Preparation for the New Year holidays begins with the design of the living space. For this purpose, garlands, toys, and handmade crafts are used.
The main rule of such preparation: for the New Year 2020 we decorate the apartment with the same style. Unusual solutions are also welcome - the owner of the house has the right to decorate the room to his liking and with a combination of a wide variety of decorations.
Decorating an apartment for the winter holidays
Handmade crafts, toys and textiles are suitable for New Year's decor.
An apartment differs from a residential building in size and number of rooms. For this reason, the design must be taken seriously: all the details used before the winter holidays must be combined with each other so as not to create an unkempt, tasteless look.
Decorate your home using one of the popular styles:
- classic is a common trend that combines 2-3 shades and uses a minimal amount of catchy details;
- modern - it differs from the classic by extraordinary solutions, a combination of the most unexpected details, which, at first glance, are completely inconsistent;
- a mixed or combined style is characterized by a set of various details - using this style, each room is decorated separately, and the entire apartment is divided into conventional sectors, and each of them has its own design.
The cozy decoration of the apartment is created by the whole family. There is no need to exclude children from an exciting process. Creating crafts with your own hands takes a certain time, so it is better to start preparing for the New Year's celebration 2-3 weeks before the holiday.
Minimal decor or the presence of numerous details is designed to create the right mood: if you cannot decorate the house, it is better not to do such a thing, but to entrust it to a professional. Lack of decorations is not a reason for a ruined holiday.
New Year's table decor
An important stage in preparing for the New Year holidays is planning a feast. The decor of the New Year's table is designed to create a festive atmosphere at the table, thinking through which you can use:
- stylish textiles;
- decorated dishes (glasses, champagne bottles, etc.);
- candlesticks;
- figures of the symbol of 2020;
- New Year's compositions made of fir branches, cones and twigs covered with white or silver paint;
Choice of colors
The main factor to consider in home decor is the color scheme. The selection of different shades determines the overall appearance of the decor. Traditionally, the colors chosen for the winter holidays are red, green, white. These are three bases from which the rest of the stylistic decisions “deviate”.
Red, green, gold and blue are the best colors for decoration.
How to properly decorate a room for the New Year: choose the dominant color. It will shade the other colors and create a smooth, correct transition. So that the New Year's interior does not “ripple” and does not catch the eye, interrupting the rest of the living space, it is better to choose green as the base color. It is combined with the main hero of the occasion - the Christmas tree. If coniferous wood is not installed, any other color will work as a base.
White is used for any occasion: it is the main color that is associated with New Year's Eve. It can be replaced with light blue or milky. The shade harmonizes well with artificial snow, balls made of polystyrene foam or plastic bottles. In homemade crafts, white is the most common base color.
If the decor of the room is planned in a modern style, then red elements must be chosen. Scarlet, crimson, burgundy - there are a lot of shades of this color. It depends on the structure of the materials that will be used for decoration. Ribbons for decorating the Christmas tree, table or chairs are chosen in bright red, and Christmas tree decorations are in richer shades.
It is important that the color of each detail is in harmony with the other elements hung around the apartment.
Color spectrum
To celebrate the New Year this time, the optimal shades will be white, light ash and all shades of gray, as well as silver.
If desired, you can create a “colored” New Year’s interior, but the main color in it should remain white, into which soft shades should be harmoniously integrated:
- blue;
- lilac;
- turquoise.
As you can see, 2020 is gravitating towards cold colors and red, gold, yellow and orange, which were so popular in past seasons, will be inappropriate both in the interior and in the decoration of the table.
Natural decor
In recent years, natural decor has become popular. This is a design that excludes a large number of bright, artificial elements. Adherents of this decor are lovers of natural fabrics, wood trim or home decoration with a naturalistic style.
The New Year's interior is complemented by a Christmas tree. This is the main attribute that is installed in the apartment by mid-December. She is decorated with nuts, cookies in the shape of characters from famous fairy tales, bows and figurines made from natural fabrics.
Have you ever decorated a house like this?
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The decoration of the Christmas tree is complemented with twine and wooden elements. This design does not require rain, lights or massive balls. Only glass toys with minimal finishing are used.
Minimalism and naturalness are maintained for the rest of the decor. Paper garlands are used to decorate walls, furniture or windows. Their creation will appeal to children who will be able to show all their imagination.
