Leona® Under Eave Lighting Kit: Your New DIY Soffit Lights

RGB outdoor lights tend to overlook roof soffits. Learn how our new eave lights let you add color to facades and create permanent holiday lighting.

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Whether it’s your kid’s birthday and their favorite color is frog green or game night is coming up and you want to proudly show off the LA Lakers’ purple and yellow, there’s always a reason to add a splash of color to your home’s exterior. From front to backyards and everything in between, colorful outdoor lighting is an easy way to show off your personality and creativity.

Until now, you've had a few options to achieve this. You could leave Christmas lights up all year, but they can look cheap and leave you stuck with limited patterns and faint flashes of color. Newer outdoor lighting options offer more flexibility, but some let you choose only one color at a time, while others offer multiple colors and effects but can be difficult to control.

In this blog, we’ll introduce an innovation designed to solve the challenge of adding colorful lighting to your home’s exterior, with the simplicity of a DIY installation and the convenience of an all-in-one package: the Leona® Smart RGB Under-Eave Lighting Kit. You’ll learn what it is, how to use it, and how it makes decorating roofs easier than ever.

Your New, Go-To Scalloped Light Fixture for Roof Soffits

Never before has so much creativity been packed into an outdoor lighting box this compact. Our new eave lighting kit is a permanent setup designed to mount right under your roof eaves and soffits, with countless other possible applications.

Its main goal? To give you a convenient, affordable way to add RGB colors to your home’s facade and other outdoor structures without expensive renovations or even a fresh coat of paint. Best of all, it’s designed with DIY installation in mind, so you can put it together yourself. And hey, it can even make for a fun weekend LED project to tackle with your kids!

One of the things that makes it special is its scalloped light pattern. Instead of creating one continuous wash of light across your entire housefront wall (more typical of LED strip lights), each of its light modules casts its own distinct pool of color, creating a soft, spotlight-like, more repeating pattern along the facade.

“Why go scalloped over a wall wash?”, you may ask. It gives your home a more dramatic, dimensional look and makes each individual light source part of the design. A continuous strip wash can be great when you want an even, seamless glow, but the scalloped effect adds more visual definition, depth, and character—especially when you want each RGB color to be defined and delineated, a must for holiday, party, or everyday outdoor accent-changing effects.

A Simpler Alternative to Pixel LED Strip Lighting

Speaking of LED strips, you may have scrolled through exterior lighting videos online and seen fancy, effect-filled, outdoor RGB pixel setups. While they look incredible and can be absolute showstoppers for large-scale displays, entertainment venues, and professional layouts, they’re also more expensive and may be more than you need for a simpler home project.

This Leona® kit brings similar customizable fun—since every individual module can be set to its own color—and packages it into a straightforward setup designed specifically for the home:

• An Easier Approach: Unlike more advanced pixel projects that may require separate decoders and custom wiring, this gives you control right out of the box with a matched remote and app.
• A Cleaner DIY Installation: Everything comes together in one complete kit, so you don’t have to piece together specialized components or figure out complex signal wiring.
• Made for Your Roof: You get similar colorful, dynamic effects in a format that’s approachable, practical, and easy to add to a standard home exterior without turning installation into a major undertaking.

IP67 Protection Against the Weather

Let’s be honest: Outdoor lighting has to deal with whatever nature throws its way. Heavy summer rain, roof gutter leaks, spring pollen, winter snow, frost hanging from soffits, or high winds shouldn’t leave you wondering whether your lights can handle the weather—or if you’ll have to put your Christmas decorations on hold out of fear of a malfunction.

That’s where an IP67 seal gives this Leona® kit an advantage. Compared with more basic outdoor ratings like IP65, IP67 protection gives you greater peace of mind in areas that may experience heavier rain, splashing, or temporary water exposure. The modules are completely shielded against dust and wet conditions, giving you more confidence that your outdoor party lighting will keep working through changing conditions.

That added protection also opens up more possibilities for where you can use the kit. Along with roof eaves and soffits, you can install the lights closer to the ground. You can even use them around areas like fountain lips or poolside structures with the appropriate care and placement. For locations with more continuous or even submerged water exposure, however, you’ll want to look for lighting with an even higher level of protection.

All-in-One LED DIY Kit: What’s Included?

Getting your homefront or roof professionally lit with colors used to mean waiting weeks for contractors to show up and hand you a four-figure quote. With this kit, the entire setup fits right inside a neat box containing everything you need to tackle a satisfying outdoor lighting project:

36 IP67 LED Modular Lighting Units

At the center of this Leona® box are 36 individual IP67-rated RGB digital modules. Each module resembles a round puck and can be controlled independently, giving you the chance to create dynamic hue combinations. Spaced about 18 inches apart along a 50-foot string, it’s long enough to span the front gable of most single-story homes, outline a set of planter boxes, or add a continuous line of color along a fence without piecing together multiple short runs.

The modules are also technically cuttable, which can be useful when you need to fit a shorter section around a window, architectural detail, or other tight spot. However, for most installations, keeping the full run intact is the easiest way to preserve weather protection, keep the warranty valid, and get the most out of the kit.

Another advantage is how little power the system needs. The entire 50-foot string draws just 22.5 watts, so you can keep the lights running through an evening gathering, leave your holiday display glowing after dark, or enjoy colorful architectural accents night after night without adding much to your electricity bill.

Each module also features a focused 90° beam angle, directing light toward the surface you want to illuminate rather than scattering it in every direction. When installed under an eave, this helps create a distinctive scalloped pattern along your walls while keeping unwanted glare out of your eyes and minimizing light spill into neighboring yards or upstairs windows.

