Diwali is just around the corner and its onset sparks joy and festive spirit in each of us. As you read this, you must be getting your beautiful home spring cleaned, polished and painted for this festival of lights. Your grandmother’s recipes of homemade ladoos and pedas are out and ready to be prepared in batches to be gifted to friends and family. And the most fun part of Diwali is getting our homes ready with elegant decorations. That being said, here are 24 stunning Diwali decoration ideas for your home that embrace the essence of Indian festivities effortlessly. Read along!
Diwali Decoration Ideas For Living Room
- Large Wall-Mounted Mirrors: Put up a large mirror in your living room. Mirrors elevate spaces and make a room look bigger.
- Gold Accents And Decor: Gold is a lovely colour scheme for Diwali theme decoration. Your diyas, lanterns, fairy lights and idol designs can all have a gold finish.
- Pillows And Cushions: Cushions are versatile decor items. Mix up cushions of different colours, sequins, prints and the like for the perfect Diwali decoration.
- Carpets And Rugs: Diwali is incomplete without adding lights to your space. Make the most of this by decorating with different types of lights like fairy lights, string lights and LED strip lights across your window sills, floor surfaces, walls and even crystal containers for a dramatic effect.
- Diwali Light Decor: Diwali is the festival of lights. So, without lights, the celebrations feel incomplete. Make the most of this by decorating with different types of lights like fairy lights, string lights and LED strip lights across your window sills, floor surfaces, walls and even crystal containers for a dramatic effect.
- Diwali Flower Decoration: Flowers add freshness and colour to rooms. Having a few floral arrangements placed in a vase on your coffee table or petals floating in a bowl of water amidst tea light candles ties together a beautiful Diwali flower decoration for your space.
- Tea Lights And Votive Candles: Tea light votive holders are a creative Diwali decoration idea too. Place a pair or a cluster of several on side tables, by the main entrance of your home or the dining table for a festive glow.
- Herbs And Dried Petals: Decor apart, your home needs to smell festive too. Kitchen herbs like star anise, cinnamon, and cloves are aromatic and can be mixed up with dried petals – that’s your DIY potpourri.
Diwali Light Decoration For Illuminating Balcony
- Bamboo Screens: Drape a bamboo screen on your balcony for privacy and hang some decorative lanterns or plants to spruce up the look.
- Miscellaneous Decor Arrangements: Fairy lights, artefacts, and comfortable furniture make an ethnic ensemble—perfect for a Diwali-themed decoration idea.
- Chandeliers As A Centrepiece: Chandeliers effortlessly add to your home decor, be it a large balcony, a patio, a rooftop, or over your dining table. They are a fun and easy yet elegant Diwali decoration idea.
- Fairy Lights: String or chain lights will make your balcony more charming at night. Hang them by the window panes adjoining your balcony, and the dim lights shimmering through will sparkle up your home.
