Ringed Golden autumn, the leaves stopped falling and suddenly “New Year” flashed through my head. Before we know it, it’s time to go to a New Year’s party and corporate party, meet old friends, decorate the Christmas tree, prepare gifts and decorate the apartment for the holiday.
We suggest that you do not put off everything until the last few days, but start preparing for the favorite holiday of children and adults in advance. This will allow you to create a festive atmosphere in your home long before the holiday, which will directly affect the mood of all your household members. Here are some simple tips on how to decorate your house or apartment for the New Year.
First you need to conduct an audit of all suitable materials that you already have. And, if necessary, collect natural material and buy the rest in the store. You may find it useful:
- White, colored and corrugated paper, Whatman paper, cardboard
- Gouache, brushes, sponges
- Branches, cones
- PVA glue
- Wire, strong threads
- Scissors, paper clips, buttons
- Sequins
- Salt, semolina
Adviсe "Cross" You can use it, but use your imagination as much as possible! Turn your apartment decoration into one fun game with your children. This will be an inexhaustible source of joy and pleasure. Involve all your loved ones in preparing for the holiday. This will bring you very close, and you will enter the New Year with with an open soul and a light heart.
So, all the materials are laid out on the table, the mood is high. Where to begin? Think about how exactly you would like to decorate your apartment for the New Year? Mentally imagine where and what to place, where to glue, hang, place. And, of course, consult with your loved ones, and the initiative can be given to the children.
Here are several options for simple, beautiful and most popular New Year's accessories for your apartment.
Snowflakes
Who among us hasn’t cut out snowflakes and then glued them to the windows so that passers-by can admire the fancy patterns? And we, and our mothers, and grandmothers, and great-grandmothers. And now - our children, then grandchildren, etc., etc. This immortal creation will always decorate the windows of our houses.
The only difference is that earlier, when cutting out a pattern, you could rely only on your imagination, but now on the Internet you can find many diagrams and drawings and even master classes on cutting out snowflakes. All you need is white, colored or glitter paper and scissors.
To stick snowflakes on glass, you can use a soap solution or flour diluted with water.
And if you practice properly, you can create real masterpieces!
Frosty pattern
We live in times of global warming and such harsh winters, which were before, have not been seen for a long time. And we won’t remember the last time frost painted our windows with its picturesque patterns. So let's paint our windows ourselves. To do this, we will take thick paper, cut out a variety of stencils, and then apply it to the windows, moisten the sponge in diluted gouache and paint.
If your child wants to do everything on his own, including stencils, help him with this! First, on thick paper or cardboard you need to draw simple figures, for example, stars, Christmas trees, christmas balls or bells, and then cut them out, thus making a paper stencil. Pour multi-colored gouache from standard jars into wider bowls so that it is convenient for the child to dip a sponge into it.
Dress your baby in clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty and be sure to show him exactly how to apply the image using a stencil.
If the young artist doesn’t manage to do everything beautifully and neatly the first time, just wash off the gouache with warm water. And let him try again! The main thing is not to give up) And to make it more interesting, invite your child to paint a mirror or glass surface interior door.
"Trees in Silver"
Let's also silver the trees! Take bare branches or branches with cones, grease them with PVA glue and sprinkle with grated foam or dip the branches in a strong saline solution.
To prepare it, you need to pour 1 kg of salt into 1.5 liters of water and boil. Then immerse the branches for 5-6 hours, then carefully remove them and dry them.
Christmas wreath
An Advent wreath is a wonderful attribute of the New Year and Christmas. It can be made from anything. Classic version- twist several fir branches into a ring, secure with wire and decorate with tinsel, beads, and ribbons.
More creative options wreaths can be made from thick wire, newspaper, and for decoration you can use fruits (both real (or dried fruits) and dummies), nuts, cookies, dried flowers, etc.
"Snow" cards
Such cards will surely delight all your relatives and friends. A variety of materials can be used to make them. Let's cut out rectangles or, for example, a deer figurine or a Christmas tree from bright cardboard. Lubricate them with PVA glue and glue them onto a thick cardboard base. You can use coconut shavings, rice, finely torn paper, polystyrene foam or semolina as snow.
