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Well done man. Question, with scene stage, how would you position the permanent lights if both, first and second level begin at opposite sides of the house? (First level is plugged in on the left side, second level is plugged in on the right side). Am I able to set it up in the app and let the app know I have the second level permanent lights running in the opposite direction from first level lights in order to have a harmonious display. Thanks
This is SAVAGE! Congratulations, not only on the house but also on the fact that a company like govee recognizes your talent to the degree not only do they say will send you everything you need to go crazy but we will send 2 govee reps to help... this speaks volumes to the hard work you have put in chasing your dream! I hope this gives you a big push to making it a reality for you and your family. This is absolutely stunning ❤
Hi Chris, I was about to start typing how lucky...., But I quickly stopped myself, as there is no luck involved, you have put so much time, hard work and dedication into this channel from the get go, and all on top of a full time job and your family, My mantra in life is what goes around comes around, You 100% deserve this beautiful house and the huge gift from govee, I expect this holiday season will be amazing for you all, I wish you and your family continued success, good health and lots and lots of fun! 🙏
Congrats man. From basic reviews and tutorials to full blown sponsored videos i love to see the hard work pay off. You're videos are unique and very...you. I think we all appreciate your style of content. Enjoy this, you deserve it. Happy holidays.
Congratulations on getting into your new home. It looks fantastic. But yes I have to say that I am incredibly interested in seeing how the sound reactive works for the front of the house like you have set up there. Highly interested. Although I am also more interested in how much a setup like that would really cost. Also I am a father of three girls and while I love my daughters to pieces I couldn't imagine having five of them in the pure chaos that would come from that. Lol. My hats off to the Mrs. Outstanding work.
Thanks so much for watching and for the comment! Daughters are the best :) I would love to do some follow up videos on this setup but will depend on how the weather holds up! I'll also have to add up the total cost of the products. My guess would be somewhere between 4 and 5k. Thanks again and great to meet a fellow Dad of girls!
One more thing, I never knew y'all have five children which are home schooled. Props to momma for sure! That's some wonderful chaos you've got there and now I definitely understand why you chose to use voice overs in your video. God bless you and yours brother. Have a Merry Christmas and a very, very, Happy New Year!
My wife and I are about to have 4 and we homeschool (and just bought a house). If this is your full time job, my hats off to you. The dream would be to work from home and always be around my little ones. Excellent work and love that you love being a dad
Chris, congrats on God’s blessings! Reminds me of our family. We homeschool our 9 kids ages 14 down to 7 month old twins. Love the beautiful noise. We are in Minnesota. Our church is gonna do live music in a Christmas parade and we are using Govee stuff.
I am inspired! I too dream for a BIG family and just waiting on God to bless me. Love your family, new home and Govee’s help on this incredible project. Congratulations on all! We also go all out (as much as we can) with our Christmas lights. Spent 1,500 on regular led lights to replace our old non LED set up a few years ago to go with go with our light dance machine set up. But being a Govee fan myself (interior, gaming, and backyard lightings), I have been getting inspired by their new Christmas lights line up. We were the only ones putting up lights on our cul de sac, but the rest of the homes are slowly starting to decorate, and sure is making our hearts warm. We drove through our community a couple nights ago and saw one home go all out and covered up his entire one story home with Christmas lights, and had a movie playing through a projector projected to their garage door with the sound transmitted through fm, and it blew my 6yr old son’s mind! We found out that the home was one of his classmate’s. He asked if we can do the same to make other kids even happier too. I hope to inspire my son (and future kids) to always make Christmas a magical time, so that he can make his own memories with his children and also pass it down to them. I already have a couple of curtain lights sponsored by another company which I’m bummed to not be able to sync to my Govee app. I’ve had it for 3 years now and always been tempted to replace them with Govee’s. Anyway, after watching your videos, Ive decided to pass down our old set up to another family that would love it and make others smile with it. Christmas 2025 will be a new set up with Govee! I wish Govee would send help to install permanent lights for the second story lol! I too hate going up there. I’ve fallen once which made me limit the decorations to just the first story gutters and second story windows :( maybe I’ll just hire someone for the permanent lights. Anyway, thank you for all the tutorials and inspiration! Have a blessed, fun, and safe Christmas!
I love how govee have the built in mic unlike twinkly who charge extra for the sound to light. Also the lights on govee dont stick out and get tangled like the twinkly lights do. Well done govee for thinking of customers needs and making not about greed as twinkly make usb mic an extra and make it so you have to turn each light to face you. Govee lights are so much more convenient and complete with mic and all needed to set up.
Hi Chris, I'm new to Govee this Christmas Season and I'm thrilled with the quality of the equipment and the ease of programming the app. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and created these easy to understand videos. I'm very grateful. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Congratulations on the new home Chris :) another amazing video, and the only way to christen the new house with a bunch of LED's love the setup looks great man. Govee couldn't have picked anybody better to give those 2 magic words to (GO CRAZY) Happy Holidays to you and your family Cheers !!! PS: out of 193 comments you reply to almost every single one it's so wonderful to see a youtuber that actually acknowledges people's words I E-mailed you a few years back and thought I wouldn't get a response seeing that you had triple digits in subscribers but I got a swift response and was thrilled, it's great you care what people have to say. Thanks for all your devoted time, hard work, money, and sweat that you put into your channel it shows.
