DIY New Year's apartment interior design. How to decorate an apartment or house for the New Year (50 photos)
Do you want to bring the new year closer and switch from work problems to the anticipation of the main holiday? This means it’s time to take care of the New Year’s interior in your apartment. These pleasant chores will bring you closer to your family and allow you to plunge into a magical atmosphere today.
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Festive lighting of the apartment for the New Year
Modern garlands are distinguished by a variety of colors and the power of light bulbs and are available in the form of flexible ribbons or bright neon cords. With such a variety, the main criterion for choosing them should be safety, so before purchasing, be sure to check the integrity of the cord and the functionality of all lamps.
From an aesthetic point of view, it is important that the garland looks attractive not only when it is turned on, because it usually lights up only in the evening.
You can diversify the lighting in the New Year's interior of an apartment 2017 using decorative candles and small electric lanterns, sparklers and holiday themed lights.
Decorative candlestick for the New Year. Photo
Where and how to hang a garland for the New Year
Use the garland not only to illuminate the Christmas tree: you can use it to decorate doorways and window frames, creating a magical atmosphere, or lay out fancy figures on the ceiling and walls from a flexible neon cord.
New Year's apartment decor 2017. Photo
With the advent of waterproof models on the market LED lamps It has become possible to organize holiday lighting and New Year's 2017 interior even in the bathroom!
Use any electrical equipment requires compliance with safety rules. This is worth paying attention to in the New Year. Special attention, since small children are present at such holidays, and because large quantity guests and loud music may cause adults to lose their vigilance.
To securely fix the garland, several methods and materials are used: glue and special hooks, double sided tape and fishing line, loops of thread and wire attached to nails. Traces of glue and other substances after the holiday can be easily removed with wet wipes or glass cleaning products and will not spoil the New Year's interior of the apartment, but you will not have to worry about how firmly your holiday illumination is attached, and guests and small children will not get burned on hot lamps.
How to create a New Year's interior
Do you want the memories after the main night of the year to not be limited to a lush Christmas tree and the smell of tangerines? Long before the holiday, think about how you can diversify the New Year's interior of your apartment and make it original and attractive.
DIY New Year 2017 symbol. Photo
The symbol of the coming year is the monkey, so the more shiny and bright decorations you use, the better! It is believed that you can appease this restless animal by placing small candles around the apartment and attaching festive garlands to the walls. Among Christmas tree decorations, preference should be given to large, classic balls in golden shades.
Also, monkey figures must be present in the New Year's interior of apartments 2016. These can be figurines or soft toys, decorative candlesticks or homemade compositions from sweets, branches, tinsel.
DIY decorations for the New Year's interior 2017
An important part of preparing for the main holiday of the year is the decor of an apartment or house. This process is equally entertaining and enjoyable for both adults and children, helping them feel the atmosphere of the approaching magical night.
Ideas for the New Year's interior of an apartment can be drawn from design magazines and master classes on the Internet, or you can come up with and make decorations yourself.
With the help of accessories, you can make your usual home environment magical and romantic. And for this it is not at all necessary to purchase expensive designer jewelry and figurines. Candles placed on the table, mantelpiece, and window sills will help you soften the bright light of lamps. Instead of candlesticks, you can use transparent containers filled with multi-colored sand or sea salt crystals or glasses with water (for floating candles).
Snowflakes are considered a classic New Year's decoration at home, which can be purchased in a store or made yourself using foil, cardboard in bright colors or corrugated paper. They can not only be glued to glass, but also hung on a Christmas tree, attached to chandeliers and lamps, or used to decorate a holiday table.
In addition to a large natural Christmas tree, you can create several small trees with your own hands. To do this, you can use multi-colored threads, corrugated paper or tinsel wrapped around a cone-shaped frame, lay out candies in the shape of a Christmas tree, or make fabric models that will look great decorating champagne bottles or become cute souvenirs for your guests. Original compositions can be created from fir branches and cones, placing them on the table. A special silver spray, which can be easily applied to any surface from a spray can, will give such “Christmas trees” a pleasant festive shine.
It is known that the very process of imagining a New Year’s interior significantly improves your mood and seems to bring the long-awaited holiday closer! By making home decorations yourself, you get the opportunity to be creative and magical with your children, without wasting time shopping and buying standard accessories.
