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Construct and Outfit the Decorative Light Wall

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My FAVORITE Backyard Feature Yet! Custom Light Wall

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What happens here

The light wall is constructed from treated 2x6 lumber, which is then wrapped in 'Tundra' composite decking boards. To create the lighting effect, low-voltage (12V) string lights are modified. Individual light bulbs are cut from their string, and their wires are threaded through holes drilled into the composite decking. The light wall features 10 vertical runs of wire. Decorative metal wire balls (6-inch, 8-inch, and 4-inch sizes), initially silver, are spray-painted black. These balls are then carefully cut open, and an individual light bulb is inserted into each, before the balls are re-closed and attached to the vertical wires. The light wall is designed to be backed by tall Arborvitae plants, creating a 'green wall' effect that enhances the visual impact of the lights.

Goal: Build a decorative light wall with integrated lighting and a natural backdrop.

Tools and materials

  • 14/2 Wire Unspecified — Running power to the light orbs
  • Arborvitae Plants Unspecified — Creating a green backdrop for the light wall
  • Black Spray Paint Rust-Oleum — Coloring the silver metal orbs
  • Cordless Drill DeWalt — Drilling holes for wiring
  • Drill Bit Unspecified — Drilling holes
  • Metal Wire Balls Amazon — Decorative housings for the lights
  • Pierce-Point Connectors Amazon — Connecting individual light wires to the main vertical wire
  • Pliers Unspecified — Opening and closing the metal wire balls
  • Treated 2x6 Lumber Unspecified — Framing the light wall structure
  • Wire Cutters Unspecified — Cutting individual lights from the string

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between. And now we're just waiting a little bit for this glue to set up on these uh this detail banding that we did. So, I'm going to get started on this wall. This is going to be really sick. Something I'm really excited for. Check out this picture. I took this picture back in 2023, so like 2 and 1/2 years ago, and I just thought it was such a cool idea and I felt like this project finally would be a good time to incorporate a detail like that. So, did a lot of research, did a lot of uh brainstorming, and what I came up with was found these little balls. We're going to put lights inside each one, and it's going to go up there. It's going to be, I think, awesome. So, I've got three different sizes. We've got a 6 in, we've got an 8 in, and we've got a 4 in. So, they're all going to be black. And I was able to find I was able to find the 4 in in black. The six and eight only came in silver. So that's what I'm doing right now. I'm setting them up and I'm going to paint them. So just going to spray paint them and just had some nails bent them over and they're acting as little hooks. So this way I can spray all the way around it and we'll see how it turns out. Let's go. So, we're just about to get started on finishing out this wall. And we built it with 6x uh 2x6 framing up top. So you can see that. And then we just wrapped it in tundra decorators tundra boards. So I had to do a lot of thinking on this on how this was going to work. And I did some experimenting. So I found those orbs, those metal orbs. So that's what we're going to use. And we're just going to run this 142 wire up and down one continuous run. It's going to be 10 rows of it. So, I've marked out my layout up here. Same thing on the bottom. And I'll drill holes in that like so. Boom. Just like that. And our wire is going to slide in here. Oh, we're going to start on this side. Start from the bottom, go up, and we left this open so we can go across down that hole. So, it'll just look like 10 vertical runs of cable. And then I also found some low voltage 12vt string lights. And you'll see how it goes together cuz getting those lights inside the orbs in the layout that we want. That's the confusing part. But I got to figure it out. And as we get each one, you you'll kind of see what I mean. But I'm really excited about this. It's going to be an amazing feature, super unique, and uh I can't wait to see how it turns out. So, let's jump in. [Music] So, here are the LED low voltage string lights I…

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