This is absolutely amazing! Congratulations to you for your amazing blessings and talent. This is truly an awesome display. I wish you and your family a blessed and safe holiday in your new home!.
this is sooooo awesome!!! definitely getting some ideas here on what to do at my home.. Also congratulations on the new house.. Looks amazing and soo happy for you and your family to have to space to grow in.. Congrats and great video!!!
Congratulations on the additional child/new baby, but also on the move! I'm a homeowner at two years now and I remember finding your channel right after I bought my house; And then, without warning, WHOOSH--two years flew by like nothing. I know how hectic simply buying a house can be, and I don't have four children. God bless, and Merry Christmas!
Wow, awesome fella, new house looks stunning... with so many Govee products, the end results truly is incredible. I have just ordered myself 5 additional units during BF, to enhance what I already have.
Well Done. Congrats on the house and plan. You have earned that big thank you from Govee. I'm watching and thinking how beautiful it is, but I fear what your outlets look like with all this plugged in. Can you give us a video short of your power management inside and outside? Can you cut the power lines and extend or shorten them? Well done, and thanks for the quality content.
This is outstanding. I can't get over how good it all looks. If you are able to answer a questions about the Curtain Lights. I am looking at installing a 4ft 9 Curtain how big is the difference between the double Curtain to the single one for the images on the light.
Dude, listening to the background sound of the kids really emphasizes the need for soft surfaces to absorb and minimize the reverberations. BTW, excellent video! I wish I could click Like more than once!
@dinkleberg93 That's a completely false statement. Every single one of my friends homeschooled all of their children and they're all leaps and bounds ahead of their friends who went to public school. All of them well rounded, respectful, highly intelligent and with drives that the publicly schooled children wish they had. Oh and all of them are trained in self defense and can shoot damn near better than their parents, so there's that.
Wow! The process! I got the gen 1 curtains in my drum room…you have sold me on upgrading! Keep up the great work brother! You definitely have inspired my home lighting. Luckily, my wife is super cool;)!
Thanks so much! It was a long road of saving up but we are very happy to have some more land and a little more space for the kids! Cant wait to plan a garden!
It looks great, we got our Govee’s last year. We absolutely love them, but it looks like we already have to upgrade them and add more types of lights. We currently have permanent strips on the house, 2 curtains and a set of cube wall sconces. We use pretty much basic patterns and what’s in diy for the curtains. We consider ourselves to be quite techy but there’s so much you can do in the app that it quickly becomes overwhelming and there’s not really a ton out there on programming them. I’ll definitely keep checking back for more Govee videos!
Congrats on the new home! Looks amazing. Thanks for sharing your setup. I had no idea how well all the products could work together. Any info on where to get the various white flocked Christmas trees you used in and outside your home?
Congrats on the beautiful new home, Chris, it looks like a great place for your family! I'm impressed that you can find as much "project time" as you can with your hands that full. We have one kiddo and I struggle to find the time to do even half of the amount of projects that you do. Add one more project to that list: Run an outlet to that space above the stairs, probably from the attic. Also, you did a great job of showcasing Govee's new stuff, it looks legit! I think their new products address most of the remaining issues/hesitations I had with them (camera for TV backlighting replaces by an HDMI sync box, etc). How well do the new things work with HomeAssistant?
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Lol the house has outlets pretty much everywhere except for that one spot on the stairs so you're definitely right! Yeah when I do a project I'm pretty efficient so I can get things done pretty quickly! Yeah so far loving the hdmi sync box. I have not gone down the HomeAssistant path yet so i'm not the best to speak on that. Yes i know it woks but to what degree, that i'm not sure. Maybe someone else reading this might have some input on this?!
You have inspired me, my dude. Over the last 3 weeks I have purchased about $2000 worth of Govee lights and have been installing them day by day as the orders come in. I have completely replaced my old Christmas lights and outfitted my house with Govee lights for the holidays. I’ve also been messing around with the Light show boxes for music syncing and using an FM transmitter to get music to sync with the selected music over the FM station. But I had no idea about the scene stage, that does look like a game changer. You should do a video on the that as well. Im curious if you would even need the light show boxes to sync the music.
Can you talk with your Govee reps and encourage them to release their own rails for the curtain lights? My wife and I loved your Govee video at the old house and got us to pull the trigger for outdoor lights and curtain lights for the garage. New house setup looks awesome! Congrats!
Wow Chris!!! Simply amazing. Love the house. I just got the GOVEE Elites for my front porch. I’m still a big fan of WLED but and the matter support has for GOVEE has me questioning if I want to still do WLED. I am putting arches with WLED out this year but GOVEE is doing good things.
Thanks so much Dennis! Always great to hear from you!! I am also still a huge fan of WLED but I don't even want to begin to think about what it would take to do what I just did while going the diy rout with WLED. Plug n play products are not perfect, but they sure are convenient and the features just keep getting better!
beautiful home congratulations to you and your family! And good lord what an awesome project, I just overhauled my office and took some inspiration from your videos using some govee lights, and im loving their app with AI prompting. Govee gets some serious kudos for jumping on the opportunity to work with you.
Thanks for watching buddy! Appreciate it! Thats so cool to hear. Yeah, the AI prompting was awesome especially with the curtain lights! Just have to wait for my Vikings to have a night game and the house will be purple and gold!