Natural decoration of an apartment for the New Year includes the presence of pine needles in the decoration of the living space. Spruce branches are transformed into beautiful wreaths: they are hung on the front door or placed on a festive table.
To transform the rooms for the New Year, wooden beams are used. They serve as candlesticks or stands for New Year's dishes. Figurines made from fabric, beads, and felt go well with natural decor. This apartment interior will not be overloaded, and will leave pleasant memories of the New Year celebration.
Delicious decoration
You can create a New Year's apartment design with your own hands from ordinary sweets. You can make a real holiday garland from them. This decoration is very relevant, because we all associate this holiday with sweet gifts and delicious presentations.
How to decorate your home for the New Year with candy? Very simple! All you need is a regular stapler and, of course, candy. You need to buy sweets at the rate of 30 pieces per garland one and a half meters long. Make sure that the candy wrappers have enough space to stick together, otherwise your creation will simply fall apart. In addition, choose bright candies with beautiful candy wrappers.
First of all, sort the candies by color and arrange them so that they go well together. You could, for example, play with contrast and put red and green candies together, or choose candies from a similar color scheme. Now, one by one, attach the “tails” of the candies to each other. Try to secure staples away from the edges.
Now, using the finished garland, we decorate the house for the New Year. You can simply hang a garland around the perimeter of the room, you can decorate a Christmas tree with it, or even wrap such a garland around gifts.
Unusual Christmas tree
The New Year's tree design determines the entire appearance of the home. Traditionally, coniferous wood is installed in the center of the living room or closer to the corner, where there is enough free space for it.
The Christmas tree does not like cramped conditions. It is convenient to install the main New Year's attribute near the fireplace.
The muted light of the fire harmonizes with the branches of pine needles. In this case, it is also impossible to leave it too close to an open flame, so that it does not immediately wither.
New Year's home interior decoration includes the following unusual solutions:
- the Christmas tree is installed in an unusual position;
- the main attribute is replaced by a craft made from paper, polystyrene foam, cardboard;
- to decorate the spruce, atypical toys are used or the needles are not decorated at all - they are left in their natural form;
- to transform the main attribute, crafts are used - sleighs, figurines of Father Frost, Snow Maiden or other fairy tale characters are created with your own hands.
How to beautifully decorate a room: if you choose a massive, lush Christmas tree, then other details for decoration should be smaller in size and volume. Then the decor will look harmonious.
You can learn how to decorate a Christmas tree in an unusual way from master classes. They reveal the secrets of proper decoration of basic and additional elements.
The main task of the owner of the house is to create a real family tradition of decorating the Christmas tree every year with the whole family.
New Year's furniture decor in the bedroom
How beautifully can you decorate an apartment for New Year 2020 with your own hands, namely the bedroom? The bedroom is a personal space for relaxation, so decorate this room for yourself and those closest to you who have access to it.
As a rule, guests do not come here. All this gives the owners the full right to create decor only in accordance with their wishes. However, in order not to offend the future symbol of the year, it is still worth paying attention to the preferences of the metal Rat. Of the entire color palette, she prefers white, golden and silver shades. These are calm, light colors that would be appropriate in a bedroom.
When creating decor in such a sacred place, it is worth listening to your inner feelings. Decorations in the bedroom should not make you feel uncomfortable. Minimal New Year's decorations will be enough. You can install a small Christmas tree on the bedside table, and draw snowflakes on the mirror. This will create a magical New Year's atmosphere without overloading the space, which carries an aura of peace and quiet.
The window can be decorated with a luminous garland, and it can be placed on the curtains, thanks to which a new source of soft light will appear in the room. Flashing lights always evoke a feeling of joy, celebration and happiness. To fully feel the approaching New Year's miracles, you can also change the bed linen, the ornament of which will remind you of this. These can be images of stars, snowflakes, curls and other winter patterns.
Ribbons for decoration
A universal detail that is suitable for any decoration on the eve of New Year’s Eve is a ribbon. It comes in different appearance, shape, and structure. The ribbon is selected according to color and additional elements: combined cuts with lace or uneven edges are used to decorate the table.
Do you like this New Year's wreath?
