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Residential Christmas Light Installation in Dallas, TX
From Preston Hollow estates and Lakewood Tudors to Lake Highlands ranches, we design and install Christmas lights for Dallas homes from our shop on Goodnight Lane in northwest Dallas. The lights are leased, cut to fit your house, kept working all season and taken down after the holidays.
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Christmas Decor by Carruthers Decorative Lighting installs residential Christmas lights across Dallas, including Preston Hollow (75220, 75225, 75229, 75230), Bluffview (75209), Lakewood (75214), the M Streets (75206), Kessler Park (75208), Lake Highlands (75231, 75238, 75243) and Far North Dallas (75248, 75252, 75287). Each Dallas home gets its own design, commercial-grade LED lighting that we lease and cut to the house, insured installation, repair visits whenever something fails, a January takedown and off-season storage. It is our full-service residential Christmas lighting, dispatched from our shop at 11593 Goodnight Lane near I-35E and Royal Lane.
Since 1978
Dallas family business
5+ years
Commercial and large residential lighting
Fully insured
Liability and workers’ comp
4.5★ Google
Rated by DFW clients
What Your Dallas Season Covers
One crew, one contract and one phone number from the first measurement to the January takedown.
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Drawn for your architecture
A Lakewood Tudor, a 1930s Preston Hollow cottage and a Bent Tree contemporary are drawn one at a time, around the rooflines, trees and entries each one really has.
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Service calls through New Year's
A dark section in mid-December means one call to 972-620-9560, and a crew is booked to repair it. In-season service comes with the plan rather than as an upcharge.
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Commercial LED you lease
We supply the roofline bulbs, mini lights, wreaths and garland, measure them to your home and keep ownership, so no boxes ever land in your attic.
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January takedown
After the holidays we remove every strand, clip, cord and timer and leave the roof, trees and beds the way we found them.
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Insured, careful crews
Every crew member works under our liability and workers' compensation policies, and each run is clipped, plugged in and tested before the truck leaves.
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Labeled storage
Your display is packed, tagged with your address and stored until next fall, which makes the second-year install quicker.
From Dilbeck Cottages to Bent Tree Moderns
Dallas housing spans a full century. Lakewood and the M Streets are lined with 1920s and 1930s Tudors that have steep front gables, arched doorways and tall chimneys, and Kessler Park Estates in North Oak Cliff adds large Tudor and Spanish Eclectic houses on hilly, wooded lots. Preston Hollow mixes original 1930s homes, many by architect Charles Dilbeck, with mid-century ranches and new houses of 6,000 square feet or more on lots that can reach an acre. Lake Highlands grew mostly through the 1960s and 1970s, and Bent Tree and Prestonwood in Far North Dallas add 1970s and 1980s contemporaries.
Each of those styles needs its own plan. On a Tudor we trace the steep gable and the entry arch and leave the rest dark, because the shape of the house is the decoration. A long ranch reads cleanly with one unbroken eave line and lit shrubs below it. A new Preston Hollow estate usually needs the gate, drive, motor court, facade and several large trees designed together, so that visit starts with a walk of the whole property instead of a tape measure on one roofline. If you are weighing warm white against color, our Christmas lighting trends article shows the looks Dallas homeowners are asking for.
Steep Tudor gables traced, never boxed in
Lake Highlands ranch eaves run in a single line
Estate facades planned together with the motor court
Arched entries framed with lit garland
Flat modern roof edges lit with straight, precise runs
See the work up close
From Goodnight Lane to Your Front Yard
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Call or request a visit
Share your street address and the parts of the house and yard you have in mind. Dallas calendars fill from the earliest requests forward, so a call in late summer or September opens the most dates.
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Walk the property
A designer measures eaves, gables and trees, checks exterior outlets and asks about color, bulb style and any association rules. Estates and hillside lots in Bluffview or Kessler Park get a full walk, not a curbside guess.