I love scene stage! That's so cool! I'm sad it's in beta still. Please do a whole video about it ASAP! When you started the video, I was thinking "there's no way that's all govee, he must've converted them to xlight" but you didn't. That's so cool.
Yeah its very exciting of what the plug n play crowd will be able to pull off with scene stage! It will only get better and already its pretty amazing! I'll for sure try doing a full video as long as the temps stay decent here! Nothing worse than filming or doing anything outside when your freezing cold!
I don't know if you have done this yet, but I would love to see how the Govee lights that go on the roof eve's. Main thing is how they look close to the house and as far away from the house (on the end of the eve).
Yeah its tough to do that comparison unless you install 2 separate its. For reference though, these were about 2 inches from the house. If I were to do it again, I'd probably go closer to 4 inches.
Glory to God! What a beautiful masterpiece. Glad to see the blessings exceedingly & abundantly (eph 3:20) unfold in your family’s life! Thanks for the awesome content as always, and Merry Christmas to you and the family🎄🎁 ✝️
@@ChrisMaherDIY you are welcome brother! Your channel and insight has helped me (albeit in a much humbler setup 😅) glorify the Lord in a manner that I am proud of this Christmas! I’m a VERY early adopter of HA, so I went with 10 MagLED controllers and while not as turnkey as Govee (the best) they offered me the additional level of flexibility I was seeking, easier than any ESP based solution I’ve seen (have designed my own PCBs before but lack the time now). THANK YOU! 🙏 I am believing Psalm 115:14-15 in your lives. The LORD is God of increase ✝️☝️📖
Holyyy moly !! That new setting where everything does the same depending on their location is insane!!! All govee needs in my opinion is better 3D mapping for string lights like twinkly 3D mapping A better music algorithm system that recognizes different wave lengths and beats like nano leaves And more lumin blend omg those sting light 2 pro color 16 bit processor making animations smoother and the colors are so cool Side note. I also wish they had microphone-less option for their products, it’s honestly such a huge cybersecurity risk.
@ Wow did they show you future updates before all of us? (If so I can assume you can’t talk about them but if you are exited I’m exited) Also Just purchased some string lights using your link man! Cheers
Congrats on the new house Chris, very happy for you and your family and well DESERVED. Thanks for showing us possibilities beyond our own imagination. Keep up the good work, happy holidays!!
Good job man. Looks really good. As many have said already what a good company to do this for ya. Congratulations on the new house. & is crazy how kids yall have lol. We wouldn't have ever known how many yall had from the last house haha
@@yohan50111 Amen to that! Very blessed to have a wife who is on board with homeschooling as she does the vast majority of the schooling. I usually come in to help with math :)
Congrats on the new pad man that’s awesome news I’ve been following you since your first video in the permanent lights. Because of you I purchased a lot of there lights this year. It would be awesome if you did tutorial(walkthrough) video.
Massive news bro, incredibly happy for you and the whole family!! The kids are going to absolutely love it. Been watching your videos for ages and each time the videos are getting better and better. 💪 Lots of blessings and good karma 🙏 🎉 your xmas is gonna be lit 😂
This looks amazing man congrats on the house and everything👍 We for sure need a whole video on scene stage like ASAP lol. when are they planning on coming out with it??
this looks stellar. congrats to your new home and wow does it look amaizing! im living in a 1-room appartmend and wanna switch into something bigger in 1-2 years and your videos are a big inspiration for lighting setups i wanna use and test if the time for moving is here. wich you and your family a wonderfull christmas time and stay healthy 🙌 gretteings from germany 😁
This looks so nice! And while I live on my own, I'm the woman who is trying to do RGB around the house, lol! When done with effort, it can look beautiful, I'm seeing. My only concern is probably longevity, as in, if Govee one day ceases to exist, everything you own also ceases to exist. Without the app, the lights are nothing. So, that thought does play in the back if my mind, but I'm still moving forward with getting some more of their items Congratulations on the new home and the sponsorship! Your videos are the ones I look to for everything Govee because they're so well done 😅. Also love the ending parts and just watching the finished product.
What an awesome job Chris. man I am elated for you and your family in your beautiful new home..congrats! I think I have seen most, if not all of your videos and find them extremely helpful and well created. I'm fairly new to the Govee lights, so you are the content creator I seek out for ideas and instructions when I need help. Keep up the great work, and bountiful blessings to your family. Hey, I just purchased the 100 foot ground lights and would like to run them along each side of my driveway. Do you think I could get away with splicing in a 30 foot 18 gauge extension wire to cross the driveway back to the control/power end? Thanks again!
Lmao..semi crazy..I can relate. I convinced my husband to go semi crazy and now I have to hear about how he had to climb to the top of the house to hang MY lights every other day. 😔. Its worth it though.
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Thanks for watching! I'll for sure try doing it at some point as long as it doesn't start getting super cold! Nothing is worse than trying to film a video when your freezing cold!
Thanks yet again to a great helpful video and all the best to you all and family. I still not tried ant Govee Items yet and still very unsure if I could manage to do it but looked at you very impressive list Govee kindly gave you I cannot fully understand you acent when you say the tree types as I not seen any of these in the UK so I put the subtitles on to know what you was saying and I'm guessing here you said Lights On trees but I cannot find any or links for them as I might just at least try to get at least one tree up. 🙂
House is beautiful, before AND after the lights. Congrats man. I've bought way too many Gover lights because of you. Guess I'm gonna have to get a few more...😂
Their outdoor spotlights are not talked about enough. I actually set them on top of two shelves indoors, and they make my bedroom look absolutely amazing. EDIT: Also, I gotta mention, there are some sound treatments (more fabric, panels, furniture) to make the chaos of many kids sounds a lot less intense. I could really "hear" the bare walls of a large house. It makes things a lot more intense than it needs to be, even if they talked at the same exact volume.