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New Year's interiors are immediately transformed if the cutlery on the festive table is tied with a thin ribbon. Beads are sewn to the center of the bow or dry twigs are attached. A cinnamon stick and pine twigs go well with this option. Decorating the interior with ribbons for the New Year does not end there. The tablecloth is covered with such elements. They are used to decorate candles or wreaths placed on a festive table.
To decorate a room for the New Year with your own hands, buy wide ribbons. They are tied into bows and complemented with wreaths or flags. The same decor is suitable for decorating a Christmas tree. Bows can be used instead of garlands.
A ribbon transformed into a craft will help you decorate your room for the New Year - it can be used to make voluminous balls or toys. Another option for decorating a room is to combine fabric strips and massive beads. Such garlands will appeal to children who will be able to participate in the process of their creation.
Decorating the room with balloons
There aren’t a lot of extra Christmas tree decorations in the house, and you can’t figure out how to decorate a room for the New Year 2021 without purchasing expensive New Year’s decor elements - just buy beautiful inflatable balls and make unusual home decorations with your own hands.
For New Year 2021 you can make the following from balloons:
- spiral arches or columns;
- large or medium snowflakes;
- thematic figures;
- multi-tiered Christmas trees.
But the easiest way is to purchase ready-made New Year-themed foil balls and simply place them in different corners of the room to create a festive atmosphere.
Decoration of New Year's pillows
You can embroider pillows with ribbons, patterns, or buy festive pillowcases.
For small houses or apartments, casual decor is selected. They do it in mid-December, and until the celebration, the whole family must live with this situation. They make small New Year's accents not only on the tree or table. Even boring, familiar pillowcases are transformed before the main celebration.
How to decorate pillows in an apartment for the New Year 2020:
- Replacing pillowcases. The simplest, but most expensive option is to buy new pillowcases. They depict fairy-tale characters, snowmen, and deer. Snowflakes made from different parts are suitable for decorating pillowcases.
- Additional details. Another option, which will require more time and effort, is adding details to the pillowcases. For this, old pillows are used as a base. New designs are formed on them using threads, beads or felt cuttings. For this case, you need to choose a pillow design and think through all its details.
- Temporary decor. This decor is used only for celebrations and does not harm the pillowcase or pillow. Immediately after New Year's Eve, removable parts are put aside for the next celebration. For these purposes, clamps tied with thick thread, capes or attached figurines of fairy-tale characters are used.
Interior design solutions are always combined with practicality. You cannot make pillows that are not used for their intended purpose.
Good ideas for home decoration are pillowcases for small pillows. They can be installed under the Christmas tree so that everyone can sit near the coniferous branches - there you can watch New Year's films or present gifts. To prevent the room for New Year's decoration from being overloaded with unnecessary details, pillowcases are dressed up to match the same theme.
Decorating a room for boys
Transforming a room into a fairy-tale, magical reality is a desire for equal strength between boys and girls.
When drawing up an action plan, keep in mind that:
- your helpers are shades of blue: ultramarine, sea. From toys to bedding, as much as your imagination allows;
- background colors - white, green, red details;
- if you don't want blue, go Hollywood style with red, white, green and brown shades;
- as Christmas tree toys, take toys that the child plays with;
- garlands made of colored paper will harmoniously complement the picture.
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For a complete, single style, make thematic illustrations on the window sills. Paint the window glass. Fantasize and be inspired by the selected photos.
New Year's garlands
Paper, felt or dried oranges are great for garlands.
A universal tool for transforming living space is a garland. On the eve of New Year's Eve, many long, short, massive and small luminous elements appear on store shelves. They fit any style, color scheme, and can be used even after the celebration.
We decorate the apartment with garlands for the New Year in advance: at the first stage, the Christmas tree is installed - it determines the location of the remaining details, then small elements, and only at the end the garland is installed.
The garland is used to decorate Christmas tree branches, to hide imperfections or seams of homemade crafts. Its additional function is decor lighting. The larger the bulbs, the stronger their effect. The yellow tint of small light bulbs harmonizes better with small crafts. Cool colors will suit a flashy interior.
Garlands are used to decorate wreaths - a traditional Catholic attribute. Special devices are used to illuminate the outer part. They are protected from moisture or exposure to low ambient temperatures. They differ in length and power system.
