Light Decoration Ideas: DIY String Lights for Decorating Home During Christmas Season

Winter is here and Christmas season is not far away from us. The daytime becomes shorter and dark night comes earlier and earlier. It‘s really nice to bring some sparkling lights into our homes, for warmth, glow and decoration for the coming holiday.

Adding more lights into our home is one of the easiest way to liven up our room and create cozy atmosphere. During holidays, we need light decoration in the houses. Among all the various lights, string lights are one of the most popular lights that we use, not only for decorating the Christmas trees, but for DIY various lights. String lights are great to play with because they are versatile and not expansive. Most of us have a lot of string lights on hand. Actually, a bit of creative ideas can incorporate the string lights into home decor. Here are some ideas for DIY string lights and decorating home with string lights. See, enjoy and try them out for the coming Christmas light decoration!

String Light Canopy Over Bed

We all know LED string lights are safe to play with because they produce less heat. LED string lights are flexible in that they can be wrapped up in drapes or light fabric. If we have a limited budget for the bedroom decoration during Christmas season, try to make the best use of not expensive string lights and hang them above the bed as if there is a glowing canopy over the bed. The light canopy just creates a magical feeling and whimsical glow for the whole bedroom. It’s very easy and we can hang the string lights from a point in the ceiling. Just turn on the string lights and see the starry sky effect.

Ball String Lights


If you have a lot of parties during the holiday season, try to DIY some cute rattan ball string lights. They can be used for many times. The glowing ball garland just gives out a rustic feeling and it can make a lovely decoration for parties.

DIY Branch Chandelier

DIY branch chandelier with string lights. That’s rustic and cool. Just get some birch branches home and take out the string lights you have tucked away in some corner after last Christmas. Hang the chandelier over dinner table and it is really unique.

Headboard Accented by String Lights

DIY headboard with string lights. All you need to have are the bright string lights. The warm lights can bring extra warmth to you during winter night.

Sparking Bottle

You must have a lot of empty bottles in your home. Do not throw them away. Put some string lights into the wine bottle and DIY the bottle lamp. There is no need to update the old lamps in your house. They can be very attractive alternatives.

Starry String Lights Add Glow to Trees or more

Add a festival glow to any mantels, trees, walkways or any centerpieces in your family that you need to highlight with battery powered string lights. The light strands can add warm glow and still the bendable wire makes the light flexible enough in that they can be made into different shapes to create elegant accents.

String lights accent the windows

Wrap string lights into heart shape and accent the centerpieces



Put the shaped string lights into glass