Halloween Design and Decorating in Chicago
We design and install everything from outdoor LED lighting in Halloween colors to full themed scenes with your personal decorations included.
Spooky, kid-friendly, animatronics, or somewhere in between. You tell us the vibe you want, and we make it happen.
Our crew sets it all up, keeps it looking great through the season, and takes it down when Halloween is over.
Professional Halloween Lighting & Decor in Chicago | Light Up Your Holidays
Professional Halloween Lighting & Decor in the Chicago area runs between $2,800 and $8,000, depending on your home and the design you want.
We handle everything: custom design, commercial-grade LED lights, full installation, season-long maintenance, and complete removal.
We’ve been creating holiday experiences for Chicago families for over 20 years.
What's Included
Custom Halloween Lighting
Purple, orange, green, and red LED lighting designed for your home's architecture. We can go spooky, fun, elegant, or full-on haunted house.
Themed Scenes and Displays
Full outdoor Halloween scenes designed and installed by our team. We bring the creativity and the equipment.
Your Personal Collection Installed
Have bins of Halloween decorations in the garage you never get around to setting up? Hand them to us. We'll install your personal items alongside our professional pieces.
Animatronics Setup
We handle the setup and placement of animatronics and moving pieces so everything runs smoothly and looks great.
Full Setup and Removal
We handle everything from start to finish. You enjoy October without the setup stress.
Why Go Professional for Halloween?
Professional vs. DIY: Time (8 to 25+ hours), safety (ladders), quality (commercial-grade LEDs), stress-free
Without Professional Help
A Saturday afternoon wrestling with inflatable ghosts, untangling orange lights from last year, and trying to make the yard look spooky without it looking messy.
With Light Up Your Holidays
Hand it off to us. You’ll end up with a better display and you’ll actually get to enjoy the season.
Our Halloween Lighting & Decor Work
Service Areas
We install across the greater Chicago area, including
North Shore
- Winnetka
- Wilmette
- Kenilworth
- Glencoe
- Evanston
- Highland Park
- Lake Forest
NW Corridor
- Arlington Heights
- Park Ridge
- Northbrook
- Glenview
- Barrington
- South Barrington
Lake County
- Vernon Hills
- Libertyville
- Lincolnshire
- Grayslake
Western
- Hinsdale
- Oak Brook
- Elmhurst
- Western Springs
- Barrington
- South Barrington
- Oak Park
- River Forest
- Burr Ridge
- Naperville
FAQ Questions
Yes. We offer full Halloween design, lighting, and decoration installation across the greater Chicago area. This includes professional LED lighting in Halloween colors, themed outdoor displays, animatronics, and installation of your personal Halloween collection. We handle setup, service, and removal.
Absolutely. A lot of our clients have Halloween decorations they’ve collected over the years but never have time to set up properly. Hand us your bins and tell us what you’re going for. We’ll install your personal items alongside our professional lighting for a cohesive display.
Yes, and many of our clients do. We can design your Halloween display with the Christmas transition in mind, making the changeover smoother and often more cost-effective. We’ll take down Halloween and have your Christmas display up shortly after, so your home looks great straight through the holiday season.
Halloween design and decorating typically ranges from $1,800 to $4,500+ depending on the size of the display and complexity of the design. We provide a detailed quote after your free design call. [KELLY pls Verify]
What Our Clients Say
EXCELLENT Based on 184 reviews Posted on Kerri-Simone AdedejiTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We gave used Light up your Holidays for two previous Christmases and have had great experiences. The from the design team to to the installation crew to troubleshooting during the season, everyone was great! And, most importantly, the lights look beautiful. The perfect touch to usher in the season and make it feel like the holidays. Our family loves the way the house looks and we get lots of compliments from our neighbors.( It’s also nice not to have to store the lights and wreath in the off-season. ;-). ) We will definitely continue to work with Light Up Your Holidays for Christmases to come.Posted on Katie McIntyreTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Karla with Light Up Your Holidays was incredibly responsive, professional, and most of all creative with our somewhat unique request; a 3-story plain brick wall that needed some holiday cheer. Her team came up with a wonderful design and implemented their plan beautifully. We will be using them for years to come! Update 2025: We used Karla's team this year again and we are so happy with the results! We've gotten countless compliments from our neighbors and it was so easy to work with Light Up Your Holidays again. Thank you!Posted on Robyn-Ashley TaylorTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We reached out to Light Up Your Holidays to decorate the exterior of our home for Christmas, and they did a beautiful job. After sending them a photo of our home, they worked with us to develop several design options and refined the final plan until it perfectly matched both our vision and our budget. They handled the full install and uninstall, and the lights are set on a timer, making the entire process incredibly easy and stress-free for busy homeowners. I’ll definitely be using them again.Posted on Shanequia & Jarvis SeymoreTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We love having Light Up Your Holidays decorate our home for Christmas. It's the most talked about thing from our loved ones and our neighbors every year. We look forward to working with them again this year.Posted on Christina AlexTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Best decorating experience. Super responsive and love the decor!Posted on Marleyna CarrilloTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We finished our initial consultation, and I’m already beyond impressed! From the very first phone call, the team was warm, attentive, and incredibly thoughtful. They truly listened to what was important to us and found creative ways to maximize our holiday décor while staying within budget,something we really appreciate. We’re especially excited to have everything set up early this year so we can enjoy it with our family for even longer. It’s such a special feeling knowing it’s all in motion, and we can’t wait to see the final result. Thank you for making this process feel easy, exciting, and personal!Posted on Patti SaltielTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I’ve used Light up your Holidays for my outdoor Christmas lighting for the past 3 yrs and each year the display gets better and better! I get so many compliments on my “Christmas house”.Posted on liliana minkowyczTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We've used Light Up Your Holidays for the 2nd time this year for all of our Christmas holiday decorating. Not only were we super pleased with the outcome, attention to detail, and professionalism, but we are also excited to already have the opportunity to book them again for the 2025 holiday season! Light Up Your Holidays offers great early booking deals, allowing us to have no worries about holiday hassles! Highly recommend!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Posted on Ann CostelloTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I’m so pleased with the holiday design that Light Up Your Holidays executed on our home in Chicago for Christmas 2024! I was fortunate enough to have a voucher from a fundraiser to put towards our holiday lighting. Karla from LUYH reached out to me in June to begin the planning process. Even though it was early, I was so happy to have my decisions made well in advance. There are too many things to worry about around the holidays! My experience with Karla was wonderful. Karla is exceptional at her job. She presented and described options to me and was very patient while I made my decision. Once decided, a payment and installation schedule were presented to me. The entire process was so easy, from start to finish. Installation was very professional, as was the communication throughout the process, through removal of decorations/lighting. Text updates and reminders were helpful and appreciated. Installation was around Thanksgiving, but it was up to me when I wanted to flip the switch. I turned everything on when the install crew was present, and it looked outstanding! In fact, my next-door neighbor noticed and came outside to compliment me on our installation. The quality of the greenery and lights is really wonderful and clearly professional grade products are used. I may change my design for next year, and even though it’s only January, I’m already thinking of fresh design ideas for our home. I look forward to my conversations with Karla and her wonderful suggestions! Description of Work: Decorated the front of the home with lights and garlands.