How to decorate a Christmas tree in 2107
No matter how they change fashion trends, majority holiday traditions remain unshakable, so the Christmas tree is still the main New Year's symbol.
Adherents of the classics can decorate it with light snowflakes and hang candies and fruits, use shiny tinsel and multi-colored glass balls.
Among the new trends in the decoration of Christmas trees and interiors for the New Year 2016, one can note the abandonment of brightly decorated trees, which, however, does not mean that there should be little decorations. Rather, one should pay attention more attention the harmony of the entire composition and the combination of shades of all accessories that are used on the tree. However, adherents of Eastern astrology can deviate from this rule, because the monkey, as you know, loves shiny and bright things.
How to decorate a Christmas tree in 2017. Photo
To decorate the top of the tree, you can buy porcelain figurines of angels or a symbol of the coming year, abandoning the traditional red star.
Considering the growing interest in handmade products, on the eve of the New Year, you can make Christmas tree decorations with your children and adult relatives: paint glass or plastic balls, sew animal figures from multi-colored fabrics, or make pine cones from scrap materials. Family photos in such a New Year’s apartment interior will turn out truly magical and will take center stage in your album.
How the Christmas tree was decorated in previous years
New Year- the most long-awaited, fun and important holiday in the whole world. Home decoration plays a huge role on this day. A properly decorated New Year's interior will bring even more joy, positive emotions, happiness and warmth.
New Year's apartment interior design should be approached with enthusiasm and imagination. This is a great opportunity to show off your skills and creativity.
Each person decorates to his own taste, giving preference to his own desires and the desires of his loved ones.
Let's consider the main components of any New Year, without which the holiday will not be so symbolic.
Christmas tree
It’s hard to imagine the New Year’s interior of a room without it, since it is the main decoration and symbol of this holiday. Christmas trees can be real or artificial.
The real ones have a special pleasant and fresh aroma, but after a couple of days the needles begin to fall off. But artificial ones last a long time, and you can use them at least every year.
They are different colors: green, white, blue and dark purple. When choosing a Christmas tree, the size must be selected taking into account the volume of the apartment.
To make it easy to carry through the door, the ceiling did not reach and the width fit in the room.
The Christmas tree is decorated with a wide variety of toys - both purchased and handmade. These are balls, plastic animals, stars, numerous molds, cones and paper products.
You don’t have to decorate the Christmas tree on New Year’s Day; you can choose one home flower, similar to a tree.
Looks great, no chopping required living tree or buy artificial. To do this, take tinsel or rain and hang them in a circle.
You can also hang lightweight toys made of plastic or cookies from a string.
Instead of a traditional Christmas tree, you can decorate a branch of a tree or a branch of a Christmas tree. Hang toys, garlands and tinsel there.
In this case, it is important to securely fasten the twig on the table or floor so that it does not fall.
You can also make a Christmas tree with your own hands from paper, tinsel or other things. The finished decoration can be placed on a table or shelf.
New Year's interior with garland
Another decoration for the New Year is garlands. These colorful lights can enliven and give a festive atmosphere to even the most ordinary home.
They are for sale different sizes and lengths, many colors and shapes. They decorate Christmas trees, walls and suites of apartments, roofs of houses and shops.
You can also fold them in the form of Christmas trees or little animals, if you have enough imagination. There is nothing more beautiful than these lights!
You can also make garlands from pieces of paper. To do this, you need to cut the paper in the form of a ribbon, connect the edges of one ribbon together to form a circle, and also connect the edges of the next ribbon, only in this case we turn on the first circle. It turns out to be a chain of circles connected to each other.
But the options are more difficult to implement, but also more interesting:
Christmas wreath
Not a single New Year is complete without a wreath. This tradition has been followed for many years in a row, and people love it. The wreath is made from branches of a Christmas tree, pine or fir.
They decorate with bells, various ribbons, toys and fir cones. Those who don’t have enough time to make it themselves can buy it at the store.
There is no limit to their variety, and they are not that expensive. Wreaths are usually hung on front door, but some people just put it on a shelf or hang it on a chandelier and ceiling.
Candles
Many people decorate their holiday table with candles. They give a certain magic and an atmosphere of warmth. Scented candles are especially popular.
There are all kinds of aromas: floral, citrus, fresh, fresh, woody, aromatic.
