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When the New Year is approaching by leaps and bounds: Christmas trees are lit in city squares, store windows are flashing with multi-colored lights, snow-covered streets and avenues are elegant and mysterious - we are especially keenly in the New Year's mood. I want to throw all worries out of my head and completely plunge into the joyful pre-holiday bustle.
Well, it's time to think about how to decorate your apartment for the New Year. After all, home is the center of our little Universe, and on holidays it simply must be filled with comfort and a wonderful mood. That is why decorating an apartment for the New Year is almost as joyful and exciting as the holiday itself.
So, let's begin our pleasant chores. Let's go shopping and look at decorative accessories. To make the design look harmonious, it is better to think over the general concept in advance and style solution. Moreover, it can be different for each room. Our considerations for the New Year, photos and tips given in the article, we hope, will help the reader make a choice.
How to decorate a living room
In the most important room of the house, all family members will gather, the table will be set for the holiday, and gifts will be presented. Therefore, the highest demands are placed on its decoration! It should be truly festive and solemn.
How to beautifully decorate an apartment for the New Year? Of course, the center of events has always been and remains the Christmas tree. If in previous years it was exclusively natural, cut down in the forest, and later - sometimes even artificial (when the fashion for such trees began to spread rapidly), then today there is a third option. This is the rental of a live spruce tree in a pot, which is brought from the nursery and returned there after the holiday. This modern and environmentally friendly option was greeted with enthusiasm by those who are not indifferent to the issue of deforestation.
But the choice of artificial Christmas trees in our time amazes with the variety and imagination of manufacturers. There are so many fluffy beauties you won’t see in elegant shop windows on New Year’s Eve! If you are already “bored” of the classic green spruce, you can easily choose an option in a luxurious silver color or, for example, an elegant snow-white tree. Some of them are sold already with a full set of decorations. But, in our opinion, it is much more interesting to decorate the spruce yourself.
Decorating our tree
There are also a lot of options for decorating spruce. Children, as a rule, are delighted with toy animals and fairy tale characters hanging on the branches, and especially with sweets, tangerines hanging on a thread and everything that is so pleasant to discover among the branches and eat with pleasure!
“Advanced” adults, having seen enough of Western catalogs with options for Christmas home decoration, often choose strict and stylish decor with balls of the same shape and a single, but exquisite color. Sometimes a couple of colors are chosen and the interior is completely decorated “under them”. 
There is nothing sweeter for the older generation than getting old toys from the mezzanine - witnesses of an unforgettable youth. These fragile glass figurines with naive, modern look, their decor is particularly warm and, of course, they have every right to be present at the celebration.
It is considered fashionable and modern to hang cute toys on the Christmas tree. self made, both self-made and purchased from handmade masters. These fabric dolls, stars, horses, angels have a wonderful property of bringing comfort and peace to the house.
Decorating an apartment for the New Year necessarily involves this important element decor, like candles. How could we live without them? Several large ones, in luxurious, exquisitely shaped candlesticks, or many small ones, “scattered” on the table - these “living lights” have an extraordinary, downright magical appeal.
Let's move on to the bedroom
It's time to continue our efforts and think about how to decorate the entire apartment for the New Year, and not just the living room. Let's go to the bedroom.
“Why decorate it?” you ask. “After all, you practically don’t have to sleep on New Year’s Eve.” But a holiday is a holiday! Flashy luxury is not needed in the bedroom; it is better to give preference to delicate white-blue and silver shades.
We suggest changing the usual bedspread to a “winter” one - snow-white or blue, scattering it around the bed decorative pillows silver color, and a familiar bedroom magically transform into a room from Snow White's castle!
Place them on the windowsills (or hang them on the windows) (we’ll talk about decorating the windows later), and to prevent the feeling of cold, take care of beautiful candles.
How to decorate a children's room
It is especially important to know how to decorate your apartment for the New Year to please your children. After all, they are looking forward to the holiday the most - the kids are still living in a fairy tale. That's why it's so important not to disappoint them. In the New Year's decoration of a children's room, the main thing is a feeling of celebration and safety.
A great idea is to put a separate small Christmas tree in your child’s room. Your baby will be delighted with his own tree! When decorating it, put away fragile glass toys. Textile, plastic and small wooden decorations - best option for a baby who should not accidentally get hurt or get upset because of a broken ball. In addition, such toys can always be removed from the Christmas tree and put on a fabulous show.
