Shore Acres · Placido Bayou · Riviera Bay

Holiday & Christmas lighting in Shore Acres.

Shore Acres is one of the largest waterfront communities in Pinellas, a peninsula in northeast St. Pete beside the Weedon Island Preserve. Christmas lights Shore Acres also covers the gated custom homes of Placido Bayou and the canal streets of Riviera Bay.

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Lit canopy tree and red-wrapped palm in front of a home at night, Shore Acres holiday lighting
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The area

Bay, canals, and neighbors on golf carts.

Shore AcresPlacido BayouRiviera BayWeedon Island area

Shore Acres mixes bay-front and canal-front homes with interior streets, and keeps a small-town feel where neighbors get around by golf cart.

Placido Bayou is gated, with custom homes set around private ponds and preserve views.

Riviera Bay, to the north, runs canal-front lots with docks and a close, long-established community.

A community recreation center anchors the neighborhood, close enough for plenty of residents to walk or ride over.

Interior streets sit a block or two back from the water, with the same small-town feel and easy access to the bay.

What works here

Three neighborhoods, three approaches.

In Shore Acres, much of the audience passes at golf-cart speed, so the details close to the street matter most — entries, landscape, the first few feet of roofline.

Placido Bayou homes are larger, newer and set back, and the ponds give a lit facade a reflection to work with.

Holiday lighting Riviera Bay follows the canals, where the dock side is as visible as the drive.

Bay-front homes look across open water toward Tampa, so there is little behind them at night but sky.

Interior lots do not have the water to work with, so landscape and the roofline carry the display there.

Q&A

Asked around here.

Do you work in Placido Bayou?

Yes. Gate access and any community rules are handled during the walkthrough.

Do you work in Riviera Bay?

Yes, including canal-front lots and docks.

Do you light interior lots, not just waterfront?

Yes. Interior streets get the same design attention.

When does northeast St. Pete book up?

Through October and November. Early autumn gives the most choice.

Are golf carts something you design around?

They shape it. At golf-cart speed, the details near the street get noticed most.

Can you light a bay-front home in Shore Acres?

Yes, including the water-facing side, which has open sky behind it.

Ready to move forward?

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Three very different neighborhoods side by side. Each gets its own plan.

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