
Winter holidays are near and question how to decorate the house to the meeting in 2018 becomes more relevant day by day. I present to you a selection of New Year's trends and fresh ideas on decorating the space.
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Luxurious western decor
In the west, home decoration for Christmas is a kind of art. The overall concept of the interior is thought out, the color range of decorative elements is in harmony with the design of the room and is strictly maintained.
Details are perfectly combined in shape and size. Not only the Christmas tree is decorated, but also any suitable place for this - a fireplace, window sills, cabinets, dining tables and even doors. A single holiday space is born, a sense of fairy tale and magic.
Here are some tricks to decorate an apartment in the spirit of a traditional western Christmas:
return to menu ↑Play on the contrast
Scarlet - green, red - gold, blue - silver - bright, familiar color combinations are associated with winter holidays, creating a special atmosphere at home. Of the two colors, one is always the main, and the other serves as an accent. It is excellent if the chosen color scheme is combined with the existing interior.
return to menu ↑Single color decor
Another popular technique is smooth color transitions. The combination of white with gold or silver, delicate jewelry in one color bring a sense of calm.
return to menu ↑Details rule the ball
Reindeer sleigh, decorative felt boots on the fireplace, a cozy Christmas lamp - such details underline the conceptuality of the decor. Attention to trifles allows you to create a truly lively and thoughtful festive interior.
return to menu ↑Graphicity and scandi minimalism
Inspired by, perhaps, the most popular Scandinavian style today, you can create an unusual, but at the same time modern New Year's decor. Scandi jewelry - for the brave and young at heart. Not afraid of black and white? Love the graphics in all its manifestations? Ready to show imagination and create jewelry with your own hands? Then this trend is for you!
Closeness to nature - the motto of the holiday in the Scandinavian style. There is no riot of colors, screaming decorative elements, colorful tinsel. Minimalism and natural balance are supported by the decoration of cones and fir branches, simple wooden figures in the form of silhouettes of animals. Monochrome colors complement the chosen concept.
Scandinavian style - the faithful guardian of family values. Its main principle is the creation of a cozy atmosphere of pleasant winter evenings in a circle of loved ones, the maintenance of family values and the unification of generations. Here are a few things that will help you organize northern magic in your home:
return to menu ↑Holiday keepers
Pixie's magical gnomes are a symbol of Scandinavian Christmas. Textile decorations in the form of gnomes peeking out from behind cushions, hiding under the tree, on dressers and fireplaces. According to legend, they bring good luck, give them a happy holiday and a feeling of happiness.
return to menu ↑Lively decor
Decorate the window sill with a group of candlesticks in the form of houses, arrange cozy candles around the house, hang a homemade garland over the bed. Do not worry if the jewelry defies strict symmetry. The spirit of Scandinavian decor comes alive when every thing finds its place.
return to menu ↑Advent Calendar
Perhaps the brightest sign of the coming of the New Year and Christmas is the appearance of the advent calendar at home. He helps the children count the days until the holiday, hides the daily good wishes or small gifts.
Retro style new year
Nostalgia for the past and warm childhood memories gave popularity to the vintage style in home decoration for the New Year. Familiar toys, bright tinsel and sonorous metal candlestick in the form of a Christmas tree - these little things keep the memory of past years and cause warm smiles.
Vintage style means not only returning to the period of youth of our grandmothers. Now it’s more like a creative rethinking of the heritage of the whole XX century, its voluntary reading with regard to modern realities.
Decorations of the past era fit in the interior, made in natural colors using natural materials. It is not necessary to search for Christmas decorations at the flea market. You can use artificially aged materials, muted colors: beige, gray-lilac, muted blue.
An important difference between retro-style is symmetry. This rule applies to garlands on the Christmas tree, postcards on the shelf or even chairs in the dining room.
If you still managed to find real antiques, do not forget about the sense of proportion. Only one element can give direction to the decor; the more exotic it looks, the less it needs companions.
return to menu ↑Natural creativity
New Year's Eve is cozy home evenings, invigorating mulled wine, aroma of tangerines and gingerbread on a coniferous branch. It is with this attitude that you should start decorating the house in eco-style. A variety of natural materials inspire the creation of New Year's compositions and the implementation of bold creative ideas.
Decorations in natural style are extremely diverse:
- Neat gingerbread houses and cookies with icing sugar.
- Dried slices of oranges and candied berries.
- Fragrant cinnamon sticks tied with twine.
- Linen flags and garlands of burlap.
- Intricate Christmas balls from the vine.
- And, of course, cones in all their diversity.
