Published 13:08 IST, October 21st 2019
Diwali 2019: Celebrate with minimal lighting to deck up your home
Diwali 2019: Dipawali which also means 'series of lights' is here. Some easy ways to decorate the home with minimal invasion to your existing interiors.
Diwali is a festival of lights, the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. The festival is celebrated on a grand scale in India every year. What intrigues most is the decorations that can be a task for many. For Diwali 2019, we give you a few tips and tricks to decorate your home easily and leave you with enough energy to celebrate the five-day-long festival with your dear and near ones.
Light up the corners
A good way to make the main-hall or the common room seem bigger is to light up the corners. You can use simple nightstands or tall lamps to lit up the corners. According to decoist.com, corners can make your room seem darker, but during the festival, lights let this not be the case. Use vertical lamps to simply give a luminescent effect to the corners.
Ditch the fairy lights and opt for the bulbs
Ditching the commonly used fairy lights and using string bulb lights can be a good way to enhance the balcony or the gallery. Hassle-free and easy to use, these lights can give an outdoor vibe with soft lighting. Various reports form gardeningde.com states that outdoor string lights can be a good substitute for the fairy lights and lit the room up.
Outdoor glass jar lights
Often worry about your outdoor diyas? Glass jars can be the solution. According to floweraura.com, glass jars that are often unused can be painted and used in a Moroccan themed diya. Place a diya inside the glass jar and do not worry about wind or any other elements that will set the diya off.
Kundan Rangolis with plastic lights
Kundan Rangolis can be a way to make easy rangoli’s. All you have to do is prepare a design in advance and place it with infinite combinations during the final set up. Kundan rangolis can be prepared at home. For the light diya, you can replace traditional ones with battery-operated plastic diyas which are widely available online and offline.
Torans with fairy lights
Instead of using real flower torans you can use plastic or ready-made torans for the walls with lights in it. The fairy lights can come in handy here. According to housebeautiful.com, simply twist the lights around the toran together. However, make sure to evenly place it. This will result in beautiful décor for the walls.
Updated 15:28 IST, October 21st 2019