Permanent Roofline & Christmas Lights in Wilmette, IL
Custom Christmas lighting and app controlled permanent roofline lighting for Wilmette, from the Prairie School eaves off Sheridan Road to the historic blocks around Oak Circle and Ouilmette North.
Christmas lights from $799 · Permanent roofline from about $3,000
The Unique Charm of Wilmette
Wilmette incorporated in September 1872 and now holds about 28,170 people across 5.4 square miles, roughly 14 miles north of the Loop. It is an unusually layered village to light. The Bahai House of Worship, begun in 1920 and finished in 1953, is the landmark everything else is oriented against. Gillson Park runs 60 acres along the lake, Wilmette Harbor and the North Shore Channel both date to 1909, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Frank J. Baker House sits among housing stock that ranges from Prairie School to the Indian Hill Estates blocks platted from 1926. The Metra Union Pacific North station at 722 Green Bay Road puts Ogilvie 31 minutes away, and the CTA Purple Line ends at Linden.
Our Services in Wilmette
From magical Christmas displays to permanent architectural lighting, we have professional solutions for every property and every season.
Residential Holiday Lighting
Prairie School is the design problem here. Wright and the architects who followed him built low horizontal masses with deep overhanging eaves, and a strand run back along the fascia of a deep eave is invisible from the street because the eave shades it. On those homes we light the eave edge itself and pick up the horizontal band the architecture is already asking for. Every residential package is all inclusive: custom design, install, mid season maintenance, takedown and storage.
Commercial Holiday Lighting
Wilmette's retail sits along Central Avenue and Green Bay Road within a short walk of the Metra platform, which means customers arrive on foot in the dark from November through February. An outlined storefront does work that a lit window display cannot do from across the street.
Permanent roofline lighting in Wilmette
The Prairie School eaves off Sheridan Road are a natural fit for permanent track: it follows the eave edge, the one line that reads from the street, and stays there all year. Close to the lake we fasten it for the wind off Gillson Park. In the historic blocks around Oak Circle and Ouilmette North we look at the original trim first, since permanent track is screwed to the house and seasonal clips are not. It runs warm white or any color you pick 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.
Lakefront wind, and why the fastening method matters here
The blocks east of Sheridan Road take weather straight off Lake Michigan, and a strand that would sit quietly all season three miles inland will work itself loose here by New Year. We size clips to the specific gutter or shingle edge rather than forcing a universal clip, we shorten the attachment interval on exposed lake facing elevations, and mid season maintenance is part of the package rather than something you call about. Gillson Park and the harbor make the exposure obvious on the east side, but the same wind reaches the Ridge Road spine.
What a Wilmette install costs
Seasonal lighting for an average house starts at $799 and up, depending on the complexity, height and access of the job. In Wilmette the spread comes from era rather than size. A Prairie School or Arts and Crafts home with deep eaves, banded windows and a low hipped roof carries more linear footage per square foot than newer construction near Kenilworth Gardens, and the historic blocks around Oak Circle and Ouilmette North need every run cut to fit instead of standard lengths. We quote the whole job after we walk the roofline, never off a rate card or a square footage table.
See the full Chicagoland cost guideWhat Our Clients Say
5.0 average from 35 reviews on Google, Yelp and Facebook
- 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!
- Olga I.Yelp★★★★★
We used Hanging Lights Club for both a gutters cleaning and a Christmas lights decoration. We were very happy with the company's work on both projects. The scheduling was super easy and everything was explained ahead of time. The lights look great. A few of our neighbors have complemented us on the holiday lights displayed on our house. We would highly recommend Hanging Lights Club to others.
- Yulian HrynchyshynGoogle★★★★★
They installed Christmas lights for my parents, and the team was very professional. I really appreciate their focus on keeping homeowners safe from any potential injuries.
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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.