands alongside of the tree itself. RLLD provides a number of artificial Christmas tree electrical accessories as well. We have hand-held Christmas light testers that enable managers to ensure that lights are in good working order and avoid embarrassing burnouts in peak shopping hours. We have multiple outlet electrical extension cords that measure 15 feet long with 2 feet spacing so other accessories can be powered by the same source as the tree—thus limiting the trip hazard in retail floor space. For stores that really want to showcase their Christmas trees—particularly the taller models—we have superb decorations that both reference tradition and technology, depending on the retailer’s corporate culture and merchandising theme.

Technology retailers in particular prefer to decorate with an RLLD our rotating motor that suspends and turns a rotating ball above the tree. For stores with specialty lighting themes, this gives an ultra-modern touch to an ancient symbol and maintains branding while simultaneously celebrating the season.

For traditionalists in love with the Star of Bethlehem, we provide a 40” star tree topper that comes with a green wire. It is designed for use with pre lit trees but can be modified to work with any artificial Christmas tree, bringing an illuminated touch of tradition to family retailers and shopping malls.

Residential Lighting and Design is your one stop Christmas lighting shop for all your holiday needs. See all of our Christmas specialty lighting and accessories now by clicking here, and call us with any questions or special orders today at 1-800-239-2939.

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Christmas and Holiday LED Sculptures, Decorations, and Lights

Residential Landscape Lighting and Design offers a number of residential and commercial model holiday led lights and decorations that make The Holidays a brightly lit, colorful extravaganza.
Led Christmas lighting technology has already evolved to the point that diode-based illumination now does everything incandescent technology did in the past. LED decorations by RLLD provide offer a number of color, size, and lighting level options for both Christmas trees and holiday decorative accessories. For instance, our led Christmas wreath fits trees, holiday sculptures, windows, and displays with equal flexibility. It’s bulbs shine green, red, and yellow to fit the season, and it sports plug and play installation convenience with all necessary hardware prewired so it can be hung whatever location needs extra holiday light.

Another great led Christmas lighting sculpture for holiday retail advertising is RLL’s Ultimate Window Tree.
Standing approximately 36-inches tall, the RLLD Ultimate Window Tree will attract attention the minute shoppers pass by and see it in a window or display case. Many shopping malls and strip centers buy these Window Trees in bulk from RLLD and create row of Christmas led lighted sculpture using from one of the world’s most famous and well-known symbols. The Ultimate Window Tree features a professionally applied, durable coat of emerald paint and long-life LED bulbs that store owners can leave on throughout the night without fear of overheating. Its removable trunk changes dimensions with the turn of a screwdriver, allowing merchandisers to fit it into specialty and custom-cabinet displays as a central-piece Christmas Holiday decoration. LED light bulbs hang in clusters that shine like traditional Christmas balls, thus adding decoration to illumination that burns more consistently and brightly than traditional incandescent equivalents. The Ultimate Window Tree further adapts to flush mounting against walls and glass windows or hangs as a display from an overhead support by an attaching wire. Small stores and gift shops can even hang it from the wall like a 3-dimensional Christmas picture!

People passing by in cars, however, might not notice an LED Christmas light sculpture that that stands only 36 inches high and markets more to pedestrian traffic than motorists already distracted by traffic signals, other cars, holiday signs, and billboards.
To offer our commercial clients the best competitive advantage in such a case, RLLD now offers The Ultimate Holiday Tree. LED-lit like its window-sized counterpart, this tree resembles a flat panel sign that stands in a large window or hangs on the side of a building. No one will miss the thousands of LED Christmas lights decorate the sculpture and provide a 30-direct view that is clear from any distance. With over 13 sizes ranging from 8 to 100 feet, this Christmas light sculpture looks equally appealing when viewed from afar or a focal point nearby. The lights of this LED holiday decoration and be adjusted through intensity controls that control brightness and color, and they also include optional pre-programmed lighting themes that automate hands-free advertising through decoration all hours of the night. It offers the same aesthetic appeal as pre-lit artificial Christmas trees, but is also able to fit in places full-sized trees cannot.

Read more here about LED lighting and how it can make holiday decorating more colorful and cost effective than ever before.

You can also call a holiday lighting specialist toll free at 800-239-2939.

