Where to begin
Preparation for the holiday cannot be entrusted to one direct performer. This is a traditional ritual in which all parts of the team take part to the best of their ability. For this reason, it is necessary to develop a clear procedure.
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Conducting a planning meeting
This event is distinguished by full attendance, because it is not work processes that are discussed, but subjects of more pleasant content. The main issue under discussion is how the work space will be decorated. For corporate events, knowledgeable designers with experience in thematic interior design are often invited. However, to celebrate the New Year, most often, employees cope with the current task on their own.
After all, this is an exciting process when the team makes joint creative, technical and tactical decisions. Here unexpected ideas are brought up for discussion and joint strategic decisions are made. For execution, a creative group is created, all the details and nuances are clarified, and then you can get down to business.
Budget planning
Subordinates are pleased if funds for decorating the work premises for the holiday come from the organization’s budget, but this is not possible every time. Sometimes a study or office is decorated on their own - by pooling money. Here it is necessary to get a complete picture of what and how the creative process will be carried out, calculate everything and distribute the shares. It is important to understand that not all participants in the process can participate in equal shares, and not every participation should be valued in money.
In addition, most offices have their own box of Christmas decorations stashed away, which are only partially replenished each year. Employees can also bring items necessary for decoration from home, selecting a small part from their own collection.
spring-cleaning
In every first case, holding a mass holiday begins with total cleaning. All the accumulated rubbish, consisting of unnecessary boxes, broken stationery and rough projects that have lost their meaning, is removed from the offices. All surfaces are cleaned of dust, on which New Year's decorations may look unflattering, and the decorations are unpacked.
Paper angels
Why not decorate our office with these beautiful creatures, since we celebrate New Year and Christmas a week apart? Let them fly! I think they will look equally festive.
I found two schemes for you, try both.
Here is a very simple option: Print, cut, fold, as in the photo. The arc above the head can be left as a halo, or it can be lowered down to create handles. From the back, simply insert one slot into another, no glue needed.
You can print the angel diagram here
This angel is
a little more complicated. The internal parts can be cut out with nail scissors (ideally, of course, with a stationery knife on a board, it will be neater).
The dotted lines are places for folds. Look at the photo to see exactly where each side bends. Make sure that the lines remain on the inside of the angel. Angels look even more airy from white paper :-).
It's easier to cut out the star if you fold it in half. Shall we try?
Here is a diagram of angels and stars
(open the image and save it to your computer so it will be the correct size when printing)
Style selection
The main condition is that the decor does not distract from work responsibilities. Although the holiday is already coming, hard work awaits before it arrives. This means that there is no need to hide the monitor under the “rain”, because you still have to finish the annual report on the computer.
When introducing New Year's notes into the decoration of your office, you need to take into account the basic design style. Here you should not fill all the free space with decorations. The decor of the workroom should emphasize formality and be discreet. Other decisions can be made in agreement with the team; the main thing is not to overdo it so that the decor fits ergonomically into the business atmosphere. When decorating an office for the New Year celebration, it is recommended to take into account a number of important points.
Room size
The location of objects depends on the size of the working area, which in any case is better divided into territorial zones. If there is enough free space, then the New Year tree is placed in an empty corner. If the workspace is filled to capacity with functional elements, then a hanging option is also suitable. At worst, you will have to limit yourself to the design of the walls, ceiling and window openings.
Company focus
It is important to consider that when working in a company with a large staff, it is better to avoid all sorts of arbitrary decisions, concentrating the choice on a strict classic style. For creative organizations, all kinds of improvisations related to thematic design are allowed.
The number of employees
With a limited number of employees, it is possible to invent an original design line that reflects common aspirations. When the number of employees is large, it is recommended to stick to traditional motives.
Traditional New Year's theme
The classic model of room design is applicable to offices of any size and stylistic orientation. Here the necessary minimum is introduced into all areas of the interior. Discreet decorations decorate work tables, windows, walls and doors.
As attributes you can use decorative glass vases filled with coniferous branches with New Year's toys, figurines or images of the symbol of the coming year, as well as figurines of Father Frost and the Snow Maiden. To decorate windows, you can use homemade snowflakes or improvised garlands made from office paper.
In order not to violate stylistic principles, it is recommended to use no more than 3 valid colors for decoration. However, they can be diluted with the obligatory colors for the New Year - golden, white and silver.
Official style
The presence of a New Year tree is assumed here; it can be a natural plant or an artificial imitation. It is decorated with classic balls, garlands and rain, as well as improvised snow. The surface of the tables is decorated with miniature copies of decorated Christmas trees. A fresh addition to the decorations will be samples of our own products or models of them. Door and window openings are also hung with festive garlands.
