Holiday Lighting
Permanent Christmas Lights
for North Atlanta Homes
Permanent Christmas lights go up once and stay. Gemstone Lights® Atlanta fits them into a color-matched track along your roofline, so every December starts with a tap in the app instead of a weekend on the ladder.
How it works
Hung Once, Lit Every December
Permanent Christmas lights are LED lights set into a slim aluminum track that runs along the edge of your roof. The track is matched to your soffit and fascia, so in daylight it reads as part of the trim. After dark, every light can show any color, and the whole display runs from the Gemstone Lights app on your phone.
For most families around Atlanta the appeal is simple. Nobody climbs onto a second-story roof in late November, nobody untangles last year's strings on the driveway, and nobody spends a cold January afternoon taking it all down. You pick a look, set a schedule, and the house lights itself through New Year's Day.
The same lights cover Halloween, the 4th of July and a plain warm white on ordinary nights. Holiday lighting walks through the rest of the calendar, and Residential Track Lights explains how the track and controller are built.
- Track color-matched to your trim
- More than 14,000 premade patterns
- Sunset-to-sunrise schedules
Off and on
The Same House, Two Evenings
Drag the divider to compare the roofline with the lights off and with a Christmas pattern running.
Look one
Red and White Christmas Lights
Red and white is the candy-cane look, and it suits almost any house. Alternate the two colors light by light for a crisp stripe, or run red along the eaves and white up the gables so the shape of the roof stands out from the street.
Because each light is individually addressable, the spacing is yours to choose. Two red and one white gives a warmer, bolder line; one and one feels more traditional. Add a slow Chase animation and the stripes drift around the house without looking busy.
Look two
Warm White Christmas Lights
If you like the look of old incandescent strings, start with warm white. Every Gemstone light has its own warm-white LED, set between 2800K and 3000K, so the glow comes out soft and golden instead of the bluish white you get when red, green and blue are mixed together.
Warm white is also the setting most homeowners keep for the other eleven months. It flatters brick, stacked stone and painted siding, and you can dim it anywhere from full brightness to a faint glow from the app.
The difference is explained in more detail on Warm White & RGBW.
Look three
Multicolor, Old-School and New
Multicolor is the classic family look: red, green, blue and gold repeating around the house. You can keep it still, which reads like a string of big C9 bulbs, or let the colors move with the Glitter, Sway or Starry animations in the app.
With more than 16 million colors on tap you are not stuck with someone else's idea of green. Match a wreath, match the front door, or pull up one of the premade Christmas folders and try a different pattern every night until you find the one the kids vote for.
Roofs and gutters
What Happens to Your Roof and Gutters
The track fastens to the soffit, not the shingles. One edge slides under the L-shaped trim of the fascia and the other is held with a color-matched screw, so nothing is pushed under roofing or clipped onto your gutters each fall.
It works on wood or aluminum soffit and fascia, and your installer picks the track profile that suits the trim you have. The controller lives in a small weatherproof control box near an outlet, the first light and your WiFi. Most installations can be finished in as little as one day, depending on the size of the home.
The other option
Permanent Lights vs Hiring a Crew Every Year
Many homeowners already pay a seasonal installer to hang lights in November and come back to take them down in January. It solves the ladder problem for one season. Then the same visit, the same fee and the same storage question come round again the next year.
A permanent system is a bigger decision up front and a smaller one every year after. Here is how the two compare in practice.
| Seasonal hang-and-remove service | Gemstone Lights permanent system | |
|---|---|---|
| Visits each year | Two: hang and take down | None once installed |
| Ladder work at your house | Every season | Once, at installation |
| Colors and patterns | Whatever was hung that year | Any color, changed from your phone |
| Halloween, July 4th, game days | No | Yes |
| Daytime look | Strings and clips on show | Track matched to your trim |
| Schedules and Autopilot | Plug-in timer, if any | Yes |
| Ongoing cost pattern | A fee every season | One install; each light draws at most 1 W |
Seasonal services vary; ask any installer what their price includes. Each Gemstone light draws at most 1 watt, at full bright white.
Getting started
From Quote to First Night
-
Step 1: Free quote
Tell us about your home. We look at the rooflines, measure the runs you want lit and work out where the controller will go.
-
Step 2: Track and color
Pick a track color to match your soffit and fascia. Your installer chooses the profile that fits your trim.