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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Add tradition, endearment, and humor, and light to your holiday decorations this year with RLLD…

Christmas is a tradition that follows traditions. If you pause for only a moment to consider what makes Christmas a holiday as much as a holy day, there are certain things that come to mind that you simply cannot imagine this time of year being without.

The most obvious of these is the lighted Christmas tree. The second thing you picture is holiday lighting and decorations that enhance Christmas trees and create entire, separate themes of endearment- even humor- for holiday cheer and celebration.

A brief list of these items follows as a partial sampling of our offerings. Check back daily as we will be adding more holiday lighting strings, lights and decorative items all the way through the end of November.

A Tradition of Light
RLLD also carries mainstream, traditional holiday lighting decorations that represent Christmas on a Universal Spiritual as well as a secular level. Lighted stars enliven any environment and uplift the spirit regardless of belief system. We carry Christmas stars that emit traditional white light that make excellent lighted decorations for holiday window displays and also top off Christmas trees of any type or size.

For specialty lighting, we offer a number of colors in Moravian star design, including green, and purple. The star measures an even 14” both vertically and horizontally and comes with a 5 feet lead cord. For specialty lighting, decorators in holiday lighting can select a number of mini lighted star spheres that feature elegant, 6" clear twinkling light. This is a favorite for retailers looking to draw the eyes of shoppers to key areas of the store showcasing special merchandise for the season.

Snowflake decorations can light up holiday display windows as well, and they make excellent ornaments for trees both in stores and in the living room. Lighted snowflakes can also dual serve as yard art and outdoor retail lighting. Shrubs, trees, hedges, and overhangs can all be enhanced by flakes of light of all shapes and sizes suspended over walkways and holiday lighted statuary.

Endearing Symbols
Of course, Christmas tradition would not be true tradition without Santa and his reindeer. RLLD has a number of holiday lighted decorations and Santa displays in a variety of sizes and colors. Building on the popularity and versatility of rope lighting for holiday decorations, we have a 60" holographic rope light Santa that comes completely assembled and ready to plug in straight out of the box.

This Santa makes an excellent centerpiece to a Christmas scene both indoors and out, and children and adults equally love the design. We also carry Santa and reindeer holiday lighting decorations, as one of the season’s most world famous symbols.

Possibly our most ornate holiday lighted decoration is our special freestanding reindeer made from a fine gold-colored foil that adds a special glow to the light of 250 bulbs within. You can add them to your Santa display, or you can create little "herds" of reindeer that fill up empty spaces in your parking lot or front yard.

Santa Rides More than a Sleigh
For decorators looking to light up the yard with holiday humor, we even have a Santa on a motorcycle. Harley buffs and weekend bikers may argue at times over who truly owns the road, but at this time of year, we’re all behind Santa on his Easy Ride, we’re all at peace and happy on equal holiday ground beneath the RLLD Christmas tree.

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Saturday, August 18, 2007

Read How Christmas Stringer Lights can Save Lighting Designers and Decorators Overhead Costs and Improve Profits.

How can RLLD Christmas stringer lights reduce equipment costs and maximize service profits?
During Christmas, decorators are often asked to design a theme for each room that is original but still consistent with holiday tradition. Oftentimes, this requires buying equipment that consumes the profit margin, because the client has already specified a budget up front and the contractor must absorb the expensive of commercial grade technology if required by the design theme. However, Christmas string lighting by RLLD offers a very affordable alternative to expensive interior lighting equipment that can look both unique and appropriate to the holidays: Battery-powered Christmas stringer lights. Battery operated stringer lights run in tandem off of a single battery pack that can power up to 10 individual fixtures. Each fixture looks like a familiar holiday symbol—a fireplace, a campfire, a stalk of wheat. Any one of these makes an amazingly simple but very ornamental centerpiece to a dining room table. Ten of them constitute a lighting design for the entire house whose creative design reflects the true value of the artist that the customer will gladly pay upon seeing the results firsthand.

Click here to see all our Christmas lighting stringers now…

What about stores who don’t want to overdo their Christmas lighting? How can Christmas light stringers help them?
RLLD C7 Christmas lights and C9 Christmas light bulbs are perfect for department store, mall interior, and mall parking lot lighting. They look like the image most people have of Christmas light bulbs when they close their eyes and visualize a tree. As such, they are something of a universal symbol that affects the mind more unconsciously than consciously. Whereas more eccentric bulb styles may appear too avant-garde and distract shoppers from the visuals of displays and merchandise, C7 Chrsitmas lights and C9 Christmas bulbs, on the other hand, are so familiar that few people focus on them. What they do focus on is the merchandise that the bright amber, yellow, blue, and teal bulbs’ ambient light subtly showcases to attract a buying decision. Because they are made from a nickel base, they are equally effective for outdoor lighting in retail parking lots. Less is more when it comes to C7 and C9 string sets, and shoppers end up buying more because of the colors they create, not the bulbs themselves.

