GETTING YOUR HOME READY FOR DIWALI.

           GETTING YOUR HOME READY                                   FOR DIWALI

Diwali is the season of lamps, lights, and firecrackers. It is that time of the year when the new dinner sets, showpieces, and upholstery come out of your closet. But, it is not all that merry when you have oil leaking over your floor, or a guest spilling sauce over your new couch. Diwali also, is no longer just a festival of earthen diya’s. In this post, I will help you botox your home, in 6 simple ways. 
  You could opt for a long term investment such as whitewashing your home, or displaying beautiful and catchy murals or wallpapers. If your are considering this option, then I would suggest bright colors on any one wall in every room. Let the other walls be subtle.

Now, if you just need to touch up or protect your home just for Diwali, the following ideas should be useful

1   1.GET RID OF THE CLUTTER: The first and foremost way of re-decorating your home for diwali, is to clean the house. Get rid of all the broken clutter, repair the old furniture, and throw away that old unused stove. Once, the house is spic and span, you can now think clearly as to what touch up is needed where. 

MAKE YOUR HOME SPOTLES  AND NEAT.

     2,  BRING IN THE COLOR: Diwali is all about hues. Therefore, you all the liberty to play with colors. Mix and match the green cushion covers, with the mauve curtains. The more colorful the house looks, the more inviting it is.

TRADITIONAL CUSHION COVERS 

     3.  CHANGE THE SOFT FURNIFHINGS: This is the easiest way to give a whole new look to your home. You could change the sofa covers, the cushion covers, put on crisp bedcovers, throw on a new table cloth, hang stain glass paintings and probably add a valance to your curtains.  All these could add magic to your room.

ADDING A VALANCE TO YOUR CURTAIN, NATURALLY UPLIFTS THE AESTHETICS OF THE ROOM.

A CRISP BED COVER COULD CHANGE THE ENTIRE LOOK OF YOUR ROOM.

           4.  LAMPSHADES: These fixtures complete a room, and provide aesthetics in every form. A lampshade could be used to highlight a particular corner, or to emphasize on an artifact. During Diwali these come in handy as you don’t want bright lights over the guest’s face which will be uncomfortable. These lanterns can be variedly used with colorful lampshades. They provide a calming and soothing effect to one’s room.

THE PERFECT WAY TO COMPLETE A ROOM.

CLASSIC, FOLK LAMP SHADES ADD COLOR TO THE ROOM

   5.  PROTECT YOUR FURNITURE: In this festival of entertainment, your house is going to be a constant in and out for guests, or if you have a diwali party. Spilling drinks, dropping curd, or leaking oil from sweetmeats, all these are disastrous for your upholstery or sofa covers. Hence, don’t forget to either cover your sofa with plastic protection or you could even use fabric protection like scotch guard. 

YOUR SOFA, STAINED FOR LIFE.

PROTECT YOUR FURNITURE WITH PLASTIC SHEETS.

 

6. PROTECT YOUR FLOOR: You do not want leaking earthen lamps leaving oil stains on your floor, do you? So don’t forget to place a small mat or polythene piece below the lamp. This will avoid you the tedious effort of scrubbing the floor off the oil stains later on.
 

Another important point, is to use eco-friendly colors for your rangoli, as they are easy to clean and non-harmful.

BEAUTIFUL RANGOLI FOR DIWALI

I hope these tips will help you, and wish you all a Happy Diwali.