12/10/2014

Light Your Home With Holiday Lights for Christmas Season

Nothing puts us in Christmas spirit more than beautiful holiday lights. With the holiday season just a few days away, we might be preparing for various different decoration schemes. Anyway, decorative lights shall tip our shopping list for they are always what make our home full of warm and festival vibe. Light up different rooms with different lights to add more special flair to this Christmas season.


Christmas Light Decoration for Hallway

The hallway is usually the place that leaves the first impression on our guests. It has to be well decorated before Christmas season comes and needs to be welcoming. Try some softer lighting.



For the hallway with larger space, exquisite pendants or chandeliers are nice choice yet, for the smaller space, try some down lights or mini string lights that can create ambient glow, warming our visitors as they walk into our home. For a long hallway, make it illuminated with LED string lights for a sparkling canopy effect. LED lights are nice choice due to their safety, energy saving features and flexible lighting.



Gorgeous Fairy Lights for Elegant Tone & Warmth


Holiday Light Decor for Living Room

Living room is multi-functional and we may have various activities in this area. Light decoration in this room can be versatile as long as decorative and practical result is both achieved. Normally, we have already used ceiling lights or floor standing lights together with dimmer switch for the living room. During the special holiday season, in order to add more Christmas-themed sense to the room, we can try some artwork accented by string lights or even try to use the Christmas tree light that comes in proper size. Christmas light is a great way to create visual effect and warm atmosphere. A tree light in full blossom is spectacular.


Bedroom Light Decor During Christmas

Bedroom is a room for relaxation and sleep. It is also a place for a romantic talk. The lighting shall not be very bright, but has to set the mood. Besides the ceiling fixtures or wall lights we use everyday, try to add some special lights, such as canopy-like string lights above or add some Christmas lights that can give out sparkling and warm glow.



LED Christmas lights in the bedroom is very necessary for holiday season.


Light Decoration for Dining Room for Christmas

Dining room needs to be warm for it is the place where guests gather for a dinner. For large dining room, chandeliers placed right above the table can act as a great focal point. The chandelier needs to be used together with a dimmer switch for softer light which will enhance the atmosphere at a dinner party. For smaller dining room, use pendant light and still, make sure the light is not too bright. Lighting for dining room during Christmas season has to be softer and set the romantic mood.



Holiday Light Decoration in Kitchen

Kitchen is one of the most active rooms for almost every household during Christmas season. The light decoration needs to reflect the practical use. Usually, the lighting in the kitchen has to be bright and clean enough so as to well illuminate the worktops. Ceiling spotlights or under-cupboards are great choice. If the kitchen is used as a secondary dining room, decorate it with some extra mini pendants for a focal lighting.


12/09/2014

Outdoor Decoration Tips for Christmas

Christmas is coming. It is a season for showing that our home has holiday spirit. It is always a magical time of joy, especially when it comes to home decoration. Every year, days before the year, we choose to outdo ourselves in decorating home inside and outside, embellishing the trees, yards or garden for an instant change full of fresh and festival vibe. To leave a best impression on the visitors, we may take more time in decorating the outdoor areas to delight the spread Christmas cheer.

Christmas outside decoration

Then how will you decorate the outside of the home? There are a lot of creative ways to add flair to the outside, from twinkling holiday lights, wreaths, big red bows, Christmas greenery, etc. Holiday decorations on the front door, bushes, walkway or yards can add the right amount of joy to our neighborhood. Get inspired by some simple holiday decoration ideas to welcome your friends and family home this holiday season with festive decor. Little extra touches help make the holidays a special experience.

Light Up the Outside of Home With Christmas Lights

Outdoor decoration during Christmas can never lack the holiday lights, which can instantly ignite the warm atmosphere and add festival flair to the front of our home. The light decoration can be simple, but the holiday lights can always create magical effect. The neighbors would love to visit your home illuminated by warm glowing lights. Add different Christmas light trees in the yard or in front of the door, with blossoms that boost the flair of spring. Or get more string lights and wrap them around the trees outside your home. The warm light can dispel the coldness during Christmas night. Since they are LED lights, long use of the decorative lights will add very little burden on our electricity bill.

Lightshare 600 LEDs Frosted Ball City Tree Light

Christmas light tree

Multi-colored Lightshare 200 LEDs Star Light Tree

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Hang some baskets accented by lights all winter long in front of the door or from the tree in the yard. For better effect, get more string lights inside and add some clear plastic ornaments inside as filler.



Give the front door a new look for the Christmas season by dressing it up with some fresh colored ornaments such as glowing lights, red bows or wreath. Add some plants for a vibrant cheer.



For a gorgeous look of the whole outside, try to outline the front windows, the porch posts and entire porch with holiday lights, which will make the whole house glow. Nothing says Christmas holiday better than bright and sparkling lights. They are No.1 decoration choice for Christmas.



Santa Claus is coming to your home. Yes, try to DIY such theme-based three dimensional figures, such as Santa Claus, snowman, deers, etc to welcome the visitors. All of them say about Christmas.