Something to remember! All kinds of handmade crafts and decorations are not suitable for business style. No paper snowflakes or improvised garlands are allowed here.
Ecostyle
This design direction is best suited for a home office or work space with no more than 3 employees. For offices with a large number of employees, some of the decorative elements of this style will not correspond to the traditional concept. Nevertheless, for some of these decorations there is a use in this case.
Eco-style involves the use of attributes made from natural materials. Wooden stands, wax figurines, clay vases or other non-industrial small items are suitable for use here. Also associated with this style is a calculated color scheme consisting of white, brown, green and silver.
In the case of the spruce, an eco-style was chosen for decoration; for the New Year's decoration, you can choose an option from among evergreen trees, the only important thing is that it is natural. A homemade flowerpot for installation can look quite harmonious. Making such an element will not be very difficult, the main thing is to have tape, thread and some cardboard on hand.
- It is necessary to roll the cardboard into a cone shape along the width of the flowerpot.
- Secure with tape.
- Wrap tightly with yarn of a suitable color.
An improvisation made from individual branches can be wrapped in thin ribbon and decorated with crafts made from pine cones. For the doors you can use a Christmas wreath, also made by yourself. To do this, you can use a round wire base, suitable branches and fir cones. This wreath can also be used to decorate a windowsill or desktop.
General rules for combining decorations for the office
Christmas trees made of balls near the reception
The end of the year is a time of intense work for any enterprise, so offices are lavishly decorated for the upcoming holiday. Miniature garlands and Christmas tree decorations placed in niches or on shelves create a festive atmosphere without taking up extra space. The selection of decorations is limited by the tastes of the workers; for a harmonious arrangement, it is enough to follow simple rules.
The style of New Year's decorations is coordinated with the management of the enterprise: garlands and Christmas tree decorations are branded and the corporate color scheme is used in the design. Small companies buy New Year's decor to suit the tastes of their employees.
Bright New Year's compositions from designers
Traditional discreet garlands and Christmas tree decorations located on employees’ desks and the reception desk are giving way to bright compositions by designers. Significant financial investments in the decor of premises are made by employees of the sales department and customer service. It is advisable to brightly decorate the executive office, reception area, and conference rooms.
Stylistics of jewelry
Office decoration for the New Year is carried out in three main styles:
Corporate style This option is common in large companies: Christmas tree decorations are ordered in advance and the company’s corporate colors are used. They emphasize corporate symbols, the traditional “Christmas spirit” fades into the background.
To design in a corporate style, use the company’s corporate colors
Traditional style An artificial Christmas tree with bright balls, fluffy shiny garlands, figurines with the symbol of the year - a standard option for offices and meeting rooms. The style is in demand in most small companies with a modest budget.
The traditional style is an artificial Christmas tree with bright balls, fluffy shiny garlands
Creative style Decor from scrap materials is an original solution for creative employees. Christmas trees made of cardboard, plastic bottles, balls of yarn, homemade paper garlands, and plastic “snowflakes” create a homely atmosphere in offices.
Decor from scrap materials - an original solution for creative employees
Christmas candles, trees, LED strips or balls reflect the corporate culture of the enterprise. For example, law firms use discreet garlands and miniature artificial trees. Offices of holiday organizing agencies, on the contrary, attract the attention of guests to the upcoming New Year with the help of bright, homemade decorations.
Functional Features
It is recommended to wipe smooth surfaces from dust before installing the decor.
Despite the variety of forms, high-quality New Year trees, garlands, balls, candles differ in important parameters:
1 Light weight. Balls, garlands, and tinsel are often secured to walls, ceilings, or light stands using tape, paper clips, thread, or paper clips. Light objects are easier to carry, assemble, and install at high altitudes.
2 Modular designs. Prefabricated Christmas trees, “folding” paper garlands or felt Christmas tree decorations can be put away in boxes until next year in a couple of minutes and do not require much storage space.
3 Smooth surfaces. Before installation, it is recommended to wipe the decor from dust; often artificial Christmas trees or balls are additionally covered with glitter. Smooth glossy surfaces are easier to process and wash faster.
4 Autonomous power supply. Battery-powered toys, candlesticks, and figurines look original and festive without overloading the electrical network of the office center.
Modular designs are easily stored until next year
Durable office decorations are made from polymer materials; acrylic options are popular. Traditional glass balls, paper garlands and ceramic figurines are expensive and require careful use.
