Perhaps every owner of a private house dreams that the outside of the home always looks beautiful and presentable. The unusual design of the external part of the cottage gives it a special coziness. The owners of the land show their own imagination and implement various decorating ideas.
The recommendations described below will allow you to understand in more detail how to decorate the facade of your house for the New Year with your own hands. With the help of ornamental plants, as well as New Year's paraphernalia, it will be easier to decorate the outside of the cottage.
Decoration of the entrance, gate, doors for the New Year
The gate and front door are considered the face of the house. Therefore, you need to try and decorate them in such a way that passers-by would want to come up, take a closer look and carefully examine all the decorative elements. As a rule, entrance doors are decorated with Christmas wreaths. Such wreaths are not difficult to make with your own hands. Various available materials are suitable for their manufacture: fir branches, cones, festive tinsel, Christmas tree decorations, rowan tassels and much more. To decorate the wreath, sparkles, snowflakes, beads, and stars are used. When making such an element of New Year's decor, do not forget about the combination of colors; a wreath made of spruce or pine branches will be perfectly complemented by satin ribbons or other bright red objects. The Christmas wreath is considered a symbol of wealth and prosperity.
Making a fence
The fence around the house shapes the appearance of the entire site. You should remember this on the eve of the New Year.
Regardless of the material, the fence will sparkle with new colors if you simply throw a garland-net on it.
You can make a garland from artificial or natural fir branches. You'll have to tinker, but everyone will like the result.
This decoration will look elegant in the evening and during the day. To do this you will need to add bright bows.
If you hang colored light bulbs or shaped garlands, the design of the fence will be even more beautiful.
Snowmen and snow sculptures: decorating the outside of the house for the New Year
A traditional New Year's decoration for any garden or plot are various snow sculptures and snowmen. You can involve all family members in this activity. The resulting snowman or even a whole snowy family can be painted with paints and put on old scarves and hats. If you show a little imagination, the plot or garden will be decorated with various New Year-themed compositions made of snow.
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When to start decorating your yard
Not a single rule defines when exactly you need to start decorating your yard for the New Year. Each owner of a private home can independently decide when to engage in this exciting activity. Of course, decorating the site one day before the New Year will not be entirely reasonable. In addition, no matter how the decoration turns out, by that time it will definitely lose its relevance.
A brightly shining area around the house contributes to a joyful mood and creates conditions under which a person lives in anticipation of a real New Year's miracle. For this reason, it is better to start decorating the yard in an original way a few days before the holiday itself.
It is better to take on work on a day when there are no other serious matters, nothing will distract from the pleasant process. However, there is also no need to start implementing the idea in early December; it is unlikely that the neighbors will understand such advance zeal.
Santa Claus sleigh for street New Year's decoration
Many people probably have an old sled in their garage that no one has used for many years. Such a sleigh can become a real decoration of a garden or yard. They can be decorated with garlands or LED strips and a toy Santa Claus can be seated in them with a huge bag of gifts.
How to choose high-quality outdoor lighting devices
According to the experience of FORUMHOUSE participants, most of the garlands are made in China, but “China is different.” Be sure to ask the seller for installation instructions and understand what restrictions this garland has for installation on the site.
Thus, many types of garlands may not be suitable for the street, and their light is quite dim, although sellers often keep silent about this. How to identify street garlands was explained by the guru of the “Lighting” section of our portal with the nickname Dale85, who professionally deals with these issues. Need to:
- Look at the thickness of the wires - they must withstand light, stuck snow and icicles;
- The place where the wire and LED are soldered must be completely insulated; it cannot just be a casing placed on top.
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If water gets into the cambric, hydrolysis begins and the contacts will rust or dissolve over time.
This is a street garland - the joint is filled with epoxy, a cambric is put on top:
Here is an indoor garland, with a simple cambric at the junction. It was not outside, it just hung in a warehouse for a long time and began to rust.
Live Christmas tree in the garden
The constant and most important attribute of the New Year holidays, of course, is the Christmas tree. The living beauty can be installed and decorated in the garden. As decorations, you can use the usual Christmas tree decorations, bright balls, figurines of snowmen, fairy-tale characters, animals, angels, shiny cones, berries and nuts. Nowadays, purchasing all this in stores is not a problem. But it’s much more pleasant to make Christmas tree decorations with your own hands. Foil, plastic, fabric and even ice can be used as materials for making toys. To make original ice Christmas decorations, you need to pour watercolor-tinted water into plastic cups or chocolate boxes, add New Year's tinsel and any other bright objects, as well as a loop of thread or ribbon, and put it all in the freezer. When the water in the molds has completely frozen, you can take out the toy and decorate the Christmas tree.
