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New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is the time of the year’s greatest parties. Let’s spend the first minutes of the New Year with our friends and – as we did it in the whole year – let’s celebrate in a classical stylish way.
Decorate our home with the help of golden, silver, white and black colors to make it invitingly friendly but glittering at the same time. Almost everything can be a decorating element which is made of metal, glass, mirror or crystal. The most important job is setting the table. The golden framed dinner set, the crystal goblet set and the white damask tablecloth provide a proper base. Let’s use the globe Christmas ornaments also: put them in a glass bowl or vase, it will be a perfect table centerpiece. Sprinkle bigger beads or decor pebbles on the tablecloth to reflect the lights of the candles even more. Write the New Year’s number on the top of the cakes. Bows made of wired ribbons can be tied on the candles, necks of the bottles of champagne, at the bottom of the cake stand etc. Decorate the dresser, the mantelpiece and console table for example with old clocks, black top hat, golden/silver/black masks and branches sprayed with glittering paint. Fill a large, slightly deep bowl with water, sprinkle glittering confetti in it and place sparklers inserted in plasticine, so the latter shouldn’t be visible. It will be a wonderful sight at midnight. Hang serpentines, bead-festoons and garlands from the ceiling, stair-rail and chandeliers. Stick the letters of Happy New Year on black or white balloons and tie them in row on the rail, above the door or on the curtain rod. Let’s buy glittering napkins, cocktail sticks and straws for the buffet after midnight. Color punches should be kept in metal bowls instead of glass. Don’t forget the flower decoration also: white rose, white poinsettia and white amaryllis greatly fit for the New Year’s Eve mood.
If a more colorful but still elegant solution is desired, use shiny blue, turquoise or purple instead of black.
If you would like your friends to remember your party for a long time, ask for help of a style-adviser for the preparations.
Thomas Kinkade 1.
Selection of Thomas Kinkade’s winter landscapes
Christmas
Christmas is the most beautiful holiday of the year. All homes are being decorated. If the nature does us a favor also, it covers the roads and gardens with snow that results a really sparkling spectacle.
Christmas decoration means a challenge for many of us every year. Fashion changes continuously, if someone tries to keep up, all decorations should be changed regularly. For classic interiors, there are eternal an elegant decorations that are independent on the fashion and still looking good.
The colors of Christmas depend on personal taste. What is important: to provide the emotions and shining of the occasion. Don’t save up decoration: it’s nice if there is a little surprise waiting for the guests in every hidden corner. Let’s start the decorating outdoor: place a wreath or other ornament. Put some evergreen branches and outdoor lights on the handrail of the stairs leading to the house. If it is solvable, emphasize the line of the roof, the contour of windows and doors also with some light strings. Buy a door mat with Christmas notes or figures for this month.
Since the hall decoration gives the first impression, this should not be neglected. Put garlands above the mirror and hang off glass spheres from the lamps. Another wreath can be hanged to the inner surface of the entrance door. Inside, poinsettias in decorative pots or lighting decoration should be placed on the window sills. We can also attach some snowflake shaped stickers on the glass of windows and internal doors. The stair handrails can be decorated with garlands and light strings also inside. Do the same with curtain cornices. Near the Advent wreath, further candles and candies can be placed to the table in glass dishes. If you have a fireplace, you can hang Santa Claus socks on it, even if the presents are not being put in them. Hang spherical ornaments or holly and mistletoe bouquets from the chandeliers. Branches, flowers and berries can be combined with shiny glass decorations and strings. Light will give the sense of the whole scene: candles, fire in the fireplace, light garlands and lighting decorations. From the last two, choose the ones having warm white light.
The crown of the home is the Christmas tree in the season. Although the synthetic pine tree saves a lot of work to us, the real one is much more beautiful and has a lovely scent also. Let’s purchase a pine tree in pottery or with soil ball, that will not die and can be returned after the holiday.
If you would like a classic-elegant Chritmas decoration at home, ask help from an interior designer before the holiday.
Door wreaths 2.
Winter door decors – even DIY
For Santa Claus Day
Decorate our home for Santa Claus day
Winter
It’s winter again, the season of snow, clod and ice. The garden and the nature is not dull this time neither, since we can get inspiration from them.
Most plants and animals are having rest now. The amount of colors is limited and we can see muted hues. Nature is like an elegant lady in white coat. Characteristic winter colors are black, white, cold greys and browns, pine green, steel blue, cold red, ice blue and silver.
In our home, we can realize a really spectacular atmosphere by these colors. We can balance their coldness by the fire blazing in the fireplace and lots of candles. Use mood lighting instead of general lighting (standing or table lamp, hidden LED lights). Cover the couch with fur or polar blankets. Silver framed mirrors reflect the light of candles. Let’s use curtains made of light, monochrome or patterned material fabric with silky shine. Use middle hue paint on the walls, e.g. steel blue or gray-brown, which provide the background for the romantic and elegant mood. When purchasing decorations and accessories, choose the ones made of glass, shiny metallic or crystal. Using a muted red cushion, painting or vase, we can control the view of our guests creating focus points. Wooden floor, upholstered chairs, christal chandelier and wardrobe made of dark wood is a perfect combination for a winter style interior. White on moldings, doors and mantel can provide freshness in the view.
These colors have to be used with care, since the result can be very rigid. For an elegant winter home, ask help from an interior designer.
Bird feeders
A choosy bird feeder gives food for winter to songbirds and nice view to us