If you want to make a soft, cozy card, use materials such as felt, fleece, velvet, fur. They can be used in one piece, or parts can be cut out. The best imitation of snowballs is, of course, made from cotton wool. And to add chic and shine to your card, add beads, beads, sequins and rhinestones to the decoration.
Undoubtedly, New Year is the most magical holiday. You can create a festive atmosphere and appropriate mood with the help of themed home decor. How to decorate an apartment with your own hands for the New Year?
The festive tree is the main symbol of the winter holidays
The tradition of decorating a coniferous tree for New Year and Christmas is very ancient and widespread in many countries. In Russia, the main symbol of the holiday is the spruce. IN last years Pine has also become widespread. Freshly cut trees can be purchased at specialized Christmas tree markets. A spruce or pine seedling in a pot, which can be planted in the ground in the spring, is somewhat more expensive. Those who care about the environment will like artificial trees. Quality decorative spruce trees difficult to distinguish from living ones even upon close examination. What is especially nice, even the most expensive artificial tree will pay for itself within a few years of use. How to decorate an apartment for the New Year, how to decorate a Christmas tree? The traditional option is to hang store-bought toys on branches. On sale you can find sets for every taste. Many Russians decorate the Christmas tree with balls and figurines of all colors of the rainbow. Some people prefer the “European” style - a combination of Christmas tree decorations of 2 colors. If all this seems too boring to you, try decorating the New Year’s tree in an original way or even make it yourself.
Creative Christmas tree
You don’t have to buy a Christmas tree; if you want, you can make it yourself. Lay out the outline of the Christmas tree on the wall with tinsel or garland. You can complement the composition with Christmas tree decorations. To attach the decor to the wall, use double-sided tape or office plasticine, which does not leave marks. This DIY apartment decoration for the New Year will be an excellent substitute for the real thing. coniferous tree or an original addition to the holiday decoration of your home. Another great idea is to decorate a classic Christmas tree with unusual toys. Make bows from strips of bright fabric, ribbons, or try making real New Year's toys.
How to make Christmas balls with your own hands?
Homemade New Year's decorations are completely special - they always turn out cute and kind. Try decorating Christmas balls. For this you will need the cheapest plastic toys, clear all-purpose glue and loose glitter. Apply the desired pattern to the surface of the ball with glue and sprinkle with glitter. The ornament will not be erased if you place the toys on glasses of a smaller diameter or hang them. Dry the balls well, then shake off any excess glitter. Beautiful decoration apartments for the New Year - Christmas tree decorations, stenciled or hand-painted. If you know how to draw, transforming factory-made balls with acrylic paints and a thin brush will not be difficult. You can also color toys using a stencil. Cut out the desired ornament or figure from paper and fix the workpiece on the ball. Carefully apply paint to the cut out shape, then leave the piece to dry. Christmas tree decorations can also be covered with sparkles and sequins, tied with beads and beads, covered with fabric and lace. Craft stores sell foam balls that are ideal for making Christmas decorations. You can also sew Christmas tree pendants from fabric or knit from yarn.
Each room has its own Christmas tree!
Still wondering how to decorate an ordinary apartment for New Year? Use Christmas trees in decoration - main symbol holiday. Let one of the biggest forest beauties stand in the room where the festive feast will take place. In other rooms you can place Christmas trees of all sizes and shapes. Making a Christmas tree is very simple - fold a cone out of cardboard and secure it with tape. The resulting blank can be wrapped in tinsel, covered with corrugated or regular colored paper, or simply painted. Now decorate your tree with small candies, small toys, and beads. Beautiful Christmas trees can simply be cut out of paper or cardboard according to a template, and then decorated and assembled into garlands or used as pendants.