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Proposal and date
You receive a written design and a quote built from those measurements. Once you approve it, your install date is reserved.
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Install and test
Crews from our northwest Dallas shop arrive with the display already cut to fit, mount it with clips, set the timer and test every run before leaving.
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Service, then takedown
During the season one call to the office puts a repair on the schedule. In January the crew returns, clears every run and hauls the display back for storage.
Dallas Neighborhoods We Light
These five areas show the range of Dallas houses we design for. We also light homes in the M Streets, Lower Greenville, Kessler Park, Stevens Park Estates, Midway Hollow and Old Lake Highlands, and the same crews serve homes just north in Addison and Richardson's mid-century neighborhoods.
Preston Hollow
Generally described as the area between Northwest Highway, Hillcrest Road, Royal Lane and Midway Road, Preston Hollow (75220, 75225, 75229, 75230) runs from 1930s cottages to new homes of 6,000 square feet or more on lots near an acre. These properties usually need a site plan that covers the gate, drive, motor court and front trees along with the roofline, and our shop is only a few miles west.
Lakewood
The Lakewood Conservation District (75214) holds 1920s and 1930s Tudors and English-style estates, many by the builders and architects Dines and Kraft, on large lots a few blocks from White Rock Lake. Warm white on the steep gables, lit garland on the arched door and wraps on the tall trees suit these houses far better than heavy color.
Far North Dallas
Bent Tree and Prestonwood fill much of 75248, 75252 and 75287. Bent Tree straddles the Collin County line around Bent Tree Country Club and Preston Trail Golf Club, with architect-designed contemporaries on half-acre to acre-plus lots, while Prestonwood homes date largely to the 1970s. Low-pitched contemporary roofs call for straight, exact runs, and associations here can light their entries through our Dallas holiday lighting for entrances and businesses.
Bluffview
Developed from a 215-acre dairy farm bought in 1924 along Bachman Branch, Bluffview (75209) has hilly, canopied streets and many lots of about an acre. Houses often sit back on slopes, so we light the big trees and the path to the door first and plan cords around the grade changes.
Lake Highlands
Northeast Dallas between White Rock Lake and Richardson, Lake Highlands (75231, 75238, 75243) took shape mostly in the 1960s and 1970s in subdivisions such as Highland Meadows, Moss Farm, Lake Highlands Estates and Woodbridge. Brick ranches and two-stories with long front eaves look sharp with one crisp outline, wrapped front trees and lit beds.
Old Trees, Conservation Districts and the Park Cities Line
Preston Hollow takes its name from a wooded stretch of creeks and hollows west of Preston Road, and Bluffview sits on bluffs as high as about 50 feet above Bachman Branch under a heavy canopy. Older lots across the city carry live oaks, pecans and cedar elms that stand taller than the houses, and in Kessler Park residents light the big oaks at the Colorado Boulevard and Lausanne Avenue entrance each December. Trees are often the strongest part of a Dallas display, so the designer sizes up every trunk and major limb on site, the lighting is cut to each tree and plan cord runs that stay off walks and drives. Some owners keep those trees glowing all year with landscape lighting for Dallas properties.
Lakewood, the M Streets, Kessler Park and Stevens Park Estates are city conservation districts, and Swiss Avenue and Munger Place are historic districts. Those rules govern permanent changes such as additions and facade work, yet owners of older homes are rightly protective of original trim, slate and tile. A clip-on seasonal display that leaves with us in January suits these houses well. Highland Park and University Park are separate municipalities surrounded on every side by Dallas, with their own governments and rules, so if your address is in the Park Cities, call before you book and we will confirm whether we can schedule it.
Trunk and canopy wraps sized at the design visit
Cords routed away from walks and driveways
Clips only on original trim and gutters
Nothing left attached after takedown
Park Cities addresses confirmed before booking
What Drives the Quote on a Dallas Home
Every Dallas quote comes from measurements taken at your house. Here is what changes the number from one house to the next.
