A Guide To Creating A Festive Atmosphere With Lights And DIY Decor
Lighting plays a crucial role in setting the tone for any celebration, and when combined with DIY decorations, it can truly elevate the festive atmosphere of your home/party space.
Whether it's a family get together, holiday party, or festive event–carefully planned lighting and decor can be a game-changer, making your entire space warm and inviting.
Read on for easy ways to decorate your house with lights and DIY decor this festive season.
Candle Arrangements for Warmth
Candles have a warm light which can make a room seem so much more welcoming. Creating a festive atmosphere by arranging candles of different heights and sizes together in clusters is ridiculously easy.
You can set them on tables, mantels, or even along pathways. For safety and longevity purposes, try using LED candles so that there’s no open flame to worry about. LED candles even flicker like real flames, creating that magical effect.
You can make your candles look even more appealing by putting them in decorative candle holders or placing them on reflective surfaces like trays or mirrors.
DIY Garland Decorations
Garlands are a simple yet effective way to bring a festive touch to your home, and they’re super easy to make by yourself. Paper, fabric, and even dry fruits and flowers can make for excellent garlands.
For a more rustic look, you can use dried orange slices and cinnamon sticks and string them together in a garland. If you want to go the more old-fashioned route, try paper or fabric garlands in red, gold, or green.
Once completed, you can hang your garlands across walls, above doorways, or along bannisters. For that extra festive flair, intertwine them with fairy lights and watch the magic unfold.
Fairy Lights for Soft Ambience
Fairy lights can be used to elevate anything in terms of decor and they instantly add so much charm to a room. Whether they’re just hanging on walls, across window frames or twined around railings and bannisters, fairy lights give everything a more elegant look.
You can create a ‘curtain’ with them or just use them as a glowing backdrop at parties or get-togethers.
For a unique look that stands out, fairy lights can be intertwined with greenery like ivy or eucalyptus branches and then hung on the walls or over doorways.
DIY Centrepieces With Lights
It’s not hard to create a festive table decorated with homemade centrepieces with lights in them. As a simple yet effective decor idea, fill glass vases with fairy lights or place LED candles inside decorative jars. You could also put some pinecones, holly, or some dried flowers around the bottoms of the jars to complete the entire festive effect.
If the party is in an outdoor space, try lining the walkways or edges of the garden with some lanterns or mason jars filled with lights, to help people find their way as well as add that magical element to the event. Adding lights to your centrepieces ensures your festive spirit shines through, no matter the setting.