Christmas wreaths in the interior
One of the most popular elements of Christmas decor in Europe is the spruce wreath. Making such a decoration is extremely simple. Take fir branches (real or artificial) and form them into a ring. Secure with thin wire. Now you can start decorating. Tinsel, Christmas decorations and homemade pendants - attach to your wreath everything that you usually hang on a holiday tree. The finished decoration can be hung on the door, on the wall or placed on the table. You can also make a wreath from wire. Use a ring of thick wire as a base. To add volume, you can wrap it in foam rubber or newspaper. Wrap the workpiece on top with tinsel, and then decorate it further. You can decorate your apartment in an unusual and stylish way for the New Year by making several decorative wreaths from various materials. Try using flexible tree branches without leaves as a base. Want something original? Place the entire wreath of Christmas tree decorations or real pine cones on the base, gluing it with universal glue.
Eco-friendly materials for holiday decor
In recent years, eco-style has become increasingly popular. Why not use natural materials in New Year's interior decor? Beautiful compositions can be made from ordinary tree branches. Rinse and dry them. Now let's get to the real magic. The branches can be painted with any color spray paint. No less interesting option decor - coat them well with glue, then sprinkle with glitter, polystyrene foam or coarse table salt. After completely dry Such branches can be placed in vases. An excellent addition to the composition would be live or artificial flowers. You can hang multi-colored balls on the branches, attach figurines of birds and butterflies. New Year's tinsel and rain will help complement the composition.
Candles for a cozy atmosphere
Compositions with candles will help fill your home with comfort and warmth. Use beautiful candlesticks or make your own. How to decorate your apartment for the New Year and save on decor? Use small glass jars or tired glasses with thick walls as candlesticks. You can decorate them with painting and multi-colored ribbons. Try making festive compositions - place tinsel and fir branches on a tray or plate. Place candles, Christmas decorations and fresh fruit around them. Such compositions can be sprinkled with glitter or artificial snow on top. Candles can also be further decorated in various techniques. On the largest ones, try making decoupage; on the longer ones, you can cut out some patterns using a pointed sculpting stack. Candles decorated with ribbons and bows look festive and elegant.
Colored lights
Exist various options decorating the apartment for the New Year using electric garlands. They can be hung on curtain rods, walls, doorways or windows. It’s easy to find classic garlands, options with shaped light bulbs, icicles or nets on sale. You can use tape to attach electric garlands in the interior. LED decorations are lightweight. They can be hung on curtain rods or furniture without additional fixation, by hooking onto protruding elements. With the help of garlands you can decorate almost any space. If you have an empty niche, shelf or free window sill, place an electric garland on any of these surfaces. Interesting idea- pick up empty figured bottles and throw a garland inside them. If your budget is unlimited, pay attention to luminous figures made of acrylic and plastic. Such decorations will become bright accent festive interior.
Don't forget to decorate the windows!
As children, we all cut out snowflakes from paper and glued them to window panes. Why not bring back this wonderful tradition? If regular snowflakes seem too boring to you, try cutting out something more interesting. Snowy landscapes, houses and entire cities - you can draw all this on a sheet of white paper yourself and then cut it out. An easier option for making window decorations is to print ready-made templates on the printer. You can glue the clippings using tape or soapy water. Garlands of Christmas balls are an excellent decoration for an apartment for the New Year. It is absolutely easy to make it with your own hands. Prepare toys of 2-3 colors that match each other and matching ribbons. Hang the balls on ribbons of varying lengths at random. You can also form a cascade - alternating the length of the tape from the longest to the shortest.
Holiday garlands
How to decorate an apartment with your children for New Year? Try making bright garlands. Attach bright flags cut from colored paper or cardboard to the warp thread. You can cut out some figures or draw fairy-tale characters. It all depends on the degree of your skill. Flags for a paper garland can be made from old New Year's cards or leftover gift wrapping paper. Garlands made from “rain” look no less elegant. Making them is also very simple: tie separate shiny strips onto the warp thread. Using ordinary medical cotton wool, it is not at all difficult to make snowballs. Form lumps of a suitable size, carefully moisten them in PVA glue diluted with water and leave until completely dry. String the resulting snowballs onto the warp thread - you have an original garland.
