One crew for the whole stretch from Thanksgiving to New Year. We design it, bring it, install it, keep it looking right, and take it all down in January.
A holiday decorating service does the part of December that nobody has time for. You tell us the house, the look you want and the week you want it ready. We design to your entry, source the garland, wreaths, trees, ribbon and lights, install everything in one visit, and come back in January to take it down. You never climb a ladder, never drive to a garden center on a Saturday, and never find a box of tangled lights in the garage in February.
Portico Seasonal runs holiday decorating across Broward County, Palm Beach County and Miami-Dade, with crews in metro Atlanta and New York City. This fall we installed eight porches and stoops from Miami Beach to the Upper East Side, two of them in Delray Beach on the same week. Christmas is the busiest four weeks of our year, and the calendar is set by Thanksgiving.
Christmas is custom, because every house is different and the work is mostly skilled labor and good materials. These are starting points. We call you to talk about your home, then your designer prices it for what you want.
Every price includes design, setup, travel and the January takedown. For a townhouse, a condo entry or a narrow stoop, tell us what you want, whether that is a tree, garland, wreaths, florals or a tablescape, and your designer prices just that. The cost guide explains why custom Christmas costs what it does.
The install window runs the week after Thanksgiving through December 20, with a few early installs the week of Thanksgiving for clients who host that weekend. If you want the porch dressed for Thanksgiving dinner and switched to Christmas the following week, tell us on the call and we schedule the two visits together. A fall display that is still up comes down on the same visit the Christmas one goes in, so there is never a bare porch in between.
The display stays up through New Year. If a strand fails or the wind moves something, you text us and we come fix it. Takedown is included and scheduled for the second week of January.
Honestly, most people could hang a wreath themselves. The reasons our clients hand it over are time, height and storage. A front porch done properly is four hours on a ladder and a trip to three stores. A whole home is a weekend. Then all of it has to come down and live somewhere for eleven months. We do it in one visit, it looks like the plan, and in January it leaves with us. For anyone who hosts in December, that weekend is worth a lot.
We do not install roofline lighting, gutter lighting or permanent exterior light systems. No ladders on your roof, no clips on your fascia. We light porches, columns, railings, doorways, trees and interiors, which is where the house is actually seen. If you want the roof outlined, you want a lighting company, and we will say so. Our Christmas light installation page explains exactly where the line is.
South Florida from Jupiter to Homestead, with Naples and Cape Coral on route days. Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Plantation, Davie, Weston, Parkland, Fort Lauderdale and Coral Gables are the cities we are in most. Metro Atlanta from Fairburn to North Fulton. Manhattan and Brooklyn, plus Long Island, Westchester and northern New Jersey. See the full list on where we work.
Leave your name, phone and city. We call you within one business day to talk about your home and what you would like, then your designer sends your design and price. If you have photos of your porch and the rooms, text them to 954-787-4963 (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut: 646-969-3495) before the call. Nothing is paid until you approve your design; then a 50% deposit holds your install date and the balance is due on install day. Prefer to call us? 954-787-4963 in Florida, 404-795-7268 in Atlanta, 646-969-3495 in New York.
More on Christmas: what Christmas decorating costs, tree decorating, outdoor decorating in the Florida climate and the porch-not-roofline approach.
Christmas is custom. The front porch starts at $1,500, porch and tree at $2,500 and the whole home at $3,500, and businesses and events start at $3,500. Design, installation, travel and the January takedown are all included. We call you to talk about your home, then your designer sends your design and price.
We supply everything: garland, wreaths, ribbon, lights, lanterns, urns and trees. If you have pieces you love, we can work them into the design. Just tell us on the call.
Before Thanksgiving. Installs run the week after Thanksgiving through December 20 and the early-December weekends go first. Returning fall clients get first pick of dates.
Yes. January takedown is included and is scheduled for the second week of January. We put it on the calendar when we confirm your install.
Yes. Tell us on the call and we schedule the fall takedown and the Christmas install as one visit, or a Thanksgiving refresh followed by the Christmas switch.
No. We light porches, columns, railings, trees and interiors and do not install roofline, gutter or permanent lighting systems.
Custom Christmas, from $1,500. Leave your number and we call you within one business day to talk about your home, then your designer sends your design and price. January takedown included.
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