Lights for Bryn Mawr’s stone houses, porches and old trees, and string lighting for gatherings at home.
Bryn Mawr sits near the middle of the Main Line along Lancaster Avenue. Most of it lies in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, and since the 2020 census it also takes in parts of Radnor and Haverford townships in Delaware County. We provide Christmas light installation in Bryn Mawr, both seasonal and permanent, and we light events and deliver fresh-cut trees too.
The name is Welsh for “big hill,” borrowed from Rowland Ellis’s estate in Wales. Bryn Mawr College was founded here in 1885, and the town has a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the old Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line.
From smaller houses close to Lancaster Avenue to stone Main Line homes on wooded lots, Bryn Mawr’s houses vary a great deal, so each display is planned for that house. Tell us about the property (a few photos help) and we will send a free quote.
We hang C9 bulbs along gutters and gables, wrap porch columns and railings, and put mini lights on shrubs and front-yard trees. Clips hold the lights without nails or staples, which is why installers use them on older trim. Warm white, multicolor or a mix, the plan follows what you like.
Holiday open houses, backyard birthdays, graduations and garden weddings all look better under string lights. We install bistro lights, string lights and tree lighting at private homes, then take them down afterward.
Skip the tree lot and the struggle to get a tree into the car. We bring a fresh-cut one to your front door, and if you are booking lights as well, the tree and the house can be planned together.
For a house you plan to keep for years, permanent lights mount once along the trim and are run from an app, glowing warm white on a quiet weeknight and switching colors for a graduation party, the Fourth of July or the holidays. It can be a good fit for a big house with long, high lines that would otherwise mean ladders every fall.
Old Main Line houses often have deep eaves, several gables and stone walls that cannot take a clip. We map the lines that make sense, such as gutters, peaks and window frames, and leave the stone alone. The result follows the shape of the house instead of fighting it.
If your house has slate, copper gutters or old painted trim, it needs a light touch. On slate we keep to the gutters, since slate can crack under a shingle clip.
Bryn Mawr’s mature trees can be the strongest part of a display. Wrapping a trunk and its lower limbs, or lighting a pair of evergreens by the door, makes a house stand out on a dark street before the outline is even lit.
On a smaller Bryn Mawr house near Lancaster Avenue the job looks different: a neat line along the gutter, a lit doorway and a couple of wrapped shrubs can make the front feel finished without crowding it.
Where a lot is wooded, we also think about where the lights will be blocked. There is little point lighting a gable that sits behind a big oak, and more point in lighting the oak.
Bryn Mawr has its share of gatherings, from holiday open houses to graduation parties and garden weddings.
Plenty of Bryn Mawr homes are set up for entertaining, with patios, gardens and lawns. String lights over a patio or bistro lights along a garden path turn a backyard into a place for a holiday party, a birthday or a small wedding.
For a party, the lighting plan starts with where people will gather and walk. Lights strung overhead give a patio a ceiling, lit trees mark the edge of the space, and a lit path from the driveway or the street means nobody stumbles on the way in.
Tell us the date, the number of guests and the part of the property you want to use. We will suggest a layout and a quote, and you can add or trim pieces until it fits the occasion.
We put the event lighting up before guests arrive and take it down afterward. For the holiday display on the house, takedown and storage come with the install, so there is nothing to box up in January.
On many Bryn Mawr houses the front entrance does the most work in a display. A lit doorway, a line of lights along the porch eaves and a pair of lit planters greet visitors before they ever look up at the gables.
A good plan often starts there and builds outward. A walkway lined with small lights leads to the door, shrubs along the foundation get a soft wrap, and the gutters and peaks above carry the bolder bulbs that people see from the street.
Color is your choice. Warm white suits stone and dark painted trim, and multicolor gives a cheerful, traditional feel. Some households light the house in one and the trees in the other.
A timer can switch the lights on at dusk and off at the hour you pick, so ask about adding one. If you are not sure where to start, tell us whether you want the house to feel simple and elegant or bright and busy, and we will send a free quote to match.
Yes. Bryn Mawr is in our service area on the Lower Merion side and on the Radnor and Haverford sides. We light homes and events, deliver trees and give free quotes. Whether the house is close to Lancaster Avenue or on a wooded lot farther out, tell us about the property (a few photos help) and we will send a free quote.
Yes. We clip lights to gutters, shingle edges and wood trim and leave the stone alone. Where there is nowhere for a clip, ground lights and lit shrubs fill in. On stone houses, lit shrubs along the foundation also help show off the walls without touching them.
Yes, that is our job. We plan the display, hang it, and handle the end of the season too, so you never have to get on a ladder. When the holidays end, the lights come down and are stored until next season.
Yes. String lights, bistro lights, and tree and pathway lighting for holiday parties, birthdays, weddings and other events at private homes. Tell us the date and the space and we will plan the lighting around it.
It varies with the product and how it is looked after, so there is no single number. Permanent systems are built to stay up year-round, unlike seasonal strands that go up and come down each year. Ask us about the options if you are weighing permanent lights against a seasonal display.
Yes. We deliver fresh-cut Christmas trees to homes in Bryn Mawr. Call (610) 819-5409 to set one up. If you are booking lights too, we can quote the tree and the display together.