Paper garlands hung throughout the room, New Year-themed posters and panels - with Santa Claus, bunnies, snowmen, and favorite characters - will transform the interior so wonderfully! You can buy them ready-made, fortunately the choice is huge now. Or you can start creating drawings and posters yourself - if time allows.
Of course, the child must definitely participate in this! The opportunity to decorate an apartment immediately raises the baby’s eye in your own eyes. Even if the baby is still very small, his drawings and other “works” should take their rightful place in the festive decoration of the nursery. And how much joy the process of such creativity will bring!
And one more thing - in such a matter as decorating an apartment for the New Year, photos of the child himself and the atmosphere of last year’s holiday will also not be superfluous, and in the children’s room they will come in handy.
The kitchen can also be “dressed up”
This is especially important for the housewife - after all, during the holidays she will have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. And the mood should remain creative and upbeat. A suitable mood can be created by garlands suspended from the ceiling and decorative balls or funny souvenirs laid out on shelves. The main thing is that they do not interfere with the owner.
A small kitchen space is decorated in the best possible way with small fir branches, pine cones, bright ribbons, and small shiny balls of the same color. From all this you can collect decorative garlands and place them on the walls.
You can update your interior for the holiday by purchasing new oven mitts and towels: with snowmen, reindeer, and Santa Claus. Oranges make wonderful aromatic decorations - just cut the peel in several places and stick in sprigs of cloves or other spices. And again, don't forget about candles.
Let's take care of the dining room
How to decorate an apartment that has a separate dining room for the New Year? It should also be decorated festively. The center of the composition, of course, is the table, at which the family will raise glasses of champagne. Here, perhaps, the most important design element is elegant textiles (tablecloth, napkins, new curtains with a New Year’s theme: snowflakes, deer, etc.).
Tiny Christmas trees made of glass or fabric, vases with small shiny balls, gold-plated or silver-plated cones, which can even be placed on the backs of chairs, are great for decorating the table.
When choosing napkins and tablecloth, pay attention to the “classics” of the New Year: red, golden, green and white colors. Between beautifully folded napkins you can place mini-surprises for each family member: Christmas trees, souvenirs, small cards with a short greeting tied to candy.
We decorate the doors and hallway
The custom of decorating front door The Christmas tree wreath came to us from the West and has already taken root seriously. In addition, for decoration doorways(in the hallway and not only) it is customary to use all kinds of pendants and garlands. But it is important to adhere to a sense of proportion. Try to endure general style and color scheme.
To create "from the doorstep" New Year's mood You can put a small Christmas tree or a bouquet on the cabinet in the hallway. Or attach individual branches in the corners. Lighting the hallway would be quite appropriate: New Year's garlands or large silver snowflakes suspended in the opening on threads are perfect for this purpose. And you can easily paint the mirror or depict a winter landscape on it.
New Year's window
What better way? If possible, change the curtains to white ones with a silver pattern, and a “winter” mood is guaranteed! The top window openings can be additionally decorated with garlands of silver snowflakes, place candles on the window sills and hang several bright decorations in golden-red tones.
Complemented with a snowy landscape behind the glass, your windows will look like a real work of art. And if you add an electric garland to their decoration, then you will be in a New Year's mood as soon as you approach the house!
In addition, drawings on glass are always in fashion. They are applied with aerosol paints or ordinary watercolors using a stencil - glued to the glass paper figures, which are then removed. However, you can use the most ordinary thin brush.
How to decorate a one-room apartment for the New Year: decor options
But what to do if living conditions do not allow you to create on a grand scale? Let's say yours is tight, just studio apartment. Should you really give up your favorite holiday decor ideas?
Nothing like this! Now we will look at several ideas on how to decorate an apartment for the New Year if there is only one room. First of all, let's think about making the right choice Christmas trees Due to limited space, unfortunately, you will have to refuse to buy a large spruce. What are the alternatives?
There are usually three of them. Or you bring it from the Christmas tree market miniature tree, fresh and smelling of pine, install it in a previously vacated “festive” corner and arrange an elegant composition based on it. Of course, you can’t do a round dance, but overall the corner can look very cute and stylish.
Or go the other way - buy an artificial Christmas tree of a suitable size and a pine-scented scent for it. After the holiday, you can easily disassemble your structure, fold it more compactly and put it away on the mezzanine for a year - why not an option for owners of small apartments? In addition, you don’t have to sweep up the pine needles.
