Christmas decoration
The decoration brings a specific atmosphere to the interior. It can take various forms, but it will always bring to mind holidays: family, warm, spent with loved ones. The most common decoration in every home is of course . Regardless of whether we focus on a live tree or a plastic Christmas tree, whether we put a large tree in a spacious living room or, due to the size of the interior, it will be more symbolic, the Christmas tree becomes the most important decorative element in the apartment. A green tree is a decoration in itself, but properly decorated it will certainly attract the attention of both household members and guests. How many houses, so many ideas for decorating the Christmas tree. Some put on ornaments matched in color or a combination of two contrasting colors, others decorate the tree with all the colors of the rainbow. Christmas tree branches usually have Christmas lights, baubles and chains, but there are endless ideas for decorating a Christmas tree. Christmas decorations do not have to be bought, you can make them yourself, and the material to be used can be almost anything that falls into our hands. The more original the idea, the more interestingly our Christmas tree will be decorated.
How to decorate a Christmas tree in a modern way? Illustrative photo istock / Siarhei SHUNTSIKAU
Christmas decorations for the room
Decorations for the room do not have to be numerous or large in order to create the right atmosphere and emphasize the Christmas mood. It is worth reaching for nature: branches of coniferous trees, cones, cinnamon bark or dried orange slices is a material from which you can successfully make beautiful and very romantic room decorations. The dominant colors will be red and green, which should be supplemented with silver, gold or copper colors. The most popular Christmas decorations are all kinds of wreaths or Christmas wreaths. They can be placed both on the table and on the fireplace, windowsill, shelf or door. It is also a popular decoration for the room candlestickbest made by hand. It is worth thinking about Christmas lanterns or properly decorated candles that will look great on a table, windowsill, chest of drawers or fireplace. However, if not reeds or lanterns, it is worth introducing inside christmas figurines. Reindeers or Santa Claus figures seem obvious, but they will work just as well Christmas sprites, also these . It will also be an interesting idea to decorate the room hanging Christmas decorations on a branch placed directly above the tablewhere we will sit down to eat a Christmas Eve dinner or a Christmas meal together. Ornaments, usually placed on a Christmas tree, hung on a branch will be an original decoration emphasizing the magic of Christmas.
Dried oranges as Christmas decorations bring a festive atmosphere to the home. Illustrative photo MarinaMos/shutterstock.com
How to make Christmas decorations?
People who are wondering how to make ornaments can look for inspiration on the Internet or in catalogs with interior design. It is also worth using your own ingenuity and what we have at hand. To prepare christmas wreath it is good to have a ready base for it (e.g. styrofoam or wicker), or make it from several cardboard circles glued on top of each other or from a wire hanger bent into the appropriate shape. The base can be wrapped with spruce twigs, baubles or cones can be attached to it with hot glue (which should be painted with white, silver or gold spray paint beforehand), or dried orange slices and decorated with a bow. Cones can also be used to make a simple one wreath for the Christmas table – all you need is a metal or wooden tray on which candles are placed, and cones and green twigs are inserted between them. It is worth spraying twigs and cones with snow spray before arranging a composition from them. It will also be an original decoration of the Christmas table pillar candle, around which a few cinnamon sticks are glued with hot glue and tied with a decorative ribbon. Small LED lights with cones can be placed in a glass dish, thus obtaining christmas lantern. An equally interesting effect can be obtained by stuffing Christmas lights into an empty, unlabelled wine bottle.
Christmas wreath. Illustrative photo istock
Source: Gazeta
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