Enlivening Your Living Room - Diwali Décor Delights

Diwali is a time when one tittivates up the home to make it look clean and fresh. For the festival of lights, the house must look optimistic and cheerful. “The first thing to do is to methodically clean all the walls, fans and lights. All chandeliers and lamps should be gutted, to emit lighter and give a sparkling look to the home. Dry spring-cleaning the sofas and curtains, can also give a fresh feel to the house and is a reasonable option, associated with changing the upholstery, adds Mirchandani.

You can also use colourful throws, or radiant silk and shimmery brocades, to decorate the house. “Change the cushion shelters and add a few more, on the sofa. One can opt for raw silk fabrics in various colours to neat up the home’s décor. The right size and mix of colours, can make the space attractive,” 

Aesthetic plants can also be cast off as accent pieces for Diwali house decoration. “Add some lush green greenery indoors. You can paint the earthen pots with effortlessly available geru, (brown earth powder) and position them in the corners of the room. Potted plants, shrubs, creepers, bonsais, and modelled stems can be decided in any room,” states Mirchandani. You can set up a temporary upright garden indoors, by keeping a wooden ladder in a corner and positioning plants on each step and twirling fairy lights on the ladder.

Your living room's empty corners and walls can be made more presentable with lighting, flowers, and other furniture. Put them in visually appealing designs. Additionally, you can surround objects with lights to create a festive ambiance for the celebration.

Posture your creative skills to create DIY décor items for your home this Diwali. Go for handmade buntings such as paper diyas and other matters from old newspapers, fabric, paper plates, etc.

Turn outdoor areas such as galleries, gardens and patios into a welcoming space for the festive season. Had filament lights around the railings and went for the coolest rangoli designs for the floor. Opt for LED lights for a contemporary look or choose Diyas if you prefer to decorate your home in a traditional style.

If you are field a Diwali party, you may select a banner like this to set the phase.

If you have a staircase in front of your house, you can beautify it with lights, lamps and flowers.

As per the Indian practice, rangolis are completed in every house on Diwali to welcome good luck and goddess Lakshmi. You can select to strategy creative rangolis with colours, rice paste, flower petals, and diyas.

Let your home reproduce the festive vibes with flower garlands. They transport freshness and Diwali cheer and are one of the calmest ways to uplift your home décor.

Wall-hanging streamers for Diwali are fairly popular. Give a bright, new look to your home centers with original wall-droopy thoughts. You can match the décor with flowers and illumination selections.

• Place fresh flowers like lilies, hydrangeas, lotus, carnations, or tulips at home, in tall vases or flat brass urlis with candles.

• For a wonderful Diwali light decoration for your home, add a stunning lamp at home, as a symbol of the festival. You can select a carved metal lamp or one with metal fittings or merely opt for a brass lantern.

• For tableware, you can select ethnic rustic crockery for flat plates, dip bowls, sweet platters and so on. Dress up the eating table with desi textiles and colours like red, purple and turquoise.

• Rangoli and torans are a must, to beautify the main door. You can make a traditional powder rangoli and also draw Laxmi’s feet and swastika with kum kum, which is measured as auspicious.

• On the floor near the temple, position diyas.

• To neat up the walls, you can use washable colours and designs.

• The garden or balcony is one area you can focus on for Diwali light beautification outside the home. Use fairy lights and dwelling them around the plants or branches of trees or balcony railings.

• Confirm that the Diwali decorations in the house do not hinder movement.

• Use traditional ‘itra’ for scent at home.

• Found some old frames? Use them for smart remodelling. Make flowers out of paper, paste them over the old frame and hang the renovated pictures to adorn the wall of your home.

• Purchase lovely wall decals online. These are simple to use and add flair to any room in your house. Choose vivid or abstract patterns to liven up a dull wall or sitting area in your house.

• You can restore additional collectibles from your family's earlier generations or your grandparents' priceless belongings. An old trunk can be polished to make it shine brightly and be used as a table to showcase a phonograph. These vintage items won't break the bank when it comes to enhancing your Diwali décor.