Organically look next to the natural compositions of ornaments in the style of rustic. The color range of such decorations is distinguished by natural natural shades of green, brown, beige and subdued orange.
The main beauty of the holiday must always be "alive", preferably in a tub or grown specifically for sale. An elegant Christmas tree is just the beginning of home decoration. Branches of garlands, fir wreaths, interesting desktop compositions set the festive mood of the interior, and does not contradict the principles of eco-style.
The main beauty of the holiday
In whatever style you decide to decorate the house, the main symbol of the holiday is the Christmas tree. Here are some tips on how to make a real ball queen of modest forest beauty.
return to menu ↑Decent position
Christmas tree is the main heroine of the New Year's stories, so she must be given the appropriate place. Choose for her a free part of the room, not cluttered with furniture. Do not be afraid of change. Even if the installation of the trees will have to make a small permutation, updating the interior for the New Year will only benefit.
return to menu ↑Choice of toys
Diverse decorations of different sizes and textures - traditional balls, small bells, stars, angels, ribbons and bows look interesting. Do not forget the rule, large toys are hung first. If their size is about the same, then the background is created first, and then bright spots are found as an accent - stylistic or color.
return to menu ↑Whole picture
The dressed Christmas tree forms a triangular composition. It is completed decoration base. The special canvas hides the crosspiece of an artificial Christmas tree, gift boxes or a wooden flowerpots - a tub of living beauty. All additional elements intersect with the main parts in colors, materials.
return to menu ↑Fashionable palette
The colors of 2018 are deep emerald green hues, luxurious rusty red hues. The latter are especially relevant if you honor oriental traditions. In the year of the Yellow Dog it is recommended to decorate the house in warm shades of brown, orange and beige.
return to menu ↑New Year House mood
The festive mood consists of trifles - the aroma of pine needles, cute trinkets, placed around the house, a candle flame or the twinkling of Christmas garlands. Even more pleasant if you have made your own efforts to create a decor, you made beautiful compositions.
Preparation at home is not limited to a decorated Christmas tree. Feeling of the holiday can be made from the threshold. Winter flowers and Christmas wreaths serve these purposes.
Garlands, lanterns, lamps and, of course, candles are the most magical attribute of the New Year's atmosphere at home. And simple monochrome lights look much more noble than their variegated species.
Themed compositions of candles look interesting. So in Europe it is customary to install a wreath with four candles. They are lit one by one every Sunday. Four weeks before Christmas, only one candle burns, but with each week it becomes brighter, indicating the imminent onset of the main holiday of the year.
The “rain” epoch of a falling from the ceiling has sunk into oblivion, but the vertical decoration of the rooms is still relevant. Nowadays modern New Year mobili are used for this purpose. Their moving parts introduce dynamics into the interior, remind slowly feeding snow.
The most unusual designs are made of twigs and light toys suspended from a fishing line. You can go ahead and make a stylish composition in the form of balls floating in the air. These interior details are placed above the dining table, with their help focus attention on individual areas.
return to menu ↑5 new ideas of New Year's decor
New trends appear every season, and fresh ideas for home decoration come into our lives. We are not always ready to take on something new. But when, if not in the New Year, have fun and experiment. Here is a new look at the usual holiday decoration:
- Christmas tree - mural - why not? If there is not enough space in the room, then the Christmas tree on the wall is an excellent compromise option. The silhouette of the garlands, vinyl sticker or herringbone of the plates - the analogs of the usual fluffy beauty.
- The minimalist approach. Not every interior will withstand an abundance of motley decor. Sometimes only one or two objects of restrained color range set the festive mood, do not violate the well-established style of the room.
- If the stars are lit, it means someone needs it. The Bethlehem star is not only a symbol of Christmas, but also an incredibly showy decorative element. Airy hanging compositions, creative candlesticks, garlands, traditional Christmas-tree decorations are just a few of the options for using them.
- Christmas tree - flowerbed. Do you miss summer in the middle of winter? So why not decorate the house with fresh flowers. In the departments of floristics sold special capsules for flowers. Water is poured into them, the plant is placed. Such a Christmas tree decoration will be a real highlight of the winter holiday. An alternative to lively colors can be paper analogues or dried flowers.
- A simple way to transform a room is to place New Year's posters on the walls. You can emphasize their presence with a couple of other decorative touches - candles and fragrant pine feet. Turn your home into a real Santa Claus shop.
The New Year is an amazingly bright holiday full of events and emotions. Winter evenings keep comfort at home, unbridled fun with friends. Trust your imagination, show a sense of style - design the house in the atmosphere of a New Year's miracle and it will surely happen in the coming year!
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