Decorating Christmas trees with garlands replaced them with burning candles, which was very effective, but fire hazardous. In addition, electric garlands made it possible to make the New Year’s outfit more impressive and expressive. At first, the electric bulbs in the garland had one color and burned with an even light, later they acquired different colors and began to blink, which turned this Christmas tree decoration into a real New Year’s magic.
The desire to extend the fabulous Christmas time with the help of magic lights gave rise to the tradition of decorating with their help not only New Year trees, but also other objects, garlands in the interior appeared at weddings and graduation parties. Nowadays, flashing lights are often used not as a festive, but as an everyday decor. This allows you to give the room a solemn look, highlight the most effective interior details with light, and create an unusual atmosphere..
Decorating options with electric lights
Circuit
Decorating with garlands is appropriate if you want to emphasize the graceful silhouette of the fireplace, antique wardrobe, stairs or mirror. Outline the subject with light bulbs. This is easy to do: place the center of the garland on the cabinet or the top of the mirror frame, and guide its ends along the contours of the object, leaving them hanging free. You can also secure them with tape or buttons.
Lamp
The garland in the interior can be used as an unusual lighting fixture. Take a beautiful transparent vase or candlestick and fill its volume with a garland – one or more. Garlands with LED lamps are especially convenient in this case, it is even better if they are powered by batteries. Such a decorative item will become a bright accent addition to the interior of any room – from the bedroom to the living room..
Picture
Draw a glowing heart, candle, Christmas tree, or star on the wall. To do this, mark the drawing with a pencil or chalk, and lay out the garland on it with tape, buttons or small studs. You can also use double-sided tape.
Lettering
Use a garland for lettering. To do this, mark the locations of the letters on the wall with a pencil or chalk, and lay out the garland using buttons or studs.
Simulated fire
By decorating the fireplace with garlands, you can create an imitation of live fire. It does not have to be a real fireplace: a decorative woodpile on a tray, a bunch of branches wrapped in a monochromatic blinking garland will remind you of a real flame. Such a decoration looks great in a decorative fireplace, under a Christmas tree or even just on a coffee table..
Drapery
Small bulbs look especially decorative if they are covered with a translucent fabric. So you can decorate the head of the bed or the wall above the sofa. Backlighting with garlands of curtains will give the room a fabulous atmosphere.
Gallery
The garland in the interior can be used as a basis for creating a gallery of photographs or drawings. To do this, you need to fix it on the wall – in a wave, in a straight line or in a zigzag. Use decorative clothespins to attach a selection of photographs to the garland. Instead of photographs, you can attach snowflakes cut out of foil, New Year cards, small figures of New Year characters on clothespins.
Wreath
At Christmas, it is customary to decorate the doors of the house with wreaths. Usually they are woven from spruce branches and decorated with various decor, braiding with ribbons. You can make a wreath in the shape of a heart, decorate with a garland – it will be unusual and bright.
