Russell McBride

Tree wrapping has become one of the fastest-growing requests we get from customers across Raleigh, Wake Forest, and the rest of the Triangle. A few years ago, most people were happy with just a roofline. Now, more homeowners want their trees lit up too, and once you see it done well, it’s easy to understand

For a lot of our Raleigh customers, this is the first time they’ve ever hired someone to put up their Christmas lights, and I get the same question almost every time: what’s this actually going to look like? After handling installations across Raleigh, Wake Forest, and the rest of the Triangle for years, I can

When we sit down with customers across Raleigh, Wake Forest, Cary, Durham, and Chapel Hill to design their holiday lighting, one of the very first questions we ask is warm white or cool white. It sounds like a small decision, but it shapes the entire look of a display. After years of installing lights on

Every year I talk to homeowners in Wake Forest and Raleigh who’ve had a bad experience with a previous installer — lights that stopped working two weeks in, someone who never came back for takedown, or a “professional” install that looked worse than if they’d done it themselves. Most of these problems trace back to

After years of installing lights across Wake Forest, I’ve noticed something homeowners don’t always think about until they see it in person: some neighborhoods just show off Christmas lights better than others. It’s not about which streets are fanciest — it’s about the actual bones of the houses. Long rooflines, mature trees, deep front yards,

Every summer I hear some version of the same conversation. A homeowner in Wake Forest calls, loves the idea of professional lights on their house this year, and then says, “Let’s just do it next year — I want to plan for it financially.” I understand that. A full lighting package is a real expense,

Most professional Christmas light installations in Wake Forest and Raleigh take between 2 and 4 hours for a standard single-story home. Two-story homes, complex rooflines, or displays that include tree wrapping and landscaping features typically run 4 to 6 hours. At Distinct Holiday Lighting, a ranch home in Youngsville and a two-story in Hasentree are

Every holiday season, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports an average of 160 Christmas decorating-related injuries per day, with over 40% of those involving falls. In the 2022 season alone, nearly 15,000 people ended up in emergency rooms because of holiday decorating accidents. In Raleigh, Wake Forest, Cary, and across the Triangle, homeowners hang

If you’re thinking about getting professional Christmas lights installed this year, July is the right time to act — not October, not after Thanksgiving. In Raleigh, Wake Forest, and across the Triangle, the best installation dates are gone by the time most homeowners start calling. At Distinct Holiday Lighting, we start filling our fall calendar