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FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Residential Christmas Light Installation in Fort Worth, TX
From 1910s porches in Fairmount to gated estate lots in Mira Vista, Fort Worth houses call for very different displays. We design each one, supply leased LED cut to the roofline, install it, service it through December and haul it away after the holidays.
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Christmas Decor by Carruthers Decorative Lighting installs residential Christmas lights across Fort Worth, including ZIP codes 76104, 76107, 76109, 76110, 76116, 76132 and 76244 on the north side. Each home gets a custom design, leased commercial-grade LED lights, professional installation, in-season repair visits, removal after the holidays and storage until next season. Our insured crews can be reached at 972-620-9560.
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 Comes With a Fort Worth Home Display
One crew, one season-long plan, and no boxes left in your garage.
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Design drawn for your house
A bungalow with a deep front porch needs a different layout than a two-story with stacked gables, so the plan starts from your actual roof, porch and yard.
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Service through the season
A dark strand after a norther blows through gets a service visit. You call the office, and the repair goes on the crew schedule.
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Leased commercial LED
The lights belong to us, not you. They are measured and cut for your eaves, so each run ends cleanly at the corner instead of trailing extra cord.
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January takedown
After the holidays the crew pulls every clip and strand, checks the gutters and leaves the house the way it looked before installation.
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Porches, trees and beds
Porch rails, columns, live oak trunks, pecans and front hedges can all be lit. On older lots with big canopy trees, a wrapped trunk often does more than another roofline.
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Labeled storage
Your lights are boxed and labeled for your address, then kept in our storage, so next year's install starts from the same cut-to-fit pieces.
Bungalows, Tudors and Ranches: Fort Worth's Housing Eras
Fort Worth's close-in neighborhoods were built in layers. Fairmount grew as a streetcar suburb, with most of its houses going up between 1905 and 1920, and wood-frame bungalows and foursquares are the common type there. Ryan Place was platted in 1911 and mixes cozy one-story homes with large prairie and Mediterranean-style houses on wide, tree-lined streets. Monticello, planned in 1928 by the Kansas City landscape firm Hare and Hare, and Berkeley Place hold many brick and stucco cottages and Tudors from the 1920s and 1930s.
Farther southwest, Tanglewood was built mostly after the mid-1950s under rules that called for brick or stone and asked builders to keep large existing trees, which is why its ranch homes sit under so much canopy today. North of Loop 820, communities such as Heritage, which opened in 2001, are newer two-story brick and stone homes. Each era lights differently. A bungalow's low porch eave reads well with one clean line, a Tudor's steep front gable and arched door want the peak traced, and a long ranch eave looks finished with a continuous run plus wrapped trees.
Bungalow porches outlined at the eave and rail
Tudor gables traced to the peak, chimney optional
Prairie-style homes lit along their wide, low eaves
Ranch rooflines run as one continuous line
North Fort Worth two-stories lit on the street-facing gables
See the work up close
Your Fort Worth Install, Step by Step
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Design visit
We walk the house with you, measure eaves and gables, note outlets and porch power, and ask about tour nights or HOA dates that matter on your street.
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Written proposal
You receive a design and proposal by email. Change the scope, swap warm white for multicolor or add a tree before anything is scheduled.
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Installation
The crew installs whether you are home or away. On older houses with fragile trim, they hang from gutters and shingle edges with clips matched to each surface.
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In-season service
If a run goes dark, call during office hours, Monday through Friday from 8 to 5, and a repair visit goes on the schedule.
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Removal and storage
Once the holidays are over, usually early in January, the display comes down, gets labeled for your address and goes into our storage.
Fort Worth Neighborhoods We Light
Fort Worth is big enough that a Fairmount porch and a Mira Vista estate need completely different plans. These five areas show the range, and neighbors just over the city line can read about Christmas lights for Haltom City homes or house lighting in North Richland Hills.
Ryan Place (76110)
Platted in 1911 south of downtown, with stone entrance portals on Elizabeth Boulevard and a mix of stately homes and bungalows. Porch columns, upstairs windows and walkway lighting carry the look, and runs are planned to read well for walkers on tour weekend.
Tanglewood and Overton Park (76109)
Brick and stone ranches from the mid-1950s onward, built around large trees and beside the nearly 50-acre Overton Park and its trails. Long eaves take one continuous line, and the big trunks in front yards are the natural place to add height.
Mira Vista (76132)
A 625-acre, 24-hour gated golf community in southwest Fort Worth, with garden homes near the front gates and estates on lots up to about half an acre. Many backs face fairways or water, so patios and rear rooflines are often lit too, and we arrange gate access before install day. Owners who want year-round path and tree lighting can look at our Fort Worth landscape lighting service.
Fairmount (76104)
More than 1,000 contributing historic buildings, most of them early 1900s wood-frame bungalows and foursquares with deep front porches. A single warm line on the porch eave, garland on the rail and a wreath at the gable fit the scale of these narrow lots.
Rivercrest (76107)
An oil-era enclave whose first house went up in 1911, with homes around River Crest Country Club and along the Crestline Drive bluff. Formal facades and deep setbacks call for symmetry: matching wreaths, lit columns and rooflines sized so the house still reads from the street.
