How to brighten your home for the holidays with 7 lighting tips

What would the holidays be like without festive lights? Holiday lights in and outdoors can help get you into the holiday mood and make every day of the season feel special and magical.

Decorating with holiday lighting doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, it can be fun and help you unleash your creativity. Check out these seven lighting tips that can help you create a festive, hassle-free holiday spectacle in your yard or living room.

1. Simplify holiday decorating with smart lighting

Say goodbye to hard-to-reach light switches and say hello to effortless holiday cheer. With just a single tap, smart lighting can help you seamlessly transform your home into a winter wonderland, inside and out.

Govee’s One-Tap Holiday Light Show feature offers the ultimate personalized holiday experience with a single tap in the app. With hundreds of preset scenes and AI-generated lighting effects, you can create a welcoming and cheerful atmosphere without the hassle of manually adjusting the lights.

Best of all? Govee smart lighting is easy to operate thanks to a simple setup, app and voice control and compatibility with Google Home, Alexa and Matter smart assistants. Just one tap on your phone can change the lighting and atmosphere in seconds.

2. Create a holiday showstopper with permanent and icicle lights

You can turn your yard into a holiday showstopper that will be the envy of the neighborhood with permanent and icicle smart lights. Install permanent lights under your eaves and around window frames to provide illumination at night in colors that elicit holiday cheer. Pair them with icicle lights that hang from your roof or wrap around your porch or balcony.

Lighting options like Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights 2 and Govee Icicle Lights offer 100 scene modes and 16 million colors that will help your home shine with captivating and unique displays. Together, they can brighten your front porch or entryway lighting to greet visitors with a warm and inviting glow.

3. Customize your tree like never before with smart string lights

Don’t settle for limited colors and effects for your tree. With warm and vibrant smart lights like Govee Christmas String Lights 2, you have the ultimate control over every light bead on your tree. Shape mapping technology accurately identifies the position of each lamp bead so you can create vivid DIY lighting effects.

The string lights have over 130 preset animated scenes as well as AI-generated effects, making your decorating options almost limitless. Change the colors to match your holiday decorations or to complement your year-round decor since it's waterproof and dust-proof for durability throughout the seasons.

4. Use curtain lights to make every part of your home feel special

Holiday lights aren’t just for your tree, roof or yard. Use smart curtain lights to create a festive ambiance in your living room, bedrooms and hallways.

Consider installing curtain lights like Govee Curtain Lights 2 over your bed or on the wall across from it to create a cozy and relaxing atmosphere in your bedroom with calming lighting that reminds you of a winter landscape. You can even dim them to help you unwind after a rowdy holiday gathering.

You can also hang curtain lights above your sofa or behind your TV to enhance a holiday movie night. Adjust the colors, brightness and effects to match the mood of the film and have a cinematic experience right in the comfort of your own home. Whether you’re revisiting old favorites or trying a new holiday blockbuster, the lighting can create a magical movie night you and your loved ones won’t soon forget.

5. Enhance your holiday lighting with sync functions

Did you know that some holiday smart lights can sync with music and coordinate other lights seamlessly? With smart lighting, you can program your lights to change to the tune of holiday music and a synchronized lighting display that will delight your family, neighbors and visitors.

Govee’s holiday lights feature Music Mode, which uses sound-responsive technology to sync lights to create dynamic lighting effects that change with the beat, rhythm and intensity of the song. Play old-time carols, classic tunes or modern holiday songs and enjoy the show the music and lights create. With Govee's group sync function, DreamView, all your holiday lights can work together to create a coordinated light show.

6. Illuminate every outdoor space

Your lawn isn’t the only outdoor area that deserves the holiday treatment. Use smart lighting to illuminate your backyard and patio.

If you have a fire pit, hang string lights or icicle lights and use warm lighting in bright winter whites and blues, festive greens and reds, or any color combinations that bring you joy and enhance the experience. Use Govee Music Mode so the lights change to whatever holiday carols you’ll sing around the fire.

Do you enjoy spending time on your covered porch or patio? Create a cozy outdoor holiday retreat with curtain lights on a wall, trellis or other outdoor structures that surround your outdoor oasis. Change the lights to match your mood and season to relax in the privacy of your yard with a good book, holiday tunes and a cup of hot cocoa.

7. Illuminate every celebration year-round

You can leave the holiday lights up until January and beyond! Govee's permanent, curtain, icicle and string lights are durable, reliable and waterproof. No matter what the weather, they can stand up to the winter cold and the summer heat. This means you can easily switch between different lighting to match every occasion.

No matter what DIY event you’re preparing for, smart lights like Govee smart lights offer customizable options with smart app control for year-round use. With smart lighting, you can host a backyard wedding with lights that match the wedding colors and change to the beat of the wedding processional.

Hosting a graduation party? Create a lively and vibrant atmosphere for your grad with pulsating colors and patterns that keep the energy levels high. You can show your support for your favorite sports team by changing the lights to match your team’s signature colors.

Are you ready to decorate with lights this holiday season and year-round? Use these seven lighting tips that will take your indoor and outdoor decorating from great to spectacular. May your holiday season and other celebrations be merry and bright!