7 Diwali Decor Ideas You Can Use All Year Round
Make every day a festival of lights with these simple yet scintillating year-round decor tips
If you’re a Diwali decor junkie, boxing up your lighting and decorations at the end of the festive period can be like packing away a piece of your heart. With a little inspiration, however, you can turn your Diwali decor pieces into year-round sparklers with a festive edge. From faux flower arrangements to eclectic candle displays, whimsical fairy lights to dreamy paper lanterns, here are some ways you can conjure a Diwali-inspired wonderland fit for any day of the year.
2. Candle display
Give traditional Diwali diyas a quirky spin, with taper candles in vivid complementary colours. Go for decorative candle holders to make for an eye-catching display on your dining table, sideboard or any other surface.
Give traditional Diwali diyas a quirky spin, with taper candles in vivid complementary colours. Go for decorative candle holders to make for an eye-catching display on your dining table, sideboard or any other surface.
Alternatively, create your own floating candle display by placing tealights in water-filled mason jars.
Tip: Save yourself the hassle of wax candles by opting for electric candles. These are low-maintenance, mess-free and can be turned on and off with a simple switch.
3. Rice lights
Use Diwali as an excuse to create your own little whimsical hideaway. Casually drape rice lights across your walls or over a gauzy canopy…
Use Diwali as an excuse to create your own little whimsical hideaway. Casually drape rice lights across your walls or over a gauzy canopy…
…or wind them through furniture to craft a scene befitting a fairytale. Rice lights can lend an ethereal glow to your space and bathe your room in a soft, warm aura.
Discover other great ways to use Diwali lights throughout the year
Discover other great ways to use Diwali lights throughout the year
4. Toran
Indian doorways are famously festooned with torans (Indian decorative door hangings) during Diwali. Available in rich patterns, vibrant colours and mirrorwork, traditional torans can lend a celebratory touch to just about any surface they are mounted on. Consider placing one on your wall…
Indian doorways are famously festooned with torans (Indian decorative door hangings) during Diwali. Available in rich patterns, vibrant colours and mirrorwork, traditional torans can lend a celebratory touch to just about any surface they are mounted on. Consider placing one on your wall…
…or inject colour into a knocked-back window by placing it along the top.
5. Rangoli art
Why limit exquisite rangoli designs (traditional Indian floor patterns made of coloured powders) to Diwali? Channel your artistic side (or get a professional to help) with rangoli-inspired paintings that will allow your doorway to extend a festive welcome all year round. Anything can work as a canvas – the doorsill, the entire door, a wall or the floor. If you live in an apartment where artwork in the lobby might violate society rules, consider placing your rangoli on the inside of your doorway.
Tip: Paint works best on concrete, whereas readymade sticker rangolis are better suited for tiles.
Why limit exquisite rangoli designs (traditional Indian floor patterns made of coloured powders) to Diwali? Channel your artistic side (or get a professional to help) with rangoli-inspired paintings that will allow your doorway to extend a festive welcome all year round. Anything can work as a canvas – the doorsill, the entire door, a wall or the floor. If you live in an apartment where artwork in the lobby might violate society rules, consider placing your rangoli on the inside of your doorway.
Tip: Paint works best on concrete, whereas readymade sticker rangolis are better suited for tiles.
6. Dining table lights
Lights in any form are reminiscent of Diwali. Add battery-operated statement lights, candles and lamps to your dining table to create a sparkling, luminous tablescape. Dot your arrangement with faux twigs, blooms and branches, and charming curios.
Lights in any form are reminiscent of Diwali. Add battery-operated statement lights, candles and lamps to your dining table to create a sparkling, luminous tablescape. Dot your arrangement with faux twigs, blooms and branches, and charming curios.
7. Paper lanterns
Purchase a few extra paper lanterns during Diwali to craft a floaty, romantic ceiling-scape. Cluster your lanterns together…
Purchase a few extra paper lanterns during Diwali to craft a floaty, romantic ceiling-scape. Cluster your lanterns together…
…or dot them across your ceiling. Even without a light inside, an arrangement like this can add pops of colour to a dull ceiling and give your space a dose of boho chic.
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Read more:
Get Your Home Diwali Ready in No Time
Diwali Guide: How to Paint Your Home in 9 Days
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Have any other Diwali decor ideas that can work around the year? Tell us in Comments below.
The air of Diwali is incomplete without the scent of fresh flowers. And while you can’t expect your Diwali blooms to last you all year round, you can certainly keep the festive spirit alive with a faux flower arrangement. Place a potpourri of petals in an ornamental centrepiece, hang strings of flowers along your door frames or create gentle water displays with floating blossoms.