Another day of decorating, another area of the house…this time, outside. This is a whole new experience for us, we’ve not had the opportunity to decorate the outside before thanks to our dinky apartment. Now, however, we have some wonder bushes to string lights across and light up the neighborhood. The only problem was that the outdoor outlet is around the back of the house. I could have run an extension cord all the way from the back to the front, but I didn’t really want to do that. So, thanks to my dad’s suggestion, I got a little doo-dad from Home Depot for $1 that solved my situation. You see, our porch light isn’t fully enclosed, it has an open bottom, so I got a plug that screws into the light fixture. It looks a little like this:
From there I was able to plug-in a few strands of lights, wrap them around the bushes and our front door. I will say that running strings of lights in the daytime is difficult to see where everything is. In the end, we like it, and we hope our decorative spirit pass to some of the others in our neighborhood. There are a few house that have gone all out, and they look awesome. I may have to steal some of their ideas…and by may, I mean I will.
I’ll try to take some better pictures soon, it was pretty late when I took these, plus I’m not done yet 
About Matt and MC
We just recently bought our first home, and we decided to share our story of our adventures with you. The ups and downs of home ownership, and all the fun we'll have in between. Ignore the typos and just have fun, that's what we're here for. 