Click here for more retail Christmas decorating suggestions…

What are the best lights to use in my garden?
Globe lights on stringers or commercial grade mini-lights make the best garden lights. They are highly affordable and come in a number of bright colors that makes the greenery of the garden resemble the greenery of Christmas trees, garlands and wreaths—only this greenery is often indigenous and perennial! Some of RLLD’s prelit globe stringer lights carry up to 80 lamps on a single stringer and provide multi-colored, bright garden lighting at low costs. For more radiant, bright lighting effects, use Christmas holiday lighting packages that showcase Christmas gardens from New York to Texas with commercial grade materials and waterproof sockets that keep the northern snow and southern rain from shutting off the lights before New Years.

Contact us at 800-239-2939 toll free or visit our vast selection of garden, path, and outdoor lights for both Christmas and for year round lighting design online…

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Just how much can a person do with an artificial Christmas garland?

Almost anything, really!

Pre-lit Artificial Christmas garlands give decorators and designers tremendous creative and expressive freedom both within and beyond the boundaries of room, furnishing, and Christmas tree. One pre-lit two color light garland alone can add holiday brightness to both indoor fixtures and outdoor settings alike. Half a dozen of these pre-lit garlands can bring entire outdoor areas hidden in shadow clearly to the forefront of crowds passing by to find the house that has the best Christmas lights. Featuring 300 lamps and 30-inch lead cords each, they can wind around porch pillars, gazebo railings, and trees in both front and back yards—tracing outlines in colors that are sure to get everyone’s attention and compliments.

Inside, they add color and a subtle touch of light to the foot of the stairs, generating a steady ambiance that compliments the flash of Christmas tree lights across the room. To make the staircase come to life even more, you can add one or more Kennedy pre-lit Christmas garlands that measure 108” in height and 14” in diameters. Let the leaves and lights wind together beneath the railings just under the handrail, leading human feet down the stairs with 100 clear toward the roomful of color below.

Artificial Christmas Garlands can also add a sense of light and nature to bookshelves, display cases, and the often-empty spot on top of the mantle. Lush, full, and durable, they look truly organic in the shadowy space above the fire. Our Black Forest Christmas garland package includes four 9’ artificial Christmas garlands that wrap unobtrusively around the base of religious candles and icons, compliment family photographs, and drape gently over the sides of the fireplace. Each garland features 14” tips that resemble organic foliage with a thick, lush design and comes pre-lit with 100 Christmas lights concealed at the base of the tips that radiate an aura of light from within from the foliage’s interior. This is perfect for use alongside a religious icon or seven day candle on top of the mantle, extending the candle light outward with 100 points of light that flow over the edge and drape over the sides with an aesthetic touch that blends balance with a realistic sense of greenery and life.

Decorators who prefer to use pre-lit garlands as their main source of Christmas tree lighting can use our multi-color bulb Sierra that measures 9’ in length and a full 14” in diameter. Two of together will layer the tree in a total of 200 lights that follow winding spiral paths from treetop to base, weaving in and out of the branches like living ornaments of greenery and light. Or, for an indoor touch of winter, use instead one or more frosted Colorado pre-lit garlands that feature tips that look like pine needles covered in a fresh coat of snow.

Pre-lit garlands and pre-lit artificial Christmas trees offer tremendous decorative benefit with return on investment because they light up décor year after year and seldom need to be replaced.

Click here to read more about artificial Christmas garlands and the many holiday decorations they can be used with courtesy of RLLD.

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Sunday, November 26, 2006

Can I leave my C7 Christmas lights up all year long?

I want to use these outdoor Christmas lights wrapped around a fence in the back yard and leave them out all winter in Michigan. Will they survive? And, if one light burns out, will the remainder stay on?

These C7 outdoor Christmas lights will do well mounted on your fence. They will give you two or three years before the UV rays cause the insulation to deteriorate if you use them 24/7.