Historic Districts, Big Trees and Holiday Traditions
Some Fort Worth streets already have a holiday reputation. Ryan Place has held its Candlelight Christmas home tour each December since 1984, with signs at the gates on Elizabeth Boulevard, and Historic Fairmount has hosted a self-guided Festivus light tour. In Ridglea Hills, about 30 homes ring Luther Lake, and their lights reflect on the water. Displays on streets like these are seen up close by people on foot, so warm white, greenery at the door and neat runs usually suit the houses better than a crowded yard. If you are weighing a theme, our guide to current Christmas lighting trends compares color and bulb options.
Fairmount is listed on the National Register and is also a city local historic district, so we attach with clips that grip the gutter or shingle edge and never drive nails or staples into original trim. Mature pecans, live oaks and cedar elms shade many central and west side lots; we measure trunk girth and limb height during the visit and keep wraps clear of overhead lines. Gated communities such as Mira Vista and the HOA-run master plans in north and west Fort Worth, including the 7,200-acre Walsh community, set their own rules, which we explain on our holiday lighting page for HOAs.
Warm white and greenery suit tour-route streets
Clips only, no fasteners in historic trim
Trunk and limb wraps sized to mature trees
Runs kept clear of overhead service drops
Gate and HOA rules checked before install
What Drives the Quote on a Fort Worth Home
Every quote is built from your measurements. These are the variables that move it.
Feet of roofline
A bungalow's porch eave and front gable are short runs. A two-story estate with wings, dormers and a rear elevation adds many more feet of product and labor.
Color and bulb style
Warm white, cool white, multicolor, and C9 versus mini-light looks change the amount of product and how the runs are laid out.
Pitch, height and access
Steep Tudor gables and tall two-story walls take extra safety gear and time. Narrow side yards and tile or slate roofs can also slow the crew.
Wreaths, garland and ground pieces
Door garland, porch-rail swags, window wreaths and lit pathway markers are added piece by piece, so you can start small and add more next year.
Size of the trees
A young ornamental takes a few strands. A mature pecan or live oak with a wide trunk and high first limbs takes far more, especially if you want the canopy lit.
What DFW clients say
4.5-star average on Google from clients across Dallas-Fort Worth.
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“This is the first year I have used this company, & I can say I am absolutely pleased! The designer and I agreed on the overall design, and the team executed it properly. Any issues that have arisen since install, they have been very prompt in their…”
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“These guys were amazing. Highly recommend them for all your decorative lighting needs.”
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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!”
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Fort Worth Home Lighting Questions
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 Fort Worth?
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Yes. We install on houses throughout Fort Worth, including 76104 in Fairmount, 76107 around Rivercrest and Monticello, 76109 in Tanglewood, 76110 in Ryan Place and Berkeley Place, 76116 near Ridglea Hills, 76132 in Mira Vista and 76244 in the north. The same team handles storefronts and community entrances across the city, described on our Fort Worth Christmas lighting page.
Do I have to buy the lights, or could I go permanent?
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With seasonal service you lease the lights, so there is nothing to buy, store or untangle. If you would rather have a track system that stays on the eaves all year and changes colors for other holidays, see our permanent lighting option for Fort Worth. Many owners of historic homes stay with seasonal lighting because nothing is left mounted on the trim.
When should Fort Worth homeowners book?
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Fort Worth calls that come in between August and early October get the most choice. Installations typically start in early November, and the calendar fills from the earliest requests, so an October call for a large two-story or a multi-tree yard leaves more room to choose your date. If your street hosts a December tour, tell us so the install is planned well ahead of it.
When do the lights come down?
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The crew comes back once the holidays end, most often in the first week or two of January. They remove every strand and clip, box the display under your address and store it. Nothing stays on the roof through the winter.
Will my HOA or neighborhood association have a say?
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Gated and master-planned communities often set rules on dates, color or placement, and we check the design against them before installing. Older neighborhoods rarely regulate temporary clip-on lighting, but if your association has guidelines, send them and we will follow them. Our overview of residential Christmas lighting explains how the service runs from design to storage.
Will installation damage old gutters, trim or shingles?
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We use clips that grip the gutter lip, shingle edge or ridge, and we never nail or staple into the roof, fascia or historic trim. Before installing, the crew looks for loose gutters or brittle wood and tells you about any spot they will avoid. Removal follows the same path in reverse.
Do older homes have enough outdoor power for a display?
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Many pre-war houses have only one or two exterior outlets. During the design visit we locate each one, plan runs so circuits are not overloaded, and add timers so the display turns on and off each evening without you. If an outlet is dead or a GFCI keeps tripping, we flag it so you can call an electrician before install day.
Can you light just the porch on a Fairmount or Ryan Place bungalow?
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Yes. A porch-only plan, with the eave outlined, garland on the rail and a wreath on the door, is a common choice on smaller historic homes. It keeps the original details visible and keeps the scope modest, and more can be added in a later season.
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Book a Design Visit for Your Fort Worth Home
Call 972-620-9560, Monday through Friday from 8 to 5, or request a free quote for your Fort Worth house. We will measure the house, look at trees and outlets, and send a design built for your roofline.