Nice wicker baskets with a candle in or filled with seasonal flowers. Line the path with them or just dot them around the house or table. That is romantic.

12/04/2014

Home Decor Ideas: Decorate Room with Christmas Lights for Coziness & Sparkle

It's winter, and it is twenty more days away from Christmas season. It seems a bit early for Christmas decoration. But if you have a lot of Christmas lights there, take them out and use them for something else, say, decorating the rooms with the Christmas lights.

Holiday lights will give off an air of magical wonderment and instantly make a space feel romantic and cozy. The earlier we decorate our rooms with holiday lights, the cozier our rooms are and the more we can feel about the festive vibe from the glowing lights and the more often we will want to be in and around. There are a lot of creative decorating ideas to do with the Christmas lights. Without further ado, let's get started!


Lights as Wall Statements in Living Room

If you still have no idea for the living room decoration, try this idea out. DIY a striking wall statements with branches accented by clear string lights, which go perfectly with the cozy couch. This can add a sense of rustic and artful vibe to the open living room. It’s very easy to do so. All you need are branch without any soil residue, string of lights and some tools that can fix the branch on the wall. Wrap Christmas string lights around the branches and that's it.



LED Christmas Light Tree in Bedroom

This LED birch tree light can create a natural wonderland in the bedroom, just making us feel the atmosphere of the Christmas season ahead of time. The soft light just ignite the happiness which can be felt during the holiday season. Besides, the LED light is energy efficient and safe for long time use. Kids will love to see them in the bedroom.



Twig Chandelier for Dining Room

You have a lot of string lights for Christmas trees tucked away in a corner. Take them out and make a chandelier out with a branch and some string lights. This is a really low-cost, creative and impressive chandelier that can bring some obvious change to the dining room. The innovative chandelier can make the dinner time more romantic.



Hang Christmas Lights Where the Wall & Ceiling Intersect

If you are allowed to hang things from the ceiling or if you find it good idea to add more sparkle to these areas otherwise empty or monotonous, just dangle the string lights from the ceiling or attach them to the wall. The decorative lights can give out an instant spectacular visual effect.



Bonsai Light for Home Office

LED bonsai light is a very great light for the decoration of your home office. It can bring a lot of warmth to the office. The size is just proper and we can place the light on the table. Turn on the light in the darkened home office, the effect is magical. If you do not want to spend too much on decoration of the home office during Christmas season, this bonsai light is enough.

12/03/2014

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

12/02/2014

Add Enough Mood Enhancing Lighting Home in Winter

Winter is here. It's a season that has a lot of amazing things waiting for us, the snow, the holiday seasons and the celebrations. We love the idea of spending such season surrounded by friends and family with warm atmosphere. In the winter, darkness time is more than daytime. Instead of waking up in the dark or going back home still in the dark, we love to be embraced by the warm glow from the decorative lights. Actually, prolonged exposure to the darkness in such cold season has a negative psychological effect on us. Then are you ready for adding more mood enhancing lights to your house.

mood enhancing lights

We need the mood enhancing lights. We all know the great benefits of natural light. Yet, during the daytime, we may have very limited access to natural light due to office life. It’s hard to get long walks in the sun in the winter. Mood lights can give us the chance to enjoy more lights. Mood enhancing lighting imitates the bright rays of sunlight. It is known that the brightness of natural light can reach around 100,000 lux, yet the light inside during winter only measure at 100 lux. Though not possible to replicate the real thing, the mood enhancing light can offer us an intense 10,000 lux boost.

Mood enhancing light can help us a lot in fighting against any possible depression. We tend to be happier and more carefree in the climate with warmer temperatures. For example, we are much happier in summer than in winter. Our mood has much to do with our exposure to the natural light we get. Fortunately, mood enhancing light can help solve this problem to some degree. Too much exposure to darkness can easily lead to feelings of melancholy. We need proper exposure to light.

It is also known that our exposure to natural light has something to do with how we eat. In the cold weather, we start to eat more yet reluctant to do more exercises. This is all because of overproduction of melatonin, which is caused by less exposure to natural light. We wake up in the winter when it is still dark and we are back home from work at the time when it is all dark again outside. We spend our days in darkness or under harsh florescent light. Our body clock seems hard to get change to reset for the new day. We need mood lights in the morning and at night for helping us reset the internal clocks and get ready for the busy day ahead.

For a happy mood in winter, try to use lights and choose some mood enhancing lights to fill the rooms of our home.

11/26/2014

Bring Art Home With Creative Lighting Decoration

Not only do furniture pieces play an important part of a room, but also the lighting count a lot in shaping our room's atmosphere and mood. The right or even creative lighting decoration at home even has much to do with our productivity and creativity. The lights are no longer functional. They are decorative, and even can serve as a work of art. They become the core of our room. Take a look at some cool home light decorations and get inspired to embellish your room with unique light that even add a touch of art.

creative light

Interactive Cloud Light 

cloud light

Thunderstorms are frightening as well as interesting for most of us. We may love to hear the roar of the sound and looking up at the sky for the cloud while hiding ourselves in a corner. Just imagine decorating the room around our favorite weather. This cloud lamp looks and sounds like a real thunderstorm. It is no longer just functional light. It can interact with our surroundings, such as movements, music, etc. Just bring the outside inside and enjoy the cloud, lightning and thundering without rain at home.

