Holiday Lighting Idea: Get Ready for Christmas
Christmas is coming. When you are decorating for Christmas, you can choose decorations that provide brightness and can add a warm and pleasing touch to your home. For an unexpected and stylish decoration, you can look for alternatives to traditional Christmas lights by using ornaments or metallic materials or mirrors to reflect light and candles to create a glow. As you plan for your decorations, consider locations that receive both natural and artificial light to ensure that every addition makes the greatest impact.
A centerpiece can be a good way to bring Christmas decorations and holiday lighting into the kitchen or dining room without disturbing the function of the space. For a simple centerpiece, you can arrange square pillar candles in varying heights on a flat metal serving dish; place evergreen branches around the candles' bases for a fresh scent. You can also pile Christmas balls in a large clear vase, jar or bowl, and place tea light candles underneath to create reflections on the surfaces of the balls. For a minimalist, natural centerpiece, collect bare branches, wind white Christmas lights around them, and lay them on a long serving dish.
In order to make the most of the natural light from a large window, use texture and reflective surfaces. Cut lengths of satin ribbon in different lengths and tie a Christmas ball or ornament to the end of each ribbon with a bow. Tie the ends of the ribbons to the curtain rod or use tacks to attach them to the top of the window, arranging them so that each one hangs at a different length. During the day, the ornaments will reflect the natural light from outside, and in the evening, the electric lights will cast a soft glow on the ribbon.
For an unexpected, environmentally friendly Christmas candle decoration, use old sweaters. Find cable-knit sweaters or sweaters with a Christmas print around your house or in thrift stores and cut them into pieces. Glue the pieces around tall, thick candles to add texture. Create an elegant look for a centerpiece, mantle or sideboard by using white sweaters wrapped around white candles; when lit, the candles will appear to glow.
Buy a LED bulb with a clear glass base. Fill the bottom of the vase or jar with sea salt, which can double as snow, and make a miniature Christmas tableau inside. You might include a family photo, a bough of evergreen, a nativity scene or Christmas balls. The light from the lamp will highlight the scene, which you can change as often as inspiration strikes.
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