Not only children, but also adults are looking forward to the holidays. After all, this is pleasant chores, joy and fun. Especially if it's New Year's Eve. Everyone is immersed in this special atmosphere. Uplifting New Year's lighting of trees, streets and houses.
Without bright, colorful lighting, the holiday will not be so long-awaited and joyful. It is very difficult to create a festive New Year's mood without lights on the street. Therefore, we will tell you more about how to make New Year's lighting yourself.
Christmas lights
In our country, relatively recently, they began to actively decorate not only the Christmas tree in the house, but also buildings, landscape elements and trees. Often we saw such pictures in American New Year's films. But today, to create a festive atmosphere, such illumination is created from a wide variety of lighting fixtures.
When choosing Christmas garlands, you should know exactly where you will install them. After all, street Christmas lighting requires the use of models designed for outdoor work. Most commonly used:
- lamps;
- flashlights;
- candles.
The last option is more preferable for decorating the interior of the house.
Features of Christmas illumination
Modern buyers have a large selection of beautiful street Christmas lights. Relatively recently, the decoration of the backyard territory consisted in the use of several Christmas tree garlands.
Christmas decoration is not only the use of various garlands on trees and around the perimeter of the house. Luminous figures of snowmen and deer are often used, and unique lighting is organized for each separate zone.
To decorate a large area, they also use the services of specialists. But you can do this task yourself. The main thing is your imagination and beautiful lighting elements.
All work on the decoration of the New Year's lighting at home should be carried out in 2 stages: decorating the house inside and out.
Advantages of LED lighting
The use of LEDs in home decoration for the New Year holidays has a number of advantages. The main ones include: ease of installation, minimal energy consumption, durability, variety of colors. So, why is LED Christmas lighting preferred over others?
- Electricity consumption is reduced by almost 10 times, because you do not need a 220W power supply. Voltage converters reduce it to the required level. Therefore, during the New Year's Eve you can spend 75% less current than using ordinary lightingappliances. Remember that one 35W halogen bulb can be replaced by 3 1W LEDs.
- The indisputable advantage of LEDs is a large selection of colors. Specialists have also developed a color mixing system, because many manufacturers install three groups of LEDs at once in the case. That is why the luminous flux acquires the desired shade.
- By buying LEDs once, you will forget about the additional costs of lighting for the New Year holidays for a long time. Their service life is long. For example, a 10 W incandescent lamp lasts about 2000 hours, but the LED counterpart will last 100 thousand hours. From this data, it can be calculated that by working daily for 8 hours, the LEDs will last about 20 years.
- Safety. Unlike other lighting fixtures, LEDs do not emit much heat, which means they do not get hot. So your kids won't get burned while exploring.
- Ability to use anywhere in the home. Attractive design and compact size allow you to decorate various items in the house, from furniture and accessories to the shower head, which is very popular now.
Home decoration inside
LED strips can create wonders in any room, especially a nursery. Of course, everyone knows that the Christmas tree is the main decoration of the New Year holidays. For its decoration, not only multi-colored garlands are used, but also Christmas toys. But often the Christmas tree is installed in one room, but what about the rest? With helpWith simple steps, the Christmas tree can appear on any wall or even the ceiling. Believe me, your children will be very happy to see such a beauty in their room.
In this case, the LED strip is attached to tape or glue. It must be laid according to a previously prepared sketch (along the contour). In the central part, you can drive in a few small studs, on which you can hang toys that are safe for children or homemade crafts.
Such lighting devices can be placed at the window, along the contour of the furniture. The main thing is your imagination, which will surprise your relatives and give a little fairy tale to children.
House decoration outside
Christmas lighting of a private house has no boundaries. The entire space of the house and yard is at your disposal.
Before you start decorating, you should understand exactly where the backlight can be placed. Most often decorate the porch of the house. There's plenty of space here to let your imagination run wild.
New Year's lighting of facades involves the decoration of the roof, windows, railings and columns that support the canopy. Often it is decorated with a garland-net. A New Year's wreath is placed on the front door. But a couple of LEDs installed inside will create a festive mood.
The illumination of railings and steps looks attractive. You can also place animal figures on the steps.
Lighting the adjacent area
Special attention should be paid to the lighting of the surrounding area. Lighting devices can be installed on structures for various purposes (verandas andgazebos), trunks and branches of trees. Illumination of various landscape features of the site also looks attractive. Luminous figurines can be placed throughout the territory. They will look beautiful in the snowdrifts of just fallen snow.
Outdoor illumination also includes the design of not only the facade of the building, but also fences and evergreen hedges.
Rules for creating an unforgettable street illumination
Many owners of country houses independently decide to arrange their backyard territory. But in order for everything to turn out beautifully, you should be guided by the relevant rules for the New Year's lighting of the cottage.
- Use colors that will harmonize with evergreens.
- It is necessary to place the backlight at different heights. So your area around the house will not be too bright.
- Plan your backyard lighting in such a way that garlands and structures with luminous figures alternate.
- If possible, highlight garden paths, ponds, flower beds, and recreation areas.
Remember that the rest of the area should be in the dark. This creates the necessary contrast between dark and light areas.
What kind of lighting fixtures are still in use?
Separate lighting fixtures are used to illuminate different areas of the garden. Each of them should emphasize the space, bring its own zest.
Decoration of New Year's illumination of the house and garden plot may include the following lighting fixtures:
- hemispherical lamps and garden lights, they are used to illuminate paths in the garden;
- light figures, but these are not only figures of Santa Claus, deer, snowmen (abstract balls and hemispheres look attractive in decorating the site);
- LED strips, they can effectively illuminate the trees, porch, roof (the use of multi-color strips and controllers allows you to create different lighting effects);
- flexible neon is a special PVC cord that bends well, two wires and a copper core with a phosphor pass along its entire length.
Conclusion
Self-organized Christmas lighting will create a great mood for your loved ones. You can fully enjoy the atmosphere of the holiday, and your children will fall into a fairy tale for several weeks, believing in the New Year's miracle. Don't stop dreaming - fantasize! And everything will be great in the coming year!