For the New Year, you can choose the scent of spruce or tangerines. With this design, it is important to ensure that children do not reach the candles or put them higher.
New Year's socks
No matter how funny it may sound, in many countries there is a tradition of hanging beautiful and bright socks on fireplaces or doors. They are sold in stores, but skilled people can sew them themselves.
Gifts are placed in socks in the morning. You can put anything as a gift, but usually they put candy, cookies and other sweets.
In our country, socks are usually not hung up, and gifts are given to children in boxes with different designs or in gift bags.
Angels
In many houses on New Year's Day you can see angels. These plastic, wooden or glass ornaments can be hung on the tree, door, ceiling or placed on shelves.
They are sold in different colors, but usually take white or light colors, as a symbol of purity and peace.
You can make angels with my own hands from paper. To do this, we prepare angel stencils in advance, use them to draw on white or colored paper, and cut them out evenly.
You can paint them or decorate them with glitter. The angels are ready. They can be glued to windows or connected to each other to make a garland. Children will especially like this idea. They will be happy to express themselves creatively.
Decoration with pine cones
They can be found in any forest where fir and pine trees grow. The cones need to be painted with paint, varnish or glitter in different colors.
By combining several into one, you can build a variety of figures and compositions. Or you can put several colorful shiny pine cones in a wide vase.
This way your home will be original and unique. At the same time, you can save significantly.
To make a decoration out of a cone, you need to wipe it with a napkin and then paint it with paint or varnish. You can draw different patterns, glue glitter, and then hang it with thread.
All this can be done together with children. This way they will show their abilities, and there will be a lot of decorations.
Table decoration
A beautifully selected tablecloth, napkins and cutlery will add a sense of importance and solemnity. And the table will look neat and sophisticated.
The New Year's table is also decorated with tangerines. These bright fruits are a symbol important holiday, besides, they perfectly complement the table. They can be placed on a vase or plate.
Beautiful presentation of dishes is also important during this holiday. You can decorate salads, meats, fruits, vegetables, meat cuts, and cheeses in a special way. Place candles, a toy symbol of the year that is coming. Guests will certainly notice your efforts and skill.
DIY crafts
In many homes, especially where there are children, you can find homemade decorations. These are Christmas tree decorations made of cones, paper, cotton wool, plastic and foam.
As well as garlands and large paper balls.
And what would New Year be without paper snowflakes? It takes little time to create them, and each person can show their imagination and cut out original patterns that are different from others.
Snowflakes can be hung on the Christmas tree or on the ceiling.
Artificial snow
What would New Year be without snow! Of course, there is more than enough of it on the street, but with the help skillful hands, you can create falling snowflakes at home.
It is made using cotton wool and thread. You need to thread the needle and slowly collect pieces of cotton wool into the thread. You can make several of these ropes and then hang them on the ceiling.
It looks very beautiful and original, and it also creates the feeling as if snow is falling.
Together with artificial snow You can hang a rain shower on the ceiling. This is the name for tinsel in the form of multi-colored ribbons 4-5 millimeters thick.
You can tie them to cotton wool, wet the cotton wool with water and throw it on the ceiling. It will stick well and even when it dries, it will last for several days.
Window decoration
Window decoration plays a special role in preparation for a special holiday. The windows are visible not only to you, but also to all your neighbors, so you need to put a lot of effort into their design.
Typically, window decoration is limited to snowflakes made of paper. More creative people cut out figures of horses, stars, angels, bells, a snowman, the Snow Maiden or Santa Claus from multi-colored pieces of paper.
You can also hang garlands, they will illuminate the windows at night and delight all passersby. You can use special paint to draw figures on the windows or write wishes and congratulate everyone on the holiday.
Postcards
The stores are full of a wide variety of postcards of any design and size. They no longer cause delight and surprise.
But handmade cards are an excellent gift and home decoration. The main thing is to make them with love and desire, write congratulations and wishes to all family members, decorate them with drawings, ribbons, and other things that you can find.
You can make one large card and put it in a prominent place, or make several and give it to loved ones.
Posters
The walls can be decorated with colorful posters with drawings or congratulations. They will noticeably decorate the house, and add even more solemnity and fun to the holiday. Posters are sold in many stores and are inexpensive, so anyone can buy them.
