Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

LIFX lights up the outdoors with impressive–if expensive–new string lights. Nothing livens up a back yard like a set of string lights, draped in a gentle arc over the deck or the yard to create a ...

Nanoleaf is known for its smart lighting panels, but this year the company launched a set of $99 Smart Holiday String Lights that are compatible with Matter and thus HomeKit. Matter devices connect to ...

Home Depot makes some of the least expensive permanent holiday lights you’ll find, but you won’t need to make very many sacrifices if you mount its Hampton Bay Permanent String Lights on your home.