Vertical, horizontal or diagonal cracks in your basement walls are warning signs of weak foundation walls. One of the best ways to ignore signs of serious structural damage is to cover your basement cracks with holiday decorations.
Now, we recognize that you can’t sacrifice your favorite holiday decorations to your basement, so here’s how to hide your basement cracks with all those old and damaged decorations that you can’t put outside, but don’t have the heart to throw away.

The Broken Reindeer

Grandpa’s wooden reindeer sat next to the Christmas tree and watched over the presents every year since you can remember. And every year, the reindeer’s role as guardian of the gifts took a bigger toll on its little wooden body. First with a lost eye, then with a broken ear, now the three-legged, one eyed reindeer sits, almost unrecognizably, in your basement. You can’t put it outside because it will frighten the neighborhood children, but you don’t want to part with grandpa’s memory. Well, your broken reinder is the perfect decoration to help hide your foundation wall woes. Just prop its mangled body against the base of the crack. You’ll be so happy about rekindling old holiday memories that you won’t even notice that the structure of your home is crumbling.

The Half-Lit String Of Lights

Any seasoned holiday decorator knows that there will be at least one string of lights that doesn’t make it through the season. Never fear, you have the perfect reason not to throw away a string of half-working lights. Just place the strand of lights along the cracks in your wall. Your basement will be so illuminated with holiday cheer, you’ll forget that the safety of your home may be in jeopardy.

The Left Over Gift Bows

How many times did Aunt Pam urge you to save the bows for next year? (But they don’t stick anymore, Aunt Pam! Darn it, they don’t stick!) Well, you may finally have a use for those adhesive-less gift toppers. Just grab a roll of tape from your stash of gift wrap and tape the bundles of ribbon over the remaining cracks in your wall. How can you focus on the concerns of a structurally unsound home when your basement walls look like a giant holiday gift?

Do It The Right Way

Decorations may brighten your home, but what really makes your home special for the holidays is the safety that it provides you and your family. Cracked or bowed foundation walls can threaten the structural security of your home. Let us cover your cracks this holiday season, the easy and effective way, with Keystone Basement System’s Carbon Fiber Straps. You’ll feel so secure in your home, you won’t even notice when Aunt Susie brings over a puppy as a family holiday gift.