Of course, you can draw them yourself. We take whatman paper or another sheet of paper, as well as paint, and draw what our heart desires.
Such New Year's characters as Father Frost, Snow Maiden, snowman, bunnies, wolves, bears are welcome. We must not forget about the Christmas tree and gifts.
There you can also write congratulations on the holiday and wishes. A poster decorated with sparkles, ribbons, rain showers and Christmas tree decorations will look beautiful.
Previously, posters were painted using glass Christmas tree decorations. To do this, they were carefully broken into very small pieces and then glued using PVA glue.
The result was original drawings made by hand. This should be done carefully, on a table, and only by adults.
New Year's cookies
It’s hard to imagine New Year’s apartment interior design without symbolic New Year’s cookies. They are baked according to a special recipe and then decorated.
They become like toys. Cookies can be hung on the Christmas tree using ribbon or beautifully placed on plates and placed on the table.
To prepare cookies you will need: a pack of butter, 2 cups of flour, half a cup of sugar, 2 yolks, a teaspoon of baking powder, half a teaspoon of citric acid.
Mix all the ingredients, put the resulting tight dough in the refrigerator for 2 hours, then roll it out to 1 centimeter thick.
Using molds, cut out the dough and place in the oven for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.
Once the cookies have cooled, you need to decorate them with chocolate or icing, and you can also add confectionery decorations. Each person chooses the design himself.
A house or apartment should be decorated in such a way as to create a feeling of celebration, fun, joy and family. A photo of the New Year's home interior will help many people in decorating their home.
It doesn’t matter whether you decorate your home with expensive toys and Christmas trees or do everything yourself. The main thing is that you and your family like it.
After all, the New Year is a global family celebration, which should be celebrated only with the closest people.
A luxurious Christmas tree, live or artificial, as New Year's decor- the most obvious move. But if the apartment is small, you will have to look for more original and compact solutions.
The owners of Khrushchev and other small apartments and houses find themselves in advantageous premises on New Year's Eve. The inhabitant of a spacious dwelling will install a pine or spruce tree in the apartment - and that will calm him down. When you can’t turn around in an apartment even on weekdays, and for the sake of a Christmas tree you have to evict a closet or two or three family members, you have to be inventive. As a rule, New Year's decor in such forced and literally cramped circumstances comes out very impressive and original. Especially if you use a couple of our tips. Here are 10 ideas for decorating a small apartment (or office) for the New Year.
1. Raise the New Year's decor to the ceiling, so as not to clutter up the space for moving around the apartment. Decorate the chandelier with pine branches, balls, and tinsel (just take safety measures and make sure you are insured against fire!). Attach garlands higher - paper or electric.
2. Place New Year's decor on doors (entrance or interior), on walls and other horizontal surfaces. The floor remains free again - for a mountain of New Year's gifts and a table for guests.
3. Hanging socks, boots, caps and bags for New Year's gifts: you don't even have to clutter the floor with gifts.
4. New Year's decor on the windows, firstly, will save space in a small apartment, and, secondly, on a sunny day, it will make new Year decoration even more radiant.
And a few more ways to decorate windows for the New Year:
5. New Year's pillowcases for sofa cushions: you don’t get anything from the mezzanines and don’t bring anything from the Christmas tree market to your small apartment— just change your regular pillows into festive clothes.
6. Small Christmas trees (ideally in pots) and spruce branches will provide a festive atmosphere, but will not take up square meters.
Or these options for New Year's landscaping of small homes:
7. Very small artificial Christmas trees. You can make them yourself - from a wide variety of unexpected materials: from felt to pasta painted with green gouache.
8. New Year's balls are good on their own. You don't have to bring a Christmas tree into your home to admire the Christmas tree decorations. Place them in a beautiful vase or just on the table and make sure that they are no less pleasing.
It's an exciting time to prepare for New Year's holidays. On this occasion, we offer you a selection of the most beautiful and elegantly decorated holiday living rooms, as well as ideas that will help you create the same beauty in your home
The next month promises to be full of pleasant troubles and anticipation. New Year's miracles. To make the holidays fun and carefree, we recommend that you start making the appropriate preparations now. The best place to start is by creating a themed decor in your living room.