-
Step 3: Install day
A trained crew mounts the track, sets every light and hides the wiring. Many homes take as little as one day, depending on size.
-
Step 4: First pattern
We set up the Gemstone Lights app with you, add a sunset schedule and turn on your first Christmas pattern.
Run the Whole Season From Your Phone
The Gemstone Lights app runs every part of the display, from the first pattern to the last schedule of the season.
Autopilot
Subscribe to holiday, seasonal and game-day calendars and your lights change to a fitting pattern on their own.
Smart Scheduling
Calendar schedules and sunset-to-sunrise timers run your lights so you never have to think about them.
14,000+ Premade Patterns
Choose from more than 14,000 ready-made patterns, from everyday architectural looks to Christmas.
27 Animations
Add movement with 27 animations, from a gentle Sway or Starry to Chase, Pulse and Fireworks.
Music Sync
Set your phone near the speakers and the lights move to the beat.
Alexa & Google Home
Turn your lights on, off or to a new color by voice with Amazon Alexa or Google Home.
Ideas
House Christmas Light Ideas for This Year
A few ways homeowners use their lights between Thanksgiving and New Year's. More looks live in the gallery.
Subscribe to the Christmas calendar and the house changes to a festive pattern on its own each evening.
Count down to the 25th
Schedule the Advent calendar folder so the pattern changes every night until Christmas morning.
Glitter or Sway sets the lights dancing through the night without turning the house into a light show.
Warm white for guests
Switch to warm white on party nights so the house feels welcoming instead of flashy.
Light the way on Christmas Eve
Send a slow chase across the roofline toward the front door, a runway for Santa and for any late guests.
Sync it to the carols
Set your phone near the speakers on the porch and let the lights follow the music.
Warranty
The Warranty Behind Your Lights
Lifetime
Lights
10 years
System parts
System parts: power kits, controllers, extensions, cables, connectors, and tracks.
Lifetime is defined by the manufacturer’s accelerated light testing: the lights are designed to last up to 50,000 hours, about 20 years at seven hours a day. How long the lights are actually used does not affect the warranty.
Register within 30 days
Register the warranty within 30 days of the original installation date. The warranty is not valid otherwise.
Selling your home
The warranty can be transferred once, within the 10-year warranty period, to a new homeowner who contacts Gemstone Lights directly within 90 days of taking possession of the home. The new owner receives the remaining coverage up to a maximum of 2 years, provided at least 2 years remain; if less than 2 years remain, the new owner inherits the remaining balance.
Labor
Labor is not covered: Gemstone Lights is not responsible for labor or other costs to install warrantied products or parts. Your authorized dealer may offer its own labor warranty, so ask them.
Behind every Gemstone Lights system
120,000+
Users
700+
Authorized Dealers
200+
Markets in North America
3,600+
Trustpilot Reviews
Permanent Christmas Lights FAQs
It depends on how many linear feet of roofline you want lit, how many stories and peaks the house has, and which track profile suits your trim. That is why we measure first and give you an exact figure with no obligation. Request a free quote.
Every association has its own guidelines, so check yours before you book. The track is color-matched to your trim and sits under the roof edge, so by day it looks like part of the house, and schedules keep the lights to the hours you choose.
The track fastens to the soffit and fascia, not to shingles or gutters. Nothing gets clipped on and pulled off every year, which is where most seasonal wear comes from.
The LEDs are rated for 50,000 hours, about 20 years at seven hours a night. Every connection is sealed and waterproof, and if a light ever fails it unplugs and a new one goes in its place. Lifetime light warranty, 10-year parts, set out in full on our warranty page.
Yes, and most people do. The same lights run warm white on ordinary evenings, orange and purple for Halloween, red, white and blue for the 4th of July, and your team's colors on game day.
Sunrise and sunset timers are stored on the controller, so your schedule keeps running even when the internet is out. With the Hub2 controller you can also control the lights over Bluetooth when you are close by.
As early as you can. The run-up to the holidays is the busiest time of year for permanent lighting, so wait times get longer as Christmas gets closer. Booking in late summer or early fall gives you more choice of install dates.
Keep exploring
See What This Could Look Like
on Your Home
Tell us a little about your home, and we'll help you understand what a professionally installed Gemstone Lights system could look like for your space.
Thanks — your request is in. A specialist will be in touch shortly.