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Pearl River County · Mississippi

Christmas & Exterior Lighting in Poplarville

Poplarville is a market we can point to rather than claim: there is finished Southeast Lights work on the ground here, and the drive down Highway 11 puts us in Pearl River County inside an hour from the warehouse.

Lighting in Poplarville

What we see in Poplarville.

Homes around Poplarville tend to sit back from the road on open lots, which changes what a display has to do. There is no neighboring house to borrow light from and nothing competing after dark, so the elevation has to carry itself: a continuous roof edge with no gaps, and vertical elements like entry columns lit their full height so the center of the house holds up at a distance. The pine and hardwood cover common through Pearl River County matters too, because a display absorbed by a tree line does nothing for the road.

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Displays we have installed in Poplarville

Southeast Lights display in Poplarville: warm white C9 running unbroken along the main eave, up over the porch gable rake and on past the far corner of the house
Poplarville, MSResidential

One Continuous Run, House to Garage

Warm white carried in one unbroken line from the far corner of the house, over the porch gable and out onto the detached garage.

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Southeast Lights display in Poplarville: Pearson's Barber Shop at dusk, a two-story Main Street building with red, green and white C9 along the upper gable rake, the full length of the porch awning and the roofline of the attached wing
Poplarville, MSCommercial

Pearson's Barber Shop

Red, green and white on all three roof planes of a two-story Main Street building, so the whole frontage reads as one property.

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Southeast Lights Halloween display in Poplarville: a bungalow at night with orange and purple C9 bulbs along the roofline, ridges and gable rakes, above a porch decorated for Halloween
Poplarville, MSResidential

Halloween in Purple and Orange

Orange and purple across the roofline, ridges and gable rakes, weeks before the Christmas display went up.

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Southeast Lights display in Poplarville: the Apples Ltd. storefront at night with purple C9 bulbs along the upper roofline and warm white C9 along the porch fascia below, lit shop windows between them
Poplarville, MSCommercial

Apples Ltd. Storefront

Two colors on two roof planes: purple along the upper roofline, warm white down the porch fascia at window height.

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Southeast Lights display in Poplarville: a cottage at night with red, green and white C9 carried around the roofline, up the gable rakes and along the ridges, with the attached carport and a small side building lit in the same pattern
Poplarville, MSResidential

Roofline, Ridges and Every Outbuilding

Red, green and white carried around the house, up the ridges and gable rakes, and onto the carport and the side building.

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Southeast Lights display in Poplarville: a brick farmhouse at night with a repeating red, green and white C9 pattern across the porch roof, both wing rooflines and the gable rakes, and every porch column wrapped in the same sequence
Poplarville, MSResidential

Red, Green and White with Wrapped Columns

The traditional three colors run as a repeating pattern across the roofline and gable rakes, with every porch column wrapped to match.

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Southeast Lights display in Poplarville: a white craftsman home at night with alternating blue and bright white C9 bulbs along the roofline, gables and hips, and the porch columns wrapped in the same pattern
Poplarville, MSResidential

Blue and Bright White Roofline

Alternating blue and bright white C9 across the roofline, hips and ridges, with the porch columns wrapped to match.

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Southeast Lights display in Poplarville: a two-story colonial at dusk with warm white C9 along the main roofline, both wings and the center gable, and twenty-foot entry columns wrapped from base to capital
Poplarville, MSResidential

Colonial Roofline and Twenty-Foot Columns

Warm white C9 across the full front elevation, with both twenty-foot entry columns wrapped base to capital.

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Questions

Working with us in Poplarville

How much does professional Christmas light installation cost?

Most professional residential displays run between $1,500 and $5,000 for the season, and we do not take residential projects under $1,000. Roofline lighting is priced at about $10 per linear foot, with two-story and steep sections adding to that. Trees, columns, windows and pathway lighting are priced separately. The price covers the entire season including design, installation, maintenance, takedown and storage.

Why do residential installations start at $1,000?

Because a professional installation is a season-long service, not an afternoon of hanging lights. That price covers commercial-grade lighting custom cut to your house, a designed layout, installation by insured crews, every service call during the season, removal in January, and labeled storage until next year. Big-box light kits cost less because you are buying a box and doing all of that yourself, at height, on your own roof.

What affects the price of a holiday lighting installation?

Linear footage is the largest factor, followed by height and roof pitch, then the number of added features like trees, columns and windows. A single-story ranch with 130 feet of roofline is straightforward. The same footage on a steep two-story with dormers takes longer, requires more equipment and carries more risk, so it costs more. Wrapped trees are priced by size and are usually the single largest line item on a large display.

When do you install Christmas lights?

Installations run from roughly October through December, and we book them starting in August. Earlier bookings choose their install week. By late November remaining dates are limited, and large commercial or community projects usually need to be scheduled well before that because of crew and lift availability.

When do you take the lights down?

Takedown normally begins in mid-January and runs through the following weeks. You can request a preferred window and we will do our best to accommodate it, though specific dates are not guaranteed. If you need lights removed earlier than mid-January, tell us and we will arrange it.

Do you store the lights?

Yes, storage is included. After takedown your display is labeled, organized and stored in our warehouse under your property's name. That is also why reinstallation the following year is faster and why the display looks identical season to season: it is the same lighting, cut to the same house.

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