Thursday, October 30, 2008
When you request an estimate from Christmas Decor, you will receive a free design consultation from one of our professional lighting designers. Our designers are trained to come up with a full display that will make heads turn and cause traffic jambs! What is unique about our services is that we price everything a la carte. This means that you are the one that ultimately decides what you want to spend and how you want your property to look. When you meet with our designer, you will explain what you are hoping to achieve and any ideas you may have. Our designer will give you a complete plan with even a few ideas to consider. If your budget is not ready to do a complete design package, no problem! You check off the items you want! It is that easy! There is always next year to add to your plan!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Christmas Decor by Hallco offers an early discount of 15% off our services during the month of October. Believe it or not, we do get quite a few calls during this month for those planning ahead for Christmas. We also know that many of you are preparing for Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas has not entered your mind yet! Our call volume and requested installation dates tend to get quite busy the 1st to 2nd week of November. Therefore, if you are reading this blog and are interested in Christmas light hanging services, please give us a call ASAP! You'll save the most by contacting us early.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
If you own or manage a business center, shopping mall, office complex or other commercial property, you should consider the benefits of both holiday lights and daytime decor.
Highlighting your center with lights at night will cause increase awareness of your location. It is a given fact that Christmas lighting attracts shoppers and causes people to slow down when they are driving by to have a closer look. It makes people happy to know you spent the time to decorate for the holidays. Lighting enhances your property and provides a finishing touch to your Christmas and holiday decorating. We recently priced a number of commercial property jobs for one client who decided against all the lighting options we presented and wanted only daytime decor. The reason was because of cost mainly but they also did not see the point of lights! Don't get me wrong, daytime decor is gorgeous and is necessary for both commercial and residential properties, but if that is all you decide on, it will NOT have the same effect as Christmas lights. During the day, people are busy and may not always notice a property with a few wreaths or bows unless they physically stop at your place of business. Having a balance of daytime and nighttime decor will keep both your customers, tenants, the community and those potential clients happy! So, consider a perfect lighting display when planning for this years decorations.
Friday, October 24, 2008
If you have never had a professional Christmas Lighting company decorator your home for the holidays, you probably are wondering what it cost to have lights and decorations hung. The answer depends on who you hire! If you hire your landscaper (who's never hung lights before) or a few local hungry college students, you could probably get away with spending a few hundred dollars but will most likely leave you with a headache and a little stressed. If you do not mind making several trips to Walmart and Home Depot, spending 1-2 Saturdays supervising and crossing your fingers hoping that your lights don't blow a fuse, hiring people who have never decorated a home is just fine!
Ah! But what does it cost to have a professional hang my lights is the question you should be asking yourself! If you'd rather be drinking a hot cup of cocoa inside and have the convenience of just watching us do all the work, I think you'll find our pricing very charming! Christmas Decor by Hallco prices each job a la carte! You will have a brief meeting with one of our Christmas designers who will discuss all the endless possibilities. Our designers are very creative and will guide you through the process of selecting a beautiful display of lights and daytime decor that will cause jealousy to be aroused in your neighbor's hearts when they see your home!
The cost depends completely on you! Most of our clients spend a minimum of $2,800 the first year, but if that is not in the budget, you can get a beautiful lit wreath and a few lights hung for $500-800. We have some customers who enjoy lighting up their roof, fascia, trees, ground and finishing it off with daytime decor. These clients will typically spend over $4,500.
So keep in mind what you would like to spend but with an open mind. We think you'll find our service, quality, products and creativity to be well worth the cost!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The October issue of Real Simple Magazine had an article about dealing with stress. They wrote out a 14 day stress relieving plan that made a lot of sense. The one that stuck out to me was the Tuesday of the second week. It said, "Turn off the TV." Real simple continues, "Constant bombardment by news can make you feel anxious when you're already keyed up, and a blaring TV hits you with both visual and aural stimulation." (p. 166, October 2008, Real Simple). Watching or listening to too much news and TV during the elections and the way our economy currently is can create a lot of stress and anxiety. It also causes you not to want to spend money or do the proper home maintenance items or put up Christmas decorations!
My suggestion is to turn off the TV for a little while and do something fun! Go read a book! Play a round of golf! Call up an old friend! And don't forget to call Christmas Decor by Hallco to talk about a few holiday lighting options for your home. Bringing color and the Christmas spirit to your life is sure to make you feel a lot better during these rough times!
Our job at Christmas Decor is to make Christmas fun and relaxing for you! The last thing we want is for you to be stressed about the displays we select!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tree lighting can be very tricky! If it is not done properly, people will know it was cheap and completed by an amateur. The key to proper tree lighting is having more lights than you think! A tree should be well lit and not look light a broken spider web or a grenade hit it when it is complete.
How can you tell if a tree is well lit or decorated the right way? When someone taps you on the shoulder and says, "Didn't you know it is rude to stare?"
Professional tree lighting that creates stop and go traffic by your home or office can only be accomplished by seasoned and trained professional Christmas light hangers, unless you are related to De Vinci! But it might take even a talented person a few weekends to get it right!
There are three types of Tree Lightings a professional can perform here at Christmas Decor by Hallco:
Friday, October 17, 2008
I recently was talking to a property manager about doing some Christmas displays on one of her properties in Howard County and was delighted to hear the following complaint! Lisa total me that she had received several complaints from her tenants from other properties because their store fronts were not decorated for the holidays! This property manager new the benefit of lighting and decorating for Christmas and was ready to make sure she did not get a complain again!
There are many benefits for a business to decorate for Christmas. Probably the two biggest reasons every commercial property should decorate for the holidays is 1) Your employees and tenants will be happy! 2) It will increase awareness to the public therefore increasing sales.
We have never had one of our commercial customers not sign up the following year as they have all sean the benefit fo commercial lighting during the holiday season. We have even been hearing reports that sales have increased by a minimum of 15%.
So, if you own or manage a commercial property, we'd love to meet with you. If you are in Maryland or the Washington Metro area and need a list of existing properties we have decorated, we'd love to send you references.
888-95-DECOR
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
One of the questions we get asked a lot when doing Christmas Lighting & Decorating estimates is: "Does it cost a lot to hang my lights?" This is a very reasonable question that has a very simple answer!
Christmas Decor by Hallco prices everything a la carte. Sometimes our designers will lump a few items together such as Holly shrubs or two small spruce trees if they must be lit together to be symmetrical. Our designers typically will spend some time studying your property and then share their ideas with you about what they think will look good. If your budget is small and you only wish to have your fascia lit and a wreath around your front door, we can do it. We are a service company, which is why we have decided to price things a la carte. You get to be the final judge on what you wish to spend and they way you want your home to look. Either way, we are here to service your lighting and decorating needs.
We hope to meet with you soon to discuss your Christmas Decor needs.
1 888 95 DECOR / ChristmasDecorMaryland.com
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Hallco Enterprises and Christmas Decor by Hallco LLC started this blog to inform our customers and you of our painting and Christmas Lighting services! We will be posting valuable information in the upcoming weeks, months and even years about our services, events in our community and tips you will find useful!
Hallco is starting our 4th season installing Christmas lights the right way for our clients. All of our staff has been professionally trained to hang Christmas and Holiday decorations on your home and place of work. We would invite you to check out our Christmas Decor website at http://www.ChristmasDecorMaryland.com.
Christmas Decor by Hallco does everything from the design, the install to the storing of your lights during the rest of the year! We are a full-service company that our customers can trust.
Please email or call us if you would like one of our design consultants to give you a design consultation for this years Christmas season. Call 1 888-95-DECOR or Email us!
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