How To Hang String Lights Outdoor

Use a ladder to drape the lights over the hooks at the top of the posts or attach them to the hooks with twist ties.

How to hang string lights outdoor.

Scatter some lanterns on the table too in order to achieve an outdoor candlelight glow. Create the perfect outdoor dining space for summer dinner parties with a few strands of string lights. Once you ve checked this spacing unplug the lights to hang the rest of the string. Secure the end to a cup hook as you did the beginning of the string.

Just use posts that are strong enough to withstand wind and rain. It s also easy to hang string lights from an arbor or other structure. But you can use any type of wooden post that you want. When you have reached the first planter and have formed a rectangular outline of lights begin zigzagging the lights from one side of the outline to the other spacing the passes of string far enough apart so that they will be evenly distributed to the end.

Use furring strips or thin wooden posts to hang your string lights. If needed use an outdoor extension cord to plug the string lights into a power source. After the guide wires are installed you re ready to hang your string lights. Furring strips are thin 1 inch 2 5 cm by 2 inches 5 1 cm posts that work great to hang light things like string lights.