If one light goes out, the rest will stay on and all you have to do is install a replacement C7 lamp.

Be sure you plug these Christmas lighting fixtures into a GFCI receptacle for safety. Your friends at Residential Landscape Lighting & Design can assist you with all your Holiday Lighting and Holiday Decorating needs. Give them a call at 800-239-2939 toll free.

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Saturday, May 13, 2006

Holiday lighting supplies including Christmas, 4th of July and Memorial day.

Greetings, I am looking for Red, White & Blue mini lights for outdoor decorating for a 4th of July party. I've read about the advantages of LED lights and looked at yours, but can't find exactly what I want. Can you make up this color combination or are you planning to offer them in the near future? Thank you.

We have a good selection of LED MINI LIGHTS in red, white and blue. Perhaps you overlooked these items. If you are making some kind of custom display we do have a wide variety of GLOBE LIGHTS, LIGHT STRINGS and COLORED LIGHT BULBS & SOCKETS in our CHRISTMAS LIGHTING SECTION.

We also have some great 4th OF JULY DECORATIONS that you should consider for your party. American flags and other patriotic holiday decorations.

Thanks for visiting Residential Landscape Lighting & Design. We certainly appreciate your business and look forward to serving you now or in the future. Feel free to call at 800-239-2939 if we can help! We are always adding new products and will certainly take that into consideration. Thanks for the question!

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Monday, February 13, 2006

Rope lighting, accessories for light rope, connectors for lighting rope & rope lighting supplies.

My question--Is there any "y" connection made for these rope lights? Any empty or blank rope section?

No, the only split you can make on rope lights is at the power connector. See our ROPE LIGHT CONNECTOR KITS AND ACCESSORIES for options and ideas.

Let the lighting specialists at Residential Landscape Lighting & Design assist you with your rope lighting project. We can be reached toll free at 800-239-2939.

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Friday, January 13, 2006

Globe lights in both 10 watt and 7.5 watt sizes for holiday and Christmas lighting.

I was looking at your Christmas Globe Light Strings (LSI15) and noticed that the maximum wattage for 330ft is 1400W. For a 15" spacing, (assuming a bulb every 15") and your recommended 10 Watt bulb, that adds up to over 2600 Watts. I''m obviously missing something. Help. Thank you

Thank you for the question. You are right about using the 10 watt lamps will exceed the capacity of the American Lighting - Globe Light Strings LSI15 at full capacity. That is our mistake and we will add to the copy to prevent that from happening in the future.

When you are installing globe lights on extended or long runs, we recommend using the 7.5 WATT GLOBE LAMPS to reduce the load. The other option is to select another GLOBE LIGHT STRING that will meet your requirements.

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Saturday, December 10, 2005

C9 Christmas light string keeps blowing fuses and I don't know what to do.

We have 4 strings of C9''s on our tree but the fuse has blown twice now. Is that too many to string end to end on one plug?

I would recommend that you split the load into two strands per feed using an extension cord. The way you calculate amperage is to divide the total wattage by the voltage. For example: 100 C9 LAMPS times 9 watts equals 900 total watts. 900 watts divided by 120 volts equals 7.5 amps. Check the fuse on the individual strings. This should solve your problem. We also have a CHRISTMAS LIGHT TESTER should you decide to purchase one.

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Monday, December 05, 2005

Timer for my christmas lights is causing them to blink on and off.

When I plug my lights into a timer they blink on and off (no matter what the timer is set on) and if I plug them in without the timer they stay on all the time. What do you think my problem is?

Sounds to me like the TIMER is failing and it is time for a new one. If the lights would fine when pluggeg into the wall, that tells me the problem is in the timer itself.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Christmas light bulbs in C7, C9, and globe shapes in every color for holiday decorating.

Can you tell me the difference between C7 & C9 sockets. I am looking to purchase a large quantity of sockets And bulbs but I am looking for the ones that have a larger base than the candleabra base I believe it is the C9 but I am not sure. Do you carry the round red globes to fit the C9 bases.

C7 LAMPS are considered candelabra based lamps. C9 LAMPS have intermediate bases, which are the larger of the two lamps.

We have 7.5 watt RED GLOBE LIGHTS with a candelabra base.

WE have 10-watt RED GLOBE LIGHTS with intermediate bases as well.

Order quickly, as supplies are limited!

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Dimming christmas tree lights requires some special considerations and ingenuity.