It is best to decorate a Christmas tree in one color scheme. For example, you can take red as a base and complement it with gold and blue. A tree that is too colorful does not look so impressive. You should not use toys made of glass to decorate your Christmas tree. In severe frost they may crack. A large red star is traditionally placed on the top of the head. Under the tree you can place crafts in the form of New Year's gifts, tied with beautiful ribbons and bows.
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What to pay attention to
Holiday decor looks stylish when it is decorated in the same color scheme and style. This design of a country house for the New Year will unite all spaces. Therefore, if you are purchasing materials for the first time, count on all zones at once. And if you buy more of them, then try to maintain the range that is already available.
- The red color scheme is a classic of this time. The introduction of another color will make the palette more interesting. Gold, white, black and green are suitable for the additional role.
- Gold is another universal shade. Any palette will suit it: from modern black to silver.
- Silver goes better with cool tones: blue, light blue, mint and lilac.
- You can also consider non-standard options, for example, caramel-blue or beige-green. It is convenient to select such pairs according to the Itten color circle.
The second point is the stylistic component. You can put an original artificial white Christmas tree in the living room, and add classic green garlands to it. But such decor will fall apart by the New Year. It is better to select decorations for all areas in the same style.
New Year's decor of walls and windows of the house outside
The decor of windows and walls outside will create the impression of a fairytale castle. To decorate windows, you can use various garlands that will delight everyone with their glow. You can also hang hand-made snowflakes on the windows. Similar elements of holiday decor can be made from foil, paper or crocheted. Stained glass stickers with pictures of festive New Year or Christmas themes are also perfect for window decoration.
The walls of the house can also be decorated with multi-colored glowing garlands. A garland in the form of a sleigh pulled by Christmas reindeers would look great on the roof of the house. The walls can also be decorated with a garland of New Year's socks, which will hold nice gifts for family, friends and friends. A New Year's poster on which you can write wishes and congratulations for the holidays will look great on the wall next to the porch of the house. A small rug with the image of a cheerful snowman or Santa Claus will take its place in front of the front door. You can also decorate the walls of your home with toys in the form of Christmas gingerbread, sweets or lollipops.
Defining zones
Do you know the difference between a professional approach to decor and an amateur one? Decor studios always begin work by determining the scope and budget. This is the key to the wow effect. What's the point?
Before you start purchasing, be sure to determine your budget. The number of places you decorate depends on it. The main rule: if the budget is limited, you should not spread yourself across many points. Otherwise, you will really decorate the whole house, but the effect will be blurry.
To make your home decoration for the New Year look expensive with your own hands, focus on a couple of zones. They should be decorated as much as possible. For example, it could be the main tree and facade or staircase - it depends on your preferences. The rest of the places don't need to be decorated at all. This approach allows you not to waste your budget.
New Year's home decor outside
Illuminations
Illumination is a bright, light decoration of the facade of buildings. This is what makes the city glow and creates a festive mood. New Year's decoration of a private home or urban areas may include illumination.
There are several types of external illumination:
Flexible backlight
The luminous elements are attached to one wire, hanging from it like icicles from a roof. “Icicles” come in different lengths.
Duralight
This is a long transparent tube with small light bulbs inside. This design is as safe as possible, since its electrical part is reliably protected and is not affected by external factors.
Hard garland
Small lamps on legs. These can be various figures of animals, snowmen and other New Year's attributes. They are installed on the porch or along paths.
LED screen
This is a structure made from a large number of light bulbs and works like a TV. You can run moving pictures, patterns, short cartoons, advertisements, text with wishes on it. Most often the screen can be seen in squares, large shopping centers, stadiums, etc.
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The employees of our organization develop the project down to the smallest detail. The wishes of the customer are taken into account without fail. A competent approach will allow you to offer New Year's decor that will fit into the design of the New Year's frame of the street. Craftsmen will plan the decoration of the facade to emphasize the mood and architectural features of the building.
But decorating the street and elements comes with some installation difficulties. The organization has a huge material and technical base with ladders, towers, and equipment for working at high altitudes. Therefore, installers can easily carry out work and adapt to even the most unexpected working conditions. The wishes and preferences of clients are taken into account, individual original projects are developed so that the territory looks great.
Our employees will create an individual LED design at the client’s discretion. Designers will take into account the features of the street, install reliable lighting, creating a festive design. We can offer both ready-made solutions and take on the creation of an individual project. The work is done quickly and efficiently.