Hey Chris! Amazing that you got that partnership with Govee, it's amazing to see that your hard work paid off after all of the work you've put into the channel and helping others! I have one question that I usually have with all of this projects, where did you plug all of this? hahaha like the LEDs from the top of you house, do you have an external oultet or smth like that? Thanks for all the videos so far, you have helped me a lot undestanding this super fun hobby. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Day with your family!!! Being a father is one of my dreams too!! God bless
Thanks so much for the kind words and thanks for watching! I had a couple external outlets and then I ran a few more extensions from inside my garage. Nothing fancy or pretty lol. Just a lot of extension cords that I try to hide as best I can but its never going to look perfect during the day with wires and cords visible. All you can do is try your best to put them in spots that are not as visible as others. Being a father is a great dream to have! Thank you again and hope you have a great Christmas!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Oh man thank you for taking time to write all in detail. Really apreciate it!! You confirmed my suspicions then haha. And I bet the hiding is the more tricky part for sure. Again, thank you and happy holidays!
I've been going NUTS with my GOVEE stuff this year. If I had a little more money, I'd probably go a little more nuts, but I add a little more each year. My front walkway has a two-story column wrapped in curtain lights and even the local police are stopping by to take selfies. This looks great!
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I think you are doing great at being a husband and father!
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Well done man. Question, with scene stage, how would you position the permanent lights if both, first and second level begin at opposite sides of the house? (First level is plugged in on the left side, second level is plugged in on the right side). Am I able to set it up in the app and let the app know I have the second level permanent lights running in the opposite direction from first level lights in order to have a harmonious display. Thanks
This is SAVAGE! Congratulations, not only on the house but also on the fact that a company like govee recognizes your talent to the degree not only do they say will send you everything you need to go crazy but we will send 2 govee reps to help... this speaks volumes to the hard work you have put in chasing your dream! I hope this gives you a big push to making it a reality for you and your family. This is absolutely stunning ❤
Thanks so much! It was for sure a dream come true! Appreciate the kind words and thanks for taking the time to comment. Hope you have a blessed day!
This guy is a legend. The house is beautiful and you’ve got good taste and home decor skills. Well done. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Chris,
I was about to start typing how lucky....,
But I quickly stopped myself, as there is no luck involved, you have put so much time, hard work and dedication into this channel from the get go, and all on top of a full time job and your family,
My mantra in life is what goes around comes around,
You 100% deserve this beautiful house and the huge gift from govee,
I expect this holiday season will be amazing for you all,
I wish you and your family continued success, good health and lots and lots of fun! 🙏
Thanks so much. You've been here since the beginning and cant thank you enough! Hope your feeling better and hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
Congrats man. From basic reviews and tutorials to full blown sponsored videos i love to see the hard work pay off. You're videos are unique and very...you. I think we all appreciate your style of content. Enjoy this, you deserve it. Happy holidays.
Congratulations on getting into your new home. It looks fantastic.
But yes I have to say that I am incredibly interested in seeing how the sound reactive works for the front of the house like you have set up there. Highly interested. Although I am also more interested in how much a setup like that would really cost.
Also I am a father of three girls and while I love my daughters to pieces I couldn't imagine having five of them in the pure chaos that would come from that. Lol. My hats off to the Mrs. Outstanding work.
Thanks so much for watching and for the comment! Daughters are the best :) I would love to do some follow up videos on this setup but will depend on how the weather holds up! I'll also have to add up the total cost of the products. My guess would be somewhere between 4 and 5k. Thanks again and great to meet a fellow Dad of girls!
One more thing, I never knew y'all have five children which are home schooled. Props to momma for sure! That's some wonderful chaos you've got there and now I definitely understand why you chose to use voice overs in your video. God bless you and yours brother. Have a Merry Christmas and a very, very, Happy New Year!
Thank you and God bless you as well! Yeah, my wife is definitely a keeper and gets pretty much all the credit :)
@@ChrisMaherDIY God certainly blessed you with your soul mate! Cheers.
My wife and I are about to have 4 and we homeschool (and just bought a house).
If this is your full time job, my hats off to you. The dream would be to work from home and always be around my little ones.
Excellent work and love that you love being a dad
Yes please. I would love a video on the Scene Stage and other customization. Setup looks awesome!
Chris, congrats on God’s blessings! Reminds me of our family. We homeschool our 9 kids ages 14 down to 7 month old twins. Love the beautiful noise.
We are in Minnesota.
Our church is gonna do live music in a Christmas parade and we are using Govee stuff.
Absolutely beautiful!! Congratulations on your beautiful home. Fantastic work!!
I am inspired!
I too dream for a BIG family and just waiting on God to bless me. Love your family, new home and Govee’s help on this incredible project. Congratulations on all!
