5 mistakes in decorating the house for the holiday that you have not thought about | ivd.ru

We identify the "bad habits" of New Year's Eve decoration, which almost everyone has, and get rid of them.

What mistakes are easy to make in New Year's decoration? Told in the video

1 Decorations only in one room

Many people are accustomed to carefully decorate one room for the New Year: for example, the living room. They pick up a beautiful fir tree there, arrange themed figurines on the shelves, hang paper garlands on the walls, throw a new plaid on the sofa. At the same time, the rest of the apartment remains undecorated. From a practical point of view, there is nothing terrible about this, but if you use all the housing, you can achieve a much brighter feeling of the approaching holiday.

How to make it better

Distribute the decor evenly throughout the apartment. For example, on the chest of drawers in the bedroom, you can put a vase with fir branches, if desired, decorating with a couple of balls. It will turn out very elegant, but at the same time laconic, and the coniferous smell will linger in the interior for a long time and will cheer you up. In the kitchen, spruce twigs can be hung over the countertop. Or put a couple of cans with a battery-powered garland inside on the windows. And the corridor will help decorate the usual paper hanging.

2 Placing the decor in an unprepared apartment

Before decorating an apartment, many people do a general cleaning. This is a great tradition, especially if you combine it with large-scale clutter. But if you finish preparing the space only on this, the festive decor may not look as perfect as you want.

How to make it better 

To make the decorations fit harmoniously into the interior, think about how they will be combined with the overall palette or style. For example, if you use silver and glossy balls, you can hang several mirrors on the wall so that similar surfaces complement each other. Or, if the apartment is decorated in a neutral palette, and the decorations will be red, complement the rooms with other details to match them: for example, textiles or other accessories.

3 Abandonment of old jewelry

At the beginning of the two thousandth years , a huge amount appeared on sale bright and interesting Christmas tree toys and festive decor at affordable prices. Therefore, for a while everyone forgot about the old jewelry, putting them away in the closet, or even just throwing them away. Now the trend for everything deliberately new has passed, and again I want to see an original decor with history.

How to make it better

Feel free to get grandma's Christmas decorations, go for them at vintage fairs or look for them in stores. You can decorate the apartment completely in retro style or mix it with modern elements. Experiment based on your emotions and associations with the holiday, this is the main criterion for a successful New Year's decoration of the apartment.

4 Decoration only in the Western manner

An apartment decorated in the spirit of Hollywood movies is not bad. But if this approach to decorating is repeated from year to year, then the red-gold combination, striped socks for gifts and English-language inscriptions begin to bother. 

How to make it better

Pay attention to other styles, because there are a lot of them. If you want something sophisticated and elegant, you can arrange housing with references to pre-revolutionary Russian houses. To do this, use spectacular candlesticks, elegant glasses, a live fir tree and a variety of glass Christmas tree toys of interesting shapes. Or recreate the cozy atmosphere of the Soviet New Year: with tangerines in a vase, a paper garland and a grandmother's service. If you want something new, pay attention to the traditions of the Scandinavian countries.

5 Unsafe jewelry

Every year, dangerous situations related to Christmas decorations occur around the world. A cheap garland without a quality certificate, candles in an unsafe place, poorly fixed spruce all this causes fires and household injuries.

How to make it better

Buy all the holiday decor only from trusted manufacturers with quality certificates. This is your guarantee that the paint on the decorations will not be toxic, and the wire from the garland will not start to smolder and sparkle. If there are children or pets in the house, make sure that everything glass and small will be out of their reach, and the fir tree will not fall if they pull it.

Cover photo: Unsplash

Original content from the site