General tips for decorating a child's room for the holidays
Work done independently is valued more and brings great happiness. If we are talking about styling a nursery for the New Year, then an excellent option would be to ask the child for help, ask what he likes, what he wants and implement all the ideas together. Or vice versa, do everything in the absence or while the main character is sleeping.
To ensure that everything works out both safely and in a New Year’s style, consider the following recommendations:
- placement height – without the possibility of picking it up, tearing it off, or getting damaged (depending on age);
- Avoid glass products. Replacement option: fabric, wood, plastic, foam;
- size of toys and accessories - choose without small parts that are too bright;
- garlands powered by electricity, check for quality work, if desired, use paper ones;
- Attaching the Christmas tree requires special attention - reliable fixation, the material of the toys, as a guarantee of peace of mind for parents.
How to decorate a children's room for New Year 2020? An annual question-marathon for caring, loving families who want to plunge into childhood, filled with adventures, gifts, and surprises.
Fireplace decoration
Fireplaces in apartments are very rare, but sometimes elements imitating a fireplace are used to create a harmonious interior. Such parts do not perform the main function - they do not heat, and there is no fire in them. They are decorated to create a unique New Year's mood.
To decorate the fireplace, use candles, garlands and felt crafts.
What room decoration on New Year's Eve is suitable for apartments with a fireplace:
- if possible, bags are hung on the mantelpiece or the top of the craft - these are traditional socks in which Santa Claus puts gifts for children: the bags are personalized and prepared in advance by each family member;
- the upper part of the fireplace is decorated with a garland - it will create additional light and replace real smoldering coals;
- the room with a fireplace is decorated with red ribbons: they are tied with small “inflorescences” from branches of pine needles and dried rowan.
How to decorate an apartment for the New Year 2020: install a Christmas tree near the fireplace. It should not obscure the main element, but only emphasize it. You can connect two parts with garlands of the same color. Above the fireplace, flags assembled on strings are installed - they are created with your own hands. We decorate the apartments for the New Year, decorate the fireplace, and the festive mood is already penetrating the apartment.
Dried fruits and spices
It's a decor that takes some fiddling with, but it's worth it. Here is a version of a large aromatic sachet:
- Buy some citrus fruits, sprigs of rosemary, star anise and cinnamon sticks.
- Cut the fruit into rings and place them in the oven to dry for 4-5 hours at 100º-120ºC. You will get fragrant thin chips, which can be tinted with acrylic paint if desired.
- Make a double star pattern on the mesh fabric. Sew the two halves together like a bag, leaving one beam open.
- Now fill the inside of the case with dried slices and spices. To reduce the consumption of decor, fill the main part with fluffy cotton wool or padding polyester, and fill the outside with decorations.
- Hang the craft on a chandelier or on a closet door in any room where you want to feel the aromas of the holiday.
You can decorate your room for the New Year with dried fruits in different ways. The simplest one is to string them on a thread and hang them like a garland.
New Year's smells
The New Year's atmosphere is a set table, a Christmas tree decorated by the whole family, gifts prepared in advance and unique aromas. If you ask what the main holiday of the year smells like, everyone will remember their own scents. There are also smells that will create the right New Year's atmosphere, even if there is not a lot of decorations in the house.
What complements the New Year's decor of any apartment: the aroma of pine needles. As soon as the tree is brought into the house, it begins to emit a unique aroma. Everyone will like incense: the natural, soft, relaxed smell will help get rid of diseases. Therefore, a natural Christmas tree not only decorates the house, but also heals.
Another scent that is associated with New Year’s Eve is the smell of citrus. You can buy several oranges and tangerines or incense sticks. Both options can be combined with each other.
Decorating an apartment before the holidays does not exclude the use of basic scents: the smell of vanilla or jasmine. They have a beneficial effect on all receptors and help to calm down. For the bedroom, incense will be suitable, which will be more to the liking of the owner of the house - in this case, it is not necessary to choose New Year's scents.
How to make the doors also festively decorated?
The New Year's composition on the doors can “echo” the window, wall or elements of the festive table, decorated Christmas tree.
Today, when much of the interior is borrowed from Western designers, our compatriots are happy to hang Christmas wreaths on their doors. Ready-made or handmade from natural materials or from all sorts of New Year's items, a Christmas wreath will really decorate the entrance to the room.
