Comments on: How to Frame a Window With Christmas Lights

on 11/22/2005 I staple baggie ties approximately 12 inches apart before I put up the lights, then I twist the tie around the light strand at each spot. After the holidays, I remove the ties and leave the staples, so that I can put new ties into them next year. I have also tried this outdoors. It is fast, easy, and cheap!

on 11/22/2005 3M now has a package that offers a person the ease of hanging lights without putting in any nails or having to rely on the curtain rods. It works essentially like their other products where there is a type of putty that sticks to a surface without, in theory, damaging it. I was very pleased to see them on the Internet on the 3M website as I have to decorate an eight foot bay window and did not want to use any nails to mess up the wood casings.

on 11/22/2005 I found www.window-wonder.com, where you put the frame together and put your lights on the frame. You leave the frame intact and lights on it and put them away. Then the next year you simply put the frame in your window. I love my window wonder frames because it takes me minutes to decorate my 6 windows now!

on 11/22/2005 I've used scotch tape for a long time to put lights around the window pane (as opposed to the frame). It works best if the window is freshly cleaned, although moisture can sometimes undo the effort. I suspect that using good tape (versus dollar-store tape) works better.

on 11/22/2005 Trusty duct tape also works for those difficult areas where the lights won't conform to the window, especially in hidden corners and edges.

on 11/22/2005 Sticky tack will work for hanging small lights inside. It comes down easy, no holes.

on 11/22/2005 With wooden trim boards or surfaces, shape the lights in any pattern and staple the wires in place. Even an office stapler can work, but a staple gun is better.