Feet of roofline and ridge
The lineal footage you choose to light, the front face or every side, is the biggest single factor. Long ranch eaves in Lake Highlands and wide estate facades in Preston Hollow add up quickly.
Color and bulb style
Warm white, multicolor or a split scheme with one color on the roof and another in the trees each changes the materials we bring.
Height, pitch and terrain
Steep Tudor roofs, three-story new builds and sloped lots in Bluffview or Kessler Park need more safety equipment and crew time than a single-story eave on flat ground.
Wreaths, garland and ground pieces
Lit wreaths on upper windows, garland around the entry, lit shrubs and pathway lights are quoted piece by piece, so each one can be added or dropped.
Trees and how big they are
A mature live oak or pecan takes far more lighting and labor than an ornamental tree by the walk, and canopy wraps take more than trunk-only wraps.
What DFW clients say
4.5-star average on Google from clients across Dallas-Fort Worth.
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“These guys were amazing. Highly recommend them for all your decorative lighting needs.”
Alex Shaw
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“First season with them and hands down best service I’ve had. Very impressed with their service and communication. David was very professional and made the entire experience easy and worry free. Will definitely be keeping my business with them!”
Courtney Carrier
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“Fast and courteous office staff and installers. Abraham my installer was excellent!”
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Questions Dallas Homeowners Ask
Have a question we didn’t cover? Call 972-620-9560 or request a free quote online.
Do you install Christmas lights on homes in Dallas?
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Yes. We install on single-family homes and estates throughout the city, including ZIP codes 75206, 75208, 75209, 75214, 75220, 75225, 75229, 75230, 75231, 75238, 75243, 75248, 75252 and 75287. Our shop is at 11593 Goodnight Lane in 75229, so north and northwest Dallas are close to home for our crews.
Do I own the lights, or are they leased?
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They are leased. Our commercial-grade LED lighting is cut to your house, and we maintain it, take it down and store it, so you never buy or box a strand. If you would rather skip install day entirely, permanent roofline lighting for Dallas homes stays on the house year-round, and we can compare both options during the design visit.
When should I schedule my Dallas install?
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Dallas homeowners who call in late summer or early fall have the most dates to pick from. Our Dallas install season usually opens in early November, and dates are handed out in the order designs are approved. Larger Preston Hollow and Bluffview properties take more planning, so owners who want lights on before Thanksgiving should reach out by early fall.
When does my Dallas display come down?
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Takedown starts once the holidays are behind us, usually the first part of January. Crews pull everything they installed, clips, cords and timers included, and the whole display is tagged with your street name and shelved until next fall.
Do I need approval from my neighborhood association?
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It depends on the neighborhood. Some Dallas subdivisions, gated enclaves and townhome communities have deed restrictions with rules on display dates or placement, and many older areas have voluntary associations with no such rules. Send us whatever guidelines apply and we will match the design to them, and boards that want the entrance lit too can look at our HOA holiday lighting in Dallas.
Will installation damage my roof, gutters or old trim?
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No nails, staples or screws go into your shingles or trim. Every strand rides on clips made to grip a gutter lip, shingle edge or ridge cap, which matters on the slate, tile and original wood trim found in Lakewood, Kessler Park and the M Streets. When the display comes down, the clips leave with it.
How are the lights powered and timed?
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The display runs from your existing exterior outlets, which we check at the design visit. We supply the timers and cords and set the lights for the evening hours you choose. LED lighting draws far less power than old incandescent strands, which keeps the load on household circuits modest.
I live in Highland Park or University Park. Is that Dallas?
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No. Highland Park is a town and University Park is a city, and together the Park Cities are surrounded by Dallas but run their own governments. Many people say Dallas when they mean the Park Cities, so give us your street address when you call and we will tell you whether we can schedule your home.
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Book a Dallas Design Visit
Our office picks up at 972-620-9560 from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, or you can request a free quote online any time. A designer will walk your property, measure every roofline and tree, and put a Dallas design on paper for you.