We invite you to make virtual walk through the most beautiful holiday rooms, the charming decoration of which will surely inspire you to a decorative feat. In addition, in this article you will find ten ideas and tips for creating New Year's decor for the living room.
1. Thematic color scheme
Change color accents living room for traditional New Year's. Depending on the prevailing basic shades, you can choose one of the most popular traditional combinations: white with red, green with red, silver with white and blue, or original variations on the theme of crimson, purple, pink and gold.
Having decided on a decorative color palette, try to stick to it even in the smallest details. Textiles, toys, garlands, candles and other festive attributes should carry a single color message.
2. Natural decor
Traditional New Year's tinsel does not always fit harmoniously into the interior. An excellent alternative to garlands and balls will be natural cones, dry branches, pine needles and even fruits (for example, oranges, which are shaped like balls). They fit perfectly into the New Year's concept and don't break! And if you think that natural accessories do not look elegant enough, then you can always transform them with the help of gold or silver paint.
3. Original Christmas tree
Of course, the Christmas tree is an integral attribute of the New Year's decor in the living room. However, if the room is too small to install a full holiday tree, or you simply don’t want to spend the next few weeks raking needles out of all the cracks, you can use a little trick and create Alternative option Christmas trees.
We are talking about a wall panel. To create it, you can use anything: a garland, toys, decorative stickers or any other elements that you manage to mount on the wall.
4. Ribbons
Ribbons always look elegant. Use them to tie curtains, hang Christmas decorations(and not only on the Christmas tree, but also on the wall or lamps). Under the tree or in the fireplace portal, you can put several decorative gifts, which will also be decorated with ribbons. When selecting ribbons, keep in mind the festive color scheme.
5. Christmas pillows
Decorative pillows with New Year themed patterns or made of elegant shiny fabric (in the color of the main color motifs) will skillfully emphasize the holiday theme. You can purchase them or make them yourself. The money and effort spent will not be in vain, since such bright accents enliven the interior regardless of the time of year.
6. Garlands
Well, what would New Year's decor be without the festive lights of garlands! It’s worth remembering here that they can be used not only to decorate the Christmas tree. The decorative potential of garlands is much wider. With their help, you can make a decorative wall panel, a luminous inscription, window curtains, or furniture lighting.
In addition, garlands can be used to complement decorative compositions, entangle firewood in a false fireplace to create an association with a live fire, or simply put it in a jar to create an original lamp.
7. Fireplace portal
If your home has real fireplace, then you are very lucky. After all, it can become the main focus of the New Year's decor in the living room. But if there is no fireplace, then you can still have time to install a decorative fireplace portal in the room. And then it’s a matter of little things: a New Year’s composition of candles, pine needles and toys on the mantelpiece, a few bright socks for gifts and beautifully wrapped gifts instead of firewood.
More options for decorating a fireplace portal here.
8. New Year's smells
If there is a live spruce in your living room, pleasant aroma pine needles in the room are guaranteed. But if the tree is artificial or absent altogether, you can use aromatic oils with a characteristic odor. In addition to the aroma of pine needles, the smells of chocolate and cinnamon are appropriate in the New Year's interior.
How to choose scents for other rooms, read here.
Our opinion:
Of course, no flavorings can replace natural odors. Therefore, even if you do not have the opportunity to deliver live spruce, try to find a place for at least a few spruce or pine branches. As for cinnamon, its sticks placed in warm water or in close proximity to the fire, they will not only smell fragrant, but also complement the overall decorative composition.
9. Sledge
Do you want to show off your originality? Use sleighs in decoration. They can fit perfectly into the New Year's interior, especially if they are made of wood or rattan and decorated with appropriate New Year's attributes.
The sleigh can serve as a stand for the Christmas tree, an original coffee table, a place for folding gifts, an extra seat for the youngest guests, or even a base. decorative composition New Year's table. The main thing is that the size of the sled is comparable to the size of the surrounding objects.
10. New Year retro poster
For those who are alien to the traditional approach to holiday decoration, retro posters with a New Year theme will help create an original atmosphere in the living room. They will give the living room special style and perhaps some piquant charm (depending on the choice of poster).
Our opinion:
Of course, posters on their own are unlikely to make your living room decor truly New Year’s. Therefore, it is recommended to emphasize their presence in the interior with one or two more decorative touches, for example, lighting from garlands or pine framing.
