How to Add festive look to your home this Christmas Season

Christmas is a time for celebration. This is the time of the year when you want to decorate your home to create a festive atmosphere around you. And with the New Year arriving soon everyone is eager to give their home a new, impressive look. Some easy ideas and creativity is all that is needed to prepare your house for Christmas.

Let warmth and energy of your home define the festive season for you Small touches and creative ideas can bring in the Christmas cheer Start planning all this now!

The Christmas tree is the heart of Christmas dcor. Make sure to keep the Christmas tree on a stand and fill it with water. While decorating the tree with lights, start arranging lights near the base. Weave strings of lights along the branches from inside and then move to the outer edges. Place some small ornaments and other decorations inside the tree (instead of keeping them on the tips) to add interest. Include solid colour balls of different sizes and colours to enhance the decoration. Also pile up some gifts wrapped in coloured papers around the tree or pile them from the floor to the ceiling to make a gift pillar decoration.

For outside decoration, prepare some luminaries from paint cans, painted white and then punched with a design of your choice with a large nail and hammer. Set up small lights on both the edges on the pathway in front of the main door. Window treatments will also have a good effect from outside. Tie up the ends with ribbons to give a beautiful effect to the windows.

Decorate all possible things with bows. Tie ribbons and bows to chair backs, doorknobs, curtains, garlands, etc. Choose ribbons in colours that will synchronize with the decoration scheme. Hang holiday wreaths on all the doors. Drape garlands (real or artificial) along the window frame and mantels, over the mirrors and on the railings, which will put a wonderful colour around the house for this season. Vases filled with white and red flowers will also add to the colour. Flowers can be made to float in a large glass bowl filled with water. Change the throw pillows in your living room with colours that coordinate with the decoration. The pillows can also be tied on ribbon embellished with floral bows.

To give a natural look, use the left over greens from the Christmas tree to make some quick arrangements in simple bowls. Also place some on the windowsills , the bath sink or on tables. Wrap the plant pots with red foil wrapper. To add shine to everything, sprinkle artificial snow over the Christmas tree and on the tabletops. Decorate indoor plants and trees with shiny ornaments . For tableware tie ribbons to the stems of wine glasses and handles of cutlery. Hang stockings around the house to give a festive feel. Colourful fabric paints can be used to create Christmas patterns (like stars, bells, etc.) on a white tablecloth. Also decorate plain coloured candles with threedimensional fabric paint. Scented candles will also be perfect for the festive mood. Paint the underside of a large glass plate with golden designs. Place it on a table and fill it with candles of various shapes. Collect some pictures of Christmas cards and create a collage. This work can be framed or hanged from the ceiling. The background of the fish tank can be changed using wrapping paper or beautiful pictures.

Make small bowls of potpourri and place them around the house. Mix together some cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and allspice. Bury in some white lights, so that when switched on the lights warm the potpourri just to release the scent.

These decorations will transform your house and make it suitable for the season with little effort and less time. Let the warmth and energy of your home define the festive season for you.