Color spectrum
The general atmosphere of the room is created by the color scheme of Christmas tree decorations, balls, and garlands.
Office decoration is often done with the dominance of one color. For example, Christmas tree decorations and tinsel in a corporate shade; green and red are also popular. Decorations look catchy and are often complemented with lighting.
Catchy and bright decorations
The combination of bright colors creates a “holiday spirit”
The combination of blue and beige looks bright without overloading the interior
The choice of colors for New Year's decorations depends on the style of the interior, the taste of employees and corporate culture.
Decorating the manager's workplace
Having dealt with the main part of the office space, do not forget about the boss’s office. Permission must be obtained for this action, at a minimum this is required by etiquette. Here, immediate attention needs to be paid to three points:
- desktop decorations;
- design of the wall located behind the boss’s chair;
- decoration of part of the ceiling within the desktop.
Among other things, you should cut out a congratulatory inscription from colored cardboard and stick it to the wall. Under the inscription, it is best to place an impromptu figure in the form of the profile of a Christmas tree, decorated with multi-colored balls.
Chinese style
The work area in the project by Olga Kushnareva-Leone is designed in the chinoiserie style. The console table is convenient for both writing and working on a laptop. Plants, a writing instrument, a lamp - everything you need for your workplace.
Photo: Sergey Morgunov.
Photo: Sergey Morgunov.
Reception decoration
This place is primarily open to the eyes of customers. Here you should also feel the approach of a long-awaited holiday. The perimeter of the table can be decorated with a shiny garland, which is also suitable to enclose the reception area. It is advisable to install a Christmas tree near the table, decorated in accordance with the chosen style. On the surface of the ceiling located above the table, you can attach small figures of Christmas trees standing upside down.
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Decorating arches and stairs
When creating a festive decoration for the office, you also need to remember this component of the interior. As for the stairs, decorations can be placed on the railings. Garlands, individual toys and all kinds of figurines or crafts can be suitable for this purpose. In addition, you can use decorations from LED strips, as well as balloons. The same elements will be appropriate for decorating arches, the main thing is that the passage remains free.
Putting up a Christmas tree
Large Christmas trees may only be suitable for spacious lobbies or common corridors. In the office space you can place a small copy or a desktop version. The decoration of the central attribute of the holiday is carried out according to personal wishes.
A classical style or thematic improvisation may be appropriate here. It’s not uncommon to use items related to the company’s activities to decorate office Christmas trees. A live ficus tree may be suitable as a New Year's tree if it is decorated in accordance with the festive atmosphere.
Decoration of workplaces
The festive decoration of the office premises should include the workplaces of existing employees. It is important to remember here that the decorations should not interfere with the flow of the work process. An eye-catching table decoration will be a homemade figurine of the symbol of the coming year. If you don’t have the perseverance to make a toy yourself, you can use a souvenir from the store.
In addition, a miniature holiday tree and a vase with figured cookies and citrus fruits will be thematic decoration of the table. In addition, you can use mugs with the image of a bull or New Year's attributes for tea drinking, which will create a New Year's atmosphere in the team.
In order to involve all office workers in the creative process, competitions are sometimes held to determine the primacy of workplace design. Such an unpretentious solution may interest even skeptical employees who do not show personal interest in what is happening.
General Tips
It is better to decide how to decorate your office for the New Year 2021, what decor to use and what exactly to do, better together with the team, but some ideas of what you can do with your own hands are presented below with a step-by-step description and photos.
Psychologists say that the holiday bustle and joint preparation will help improve relationships with colleagues and improve the atmosphere in the team.
Important!
The decor in the workplace should be more restrained than at home.
As for the decor itself, it is important to understand that home decoration options are not suitable for the office.
In addition, designers pay attention to the following:
- It is better to avoid small decorations, they will create a feeling of clutter.
- Instead of classic wreaths and candlesticks, you can use stylish and new decor ideas made from paper or silk flowers.
- You can install a Christmas tree or make an imitation of it on the wall and decorate it with items with company logos.
- In decor, do not use more than 3 shades and those colors that irritate.
Now let’s look at specific simple and stylish ideas with step-by-step descriptions and photos of how to decorate your office for the New Year 2021 with your own hands.
Ceiling decoration
An inexpensive way to colorfully decorate the ceiling of an office space is to hang homemade snowflakes or Christmas tree balls on thin threads. In this case, the main condition is that the length of the threads does not restrict movement in the room. If, for compelling reasons, it is not possible to decorate the entire surface of the ceiling, it is permissible to limit yourself to some individual areas; the spaces around the lighting fixtures are suitable for this. To give the composition a finished look, homemade garlands are hung in the upper corners of the rooms.
