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    Home » Entertainment & Technology » How Smart Plugs Make the Holidays Easier

    How Smart Plugs Make the Holidays Easier

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    This post is in partnership with Enbrighten, however, all opinions are my own.

    I adore the holiday season. I’m not even going to lie. This year I want everything to be easier. Enbrighten Wi-Fi Smart Plugs are the key to making things run smoothly around my house this holiday season! Check out how easy they are to set up and how they can help make it easy to make your home festive during the holidays.

    Smart Plug on Decorated Fireplace Mantle

    USING SMART PLUGS AROUND THE HOUSE

    From about October through April or May, we’re all about having holiday decor up around the house. I’m a huge believer in traditions and decorating our house is one thing I remember from childhood. So it’s something I have always wanted to give to my kids.

    I love using lights in our decorating. This includes the outside and the inside of the house. Enbrighten Wi-Fi Smart Plugs are the best way to simplify life during this busy time of the year! I love being able to schedule them so they turn on and off on their own. Automating different things around the house is a great way to make life easier.

     

    Smart Plug and Halloween Village Decorations

    INDOOR & OUTDOOR SMART PLUGS

    This is where I feel like maybe everyone else knew about something before me, but smart plugs are one of the best ways to make decorating for the holidays easier. They help with both indoor and outdoor holiday decorating.

    Enbrighten Wi-Fi Smart Plugs are the newest addition to our decorating supplies. I like them for a number of reasons including:
    • They’re easy to set up.
    • They work both indoors and outdoors (Enbrighten has smart plugs for both uses).
    • You can set up automatic schedules and different routines for each plug.
    • You can use voice control with your Alexa or Google device.
    • The smart plugs offer convenience with features like grouping lights together and setting lights to automatically come on at sunset.

    Enbrighten Outdoor Smart Plug

    When I learned about the smart plugs, I immediately thought of our outdoor lights. Having control over outdoor lighting with the Enbrighten Outdoor Smart Plug is perfect. We can set the plugs to have our lights turn on and off automatically each night. My kids love holiday lights so they are a must when it comes to our holiday decor.

    Enbrighten Indoor Wi-Fi Smart Plug

    One thing I hadn’t counted on is how convenient they are for indoor decor as well. I had planned to use our Enbrighten Indoor Smart Plug for our Christmas tree because I love how easy it is to tell Alexa to turn on the tree lights or to have them turn on and off on their own schedule.

    Halloween Village with Lights

    But I’ve discovered they’re great for any holiday decor you have that plugs in and lights up. If you use garland or lights on your fireplace mantle, Enbrighten Smart Plugs are a great option. If you have any kind of holiday village, I highly recommend using the smart plugs so you don’t have to go through the entire display turning off lights.

    Enbrighten App

    Once you download the Enbrighten app, it walks you through setting up your new devices. I couldn’t believe how quick and easy it was to set up. 

    Adding device to Enbrighten App

    You can set up multiple devices and schedule them. Each of our plugs has a different schedule. For our outdoor plug, we’re using the Dusk to Dawn setting so our lights turn on at dusk and off at dawn.

    Inside we have our smart plug set to turn on our Halloween village in the evening and turn off when we go to bed. No more forgetting to turn anything off!

    You can also turn your plugs on and off manually with the app! 

    It’s just one feature that has made my holiday decorating easier this year!

    Enbrighten App turns lights on and off

    I love how easy they are to set up. I just can’t get over it!

    Another holiday-related use that came to mind is travel. If you’re planning to do any travel over the holidays, you could use both the indoor and the outdoor plugs to keep your lights turning on regularly while you’re gone!

    Now that I’ve got my own Enbrighten Wi-Fi Smart Plugs, I keep coming up with ways to use them around our house. I’m going to need to get a few more!

    Enbrighten Cafe Lights on Front Entryway

    My outdoor holiday decorating has been made easier the past few years by Enbrighten Landscape Lights and Cafe Lights. I’ve shared about them in the past and the way we made outdoor holiday decorating easy. All of our lights are still in place. During different holidays, we use the remote control to change the color settings. When we’re not celebrating a holiday, we leave them on the white setting as landscape lighting.

    Enbrighten Outdoor Smart Plug

    The Enbrighten Outdoor Smart Plug paired with my Enbrighten Landscape Lights and Cafe Lights is making outdoor holiday decorating so simple.

    Enbrighten Landscape Lights and Outdoor Smart Plug

    If you’re looking for easy outdoor holiday decorating ideas, I always tell my friends to consider getting the Enbrighten Landscape Lights and Cafe Lights. We save so much time by hanging fewer lights and we have great looking lighting all year round.

    Enbrighten Landscape Lights

    Plus, we use them for more than Christmas decorating. We’ve got Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and more. We might have a little too much fun having festive lighting throughout the year but it’s an investment I highly recommend.

    Purple and orange were perfect for Halloween! 

    Enbrighten Landscape Lights in purple and orange

    I’ve set out the outdoor smart plug to turn the lights on at dusk and off at dawn! I no longer find myself away from the house wondering if I left all of the lights on all day!

    We’ve been using this schedule with our Enbrighten Outdoor Smart Plug to turn all of our landscape lights on. I’m planning to get another Enbrighten Outdoor Smart Plug to use in our backyard too so our landscape lights come on at set times without us having to go around flipping switches.

    Enbrighten is a trustworthy brand known for premium LED lights and other smart home products. 50% of net proceeds are donated to charity. You can shop now online or find Enbrighten Smart Plugs at Lowe’s Stores.

    Using Smart Plugs for the Holidays

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    About Mariah

    Mariah is the mom of 2 and a former educator (preschool - 4th grade & special education) with a degree in human development. As a busy mom living in with a multi-generational family under one roof (with 4 dogs!), life is sometimes chaotic! She aims to share easy ideas that we can all use in our lives! Read more about Mariah!

    Comments

    1. Shakeia Rieux says

      November 13, 2020 at 12:31 am

      Those are awesome smart plugs! I like the features, especially the routine setup!

      Reply
    2. Michele Pineda says

      November 13, 2020 at 5:26 pm

      I definitely think I need to get more into the smart home concept. This would be super easy for my holiday decorations.

      Reply
    3. kimmy kervel says

      September 9, 2021 at 5:12 am

      thanks for sharing this precious information with us.

      Reply

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