We also go all out (as much as we can) with our Christmas lights. Spent 1,500 on regular led lights to replace our old non LED set up a few years ago to go with go with our light dance machine set up. But being a Govee fan myself (interior, gaming, and backyard lightings), I have been getting inspired by their new Christmas lights line up. We were the only ones putting up lights on our cul de sac, but the rest of the homes are slowly starting to decorate, and sure is making our hearts warm. We drove through our community a couple nights ago and saw one home go all out and covered up his entire one story home with Christmas lights, and had a movie playing through a projector projected to their garage door with the sound transmitted through fm, and it blew my 6yr old son’s mind! We found out that the home was one of his classmate’s. He asked if we can do the same to make other kids even happier too. I hope to inspire my son (and future kids) to always make Christmas a magical time, so that he can make his own memories with his children and also pass it down to them. I already have a couple of curtain lights sponsored by another company which I’m bummed to not be able to sync to my Govee app. I’ve had it for 3 years now and always been tempted to replace them with Govee’s. Anyway, after watching your videos, Ive decided to pass down our old set up to another family that would love it and make others smile with it. Christmas 2025 will be a new set up with Govee! I wish Govee would send help to install permanent lights for the second story lol! I too hate going up there. I’ve fallen once which made me limit the decorations to just the first story gutters and second story windows :( maybe I’ll just hire someone for the permanent lights. Anyway, thank you for all the tutorials and inspiration! Have a blessed, fun, and safe Christmas!
Chris this is a beautiful home Your designer home and creativty is OutstandingPlease do another video on designs.
Wow, you inspired me to do my gsrage with the original cutrain lights on my garage door. Now im trying to find the 2nd ones.
Love it. House looks great. Congrats!!! If you were to do a video on how to connect music for a light show would be great!
I love how govee have the built in mic unlike twinkly who charge extra for the sound to light. Also the lights on govee dont stick out and get tangled like the twinkly lights do. Well done govee for thinking of customers needs and making not about greed as twinkly make usb mic an extra and make it so you have to turn each light to face you. Govee lights are so much more convenient and complete with mic and all needed to set up.
The opening to this video gives me chills it was so beautifully made. Great work!!
Hi Chris, I'm new to Govee this Christmas Season and I'm thrilled with the quality of the equipment and the ease of programming the app.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and created these easy to understand videos. I'm very grateful.
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Congratulations on the new home Chris :) another amazing video, and the only way to christen the new house with a bunch of LED's love the setup looks great man. Govee couldn't have picked anybody better to give those 2 magic words to (GO CRAZY) Happy Holidays to you and your family Cheers !!!
PS: out of 193 comments you reply to almost every single one it's so wonderful to see a youtuber that actually acknowledges people's words I E-mailed you a few years back and thought
I wouldn't get a response seeing that you had triple digits in subscribers but I got a swift response and was thrilled, it's great you care what people have to say. Thanks for all your devoted time, hard work, money, and sweat that you put into your channel it shows.
This is absolutely amazing! Congratulations to you for your amazing blessings and talent. This is truly an awesome display. I wish you and your family a blessed and safe holiday in your new home!.
this is sooooo awesome!!! definitely getting some ideas here on what to do at my home.. Also congratulations on the new house.. Looks amazing and soo happy for you and your family to have to space to grow in.. Congrats and great video!!!
Looks amazing! Would've loved if you had covered how you managed the power cable runs to outlets and safely tucket away the outdoor control boxes
I was wondering when GOVEE was going to ad a drag-n-drop system for lighting integration. That turned out AMAZING!
Congratulations on the additional child/new baby, but also on the move! I'm a homeowner at two years now and I remember finding your channel right after I bought my house; And then, without warning, WHOOSH--two years flew by like nothing. I know how hectic simply buying a house can be, and I don't have four children. God bless, and Merry Christmas!
I'd like to see more "how to" on the app... your lights are AWESOME!!!!
Wow, awesome fella, new house looks stunning... with so many Govee products, the end results truly is incredible. I have just ordered myself 5 additional units during BF, to enhance what I already have.
Well Done. Congrats on the house and plan. You have earned that big thank you from Govee.
I'm watching and thinking how beautiful it is, but I fear what your outlets look like with all this plugged in. Can you give us a video short of your power management inside and outside?
Can you cut the power lines and extend or shorten them?
Well done, and thanks for the quality content.
You didn't go crazy Chris, you went full plaid brother! You're always my go-to for led lights. Well done good sir, well done!
Thanks so much!! Thanks for watching! Lol I definitely went all out!
This is outstanding. I can't get over how good it all looks. If you are able to answer a questions about the Curtain Lights. I am looking at installing a 4ft 9 Curtain how big is the difference between the double Curtain to the single one for the images on the light.
Dude, listening to the background sound of the kids really emphasizes the need for soft surfaces to absorb and minimize the reverberations. BTW, excellent video! I wish I could click Like more than once!
Wow... warrants a separate kudo's on homeschooling your 5 children and hat's off to the Mrs.! Bless you all !
Thanks for watching! Yeah, my Wife definitely gets most of the credit for that! She's a keeper! Hope you have a great day buddy!
@@graphguy yeah it's certainly amazing especially in these times!
Homeschooling makes weird kids usually caused by weird parents.
@ weird as defined by satanic leftists.
@dinkleberg93 That's a completely false statement. Every single one of my friends homeschooled all of their children and they're all leaps and bounds ahead of their friends who went to public school. All of them well rounded, respectful, highly intelligent and with drives that the publicly schooled children wish they had. Oh and all of them are trained in self defense and can shoot damn near better than their parents, so there's that.