IP20 Plug in Power Supply

The kit includes a reliable plug-in power supply (24V 24W) with a generous 72-inch adapter cable. Note that this component is IP20-rated for indoor, dry locations, meaning it needs to plug into a sheltered outlet—like an indoor wall plug, inside your garage, or inside a weather-protected outdoor patio box.

IP67 LED Controller

Acting as the smart brain of the operation, the inline controller serves as the bridge between the eave lights and your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connection. It features a wet-location IP67 rating with a secure screw-down connector linking it straight to the lights, ensuring outdoor moisture near your primary connection won't short out your system.

Lighting Remote Control

Sometimes, when it’s raining or you simply don’t want to venture outside to turn off your Christmas lights, you just want to tap a button on your way past the living room window. The included handheld remote lets you control your eave lights from up to 32 feet away using two standard AAA batteries.

Within a quick second, you can unlock a handful of distinct visual effects right from your couch:

• Fixed Multi-Color Displays: Instantly lock in a vibrant rainbow of 8 colors displayed simultaneously in fixed positions along your roofline to boost up the holiday cheer.
• Playful Color Chasing: Set those same colors into a dynamic, shifting chase pattern that gives your home’s exterior the kind of eye-catching show you’d expect from a homemade Macy’s-like storefront.
• Gentle, Slow-Pulsing Fades: Switch to a soothing effect that slowly and softly transitions across a full color selection—perfect for creating a relaxed, welcoming evening glow when you arrive from the office.
• High-Energy Party Effects: Kick things into gear with flashing or strobing color changes when you want an energetic, festive atmosphere for neighborhood celebrations or game nights.
• Solid Tones & Brightness Control: Cycle through individual solid hues like warm amber or rich primary colors, and easily adjust the brightness or speed to match the exact mood you are going for.

Electrical Installation Accessories

Every home's exterior surface is a little different, so the kit includes double-sided adhesive tape (ideal for temporary placement while you line things up, or for smooth non-porous surfaces like glass and metal) alongside 72 mounting screws with anchors and open mounting clips for a rock-solid, permanent install on wood, brick, or stucco.

Try the Convenience of Outdoor Smart Lighting

Gone are the days of dragging a ladder out to your garage every time you want to change the mood of your holiday lights or set a timer before bedtime. By bringing smart tech straight to your roofline, this kit puts complete creative control of your home’s look right in your pocket:

Control Your Eave Lights with Our LED Smart App

Pairing your system with the Leona® Smart Home App unlocks the full creative potential of all 36 independent modules. Want your entire home glowing in bold pink? Done. Prefer alternating blues and greens across the facade, a rainbow effect, or a slow-moving chase that travels from one end of the house to the other? You can create and adjust it all from your phone, including the colors, brightness, and effect speed.

You can also set your lights to come on automatically at specific times, so your home is already glowing when guests arrive, or your outdoor spaces are illuminated every evening without you having to lift a finger or even being there in the first place.

And when it’s time to turn up the fun, the ‘Music Rhythm’ mode uses your phone’s microphone to pick up the beat of whatever’s playing on a nearby speaker, making your lights dance to the music and turning your Disco Friday-night showdown or Heavy Metal party into its own colorful light show.

100% Voice Command LED Lights

Hands full carrying grocery bags or holding a sleeping toddler up the front steps after their outdoor birthday party? No problem. Like all Leona® smart products, this kit integrates seamlessly with Amazon Alexa and Google Home, so you can turn your roofline lights on, change their colors, adjust brightness, and more without reaching for your phone.

LED Applications: Under-Eave Lighting Ideas & More!

Although they are engineered first and foremost as under-eave lights to frame your roofline, their modular flexibility means they can also support adventures beyond the roof. Here are a few creative ways people can use them around the house and beyond:

Permanent Holiday Lighting

Stop risking your neck balancing on an icy ladder every December. Install these under your eaves once, and you have permanent architectural lighting that transitions effortlessly from crisp white everyday lighting to spooky orange-and-purple for Halloween and festive red-and-green for the winter holidays.

Planter Box Lighting

Tuck these modular lights right underneath the overhanging lips of raised garden beds or patio planter boxes. It creates a floating accent glow that highlights your favorite greenery and turns your patio into a space-age greenhouse or an illuminated, plant-inspired dance floor.

Porch Lighting

Frame your front porch ceiling with a neat line of these modules to give your entryway a cozy, custom splash of color. It's a great way to add a bit of decoration right above your front door and welcome visitors with a nice glow that immediately gives them a glimpse of your personality.

Pergola Beams

Mount the modules along your pergola’s overhead beams. It turns a simple backyard wooden or metal structure into a high-end outdoor lounge area perfect for late-night, colorful conversations with a few drinks and under the stars.

Fence Lights

Run the modules along the underside of your fence line or boundary walls. Beyond spicing up the look of otherwise dull structures, they add a subtle, modern perimeter glow that makes your backyard feel larger, more defined, and way more inviting.

Marquee Lights

If you own a local shop, cinema, cafe, or creative studio, these make incredible, eye-catching accents for storefront signage and architectural outlines, giving your business that professional, RGB pop that draws customers in right off the street.

Give the Gift of Outdoor Lighting This Holiday Season

After seeing all the ways you can use the Leona® Under-Eave Lighting Kit and the benefits it brings, we think it’s safe to say this kit was made for celebrating. And we’re not just talking about the mood and colorful effects it brings to your roofline.

The compact, convenient, all-in-one packaging also makes Leona® an easy and genuinely fun gift for the holiday season, whether you’re treating yourself to a little more color or surprising someone else with a new way to decorate their outdoor spaces.

Have a grandma who already has every Christmas decoration imaginable and fills her yard with inflatables every December? This might be right up her alley. Or maybe you know someone whose home could use a little more color to brighten up a dark, dull facade. Either way, Leona® makes it easy to give the gift of colorful outdoor lighting—and another reason to celebrate.