Or make a horseshoe out of decorations, toys, pine cones, candies, and icicle candies. You can wrap a colorful garland around the doorway, and hang golden bells in the center. All that remains is to decorate the New Year's table on December 31st!
As you can see, decorating just one room can take from several hours to several days. Imagine now how much time it will take to decorate the entire apartment for the New Year?! And it’s better if you do everything slowly, starting around the end of November - beginning of December. The Christmas tree is installed later, for example, a week before the holiday.
New Year's sleigh
New Year crafts complement any decor. They create a fairy tale for children and the right mood for adults. A wide variety of crafts are used - more often they are chosen to match fairy tales, or the future theme of the gala evening.
Would you like to make such a decoration?
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How to dilute the usual New Year's interior in an apartment: make a sleigh, reindeer, Santa Claus's team. It is installed in the living room or in any free part of the living space.
For the living room, a craft is being prepared no higher than 40-50 cm so that it does not clutter up the free space. New Year's interior decoration is made from a cardboard base. To do this, two side parts of the harness, the bottom, and the back are cut out. All parts match each other in size. Additionally, figures of deer or horses leading the team are carved out.
There is no need to use ready-made sleds - they will only get in the way. All parts are glued together and then covered with several layers of paint.
Such decorations are decorated with rain or garlands. For greater authenticity, a Santa Claus bag is installed on the seat. Gifts or simple toys are placed in it. Children will like the sleigh the most: they can organize games or competitions with it.
Original lighting for a room, house or apartment for the New Year
If you have a private house, then do not forget to decorate, in addition to the rooms, a hall with a staircase leading to the floor above.
Throw tinsel with cones over the entire length over the railing, place glass candlesticks with burning candles on the steps, or attach an LED strip with multi-colored lights under each step, as shown in the photo.
Modern designers suggest using dark bottles or glass flasks (jars) as “lights”, in which electric garlands are placed.
Lighting for the New Year and Christmas should be thoughtful and effective. Use not only electric garlands, but also candles: their flickering makes your soul feel so cozy and pleasant.
Candles should be on the festive table as one of the obligatory attributes of the New Year's holiday.
In a beautifully designed candlestick, they are appropriate in different parts of the room: on the chest of drawers, on the fireplace, on the windows, on the coffee table.
Candles are also a wonderful gift for the New Year, and you can decorate them yourself: decorate them and package them in a beautiful wrapper.
Retro poster
For people who prefer a discreet, simple interior, stylish details will come in handy. There is no need to fill the apartment with Christmas trees, crafts or bright decorations. It’s enough to buy a poster or make New Year-themed collages.
Urban style excludes the presence of traditional decor. There are no garlands or colorful homemade parts here.
Cold tones, light textures, a large number of concrete structures - this is what is present in such houses. To make your New Year's room interior elegant and cozy with your own hands, it is better to use proven ideas. Retro posters with fairy-tale characters are the safest option for such cases.
6 options for New Year's apartment decoration
Good ideas for a New Year's theme would be matching paintings or signs from old shows. They will add the right New Year's spirit to the overall decor. In such an interior, attention to detail is paid: opposite the poster on the table you can place a small wreath made of natural materials.
Postcards are prepared in the same style and placed around the apartment. The main emphasis is on the festive table.
We decorate the apartment for the New Year with our own hands
You can decorate your house for the holiday yourself:
- decide on an idea
- decide what color scheme the decor will be made in,
- select and buy jewelry.
Many people wonder how to decorate an ordinary apartment for the New Year? When choosing a color, it is customary to be guided by the symbol of the upcoming New Year according to the eastern calendar.
For example, in the coming year, the main color is yellow. It goes well with other colors.
- The decor, made in the color combination of yellow and blue, will be joyful and positive.
- Yellow and green are an ideal natural combination; the decor will be rich and bright.
- The combination of yellow and purple looks very impressive.
- The hottest and most festive combination is yellow and red.
Pay attention to how the colors of the holiday decorations match the colors used in the interior of the apartment. They should not introduce dissonance or cause a feeling of discomfort.
If the interior of the apartment is made in pastel colors, bright and contrasting decorations will become excellent accents.