DIY Branch Chandelier

branch chandelier

Chandeliers are most often very expensive, but for a modern home decoration, chandeliers is a thing that we can not resist and always seems necessary because they can well catch our eyes. We can actually DIY unique chandeliers. For home decor in autumn, we can DIY branch chandelier that can add rustic style to our room. All we need is some gnarled branches and a few string lights. Wrap the lights around the branches and plug it in.

bottle pendant light

Here are other DIYs. DIY a pendant light from empty wine bottles and create the delightful pendant lights. Hang the light in the kitchen or over the dinner table.

LED Tree Light for Ambiance

Christmas light

LED tree light seems much common during Christmas season. But we can use it for similar decoration purposes: add a touch of warm ambiance to the whole family. The snow tree light can create a snowing wonderland, which is still not available right now. The soft warm glow, the white snow and natural branch - all of this holiday light just bring us an atmosphere of holiday. It is really creative and fantastic light for home decor.

Book Shaped Light


Here comes a creative light for readers! This book shaped light is really charming, not only provides enough light to readers, but also does that with a bit elegance. Look its shape and design and I think if we have such light, we may love to read a little more longer.

Suspended Greenhouse Lamp

greenhouse lamp

Bring the greenhouse indoors. I love the design of this mini greenhouse lamp which services not only as a growing plants but also as a creative pendant light. Besides, this light is great in that it makes the best use of the otherwise useful heat waste produced by the light bulb.

Ripple Lamp

ripple lamp

This is really a lamp of art. For the light shining within the smaller dome through the larger dome, the lamp is a great mix of light and shadow, which just brings out a ripple effect. Love the beauty of glass of the lamp surface.


Thanksgiving Decoration Ideas for More Inspiration on Holiday Decor

Thanksgiving is ONE day left! It is time to invite friends home for Thanksgiving dinner or party. Have you already embellished your home with a bit of fun? Decoration for Thanksgiving does not have to cost a lot of money. We can spruce things up with some creative DIYs and nice holiday lights without breaking the bank actually. If you are on a budget this holiday season, here are some holiday decoration tips that be used to create a relaxing ambiance on Thursday!

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Reuse Halloween Pumpkins for Thanksgiving Decor

pumpkin for thanksgiving

Never throw away those Halloween pumpkins. They are no longer decorations for Halloween only! There are a lot of ways to use the pumpkins for enhancing our Thanksgiving holiday. We can spice up our Thanksgiving table with the pumpkins, or DIY some Thanksgiving centerpieces made from pumpkins, like the one in the pic.

holiday decoration

It's really a super-easy centerpiece idea with any container, filler, décor items and candles we have on hand. Try to add some natural resources such as branches, leaves, etc to the pumpkin and light it up with candles. We can also try to paint the exteriors in beautiful autumn colors.

DIY Pumpkin Paper

pumpkin paper

If you have no pumpkins after the Halloween, for a budget holiday, try some DIYs to make a pumpkin via paper. For example, find out an old book and use the strips of the book page to make a pumpkin. Try to add some neutral-toned rusticity or pair the pumpkin with colorful details.

Thanksgiving Lights to Lighten the Mood

holiday light

Thanksgiving is not just about a holiday meal. We need to relax and feel the happiness of that special day. Take a load off and set up the holiday atmosphere in advance via the mason jars or other holiday lights for a relaxed mood. We can DIY the mason jars with leaves stuck to them or we can bring home some tree branches and light it up with some LED string lights for a warm glow.

Thankful Tree 

tree decoration

A tree in a room seems to bring more natural feel and that is very interesting and goes well with the autumn theme. We do not have to take a real big tree home. Just get some tree branches and put them into a bottle. Add some paper-made heart-shaped leaves and call it thankful tree.

Grateful Branch 



It is really interesting to do some major brainstorming for holiday decoration. This is a very great idea that incorporates gratitude, family, and a seriously cool art installation. Write some wishes or names and hang them from a branch like this, or the ceiling or light fixtures at different levels. Each year we sit around the table and say what we are grateful for, so this year write them down, too on the grateful branch.


Tree Light



Take out the Christmas light tree out that you used in last Christmas season. The Christmas tree light is not just for Christmas actually. Illuminate the tree and create a warm glow.

Decorate With Fall Foliage

fall foliage decoration

Give bookshelves, or any surface a fall fix with autumn leaves. Gather pretty specimens from the  backyard and make the home full of autumn hues.

Suspended Thanksgiving centerpiece

thanksgiving centerpiece

Maples smell what the autumn is like. Make full use of the maples and use it as Thanksgiving centerpiece if you still have no idea of the table centerpiece or you do not want to spend too much.