A Festive Makeover For Your Home

AFestive Makeover

For Your Home!

BY Shweta Kulkarni

The arrival of the festive season makes you crave for everything fresh and new, even your home screams for a lively makeover. And while it’s not feasible to splurge on the renovations every year, a few tweaks here and there can work perfectly well to add the Diwali cheer to your spaces without burning a hole in your wallet. Here’s how to go about it…

The festive season is in full swing. Diwali, the festival of lights, means family pampering, crackers, sweets, card parties, but home décor or festive home makeovers top the to-do list. While each of you will be striving to make it grand; we have come up with a few lovely ways to decorate your home this Diwali. Here’s how you can plan ahead and re-create much loved spaces of your home this festive season.

Deck Up The Walls

Diwali is about bright colours, and while you can’t paint your pad every year, there are few cost-effective options to brighten your spaces. Instead of painting the whole house, you can opt to paint a single wall in a bright colour and it is sure to set in the festive mood immediately. If painting is not the option, then go in for wall decals. Not only are they inexpensive but they are also excellent to dress up your dull walls. There is a wide range of designs available in the market to choose from and they are very easy to use. A great painting can also come in handy to breathe some new life on your plain wall.

Let There Be Light

Come on, the festival is about lights and more the lights, merrier the environment. However, that doesn’t mean you go about fixing new light fixtures and installing different kinds of lights. Grab some economical tea light holders, coloured candles, table lamps and place them in select corners of your house. You can also hang lanterns or simply change your lampshade. A bit of DIY creative techniques can come in handy too – paint and create your own centerpiece for floating diyas or paint empty glass bottles, fill it with a string of fairy lights and see the magic of Diwali set in.

Re-do The Furnishing

The ideal way to set the festive mood is to change your upholstery, but not necessarily by spending a bomb. Simply adding some bright and colourful cushions, and replacing the curtains can change the entire look and feel of the place. If you are creatively charged, your old silk saris or dupattas can make some impressive window scarves to add the festive spunk to your house. The sari borders can also be used as runners for dining tables. You can even embellish old pillow covers by adding motifs or lace, which are easily available in the market.

Bring in Freshness

The best possible way to revamp your home is to bring in some fresh flowers. Buy simple tall glass vases and fill them up with roses, orchids, carnations etc. They can be even used as centerpieces, which are sure to give the house a festive look. You can also bring in some potted plants to add a dash of green and lift the look of the entire space.

Declutter

Lastly, no matter how much you spend or don’t spend, beautify or don’t beautify, your house will lack the festive splendor if it’s cluttered. Try to discard all the unnecessary things and set the perfect festive atmosphere. After all doesn’t goddess Laxmi like to visit a clean, clutter-free house?

Just a few amendments and you shall be ready to proudly throw open the doors of your festive house for your guests this Diwali.