7 Affordable Last Minute Ideas To Do Awesome Diwali Decoration At Home!

By Samprita on 11 Nov 2020

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Samprita Kuncolinkar holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature and has been working at GirlStyle India since its inception. She works as a Senior Lifestyle Editor who is deeply in love with all things beauty, fashion, entertainment and lifestyle. Enjoying the online version of the magazine, the genres of her articles keep varying as she loves to move and groove. Apart from her work life, she loves binge-watching Netflix and loves to eat junk food for happiness.

Diwali is about lights, yummy food, lots of colours and also to enjoy it with your and dear ones. However, you have to do a lot before the celebrations like decorations at home and it is definitely not as easy as it looks. Right from cleaning the house to buying all the decorative pieces, it takes a lot of effort and energy to get that perfect look you wish for. Since there is not much time left for Diwali we are here to save you the last-minute chaos. Don't worry if you have forgotten to shop for diyas or any other decorative items you thought of. You can still manage to decorate your house and make it look extremely beautiful.

Start with cleaning up your room and the basic makeover which as it equals down to half of the decoration. De-cluttering, discarding and rearranging the items can get your Diwali decorations done perfectly at home.

If you have any vases lying around in the house then use fresh flowers to decorate your room. If you don't have any vase then you can use a coffee mug or a mason jar to put flowers. Adding flowers to your decoration is super easy and also loved by all. Use marigold toran for the entrance doors and with other flowers, you can decorate other corners of the house.

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Diya's are the heart of Diwali and you just cannot afford to miss out on this one! Basic clay diyas are available for quite an affordable price in the market or if you have some old diyas from last year celebrations then you can bring them out and paint them the way you want. Use glitter, sequins or bright poppy colours for beautiful yet catchy decorations this Diwali.

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The best and easiest way to lit up your room is by using string lights which are easily available in the market. So buy some twinkling lights as per your choice to make your room look brighter and cheerful. You can create beautiful designs or patterns with the lights on the wall, place them in jars or around plants to decorate your room.

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Rangoli is also a must for Diwali celebrations and it is completely up to you, whether you wish to create designs with flowers or colours. To make it easy and less time consuming you can use stencils that are also easily available in the market. Also to save some more effort of visiting the market, you can use spices from your kitchen in different colours like haldi, red chilli powder, salt etc.

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Use your metal antique pieces of god or other idols as decoration. Just clean up your favourite piece and place it wherever you wish to. We suggest you keep them in a place where people can see and admire it. You always have an option to further decorate these pieces with flowers or diyas.

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For adding some creativity to your cushions, bed covers or curtains you are always free to experiment. Like for curtains, you can hang garlands around it to add some spark to your boring looking curtain area. Or for bed sheets or cushions you can use an old saree and make it into a fancy cushion cover. You can also add small decorative mirrors over it with the help of fabric glue.

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