Wow! The process! I got the gen 1 curtains in my drum room…you have sold me on upgrading! Keep up the great work brother! You definitely have inspired my home lighting. Luckily, my wife is super cool;)!
Thanks buddy!! Lol glad you have a cool wife! Sounds like you did alright for yourself! Hope you have a great thanksgiving!
@ Cheers!
Congratulations Chris to you and your family for getting into your new home! I hope you and your family have a wonderful life there.
Thanks so much! It was a long road of saving up but we are very happy to have some more land and a little more space for the kids! Cant wait to plan a garden!
It looks great, we got our Govee’s last year. We absolutely love them, but it looks like we already have to upgrade them and add more types of lights. We currently have permanent strips on the house, 2 curtains and a set of cube wall sconces. We use pretty much basic patterns and what’s in diy for the curtains. We consider ourselves to be quite techy but there’s so much you can do in the app that it quickly becomes overwhelming and there’s not really a ton out there on programming them. I’ll definitely keep checking back for more Govee videos!
looks great and the house is nice, congrats. I hope to be able to buy soon and be able to do this next year.
I love it! You deserve it all. Hopefully the buyer of your old house enjoys the lighting. As much as I have watching you do it over the years.
Thanks buddy! Appreciate it! Thanks for the support over the years.
Congrats on the new home! Looks amazing. Thanks for sharing your setup. I had no idea how well all the products could work together. Any info on where to get the various white flocked Christmas trees you used in and outside your home?
Congrats on the beautiful new home, Chris, it looks like a great place for your family! I'm impressed that you can find as much "project time" as you can with your hands that full. We have one kiddo and I struggle to find the time to do even half of the amount of projects that you do. Add one more project to that list: Run an outlet to that space above the stairs, probably from the attic.
Also, you did a great job of showcasing Govee's new stuff, it looks legit! I think their new products address most of the remaining issues/hesitations I had with them (camera for TV backlighting replaces by an HDMI sync box, etc). How well do the new things work with HomeAssistant?
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Lol the house has outlets pretty much everywhere except for that one spot on the stairs so you're definitely right! Yeah when I do a project I'm pretty efficient so I can get things done pretty quickly! Yeah so far loving the hdmi sync box. I have not gone down the HomeAssistant path yet so i'm not the best to speak on that. Yes i know it woks but to what degree, that i'm not sure. Maybe someone else reading this might have some input on this?!
ahh dude I have been watching your videos for a while now and im SOOO happy for you guys I wish you nothing but the best of luck
Thanks buddy! Appreciate the love!
You have inspired me, my dude. Over the last 3 weeks I have purchased about $2000 worth of Govee lights and have been installing them day by day as the orders come in. I have completely replaced my old Christmas lights and outfitted my house with Govee lights for the holidays. I’ve also been messing around with the Light show boxes for music syncing and using an FM transmitter to get music to sync with the selected music over the FM station. But I had no idea about the scene stage, that does look like a game changer. You should do a video on the that as well. Im curious if you would even need the light show boxes to sync the music.
Can you talk with your Govee reps and encourage them to release their own rails for the curtain lights? My wife and I loved your Govee video at the old house and got us to pull the trigger for outdoor lights and curtain lights for the garage. New house setup looks awesome! Congrats!
Wow Chris!!! Simply amazing. Love the house. I just got the GOVEE Elites for my front porch. I’m still a big fan of WLED but and the matter support has for GOVEE has me questioning if I want to still do WLED. I am putting arches with WLED out this year but GOVEE is doing good things.
Thanks so much Dennis! Always great to hear from you!! I am also still a huge fan of WLED but I don't even want to begin to think about what it would take to do what I just did while going the diy rout with WLED. Plug n play products are not perfect, but they sure are convenient and the features just keep getting better!
I totally agree.
beautiful home congratulations to you and your family! And good lord what an awesome project, I just overhauled my office and took some inspiration from your videos using some govee lights, and im loving their app with AI prompting. Govee gets some serious kudos for jumping on the opportunity to work with you.
Thanks for watching buddy! Appreciate it! Thats so cool to hear. Yeah, the AI prompting was awesome especially with the curtain lights! Just have to wait for my Vikings to have a night game and the house will be purple and gold!
I love scene stage! That's so cool! I'm sad it's in beta still. Please do a whole video about it ASAP!
When you started the video, I was thinking "there's no way that's all govee, he must've converted them to xlight" but you didn't. That's so cool.
Yeah its very exciting of what the plug n play crowd will be able to pull off with scene stage! It will only get better and already its pretty amazing! I'll for sure try doing a full video as long as the temps stay decent here! Nothing worse than filming or doing anything outside when your freezing cold!
CONGRATS CHRIS!!! On all of your success - and putting the hard work in. What a blessing you are to your girls!!! -Cassie
Thanks Cassie! It would be great to see you next time your in MN! We would love to have you and your husband over for dinner!
Congratulations on the new home!!! What a wonderful achievement! And thanks for another great video!
Amazing Job Chris! So glad Govee let you go full out 🤣 so happy for you and your family in your new home. Happy Holidays!
Thanks so much buddy! Appreciate you taking the time to comment! Hope you have a great Christmas!
