Whether it’s Halloween, Christmas, or New Year’s Eve, decorations play a key role in creating a festive atmosphere that enhances the overall holiday experience. As the largest feature of almost any single-family home’s exterior, the garage door serves as the ideal canvas for holiday decorations. If you’re planning to decorate your garage door, there are various types of decorations you can use and steps you can follow to ensure that it is beautifully adorned during the holiday season while keeping it damage-free.
Digital Decorations
One of the best and more efficient ways to decorate your garage door for the holidays without damaging the door’s paint or finish is by using digital decorations. This includes LED lights, neon signs, or fiber optic decorations that can be strung around the garage doors and the garage’s windows to create a colorful display.
Laser Projections
Laser decorations work a lot like a projector with the garage door acting like the picture screen. The projector is being installed somewhere in front of the garage and is used to project visual effects on the garage door. Modern projectors use energy efficient LED lights to create bright, colorful and beautiful images on your garage doors.
Magnetic Decorations
Ditch the nails, screws, or adhesive. If your garage doors made out of steel, magnetic decorations are a simple, practical and effective way to decorate them for the holidays. Magnets can be easily removed, repositioned, and reused. Avoid dragging magnets while they are on the garage door, as it may scratch the surface.
Decorate the Garage Frame
Rather than decorating the garage door itself, consider decorating your garage frame using garlands and lights. You can either create a wooden frame wound with garlands and lights that fits around your garage door frame, or you can use small nails to hold the garlands and lights in place.
These decorations can be used to decorate a variety of garage doors and surfaces, and won’t leave any damage or residue. Also, they are a safe option, as they don’t use any adhesives or other potentially hazardous materials, and will not interfere with the garage doors normal use.
Avoiding Breakdowns During the Holiday Season
To ensure the safety of you and your family, keep objects away from the garage door’s path. This includes any electrical wires, extension cords, or decoration items. Objects that get caught in the doorway may cause the door to come off the tracks, and in some cases, even crash down to the ground. If you notice any signs of wear or damage, consider consulting a professional garage door technician for timely repairs.
If you’ve decorated your garage door for the holidays and later discover that the paint or finish has been damaged, you can use touch-up paint to repair it. Before attempting to fix the damage, test the paint on a different piece of metal to ensure it’s the right color. Consult a licensed garage door repair company if needed.