Other ideas on how to decorate an apartment for the New Year if there is not enough space
Finally, you can always organize a Christmas tree bouquet or even several, placing it in beautiful ceramic vases. From such bouquets you can make small “Christmas trees” of any desired size, even the most miniature ones, and the base - vases or jars of water - can be beautifully draped with cotton wool and decorated with sparkles. It is quite possible to place real gifts for children under such a Christmas tree.
If there are sorely not enough horizontal surfaces for mounting Christmas tree bouquets, a composition of Christmas tree branches in the form of a wreath can be hung somewhere in a visible place (to save space - in a window opening).
Tinsel will create coziness in a small apartment; it does not take up much space and drapes beautifully anywhere: on chandeliers, curtains, mirrors. Well, most of all, the same candles will create a romantic atmosphere, especially if you plan to celebrate the New Year with just the two of you.
How often, in the pre-New Year bustle and pursuit of gifts, do we leave home decoration for the last day. And very often we simply don’t have enough time to bring all our decoration and decoration ideas to life. But don’t despair and be sad that you won’t have a New Year’s mood at home - using the advice from “Dream House”, you can forget about this problem! So, let's find out how to decorate an apartment for the New Year 2017 with your own hands in the last minutes - quickly and stylishly.
Where to start expressly decorating your apartment for the New Year
First, you need to look around and understand what you already have for holiday decor, and what you just need to purchase. Many materials can be found not in expensive stores, but right under your nose: in the nearest square, park or forest you can find fir branches, cones, and so on.
All New Year's decor apartments in 2017 should be designed in traditional colors - red, green, gold, white, blue, as well as the color of the coming year. In 2017, the Year of the Fire Rooster is coming and, since the element of the year is fire, the main color can be shades of red, orange, and you can also pay attention to gold.
Do not overload the interior with all kinds of crafts, applications, figurines and other things. It is quite suitable to have a couple of elements that can be combined with each other, which will be the focus.
Ideas for decorating an apartment for the New Year 2017
We present to your attention several interesting and simple ideas For New Year's decoration apartments in 2017! These methods can be easily implemented if you have very little time left. So, let's start decorating the apartment for the New Year 2017 - the Year of the Rooster!
1. Spruce branches
We always associate the smell of spruce with New Year celebrations. And the easiest way to fill your apartment with a festive mood is to bring a few spruce branches and place them in the rooms. And if you also decorate the fir branches with tinsel and small ones, this will become an alternative to the traditional Christmas tree!
The branches can be covered with special non-melting snow, placed in flowerpots or vases, or simply hung from a chandelier. Fast and original!
2. Festive wreath
In the West, it has long been an established fashion to hang it on the front door, above the fireplace, and so on. This simple item serves as a kind of amulet for your family. You can weave a wreath yourself; it’s quite easy to do. And if there is no time, desire or energy left, there is a way out - buy a ready-made wreath!
Surely, there are Christmas sales in your city, where local hand-makers (people who make goods with their own hands) exhibit their work. Often at these sales markets, which usually take place in shopping centers, for example, you can find stunning handmade wreaths with the addition of various interesting elements: from rowan berries and pine cones to satin ribbons and cinnamon sticks. Of course, on New Year's Eve, namely December 31, when you only have a couple of hours before new year party, it can be difficult to find such jewelry, but it is quite possible.
If spending money on a wreath is also not an option, you can replace the usual wreath of spruce branches with an art object! Prepare some printed family or fun photos of you, relatives or party guests and display them all in a wreath shape on the wall or door! Instead of photographs, you can use anything - just use your imagination!
3. An alternative to the traditional Christmas tree
As already mentioned, it is not necessary to put a traditional big live spruce. That's all today more people prefer artificial trees: they can be as big as living beauties, are easy to transport and can be used year after year without spending money on a new one.
However, there are also options for replacing an artificial Christmas tree: stick it on the wall in the shape of a Christmas tree or take several thick branches different sizes(from largest to smallest), tie their ends with a rope (or tourniquet), arrange the sticks in the shape of a spruce, and hang them on the wall. You can decorate with anything: from toys to garlands.
4. Romance of the New Year
Increasingly, candles are being replaced by garlands. This in itself is not bad, but if you want to make the night romantic, candles will do the best job of lighting. You can pick them up different shapes and sizes. You can give them a festive mood with the help of tinsel or rain, natural materials(cones, twigs, etc.).