WOW!!! This is incredible!! Amazing job once again! The house is beautiful!!! 😍 Love the sweet noises from those precious kids. ❤
I don't know if you have done this yet, but I would love to see how the Govee lights that go on the roof eve's. Main thing is how they look close to the house and as far away from the house (on the end of the eve).
Yeah its tough to do that comparison unless you install 2 separate its. For reference though, these were about 2 inches from the house. If I were to do it again, I'd probably go closer to 4 inches.
Glory to God! What a beautiful masterpiece. Glad to see the blessings exceedingly & abundantly (eph 3:20) unfold in your family’s life! Thanks for the awesome content as always, and Merry Christmas to you and the family🎄🎁 ✝️
Amen, Amen Amen! Thank you for speaking over my family! ALL Glory goes to God! Merry Christmas to you as well :)
@@ChrisMaherDIY you are welcome brother! Your channel and insight has helped me (albeit in a much humbler setup 😅) glorify the Lord in a manner that I am proud of this Christmas! I’m a VERY early adopter of HA, so I went with 10 MagLED controllers and while not as turnkey as Govee (the best) they offered me the additional level of flexibility I was seeking, easier than any ESP based solution I’ve seen (have designed my own PCBs before but lack the time now). THANK YOU! 🙏 I am believing Psalm 115:14-15 in your lives. The LORD is God of increase ✝️☝️📖
This is just amazing. Beautiful work as always. This channel is so inspiring. Even the music--I bought the Arcade Nights catalog.
Holyyy moly !! That new setting where everything does the same depending on their location is insane!!!
All govee needs in my opinion is better 3D mapping for string lights like twinkly 3D mapping
A better music algorithm system that recognizes different wave lengths and beats like nano leaves
And more lumin blend omg those sting light 2 pro color 16 bit processor making animations smoother and the colors are so cool
Side note. I also wish they had microphone-less option for their products, it’s honestly such a huge cybersecurity risk.
Thanks so much for watching! Definitely some exciting stuff they are cooking up! All great suggestions!!!
@ Wow did they show you future updates before all of us? (If so I can assume you can’t talk about them but if you are exited I’m exited)
Also Just purchased some string lights using your link man! Cheers
Congrats on the new house!
and wow, GREAT job on the lights
Thanks so much! Appreciate the kind words!
govee just keeps pushing the game. This is amazing. Great job!
Love the setup. Just got my permanent outdoor lights and definitely will be adding more lights to the house. Thank you for all the tips and info
Damn Chris! That looks amazing! Congratulations to you and your family on the new house.
Thanks for watching and the kinds words! Thanks so much!
Congrats on the new house Chris, very happy for you and your family and well DESERVED. Thanks for showing us possibilities beyond our own imagination. Keep up the good work, happy holidays!!
Congratulations! That’s a beautiful house and you always make amazing things!
What an awesome opportunity and amazing work, as always! Congrats on the beautiful new home and all the best for you and your family 🙏
Thanks so much for the kind words! I appreciate it!
Congrats, Awesome to see the progression you and family have made
Good job man. Looks really good. As many have said already what a good company to do this for ya. Congratulations on the new house. & is crazy how kids yall have lol. We wouldn't have ever known how many yall had from the last house haha
This is absolutely amazing. Great job. I’m slowly building my way there
Great video! You knocked it out of the park!
GOVEE didn't need to tell you to "GO CRAZY". Five kids probably did that already!
Nice setup. Thanks for sharing it. :))
Lol some days are crazier than other but we love every minute! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Much blessings to you 🙏 your family.
That looks insane!! Definitely one of the biggest projects!!
Thanks Nate!! Thanks for watching! Love the work you do on your channel! The gaming setup was sick!
Incredible Chris, this is amazing!! 🤩
Thanks Ryan! It was probably one of my favorite videos i've done! Super fun!
kudos goes to both you of home schooling your kidos, its the best thing for them.
@@yohan50111 Amen to that! Very blessed to have a wife who is on board with homeschooling as she does the vast majority of the schooling. I usually come in to help with math :)
Congrats on the new pad man that’s awesome news I’ve been following you since your first video in the permanent lights. Because of you I purchased a lot of there lights this year. It would be awesome if you did tutorial(walkthrough) video.
Great setup Chris!
Massive news bro, incredibly happy for you and the whole family!! The kids are going to absolutely love it. Been watching your videos for ages and each time the videos are getting better and better. 💪
Lots of blessings and good karma 🙏 🎉 your xmas is gonna be lit 😂
Congrats on the house Chris! Looks great!
This looks amazing man congrats on the house and everything👍 We for sure need a whole video on scene stage like ASAP lol. when are they planning on coming out with it??
Congrats on the beautiful home. All the best to you and your family!
Thanks so much for watching! Appreciate the love!
Also, without being too intrusive. What area of the US can you get this amazing new home and land? We don’t get seasons down south. Thanks again
We are up north! We do love the 4 seasons. Winter just wouldn't be the same without snow!
this looks stellar. congrats to your new home and wow does it look amaizing! im living in a 1-room appartmend and wanna switch into something bigger in 1-2 years and your videos are a big inspiration for lighting setups i wanna use and test if the time for moving is here.
wich you and your family a wonderfull christmas time and stay healthy 🙌
gretteings from germany 😁
This is amazing. I'm truly jealous and in awe of what you do.
