Most Trimlight customers start their research in October or November. They’re already dreading the ladder, the tangled strands, and the January takedown. Christmas is the pain point that gets them to finally look into permanent lighting.
But here’s what they don’t expect: how much they end up using it the rest of the year.
Here are 10 ways Lehigh Valley homeowners actually use their Trimlight system outside of the holiday season — and a few of them might surprise you.
1. Eagles Game Day
The Trimlight Edge app lets you dial in exact RGB values or choose from preset sport colors. Midnight Green and black from kickoff through the final whistle, then back to warm white before bed. Set it as a repeating schedule on home game nights and your house becomes the loudest on the block without touching a ladder once. It takes about two minutes to set up the first time.
2. 4th of July
Red, white, and blue starting at dusk, with a slow chase animation running while the fireworks go off overhead. Every homeowner who does this tells us their neighbors are asking about it by 9am the next morning. It’s one of the most-used non-Christmas applications, and it looks genuinely spectacular when you’re watching a fireworks show from your driveway.
3. Halloween
Orange and purple with a strobe or pulse animation if you want it. A lot of Lehigh Valley homeowners tell us October is their favorite month to run the lights — it reads completely differently than Christmas and the neighborhood notices. You can build a “Halloween” preset in the app and switch to it on October 1st with one tap.
4. Every-Night Curb Appeal
This is the one that surprises most people. They buy Trimlight for Christmas. Then they put a soft warm-white schedule on — 7pm to midnight, every night — and realize their house looks better after dark every single day of the year.
A well-lit roofline in July is just a good-looking house. It’s not “holiday lights.” It’s your home, polished. Neighbors who walk by in summer stop asking when the Christmas lights go up and start asking what the channel on your roofline is.
5. Home Security
Trimlight runs on a scheduler — set it to activate at sunset automatically, every night, whether you’re home or not. A consistently lit exterior changes how your property reads from the street. Not flood lights, not motion-triggered alerts — just your home, clearly lit, every night. For homeowners who travel or leave the house dark for stretches, this is often the feature that becomes the most quietly useful.
Trimlight runs on a low-voltage 12V system, which means it costs roughly $2–5 per month to run nightly. For year-round daily use, most Lehigh Valley homeowners spend under $60/year in electricity. Less than two months of most streaming subscriptions.
6. Phillies, Flyers, and IronPigs
Phillies red for the postseason. Flyers orange and white. Lehigh Valley IronPigs red on a home game night. Build saved presets in the app for each team and switch between them in five seconds. Useful when you’re hosting and want the house to make it clear who you’re rooting for.
7. Valentine’s Day
Soft rose or deep red on February 14th. It’s subtle, but neighbors notice it. More than a few Trimlight homeowners have told us this gets more compliments than they expected — probably because nobody else in the neighborhood is doing it yet.
8. St. Patrick’s Day
Bright green. One tap. Done.
9. Graduation Season
Schools in the Lehigh Valley run graduation ceremonies through late May and June. Set your kid’s school colors the week of — Allentown High scarlet and white, Central Catholic blue and gold, Emmaus green and white, Nazareth blue and gold. Set it for the graduation party. It’s a small thing that makes the celebration feel bigger.
10. Birthdays, Gender Reveals, Block Parties
You pick the occasion, you pick the color. Hot pink and purple for a birthday party. Pink or blue for a gender reveal that announces from the roofline. White and gold for an anniversary party. The app makes it a two-minute setup, and when guests pull up, they notice before they get out of the car.
The Feature Nobody Talks About: The Scheduler
The biggest unlock is scheduling. You can set recurring schedules months in advance — Eagles games auto-set, Christmas starting December 1st, warm white every other night of the year. Most homeowners spend about 10 minutes configuring their schedule after install and then don’t touch it again until they want to change something.
That’s the version of permanent lighting most people don’t picture when they first look into it. It’s not just “lights you don’t have to hang.” It’s a system that runs on a calendar, coordinates with your life, and makes your home look better every single night.
If you’re still in research mode, the pricing guide breaks down what a typical Lehigh Valley installation costs by home size. Or if you’re ready to see what it would look like on your specific house, schedule a free estimate — we come to you, measure the roofline, and give you an exact price on the spot.