5. Paper crafts
What could be easier than arming yourself with simple office paper and scissors and remembering your childhood? We all cut out snowflakes. Some made intricate and ornate ones, others made simple patterns. It's time to plunge into this atmosphere! Moreover, homemade neat snowflakes look very stylish! Snowflakes can be made from office, colored or corrugated paper, as well as from foil. They can decorate windows, curtains, walls, furniture, anything!
6. Gifts under the tree
Every year we hope to see the gifts left by Santa Claus under the tree. Therefore, it will be very cool and stylish if you take care of this miracle a little in advance. Any empty boxes or boxes will work for this. Just wrap them in gift paper and stack them nicely. It will be original decor New Year's interior! In addition to fake gifts on New Year's Day, you can also include those that you plan to give to relatives and guests.
7. DIY
Are you having a party? You haven’t bought any holiday supplies and don’t know what to use to decorate your apartment for the New Year 2017? It doesn’t matter, because in a few minutes you can easily make your own, for example, holiday hats. To do this you will need scissors, glue, cardboard, glitter and tinsel. Fold the cardboard into a cone, glue it, add glitter, and add thin tinsel along the bottom of the cap! The cap is ready!
8. Festive table
Also, the main element of the holiday is the laid festive table. It is also advisable to decorate it in a New Year's style: place aromatic candles with the scent of pine needles or oranges on the table, place themed napkins, and in the center of the table you can place an unusual bouquet of fir branches. If it’s not a buffet, you can make personalized seating cards in New Year’s style: this way guests won’t get their seats mixed up.
9. Festive textiles
And finally, if you understand that handmade is not yours after all strong point, then you can always simply purchase textiles from New Year's patterns and prints. Pillows, blankets, and kitchen towels in New Year's style are sold almost everywhere on the eve of the holiday! Go to any large supermarket or shopping mall, and even on December 31st you will find unsold holiday paraphernalia there to decorate your apartment for the New Year 2017, and you will probably even be able to find decor with the symbols of the Fire Rooster!
New Year is not a simple holiday, it is a fairy tale, magic, which not only children, but also adults look forward to. It’s not for nothing that so many beliefs, sayings, superstitions, etc. are associated with the New Year. The most common saying is “When you meet New Year, that’s how you’ll spend it.” Therefore, many of us try to create a festive and magical atmosphere.
New Year is always pleasant chores: creating a menu, buying gifts, decorating rooms and festive table. Usually, decorating an apartment is limited to a Christmas tree and a couple of garlands that are hung on the windows. But is this enough? And hasn’t such decoration become boring after many years?
The coming New Year deserves changes in many ways. And it’s time to change your traditions and reconsider the concept of celebration. Namely, decorate the house in a new way. Moreover, there are a lot of variations in design and decoration, and you can easily choose economical options.
Where to start decorating an apartment: colors
First you need to decide on the design style and color scheme. Designers advise not to overuse the riot of colors and stick to the general concept of the room. Or use “New Year’s” colors - red, white, green, silver and gold. When decorating an apartment, many of us will be guided by the symbol of the New Year and the colors that this symbol carries - this is also a good option.
There are no strict recommendations on what color to decorate a room in; everything will depend on personal taste and preference. But still there is general rules that need to be listened to. Firstly, the design colors must be compatible with each other. Secondly, the main shades of the room’s design should be bright and contrasting, or, conversely, clearly consistent in one color scheme, white, for example. Playing with contrast creates a festive atmosphere, and monotony gives coziness.
The room looks stylish, festive decoration which does not use the entire palette of colors and shades, but only 1 or 2. Shiny elements attract attention, but there should not be many such bright elements, otherwise the entire decoration of the room will simply be lost.
The color requirements are similar for decorating the New Year's table >>
Garlands for decorating an apartment for the New Year
Garlands are easy and convenient to combine with various interior details. The most important thing is to unwind the garland, and in most cases this takes quite a lot of time.
You need to clearly think through the hanging plan and compare all this with the presence of sockets in the apartment. You can and should start from the hallway, literally from the corridor. Entering the room, you will immediately create a feeling of celebration. You can decorate anything with garlands; you can hang a garland around the perimeter of the ceiling, or wrap it around a closet. There are a lot of options, you just have to use your imagination.
In the room where the celebration will take place, the garlands must be given Special attention– you can literally decorate everything in this room - the ceiling, curtain rods, windows around the perimeter.
Garlands look especially beautiful on a lampshade table lamps. Don’t forget about the hero of the occasion – the Christmas tree, which will look naked without a garland.