Secrets of table decoration for the main night of the year
The New Year is invariably celebrated with a magnificent feast. Make menus and shopping lists in advance. And also don’t forget to take time to decorate the room where the table will be located and serve it. Choose a bright tablecloth and suitable dishes and cutlery. You can choose napkins with New Year's designs. If you are using a plain tablecloth, you can add chic and sparkle by scattering confetti, large sparkles in the form of stars or Christmas trees over it. You can place it in the center of the table small composition from fir branches or candles. The most important thing is that the decor does not take up too much space and does not interfere with the communication of guests sitting opposite each other. How to decorate one-room apartment for New Year, where to put the table? It all depends on the area of your home and the number of guests. If space allows, you can allocate space for a table in the living room. Emphasize zoning with decor: hang a garland on the adjacent wall, use additional lighting.
What does the main symbol of the New Year “love”?
It is believed that when choosing New Year's decorations you should focus on eastern calendar. How to decorate an apartment for the New Year of the Rooster, what does this proud bird like? A feathered guest will definitely appreciate the multi-colored and joyful decoration of the home. If you want to use one color, give preference to the orange-red-brick color scheme. To make homemade decorative items, it is more appropriate than ever to use natural materials: branches, straw, nuts, cereals. Popular ideas for decorating an apartment for the New Year in rustic style. If you wish, you can transform even the most modern interior. Use linen curtains, bedspreads and tablecloths, choose simple ceramic and wooden dishes for the festive table. Any image of a rooster is also appropriate for New Year’s decor. These can be small figures, silhouettes and drawings. And here chicken meat Shouldn't be on the holiday menu. Replace it with pork or beef, and be sure to prepare dishes that the rooster will like. These can be any recipes with cereals, legumes, corn and herbs.
Daria Ukhlinova, interior designer:
If you don't have money for Christmas tree, you should not leave toys in a box on the closet: hang the balls on satin multi-colored ribbons of different lengths from the chandelier - the light from it will shimmer on the toys and add festiveness to your interior.
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In addition, you can make a Christmas tree with your own hands. Stick a cheap LED garland in the shape of a Christmas tree outline on the wall. If the wall allows, finish drawing directly on it. Or, for example, cut out the necessary pictures from magazines. In the form of a Christmas tree on the wall you can lay out pages from old book or your favorite photos. Office plasticine will help you attach paper to the wall - it leaves no traces. Beautifully decorated gifts will perfectly complement such a festive installation.
You can also use old textiles to decorate your apartment. Tear old beautiful rags from bright patterns onto the tapes. Don't be afraid of torn edges: they will add charm to the decoration. Ribbons can be tied to the tree as decorations or tied around gifts.
If you don’t have New Year’s toys, it doesn’t matter, you can make them yourself. For example, you can buy the cheapest plastic toys and make unique jewelry out of them.
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Idea 1
You will need a glass or plastic transparent ball, an old CD, glue and scissors. The disc is cut into small pieces various shapes(triangles or squares are best). These parts are glued to the Christmas tree ball and you get an unusual toy.
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Idea 2
Using glue, the desired pattern is drawn on the ball and sprinkled with small glitter on top.
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Idea 3
The Christmas ball is pasted over with old black and white newspaper clippings - the result is a very stylish decoration.
Idea 4
You can put small multi-colored candies in a transparent plastic ball and pour culinary beads into it. Or even mold Santa Claus out of plasticine and place him in this ball on a piece of cotton wool (for this, the plastic ball must consist of two opening parts).
Idea 5
If you know how to knit even a little, then you can use a 1.5-2 mm hook and cotton thread to knit the Christmas tree balls themselves. To do this, take a hook, thread, air balloons, PVA glue or starch. Crochet half of the ball according to any pattern you choose, then crochet the second. Connect. Through the hole, insert a balloon inside our tied one and inflate it so that the top balloon stretches well. Then either place the workpiece in starch, or dip it in PVA glue diluted with water in a ratio of 2 to 1. Leave the balls to dry for a day. Then simply puncture the balloons and remove them. Ready-made toys can be left like this or decorated with sparkles.
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To create Christmas mood in each room, you can cut out small (and not so small) Christmas trees from cardboard and place them throughout the apartment. To do this you will need ordinary cardboard (you can use colored cardboard), a pencil and scissors. First you need to draw the outline of a Christmas tree on a sheet of cardboard and cut it out with scissors, make a cut on one piece from top to bottom to the middle, and on the other - from bottom to top to the middle. By “assembling” the two halves, we get a three-dimensional Christmas tree. You can decorate it according to your wishes - make funny inscriptions and wishes with colored markers, paste it with funny pictures cut out from magazines, old newspaper or decorate with patterns using special glue with glitter (sold in office supplies). You can put small plasticine gifts under the Christmas trees - you can make them together with your children.
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In Europe, it is customary to pack each gift - regardless of size - in a separate box, wrap it in a beautiful wrapping paper and tie a bow. You can use this idea in your own way. Surely there are ordinary boxes and boxes at home. Gifts can be placed in them. If the gift is smaller than the box, you can tear some cotton wool and put the gift on top. The box can be covered with children's colored paper, and then packed in regular kraft packaging paper and tied with twine. With a black marker, you can write a small wish or draw a funny face directly on the packaging.
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Anna Lukina, interior designer:
With the help of candles it is very easy to create an intimate and festive atmosphere. They are quite inexpensive (tablet candles or ordinary household ones will do), and candlesticks can be easily made with your own hands.
In lemons, oranges or apples, you can cut the pulp to the size of candles and insert them into the fruit. Such a “candlestick” will not last long, but it will look original.
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You can also make unusual candlesticks from ordinary cans. To do this, you need to spray them with white paint from a can or simply decorate them with tinsel, and then pour half of the water into them and lower burning floating candles into it.
The third version of the candlestick can be made from small wine glasses on legs. Fir branches are glued to them on the outside, the ends of which are trimmed, and small candles are placed inside.
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In addition, you can make beautiful New Year's decorations from ordinary glass jars. It is enough to take a regular one glass containers, paint its lid with silver or, at worst, white paint, put tinsel inside the jar or artificial snow, cotton wool, fir branches and small toys (if you don’t have New Year’s ones, you can use figurines from Kinder Surprise). After this, the jar should be placed on the windowsill, decorated with tinsel. You can make several of these decorations different sizes, setting them in height.
You can also inexpensively decorate a room with balloons: glitter is poured into them, after which the balloons are filled with gas. You need to tie postcards or small souvenirs to the threads, and then release them to the ceiling. Above festive table it will look beautiful and unusual.
In December, the pre-New Year bustle begins, associated with buying gifts, creating menus and decorating everything around.
There is something mysterious and fabulous in this anticipation of the holiday, familiar from childhood: when you are waiting for a fluffy Christmas tree to appear at home to decorate it with balls and garlands.
Appropriate decoration of an apartment or private house will help create a festive mood and maintain it throughout the New Year holidays. Look at the decoration for the New Year as an amusing trip full of discoveries and experiments. Maybe it's time to do something new, add a modern New Year's decor to surprise guests and please loved ones?
And so we are faced with the task of decorating the apartment for the New Year's party. It would seem, what could be simpler? The brighter the merrier. However, everything is not so simple. If you decorate with everything that comes to mind without taking into account the style and color scheme of the interior, it will turn out colorful and tasteless. It is important not to disturb the harmony and comfort with New Year's decorations. It is advisable to focus on one New Year's color combination (dark green with red, silver with blue, red with white, gold with red, shades of purple).
Nowadays it is very popular to use gifts of nature for decoration: pine cones, pine twigs, nuts, oranges and tangerines (you can even use dry peels). Such preparations bring to the interior not only a special aura of warmth, but also aroma.
In conveying the festive atmosphere, not only plays an important role visual perception, but also the sense of smell. New Year's smells are the aroma of pine needles, citrus fruits, cinnamon and chocolate. The lack of natural sources can be compensated essential oils, and themed aroma lamps will become additional element decor.
Sparkles, the mirror surface of accessories and subtle patterns will add brightness to the interior. Original jewelry you can do it yourself. All you need is desire and a little free time.
How to decorate a New Year tree?
According to established traditions, spruce or pine are the main symbol of the New Year. Artificial or live Christmas tree A must have in a festive interior. Depending on the chosen design style, it can be not only green, but also white. For a small living room, smaller models are suitable.
The general rule for decorating a Christmas tree is to place larger and brighter toys at the very bottom, and smaller and lighter ones at the top. It is believed that a tree should shine and shimmer with all bright colors, but now single-plane and monochromatic jewelry and toys have come into fashion. For example, a small Christmas tree can be decorated only with bright balls of different or the same size.
You can make Christmas tree decorations for the New Year with your own hands. This will make it easier to maintain one style when decorating other areas, using similar techniques.
Christmas tree decorations can be made from old light bulbs; any shape and size will do. The glass is coated with white acrylic paint, onto which the author’s design or bright sparkles are subsequently applied. A thread, ribbon or knitted cord is tied to the cartridge for hanging.
For those who know how and love to knit, an option with miniature knitted mittens, socks and scarves is possible. A Christmas tree decorated with knitted toys is safe for small children and creates special warmth and comfort.
Toys made from fir cones look natural and at the same time original. The lucky ones who managed to stock up on this material will be able to create a unique atmosphere.
There are a lot of ideas for making Christmas tree decorations with your own hands. Depending on the complexity of the execution, you can choose the most suitable option or find a completely new solution. The decoration of the Christmas tree must be complemented with multi-colored decorative boxes with gifts.
Share your mood - decorate the windows
Walking in a residential area on New Year's Eve, it is pleasant to admire the windows decorated with white lace snowflakes. Gluing paper snowflakes to glass has already become a tradition. This method of decoration is good only if the family has masters in cutting fancy patterns. It’s not at all necessary to look for some snowflake patterns - it’s more interesting to improvise. To add some zest to the window design, you can add figures of snowmen, deer, and Christmas trees to the snowflakes.
Another simple way to decorate is to draw with toothpaste or stained glass paint using a stencil. To create a stencil, select a thematic design, print it out, cut it out along the contour and, for ease of use, transfer it to thicker paper. You can beautifully write “Happy New Year!”, cut out this phrase and get a simple stencil.
Crocheted snowflakes suspended on strings inside the window opening look original and stylish. It is convenient to use this design if there is a wide window sill.
If you don’t want to get creative, you can buy colored 3D stickers in the store.
Angels, bells and pine cones hanging in the air will look very cute. Balloons hanging on ribbons look bright and solemn.
A large window can be decorated with a wreath of pine branches and cones.
Any composition will be complemented by garlands, which are already a traditional companion to the New Year's carnival.
The window sill can be decorated with decorative gifts, rag dolls, pine branches and cotton wool. So that the festive mood remains in evening time, you can attach rain or small tinsel to the curtains.
The feeling of a New Year's fairy tale will be enhanced by candles or lamps made from wine bottles with garlands inside. Their soft light carries something mysterious.
When decorating a window, it is necessary to take into account not only the future interior of the room, but also how the decorations will look from the street.
Living room interior design ideas
You need to think especially carefully about how to decorate your house for the New Year. The main decor is usually located in the living room. Design ideas a lot, but universal solution no, just like no two interiors are identical. To create a holiday in your home you need to use your imagination. Below we will look at several examples of creating New Year's decor. with my own hands for decorating various areas of the living room and hallway.
Let's start right away with front door. To decorate it in the European style, wreaths made of fir branches are used. Golden balls, red ribbons or silver cones go perfectly with the dark green color of the needles. In a private home, a beautifully decorated wreath can be hung from the street.
It is very convenient to use garlands to decorate walls and stairs. They can be from LED light bulbs, paper rings or snowflakes, large or small cones, miniature soft toys or knitted socks, sweets and oranges, etc.
A composition of candles, fir branches and balls would look very appropriate in a festive interior. The color scheme of the composition should be selected taking into account the chosen general style registration As an alternative, you can use decorative candlesticks.
You can hang balls, angels, short rain, snowflakes or any other New Year's decorations from the chandelier.
If there is a fireplace, an additional decoration area is created. Mantelpiece can be surrounded with fir branches and a garland with flickering lights. You can make it with figurines of Santa Claus and a Snowman, create a “pillow” from pine needles for arranging tangerines, decorate it with a composition with candles or decorative gifts.
On a bookshelf or coffee table you can put up a miniature Christmas tree made of pine cones: simple and original.
A snow-white and soft Christmas tree can be made from cotton pads. Which are glued to a paper cone.
You can sew cute figures from felt, which are suitable both for making a garland and as independent elements.
To decorate a room for the New Year with your own hands in an original way, you don’t need to spend a lot of money. You can use any materials, but it is important to observe moderation and maintain color balance.
Decor for the New Year's table
Because the dinner table V New Year's Eve turns into the central celebration area, then its design will need to be thought out as carefully as the holiday menu. If you plan to serve in a bright color, then it is better to choose a light, plain tablecloth. Conversely, for a restrained decor, a tablecloth with a gold pattern will suit. It is important to maintain style and color scheme.
On big table you can place a bright composition, and if there is not enough space, it is enough to limit yourself to a small decor of candles.
Beautiful wine glasses or jars in which you can place a spruce branch, a bunch of rowan berries or bright beads will help save space. If you turn the wine glass upside down, you get a very interesting candlestick. Several of these glasses will definitely add a festive mood.
It is also worth considering accessories for serving, which are more interesting to make with your own hands. These can be bags for cutlery, original napkins, napkin holders, etc.
If you start preparing in advance, then there will be time to sew original covers for high backs chairs. You can also use sewn toys hung from the back and large bows made from wide ribbon as decoration for chairs.
If you have a set of bright holiday dishes, then you won’t need to decorate them additionally, but you can decorate transparent glass glasses with a ribbon to match the main color of the serving or do something more complicated.
Small crafts made from pine cones and pine branches, or store-bought figurines, will help diversify your meal. Just don’t overdo it so that there is still free space for a comfortable dinner.
Private house: decorate the porch, facade and yard
Having a house with a garden at your disposal, you can’t help but take the opportunity to create a real winter fairy tale. After midnight, guests will not refuse to go out Fresh air to launch fireworks, so you should also take care of street decorations so as not to disappoint them.
The facade of the house is often decorated LED garlands. You can simply hang them or depict any figure (Christmas tree, snowman, star). If desired, you can decorate trees and shrubs in front of the house with garlands.
A small one will look good on the porch live spruce in a tub. Ribbons, felt toys and fruits are suitable for decorating it.
You can also put up a sled and “load” it with large gift boxes. If you place large pine branches around the sled, you will get a realistic composition.
The door can be decorated with a wreath and fir branches. A wreath can be created from any material, it all depends on your imagination.
Lately, luminous silhouettes of animals that are easy to make with your own hands have become popular. First, a frame is made from steel wire or rods, then the frame is wrapped with a garland. A small flock of deer in the garden will delight both children and adults.
For the garden, you can make a large wooden star from dry shoots of medium thickness. In addition to simple garlands, this decor will make New Year's Eve magical.
How to please the owner of 2017 - the Fire Rooster
When decorating your home for the holidays, we must not forget about the symbolism of the coming year. The Fire Rooster loves everything bright and sparkling. This year, more than ever, flickering lights and candles are relevant in the interior. Fill the room with light and sparkles. Among the colors, preference should be given to bright yellow, orange, carrot and red. You can use green or white as the background.
The decor should not be monotonous and overly restrained. Even in small things it is necessary to maintain variety. For example, if you are making a composition out of balloons, then use balloons of different sizes.
Rooster loves home comfort Therefore, the use of decorative pillows, fabric napkins, chair covers, and knitted decorations is encouraged.
It is better to use natural materials for decoration. Would be appropriate here wooden crafts, wicker baskets, bouquet of dried flowers. Homemade decorative items are of particular value.
Among the decorations there must be a symbol of the new year. You can sew cockerels from felt and hang them in the form of a garland, you can buy a beautiful figurine, you can embroider a colorful cockerel on a decorative pillow, or create a picture in a frame.
Decorating an apartment or house for the New Year is certainly creative work, and any creativity brings joy not only to others, but also to the performer himself. Even if the work routine and home life leave no energy for flights of fancy, get busy with New Year's decorations and the festive mood will disperse everything negative emotions. It’s even better if you can involve all family members in the process.
New Year is always a magical holiday. No matter how old you are, someone is still waiting for a miracle, and someone creates it with their own hands for loved ones. It is simply impossible to imagine this whole fabulous atmosphere without a decorated and elegant apartment. Of course, you can come up with decor ideas yourself, but if you don’t have enough time or imagination for this, then a great option is to use ready-made ones!
The symbol of the coming 2020 is the White Metal Rat. Therefore, when choosing some New Year’s elements to decorate an apartment or house, you need not only to fit them into the interior, but also to please this animal. And then luck will certainly be with you and those who are dear to you for the next 365 days.
It all starts with an idea!
Any project, be it decorating an apartment or some super business task, begins with an idea and a plan for its implementation! The first thing you need to do when organizing New Year's decor is to assess the size of the room. If your room is large and not cluttered with furniture, then you can come up with something large-scale. If there is not much space, then it is best to lean toward the “minimalism” style.
By the way, the latter does not mean that the New Year’s decor will turn out bad. What is important here is not so much the space as the soul invested in this difficult but pleasant task.
Once the main direction has been chosen, you can start looking for ideas! Surely both you and your family members, if you involve them in the process, will have many options. But don't delude yourself. In practice, it is not always possible to implement everything that is planned. And it often turns out much worse than in the imagination, and at the last moment it seems that something is missing. After all, in order for the idea and the result to coincide, you need at least a design education.
Not everyone has it, so when planning the New Year's decoration of an apartment, some resort to the help of specialists. If this option is not feasible from a financial point of view, then you can look finished projects, magazines and choose something that suits you.
New Year's decor is not just an element. It will help create a festive mood for the whole family. If you do something with your own hands, then the “warm” details will remind you of the positive aspects of preparation throughout the holidays. It is better to start it in advance, at the end of November - beginning of December. After all, in this case there will be enough time to redo, correct or complete something.
Color scheme is everything
After the plan has been drawn up and all the ideas have been written down, you can choose the color scheme in which the New Year's decoration will be implemented. Here, of course, it is worth taking into account not only your preferences, but also the taste of the White Rat. And she loves white, gray and its shades most of all, as well as black, pale red and metallic. The latter should be “handled” as carefully as possible, otherwise even great idea risks turning into complete bad taste.
These colors are usually used to decorate the background. But in order to dilute them, you can take some other, unusual, contrasting and spectacular ones. The main thing is not to overdo it.
The above palette is, of course, desirable, but not at all mandatory. Rules are there to be broken. If you manage to skillfully and tastefully incorporate other colors into the interior of your apartment, the rat will not be offended at all. Moreover, designers are out of step with it and call purple and lilac the most fashionable.
In order to please the Rat, you can choose not only a color that is pleasant to her, but also more wooden elements. Cones, clothespins, figurines and other little things will add warmth and comfort to your New Year's interior, which is never superfluous.
Little things rule the interior
It doesn't matter how big your apartment is. In any case, New Year's little things will add comfort, warmth and create a festive mood. Of course, making them is not an easy task, but the game is worth the candle.
Many people think that the most important thing is to place cute things in the right places. In fact, this is not so important - you can simply “scatter” them around the apartment in any order. It is much more important that they harmoniously combine with each other in terms of color and create a single picture.
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What you can do with your own hands
Many details of the New Year's interior can be made with your own hands. For example, traditional and very attractive socks for gifts. You can find patterns and step-by-step descriptions. But let everyone decide for themselves how to decorate their “gift bag”. The main thing is not to forget to write the names so that Santa Claus does not confuse who receives which surprise.
As a rule, socks are hung on the fireplace, because this tradition came to us from the West, where the vast majority of people live in private houses. Fireplaces somehow didn’t take root in our apartments: the areas are not the same, and there’s no need to, central heating does its job perfectly on cold winter days. But if you really want to hang socks for gifts on the fireplace, then you can make it yourself! You should definitely involve everyone at home in this activity, especially children!
Another traditional New Year's element that you can easily make with your own hands is a wreath. Of course, there are quite a lot of them sold in stores. But still, hand-made is always warmer and more pleasant. The decor of the wreath depends solely on your imagination. You can use cones, tinsel, small toys, candies, and so on.
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