Bottom line
Preparing for the holidays is always exhausting, so from mid-December you need to draw up a plan for the mandatory work to decorate your living space. The Christmas tree is installed first. It is decorated with homemade or harmonizing details.
After this, decorative elements are installed - sleighs, crafts, wreaths and draped pillows. At the end, a garland is hung: it completely completes the New Year's decor. The design is selected to suit the style of the room and the personal tastes of its owner. If you don’t want to decorate your house in a traditional style, use extraordinary, discreet details.
How to decorate a New Year's room with your own hands quickly and inexpensively
Preparing your home for the holidays in advance means setting the mood for each day much earlier. Among the ready-made beauties, it is difficult not only to choose, but also in price. Not everyone can freely, without hesitation, buy something they really like. And here your hands, childhood memories, available means, desires and joyful eyes of a child will help you.
By complementing the interior yourself, you get a special, atmospheric world of your home that is not like others.
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- window sill, window (drawings, Santa Claus, snowflakes, deer, candles, lights);
- a New Year's fairy tale on the walls, ceiling and even a chandelier (balls, rain, phosphorus stars, reflective lamps);
- decoration of the table, chairs (luminous figurines, tablecloth, candlesticks, elements symbolic of the Year of the Rat);
- decorating/creating a fireplace (Santa socks, garlands), soft toy/rat figurine;
- pillows, blankets, hats, sweaters.
For a harmonious appearance of the room as a whole, it is advisable to take into account:
- one style (separate homemade elements, purchased decor);
- ratio of the size of things (very large parts on a small surface / and vice versa);
- uniform distribution of attributes throughout the room;
- combination of colors (do not mix bright ones together).
No matter how many recommendations you read, how many examples you look at - take the basics, the key positions, but otherwise, the main thing is what emotions you invest, with what feelings you decorate the house, how much warmth you convey to your children, family, and friends.
How to decorate a room for the New Year
The most important winter holiday is approaching, which means it's time to decorate the house! While decorating a beautiful Christmas tree is not a difficult task, the entire interior requires thoughtful intervention. It turns out that you can create a cozy and at the same time cheerful atmosphere yourself, without the involvement of expensive designers. Let's look at the most current options for New Year's decor.
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Paint the window of your room. Playful snowmen, fluffy fir trees, and thematic inscriptions will cheer up not only your household, but even passers-by. Ordinary gouache sticks well on glass, and for particularly bright and durable designs you can purchase stained glass paint. If you don't mind a solid color design, use toothpaste instead of paint. It should be diluted with water and mixed to a consistency close to sour cream. Tooth powder is diluted in a similar way. It is convenient to apply this mass with a painting brush.
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Decorate the ceiling, walls, curtains. Ideas can be very different, the main thing is not to hang everything at once, otherwise it will look like a store for New Year's goods, and not a living space. Classic tinsel and balls, bells, and angels look great. Make bows from satin ribbons, roll the electric garland into a ball and place it in a round glass vase. Combine jewelry in such a way that you get something original from familiar items.
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Make a wreath for the front or interior door. All you need is wire, spruce branches, pine cones, perhaps balls or ribbons, and glue. The branches need to be wrapped around a round wire frame, the ends secured with the same wire. Next we glue the cones and other elements. As a result, we get an excellent Christmas wreath, which is no worse than analogues from the supermarket.
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New Year's compositions with candles are quite fashionable now. Select a round tray of medium diameter and place several large candles on it. They may be the same or slightly different in height. Fill the empty space with pine branches, balls and cones. Make sure that when the wick burns, the entire structure will not ignite. Place the tray on a shelf or mantel, out of reach of little ones.
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Hanging crafts look unusual. For example, attach about 10 long pieces of transparent fishing line to a chandelier. Place pre-cut snowflakes and small foam balls on them. From the outside, the composition looks like real snowfall.
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Decorate your space not only with figures and lights, but also with feelings. Fill the room with a festive aroma that perfectly complements the scent of spruce. Take an orange and insert a clove into its peel. Create a clove pattern on citrus so that the fruit also serves a decorative function. Instead of orange, you can use lemon; it also “sounds” harmoniously with spices.
When decorating a room for the New Year, be sure to use the main tool - your imagination. She is much better than any helpers or inspirers, because only she knows the emotions and expectations of her owner.