Charleston, Illinois · Coles County
Christmas Light Installation in Charleston, IL
Full-service holiday lighting for Charleston homes: custom design, professional install, season-long maintenance, takedown and storage. Veteran owned and based 48 miles away in Champaign.
- 4.9★ Google rating
- 500+ homes lit
- Veteran owned
- Fully insured
Christmas lights in Charleston
Professional Christmas light installers in Charleston
Charleston's courthouse square is one of the most photogenic in Central Illinois at Christmas, and the Victorian and Italianate homes on the surrounding streets were built to be decorated. Warm white C9s along those ornate gables, garland on the porch rails and a wrapped tree in the yard is a display that fits the town's character perfectly. The newer subdivisions on the northwest side and the homes near EIU have cleaner rooflines that take a full outline just as well.
We serve Charleston with Mattoon on dedicated Coles County install days, about 55 minutes from our Champaign base. Every install is full service: design, commercial-grade lights, free maintenance, January takedown and storage.
Whether you're looking for a Christmas light company, a Christmas light hanging service or full holiday light installation, every Charleston install follows our five-step full-service process: we design the layout for your home, install commercial-grade LED C9 lights on custom-cut lines with roof-safe clips, maintain the display at no charge all season, take it down in January, and store it until next year. Want lights without the yearly cycle? See permanent lighting in Charleston.
Local knowledge
We know Charleston's homes
In the historic district, bulb spacing follows Victorian and Italianate trim, and porches get garland and wreaths. Homes near EIU, many of them brick two-stories and ranches, take a clean warm white roofline. Northwest Charleston's newer subdivisions have multi-gable fronts that show a full C9 outline with lit beds. Around Lake Charleston and toward Fox Ridge, wooded lots call for tree wrapping and uplighting, and acreages add fence and barn lines.
Weather note for Charleston: Charleston's historic district and the wooded lots toward Fox Ridge and Lake Charleston have mature trees that shed ice after storms, and the open northwest subdivisions take steady wind. We route lines clear of limbs and tighten clip spacing on exposed rooflines.
Charleston neighborhoods we serve
- Historic district around the courthouse square
- Homes near Eastern Illinois University
- Lake Charleston area
- Northwest Charleston subdivisions
- Lincoln Avenue corridor
- Country homes toward Fox Ridge State Park and Lerna
Home styles we light in Charleston
- Victorian and Italianate homes in the historic district
- Brick two-stories and ranches near EIU
- Newer subdivisions on the northwest side
- Wooded and lake-view homes around Lake Charleston
- Acreages toward Fox Ridge and Lerna
Around Charleston
Eastern Illinois University · Coles County Courthouse · Lake Charleston · Fox Ridge State Park · Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site · Morton Park · Downtown Charleston square
48 miles · about 55 minutes from our Champaign base · ZIP 61920
How it works
How Christmas light installation works in Charleston
One call does it all. Here's what happens after you request a quote for your Charleston home.
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Design
We visit your home, measure every roofline and tree, and design a layout that fits its architecture. You approve the look before anything goes up.
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Install
Our insured crew installs commercial-grade LED lights with custom-cut lines and clips made for your roof. No staples, no damage, no ladders for you.
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Maintain
A bulb goes out or a storm knocks a line loose? We come fix it, free, all season long. Your display looks perfect every night.
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Takedown
In January we remove everything carefully, inspect each strand, and leave your home exactly as we found it.
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Store
We label and store your lights in our climate-controlled facility until next season. Nothing in your garage or attic.
Our work
Christmas light installs near Charleston
Homes we've lit across Coles County and Central Illinois. Yours could be next.
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Multi-peak two-story in warm white -
Warm white outline with a gable wreath -
Red and warm white on a brick bungalow
Reviews
What homeowners near Charleston say
4.9 stars on Google
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Our lights were amazing. Lights were done quickly and efficiently. When the season was over he was back to take them down just when he said he would. We have had him put our lights up for several years and will continue to! Highly recommended.
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We just had our lights installed by Midwest Holiday Lighting on Thanksgiving day. We just called them and let them know we would like them to do our light install and they worked us in quickly. They were very friendly, knowledgeable, courteous, and patient. We love the holiday lighting they installed on our house and will use them for years to come. They provided all the materials, completed the install quickly, and will store the lights for us during the off season. I added the wreath last minute and they had all the supplies to install it. We could not be happier with Tom and his crew and the job they did installing our lights. Thank You Midwest Holiday Lighting for making our holidays feel more merry and our home look brighter! Enjoy!
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Tom is honest and hardworking, you won't find better out there!
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Christmas light installation near Charleston
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Ready to be the best-lit home in Charleston?
Free, no-pressure quote for your Charleston home. We design, install, maintain, take down and store. You enjoy the lights.
- 4.9★ Google rating
- 500+ homes lit
- Veteran owned
- Fully insured