Help me plan a new layout - Will show off the results in November!

slw2206 · Thursday at 1:58 AM

I've always done a large Christmas light display, but it's always been regular LEDs and nothing like addressable pixels.

I've jumped in head first this year though and have a F16 and 3,000 bullets to start. Some Chroma Trees are coming from Boscoyo on Thursday and I'm 3D printing snowflakes to either pole mount or put on pole mounts in the front yard.

One opportunity I have is that my property is rather large and the drive comes off a circle so lots of room and viewing area. Below is a top down picture of the front of my property. I'm curious to hear what ideas you have for how I might fill up this space? At this point anything is fair game because I have a blank slate to work with! Obviously I have budget limitations but they're pretty flexible as well (not that I'm dropping $40k on a mega tree, but a few thousand is doable).

So what ideas would you like to see in a display area this large? Let me know and I might just incorporate into the new show!

merryoncherry · Thursday at 2:50 AM

I assume you are keeping your existing LEDs? Do you have a picture of that display, taken from the typical place where a viewer might be?

slw2206 · Thursday at 3:06 AM

I will be keeping the existing, but they may have a new place on the farm next year. The icicle lights must stay outlining the roof and dormers, but virtually everything else can be moved to the barn, stable, and 5 acres of land behind the house.
Indo have Lutron Caseta outdoor plugs so I can kill the icicles when needed for the new light show in the front yard.

slw2206 · Sunday at 10:34 AM

Not bad for an afternoon of pushing pixels. My hands are tired after 1,000 pixels...

brother fergy · Sunday at 10:46 AM

That is one dense prop!

brother fergy · Sunday at 10:47 AM

slw2206 · 2026-02-09T09:53:03+1100

brother fergy said:
That is one dense prop!

Technically those are 10 props

3ft high for each.

I know what I'm doing tomorrow! Probably going to have to print some supports so I can reinforce these with pvc or emt. First though, we'll put some pixels in them

merryoncherry · 2026-02-09T11:16:36+1100

Try this (imagine it overlaid on the house as so):

1: Minimal, using what you already have... 16-port controller, you said chromatrees (now I see it was slender trees, not singing, oops) and I see 10 canes plus you have 3D print snowflakes (imagine them where I put the diamond flakes)... this is all Boscoyo stuff since that seems to be where you are ordering from: