How to hang lights on patio ceiling?

Use a measuring tape to measure wherever you plan to hang your string lights. I wanted to hang ours from the underside of the beams above our covered patio, so I measured each small beam (6 at 23-in. each) and each large beam (6 at 90-in. each). read more

Then, screw a cup hook into the wall where the light will originate. We used an outdoor extension cord from the outdoor plug and up the wall to save the lights for the ‘ceiling’ area. Plug the light set into the extension cord, and string it through the first wall hook and over to the pole. read more

First, if you’re stringing your lights across the yard, rather than around the perimeter of a porch ceiling, for example, then it’s best to secure your string lights to a tension wire for additional support. read more