This looks so nice! And while I live on my own, I'm the woman who is trying to do RGB around the house, lol! When done with effort, it can look beautiful, I'm seeing. My only concern is probably longevity, as in, if Govee one day ceases to exist, everything you own also ceases to exist. Without the app, the lights are nothing. So, that thought does play in the back if my mind, but I'm still moving forward with getting some more of their items
Congratulations on the new home and the sponsorship! Your videos are the ones I look to for everything Govee because they're so well done 😅. Also love the ending parts and just watching the finished product.
Wow blown away. Would definitely be getting the curtain lights
Congrats on the new home. This looks great. Please do a video about their new scene stage option. Thanks, I enjoy all your videos.
Congratulations on the new house! Hope you have a new room for your gaming and projector.
What an awesome job Chris. man I am elated for you and your family in your beautiful new home..congrats! I think I have seen most, if not all of your videos and find them extremely helpful and well created. I'm fairly new to the Govee lights, so you are the content creator I seek out for ideas and instructions when I need help. Keep up the great work, and bountiful blessings to your family. Hey, I just purchased the 100 foot ground lights and would like to run them along each side of my driveway. Do you think I could get away with splicing in a 30 foot 18 gauge extension wire to cross the driveway back to the control/power end? Thanks again!
5 kids, god bless you and your beautiful family!
I wish I could motivate my husband into doing this! Maybe not quite so crazy - but semi-crazy. He loves this channel. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Lmao..semi crazy..I can relate. I convinced my husband to go semi crazy and now I have to hear about how he had to climb to the top of the house to hang MY lights every other day. 😔. Its worth it though.
PLEASE RELEASE THOSE SONGS EVERYWHERE!!! This is my first video from you so I’m not sure who wrote the songs but HOLY CRAP! I am IN LOVE with both of them!
I think they are in the description
The house looks great, congrats! Please do a whole video on scene stage!
Thanks for watching! I'll for sure try doing it at some point as long as it doesn't start getting super cold! Nothing is worse than trying to film a video when your freezing cold!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I totally get it! I just installed the permanent pros yesterday and I am going to order a few sets of the curtain lights 2
@@roknboker curtain lights definitely make the entire setup pop! Plus I think they are the most fun!
Thanks yet again to a great helpful video and all the best to you all and family. I still not tried ant Govee Items yet and still very unsure if I could manage to do it but looked at you very impressive list Govee kindly gave you I cannot fully understand you acent when you say the tree types as I not seen any of these in the UK so I put the subtitles on to know what you was saying and I'm guessing here you said Lights On trees but I cannot find any or links for them as I might just at least try to get at least one tree up. 🙂
Congrats on the new home. I love your work. I get inspired to want to do the same. I thank you for your content and ideas you share. God bless you.
What trees are those I even want them lol Everything looks amazing! God bless
House is beautiful, before AND after the lights. Congrats man.
I've bought way too many Gover lights because of you. Guess I'm gonna have to get a few more...😂
Lol yeah there is always something new that's coming out! Thanks for all your support over the years buddy! I appreciate it!
Sweet! and congratulation on the new home. Space is wonderful.
Thanks so much! Its such a blessing to have more land for the family and a little more space!
Their outdoor spotlights are not talked about enough. I actually set them on top of two shelves indoors, and they make my bedroom look absolutely amazing.
EDIT: Also, I gotta mention, there are some sound treatments (more fabric, panels, furniture) to make the chaos of many kids sounds a lot less intense. I could really "hear" the bare walls of a large house. It makes things a lot more intense than it needs to be, even if they talked at the same exact volume.
Hey Chris! Amazing that you got that partnership with Govee, it's amazing to see that your hard work paid off after all of the work you've put into the channel and helping others! I have one question that I usually have with all of this projects, where did you plug all of this? hahaha like the LEDs from the top of you house, do you have an external oultet or smth like that? Thanks for all the videos so far, you have helped me a lot undestanding this super fun hobby. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Day with your family!!! Being a father is one of my dreams too!! God bless
Thanks so much for the kind words and thanks for watching! I had a couple external outlets and then I ran a few more extensions from inside my garage. Nothing fancy or pretty lol. Just a lot of extension cords that I try to hide as best I can but its never going to look perfect during the day with wires and cords visible. All you can do is try your best to put them in spots that are not as visible as others. Being a father is a great dream to have! Thank you again and hope you have a great Christmas!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Oh man thank you for taking time to write all in detail. Really apreciate it!! You confirmed my suspicions then haha. And I bet the hiding is the more tricky part for sure. Again, thank you and happy holidays!
Govee really need a curtain light that fits a single garage door more fully. Something like 2.25m (7' 4") would be ideal .
I've been going NUTS with my GOVEE stuff this year. If I had a little more money, I'd probably go a little more nuts, but I add a little more each year. My front walkway has a two-story column wrapped in curtain lights and even the local police are stopping by to take selfies. This looks great!
Thank you Chris.
Thanks so much buddy!!
Man you do some cool af stuff Chris. Congrats on the new home.
Congrats on your new home! Great job as always.
Thanks so much! Appreciate it!
K i really want to do that living room set up to both my family and game room lol. might have to pull the trigger this year
Your wife is an Angel Bro! Also, great work, it looked awesome 🎉
This is amazing!! Congrats on the new house.
Thanks so much! Appreciate the support!
Looks really good Chris