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Christmas | Know your festive lights

Lottie Storey December 8, 2017

There are certain things in your home that are like good friends: they always cheer you up. This month we feel the love for festive lights 

The advent of LED bulbs has meant that fairy lights now come in various permutations, last for ages and are low voltage. Powered by transformers, they can connect up to 1,280 bulbs. Most can twinkle, flash, fade, chase or just be still.

String: a single length of cable, usually clear or green, with a variety of uses, from tree
decoration to trailing along mantelpieces and scattering among trees.
Most are 8m in length with about 80 LEDs. Cost: £19.99.

Icicle: a fringe of different lengths of lights best positioned over windows or from eaves. Most come in 2m lengths but each set is connectable and can be extended to a total length of 20m.
Cost: £17.99 for 2m.

Curtain: a 2m line of vertical strands, each 1m long, that look good hanging from a banister or lining a wall for a full-on twinkly grotto effect. Low voltage, so they don’t get warm and can safely hang alongside fabric. Indoors only. Cost: £27 for 2x1m curtain.

Net: a mesh of fairy lights that can be draped or hung, or used to net furniture or foliage. Cost: £34.99 for a 2x2m net.

All from lights4fun.co.uk    

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Taking time to live well

We celebrate slowing down, enjoying what you have, making the most of where you live, enjoying the company of of friends and family, and feeding them well. We like to grow some of our own vegetables, visit local markets, rummage for vintage finds, and decorate our home with the plunder. We love being outdoors and enjoy the satisfaction that comes with a job well done.

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