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Understated Ways to Add Festive Lighting to Your Home
Christmas is all about twinkle and shine, and lighting is central to the magical mood, so check out these simple ideas for a festive glow
There’s nothing quite like festive lighting to loft your home during the winter months. It doesn’t have to mean covering the place from head to toe in multi-coloured lights, either – it can be as simple as adding a few candles. Ambient lighting changes the dynamic of a room and helps to create a sense of warmth and cosiness, so it’s key for the festive evenings. Take it as far as you like, but here are some ideas to get you started.
Use candles instead of a fire
If you don’t have a fireplace, or perhaps have one that doesn’t work, then using candles as a substitute could be the perfect way to get that same fireside feel. Make sure you group as many as possible for a significant glow.
Get expert advice for choosing the right fire
If you don’t have a fireplace, or perhaps have one that doesn’t work, then using candles as a substitute could be the perfect way to get that same fireside feel. Make sure you group as many as possible for a significant glow.
Get expert advice for choosing the right fire
Create a canopy
Draping fairy lights around a bed in a will keep children and guests cosy during those winter nights. It’s also a great way to keep the festive mood in a spare room if you’re putting up guests over the holidays.
See more mood-enhancing lights for winter
Draping fairy lights around a bed in a will keep children and guests cosy during those winter nights. It’s also a great way to keep the festive mood in a spare room if you’re putting up guests over the holidays.
See more mood-enhancing lights for winter
Don’t forget about the bathroom
Keep spirits high by adding layers of light to all of the rooms in your home. Candles in the bathroom are not only festive, they’re ideal for relaxing while you wind down in a hot bath.
Keep spirits high by adding layers of light to all of the rooms in your home. Candles in the bathroom are not only festive, they’re ideal for relaxing while you wind down in a hot bath.
Highlight a star
Natural wood looks great with fairy lights, the two working together to create a natural wonderland feel. Here, fairy lights wrapped around wooden branches formed into a star make a twinkling decoration.
Natural wood looks great with fairy lights, the two working together to create a natural wonderland feel. Here, fairy lights wrapped around wooden branches formed into a star make a twinkling decoration.
Place candles in unexpected spaces
Brighten up the corners of your room using candles, or perhaps create a pathway to your front door for a special occasion. Just be sure not to leave them unattended – or consider encasing them in glass jars to avoid any accidents.
Brighten up the corners of your room using candles, or perhaps create a pathway to your front door for a special occasion. Just be sure not to leave them unattended – or consider encasing them in glass jars to avoid any accidents.
Go colourful
There’s no reason you have to stick to one colour with your fairy lights. Take a tip from this welcoming space and string colourful lights up high. Trail them round a door or window frame, or even along a picture rail for a magical display.
There’s no reason you have to stick to one colour with your fairy lights. Take a tip from this welcoming space and string colourful lights up high. Trail them round a door or window frame, or even along a picture rail for a magical display.
Make a fort
Create a little hideaway for children by constructing a fort and padding it out with cushions and fairy lights. It’s perfect for the festive season, and doesn’t necessarily have to be taken down come January.
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Create a little hideaway for children by constructing a fort and padding it out with cushions and fairy lights. It’s perfect for the festive season, and doesn’t necessarily have to be taken down come January.
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How do you warm up your home with lighting? We’d love to see photos in the Comments below.
Lanterns are a wonderful way to light up your home during the dark winter months. Here, simple white lanterns create an subtle and understated festive feel and tie in with the pared-back modern rustic look.