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How to Choose Festive String Lights: Length, LED Count and Modes

Length, LED density, warm white versus multicolour, and how many metres a room actually needs — the four numbers that decide whether a strand looks right.

Ananya Iyer 10 Aug 2026 2 min read

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Buying Guides

Curtain Lights vs Fairy Lights: Which Suits Your Room

One makes a backdrop, the other makes an outline. Picking the wrong one is the most common festive lighting…

04 Aug 20262 min read

Buying Guides

LED Diyas or Wax Diyas? How to Decide

Safety around children and pets, reusability, and the one situation where a real flame still wins.

29 Jul 20262 min read

Comparisons

Decorative Table Lamps and Projectors Compared: Which Fits Your Space

A crystal table lamp and a galaxy projector do very different things to a room. What each is actually for.

23 Jul 20262 min read

How To

How to Hang a Curtain Light Backdrop Without Damaging the Wall

Adhesive hooks, tension methods and planning around the socket — how to put up a light wall in a rented flat…

14 Jul 20262 min read

Lighting Explained

SMD, Rice LED and IP Ratings: Lighting Jargon Decoded

What the abbreviations on a fairy light box actually mean for brightness, colour and whether it survives a…

02 Jul 20262 min read