Who said that a garland must be electric? Hanging balls of thread can become something like a garland. Making them is quite simple. To make them you will need a thick thread, PVA glue and several balloons. The balloons must be inflated to the desired size. Then tie it with thread in a chaotic manner. Afterwards, the tied thread must be generously greased with PVA glue and allowed to dry. The resulting threads will become almost white. After the glue has dried, the ball that was the base must be blown away or burst.
These balls can be hung from the ceiling. This will add romance.
You can use satin ropes and Christmas tree balls and pine cones as garlands. You can hang such garlands anywhere, for example, on curtains, a wall, or a chandelier.
You can hang “pom-poms” made from pine cones on satin ribbons on the backs of chairs, on walls, or as curtain clips.
Christmas tree as a New Year's decoration for an apartment
In addition to a real (live or artificial) Christmas tree, you can use small decorative Christmas trees, spruce branches cut out of paper, cardboard and other materials to decorate the room. As a rule, small store-bought Christmas trees are sold already decorated and are in a kind of pot.
You can add your creativity and put a Santa Claus cap on the tree, stick on glasses or cut out bright smiley faces and make faces. In this case, the room will turn out to be not only decorated in a New Year’s style, but also quite cheerful.
According to Western traditions, which are gradually migrating to us, you can make a Christmas wreath. When buying a spruce tree, in almost any case you have to cut a few branches, and from them you can make a wreath. Details on how to do this are written in the article “Do-it-yourself Christmas (New Year) wreath >>”. In general, it is customary to hang a spruce wreath on the most prominent wall or door.
And of course it's big Christmas tree! Handmade toys are in fashion, even if they are made from ordinary colored cardboard, but made with love with your own hands.
Spruce branches can be used as a garland and decorate a holiday table.
How to decorate an apartment with candles
Suitable for decoration decorative candles any size. But it’s best to give preference to the New Year’s theme. For example, these could be shaped candles in the form of snowmen, Christmas trees, or just white candles, symbolizing snow and renewal.
When installing candles, it is necessary to take into account fire safety rules, and be sure to provide candlesticks or decorative saucers for candles. This is also necessary in order not to stain the shelves and the surfaces on which the candles stand with wax and stearin.
You can create entire compositions - candles, Christmas tree branches, beads, toys, etc.
Tangerines and oranges as decoration
Citrus fruits are almost the same attribute of the New Year as the Christmas tree. They can be arranged not only in vases on the table, but also on all shelves, creating beautiful compositions spruce branches and tangerines. And on the tangerines themselves we will make a pattern of clove sticks, add cinnamon - and the unique aroma of the New Year will flow into the house.
Snowflakes
Decorating your home with snowflakes is one of the oldest and favorite ways New Year's decoration housing. From the category, as they say - cheap and cheerful. To make this simple and uncomplicated decoration you will need paper, preferably white and thin, and scissors. The most interesting thing about making snowflakes is the fact that the whole family can participate in this process, and no one will get two exactly the same snowflakes.
Cute DIY toys
You can make a lot of Christmas tree decorations with your own hands, and you can also involve children in this activity. You can make several figures, such as snowmen or penguins. To complete this idea you will need several plastic bottles. Cut off from the bottle top part, turn it over, paint it with gouache.
Even light bulbs are suitable as decorations and can be painted in a New Year’s style using the de blending technique.
House facade decoration
When you go on a visit and already approach a familiar house, where do you look first? Of course, on familiar windows. And let these windows greet guests with bright lights and kind New Year's drawings. The good old way to paint on glass is to mix gouache with soap. This design will fit well, will not spread, and will be easily washed off without leaving a trace after the holiday. Dip the brush into the paint, then run it over the bar of soap and create.
The same paper snowflakes can be glued to the window, they will be visible both from inside the apartment and from the outside.
There are window stickers in stores; they are suitable for those who do not want to impress everyone with their creative abilities.
To decorate the facade of a private house, you can use programmable LED lights. At night, such lanterns will create a festive mood for neighbors and spectators. It is fashionable to use figurines intertwined with LED lanterns to decorate the yard - animals, Santa Claus, forest gnomes, a bunch of deer. There is no need to worry about electricity bills, because LEDs consume little energy and decorating the outside of the house will not bring extra financial costs.
The modern jewelry market offers a wide selection, including humorous ones. So, you can buy a figurine of Santa Claus who is trying to climb into a window or pipe.
And don’t forget that decorating an apartment is a creative process, and whatever you do, as long as you like it! Happy New Year!
