Permanent Roofline & Christmas Lights in Glencoe, IL
Custom Christmas lighting and permanent roofline lighting for Glencoe, a ravine village holding the world's third largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.
Christmas lights from $799 · Permanent roofline from about $3,000
The Unique Charm of Glencoe
Glencoe incorporated in 1869 and holds about 8,849 people across 3.78 square miles, separated from its neighbors by more than 1,200 acres of Cook County Forest Preserve. Its high ground runs about 690 feet along Green Bay Road. Architecturally it is remarkable for its size: the village holds the world's third largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright structures, with the Ravine Bluffs subdivision alone containing seven houses, a concrete bridge and three sculptural markers, alongside work by Howard Van Doren Shaw, David Adler, George Washington Maher, Benjamin Marshall and, at Writers Theatre, Jeanne Gang. Glencoe adopted Illinois's first zoning code in 1921. The Metra station dates to around 1891 on the Union Pacific North line, and the Chicago Botanic Garden sits at the northwest corner just outside village limits.
Our Services in Glencoe
From magical Christmas displays to permanent architectural lighting, we have professional solutions for every property and every season.
Residential Holiday Lighting
A Prairie School house wants its horizontal band read, not its gable outlined, and Glencoe has more of them per street than almost anywhere. On those homes we light the eave edge itself, since a strand run back along the fascia of a deep overhang is invisible from the street. Runs are cut per facet, with no fastener into original woodwork. Every residential package is all inclusive: custom design, install, mid season maintenance, takedown and storage.
Commercial Holiday Lighting
Glencoe's business district is small and concentrated near the station, and it serves people on foot. At that distance an outlined top edge and a clean entry read better than detail scattered across a facade, and they hold up beside the village's unusually serious architecture.
Permanent roofline lighting in Glencoe
On a Prairie School house the permanent track follows the same eave edge we light seasonally, so the horizontal band reads every night instead of only in December. Because the track is fastened to the fascia, we check each deep overhang and any original woodwork before recommending it, and on the Wright houses the honest answer may be seasonal clips. Where it fits, it runs warm white day to day and switches to color for holidays from your phone. Permanent systems start around $3,000 for a typical roofline. If you would rather keep it seasonal, color changing RGBW C9 lights start around $1,400 and cover Halloween through Christmas from one October install.
Ravines, and getting a ladder to the roof
The ravines that give Glencoe its landscape also decide where a ladder can stand. On a ravine lot the grade can drop away directly beneath the elevation that most needs lighting, so the footing for a ladder is not level, not stable, or not there at all. We walk those properties before quoting rather than after, because the honest answer is sometimes that one elevation needs different equipment or a different approach entirely. It is the single most common reason a Glencoe quote differs from a neighboring town's for a house of the same size.
What a Glencoe install costs
Seasonal lighting for an average house starts at $799 and up, depending on the complexity, height and access of the job. Glencoe generally sits above it, and access is as often the reason as footage. A Prairie School or Shaw designed house carries long horizontal runs and deep eaves that need cut to fit lengths, and a ravine lot adds time before a single clip goes on. We quote the whole job after we walk the roofline, never off a rate card or a square footage table.
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- M MierGoogle★★★★★
Hanging Lights Club did an absolutely great job installing our new permanent lights. We had previously used them for our Christmas lights.After such a great experience, we decided to switch with permanent lighting. They are honest, professional and thorough with their work. It’s rare these days to find a company that you could trust and they exceeded our expectations. I highly recommend them!
- Amrit KGoogle★★★★★
The Hanging Lights Club set up lights for Christmas lights. WOW! I was amazed at the quality of the work. They stayed there for HOURS to make sure everything was perfect and according to my specifications! I am going to recommend them to all of my friends and family! WOW! AMAZING WORK!
- Roula ArceoGoogle★★★★★
I love how beautiful Hanging Lights Club decorated my home for Christmas. It looks so festive, they were very professional and detail oriented. Looking forward to using them again.
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Tell us about your property and we will quote seasonal, color changing or permanent lighting, with an honest take on which one fits.