The main components of a magical New Year's atmosphere are the smell of pine needles with a tangerine note, a decorated Christmas tree and festive decor. Do you want to immerse yourself in a wonderful New Year's fairy tale without spending a lot of money on interior decoration? We will tell you how to decorate your apartment for the New Year stylishly and effectively with minimal investment in order to leave more money for a rich holiday table and the best gifts for loved ones.
Let's start with the basics
Decorating an apartment and a New Year tree is a real art. Knowledge of design techniques, subtle taste and skillful hands will come in handy here. If you simply hang up all the decorations in the house, you can end up with a cluttered and tastelessly decorated apartment. But even beginners in this matter should not despair: our tips will help you easily cope with the task and turn the process of decorating your home into a pleasant and exciting event.
Advice: before you start decorating, think over the concept of the festive interior, imagine the overall picture in advance. This will help you choose the right decorations and get a result that will delight you and surprise your guests.
Button wreath
You will need: cardboard, scissors, glue, ribbon and bright buttons.
Master Class
- Cut out a round shape of the wreath frame from cardboard.
- Glue the buttons to the frame.
- Make a ribbon bow at the top.
I recommend watching this video!
DIY New Year's decorations and toys made from buttons. Christmas decorations with buttons DIY
First step: selecting colors
There are 2 options here: you can choose a classic New Year's color scheme or turn to the eastern calendar, according to which the White Metal Rat will become the symbol of the coming year.
Tip: to make the interior harmonious and stylish, do not use more than 2-3 primary colors. Combining more tones with each other is much more difficult.
Traditional New Year's color combinations:
- red and gold;
- silver and yellow;
- brown;
- natural green.
Red and gold
Gold with blue
White and red
Red and green
Having decided on a color scheme, try to stick to it when selecting decorations: Christmas tree decorations, garlands, tinsel, ribbons and other New Year’s attributes.
Good news for those who want to be on trend: the colors that “like” the mistress of the next year - the Rat - and correspond to the elements of the Earth, remain the same as last year, which means you can leave some of the decorations from the last holiday. Suitable:
- blue;
- blue;
- lilac;
- turquoise;
- silver;
- golden;
- beige;
- pistachio;
- coffee.
You can revive and dilute these neutral and calm colors with red, orange, and gold. White is also acceptable, but in limited quantities, to emphasize the basic tones.
Decor for the New Year's table
For cutlery
Take cardboard and draw a figure (in this case it is a spruce), which will be slightly longer in length than the cutlery. Cut it out; Approximately in the middle, cut a strip into which you will insert a knife and fork.
Sweet holders
Using these candies, tightly tied with ribbon or, if they are wrapped, glued with double-sided tape, you can place the names of the dishes and, if necessary, the names of the guests at the table.
New Year's wreath
The classic attribute of the New Year, which is usually hung on the front door, came to us from Western countries. You can make it from anything: from fir branches, balls, cones, beads, paper, ribbons, tinsel and any natural materials.
- Prepare the base. The flat base is a cardboard ring 10 cm wide, the voluminous base is a newspaper rolled into a ring.
- Using wire and a glue gun, attach spruce branches to the base, which should completely cover it. Or decorate the ring with fabric, beautiful paper, twine, twigs.
- Attach pine cones, berries, dried flowers, balls, Christmas tree decorations, spices, ribbons, paper snowflakes or other decorative elements on top with hot glue.
- Decorate the wreath with gold paint, sparkles, and artificial snow.
Take beautiful photos as a basis or come up with your own original version!
From cones From walnuts
Citrus wreath
Charming! ♥ New Year's garlands
Garlands have been associated with the New Year since kindergarten. And this means that the presence of New Year’s garlands in the house will only enhance the pleasant feeling of the impending holiday. In addition to the abundance of electric garlands found on sale, you can complement your New Year's decor with garlands made by yourself from natural materials:
How to dry oranges, watch the video from the AmyFamily DIY :
Not everyone would think of using wooden cuts as the basis for a garland. But now will you take this idea into account?)
You can use anything as pendants for a garland: textile toys (hearts, birds, Christmas trees), bells and bells, acorns, chestnuts and cones, spruce branches, branches with berries, the same wooden cuts, New Year's toys made of paper and much more:
An easy-to-create garland from the Creative Ideas :
Fans of eco-decor will love the idea of having a small tree in the house (you can often find young but withered trees in the forests).
After the New Year, the tree can be decorated for Easter, and then according to the seasons.
Another universal garland. The idea will appeal to collectors and simply lovers of different types of birds.
Collect a collection of bullfinches and waxwings. Just imagine what a magical atmosphere your home will be filled with during the long winter!
If you have a suitable curtain, then you can make such a wonderful home decoration for the New Year:
Table Christmas trees
A large Christmas tree is usually installed in the hall; miniature copies can be placed in other rooms.
Tinsel Christmas trees
From threads and buttons
Unusual designer Christmas trees
The easiest way to create a small decorative Christmas tree:
- Make a cone out of thick paper.
- Apply glue or secure with double-sided tape, wrap with tinsel, fabric, thread.
- Glue pebbles, beads, balls, bows, pine cones, jewelry, tiny gift boxes - whatever you want.
- Add paint or glitter if needed.
New Year's candlesticks
Fill a transparent long glass halfway with water and add food coloring. Place a candle in it and light it. A safe, beautiful candlestick is ready.
Details on how to make a candlestick with your own hands!
New Year's candles
Beautiful candles will be a great addition to New Year's decor. Themed products in the shape of houses, Christmas trees, snowmen and Santa Clauses are not cheap and do not always fit organically into the interior. You can take ordinary candles, preferably thick ones, and decorate them or arrange interesting compositions, as in the photo.
Suitable for these purposes:
- glasses with thin stems;
Candlesticks made from glasses
Candles on glasses with balls
- beautiful spices;
- fabric or knitted “shirts”;
- rope and threads;
- cans and plain paper;
- natural materials.
Oh, what! New Year's compositions with candles
Not everyone likes to light candles in the house. Firstly, you need to strictly follow fire safety rules, and secondly, candles are beautiful when they burn, but they don’t always remain beautiful after that. However, you shouldn’t write them off when decorating your home for the New Year. Festive compositions can be made simply for beauty; you don’t have to light candles (although you’ll probably want to