How to decorate windows and doors
The windows can be decorated with garlands and balloons, as well as all kinds of New Year's pendants. Openwork snowflakes are attached to the surface of the glass, which can be purchased and attached with tape. If there are people with creative potential in the team, they can try to apply a frosty pattern with their own hands.
As for doors, it is appropriate to cover them with snowflakes only if the surface is white. In other situations, it is better to attach a Christmas wreath or use elegant bows in the design.
Decorating your office for the New Year using ready-made ideas, photos and tips
Having taken out a box of decorations, sorted through it and purchased what they needed, people sometimes don’t know what to do next and begin to hang decorative elements wherever their eyes fall. Such a chaotic method will never achieve stunning results. For good design you need a plan, at least in your own head.
We highlight all the areas that need to be decorated: desks, ceiling, walls, floor, doors and windows. We select a key area and build New Year’s decorations around it. If the central place is the work tables (or someone’s one table), then we don’t overload the other zones with decor, because we don’t forget: we are primarily at work. But it is better not to center the desktops, as this will be distracting. Floor decor is appropriate if the office is large and spacious. Otherwise, the inconvenience of moving will spoil everyone’s working mood.
Desktop
If you want to decorate your workplace, select discreet decor: a decorative candle, a bunch of Christmas balls, an electric garland.
An example of how to decorate your office at work and walk around with a smile on your face for a long time
It’s better to turn the most boring and dull workplace on New Year’s Day into another world full of surprises and expectations of a miracle. For the basis of the decor, you can order an oracle of suitable colors. It can then easily be removed from the walls without leaving any traces.
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Ceiling
Ceilings in offices are usually high, which allows your imagination to run wild. If the ceiling is Armstrong, we can assume that there will be no problems with decorating the room: it’s easy to hang Christmas tree balls, floating snowflakes, and garlands.
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We do not ignore the floor and walls
Large-sized decorations are placed on the floor: a Christmas tree, a sleigh, figures of Father Frost, the Snow Maiden, snowmen, gnomes, and decorative gift boxes. Such elements are placed in places where there are no large crowds of people and where this will not interfere with movement.
The mirror also needs some light decoration using a stencil and toothpaste
Traditional wreaths are also placed on walls
Remains of packaging material imitate icicles well
A wonderful artist “painted” such pictures!
Even such waste material as disposable cups turns into fun decoration
A Christmas tree, gifts, and large inflatable Christmas balls are placed on the floor.
Windows and doors
It is not forbidden to decorate windows with wreaths, protrusions, Christmas tree balls, and garlands. This will not interfere with work and movement around the office.
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How to make your own jewelry
First of all, the New Year tree, which represents the central figure of the celebration, needs decorations. Various handmade crafts and souvenirs can be harmoniously suitable for her. In addition, such accessories can be used to decorate office spaces. Often among these crafts you can find homemade snowflakes or paper garlands; a Christmas wreath is considered a more complex design.
Cutting out snowflakes
The technique for making this New Year's accessory is ridiculously primitive; it allows you to make snowflakes of any shape and carved pattern. To perform this you will need a pencil, paper and scissors.
- We fold the paper sheet diagonally; if it is rectangular in shape, then on one side there will be an extra edge that needs to be trimmed.
- Fold the resulting triangle in half again to get a smaller figure.
- At the base of the manufactured triangle we mark the middle. From there we bend the corners one by one, directing them towards each other.
- We cut off the upper part of the corner, bending the corners towards the middle. Next, cut off the top and cover the remaining part with a pattern.
Such snowflakes can be made each time in an unexpected configuration by applying a suitable pattern.
Hanging garlands to the ceiling
To decorate the ceiling with decorations, made snowflakes that can be assembled into a garland are suitable. To do this, just string them on a thread and attach them to the ceiling or lampshade. For variety, snowflakes are alternated with small pieces of cotton wool, which are also strung on a thread. Thus, you can create a universal decoration not only for the ceiling, but also for doors, windows, and even the New Year tree.
If you want to give the decoration more original characteristics, then any suitable elements will be suitable for this purpose. They can be large beads, oak acorns, a variety of cones or walnuts. To string these items on a thread, you need to make a hole in them. For this action, you can use a sharp awl or a hammer with a nail. A variety of snowflakes are made using various sheet materials, such as colored paper, foil or thick fabric.