I have a pre-lit tree with 1500 2.5v clear mini lights. How can I install a dimmer? I tried 300w Lutron lamp dimmer and it overheated and tripped off.

You will have to make a custom dimmer box for that kind of load. Start with a two gang plastic electrical switch box and install a 1000 WATT LUTRON ARIADNI DIMMER CONTROL in conjunction with a standard duplex receptacle. You will also need a 14/3 grounded extension cord to plug into the wall. That should do it.

The other option is to install the dimmer in the wall adjacent to the existing receptacle, provided you put the tree in the same spot every year.

Merry Christmas!

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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Now is the time to shop for Christmas lighting, Christmas gifts, Christmas trees and Christmas decorations at huge savings!

I was recently in a large home improvement store of which I will not name, and I noticed that they already had out CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND HOLIDAY LIGHTING PRODUCTS and it is not even October yet!

So I took the liberty to check out their products and the pricing. Some items were not bad, some were great and most were about average. The LIGHTED SCULPTURES, particularily the small holiday lighted sculptures, were sparse and over priced. The PRE-LIT CHRISTMAS TREES were a little high as well.

So I went on the web and did a little research on my own. I found Residential Landscape Lighting & Design offers a great selection of HOLIDAY LIGHTING PRODUCTS and CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS at great prices. They are currently having a BLOWOUT SALE on select items. It is a perfect time to buy bulk CHRISTMAS LIGHTS at huge savings. If you are crazy about decorating your home or office for Christmas, you won't want to miss this INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE on lighted Christmas decorations.

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Monday, September 19, 2005

Prelit Christmas tree lighting, prelit wreaths Christmas lighting, prelit artificial Christmas tree lighting, pre-lit garland Christmas lighting


Ho Ho Ho! Christmas is just around the corner and now is the time to start planning for your HOLIDAY LIGHTING and CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

At Residential Landscape Lighting & Design we have a wide assortment of holiday decorating items to choose from. Whether you need prelit Christmas trees, prelit wreaths, prelit garland, lighted yard sculptures, rope lights, Christmas lights and Christmas lights and accessories.

If you are looking for a special gift for the dad in the house, you might take a look at our PRE-PACKAGED OUTDOOR LIGHTING KITS. They make a great gift for any "Do It Yourselfer."

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Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Commercial Christmas lights for my trees and fence.

Hello, I''m looking for lights I can wrap or attach to trees in my back yard, I''m looking for the type you see at major malls on their trees. I''m also looking for a light I can attach to my fence. It''s approx. 150 ft, I''d like all of these to be permanent.

We have a great selection of COMMERCIAL GRADE MINI LIGHTS for your trees and GLOBE LIGHTS for your fence.

These commercial CHRISTMAS LIGHTS are great for wrapping trees. You shouls always install a GFCI (Ground fault circuit interupter) on all outdoor lights for safety.

Check out our selection of HOLIDAY LIGHTING SCUPLTURES and NET LIGHTS.

For more information on holiday lighting see our CHRISTMAS MINI LIGHT PAGE for tips and suggestions on how to decorate your yard for Christmas!

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Monday, May 16, 2005

Holiday Lighting, Seasonal Decorations, Replacement Light Bulbs, C7 Lamps & C9 Lamps

Our Christmas lights are old and starting to loose the color on the bulb. Do you sell just the replacement lamps?

Yes, we have a wide selection of C7 REPLACEMENT LIGHT BULBS and C9 REPLACEMENT LIGHT BULBS in several popular colors. We also have BULK ROLLS OF CHRISTMAS LIGHT STRINGS if you need to add to your holiday display! Di you know they make BLACK OUT CAPS FOR STRING LIGHTS in C7, C9 and minauture sizes?

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Friday, February 25, 2005

Holiday & Christmas Decorations

If you are hoping to deck out your home or place of business with a spectacular light display this Christmas, it is never too early to begin stocking all the lights and accessories you will need to complete the project. A simple Christmas string light is a good beginning to any indoor or outdoor Christmas lighting scheme. Commercial grade icicle lights have become a favorite over the past few years, with their strings of white light dangling like ice in the cool air of the holiday season. Net lights are another popular and creative Christmas light: strings interwoven into a silken web of light! There are also different types of battery-powered strings to spice up your holiday decorating. Click Here for more information on Christmas Holiday Decorations.

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