Why you shouldn’t throw away old sledges, what are the most fashionable Christmas trees made of, what New Year’s decor can you find in the forest and what in a grocery store, what does a festive wreath symbolize and how to make a chandelier from branches? All about New Year’s trends in 2024.
Pampas grass and flowers
Compositions of dried flowers became the main decorative hit of the outgoing year and the designers liked them so much that they found a place even among the New Year’s decor.
It is better to decorate with dried flowers that Christmas tree that was born in the forest, and not a beauty made in a plastic factory. The most daring option: to abandon a living tree and collect a Christmas tree from fluffy pampas grass. It can be mounted on a wire base wrapped around a frame of slats.
If you like the idea of living decor but don’t like dried flowers, you can decorate your Christmas tree with flowers and green leaves of preserved plants that will live with you all the holidays, while maintaining a fresh look.
From the woods and the grocery store
The place of golden tinsel and Christmas decorations in the New Year’s interior in 2024 can be occupied by the works of the best designer in the world – nature.
You can order from a florist or independently assemble festive compositions from coniferous branches, fir cones, moss, rowan berries, snags and tree slabs. Forest finds can be made friends with the warm light of an electric garland woven into the composition, or placed next to wax candles, which should definitely be lit on long winter evenings.
For inspiration, you don’t have to go to the forest, you can find themed decor in the nearest grocery store. Citruses and apples can be cut into slices and dried in the oven. They pair beautifully with red berries, walnuts, cinnamon sticks and spruce branches.
It is not necessary to create complex compositions. Minimalism in New Year’s decor also claims to be a trend. It is enough to put a few spruce cones, nuts and orange slices in a vase, light a garland or a candle and the decor is ready. It’s a good idea to place such a bowl on the bedside table in order to be charged with New Year’s mood from the very morning.
Unforgotten old
Have you noticed that among modern New Year’s toys there are many similar to those that were hung on Christmas trees by our grandmothers? Because vintage is on trend.
If you inherited New Year’s toys made in the last century, be sure to use them in decor. They can not only decorate the Christmas tree, place them in bowls, candy bowls, boxes and baskets that can decorate any surface in the house.
Not only toys can be vintage. Old sledges, skis, felt boots, even buckets and pots can become the basis of a non-trivial festive composition that will look good in the hallway or on the porch of a country house. Add pine branches, garlands and fantasy.
Happiness and fertility
We associate Christmas wreaths with Hollywood movies, where they traditionally decorate the front doors of smart suburban homes.
In fact, weaving wreaths for the winter holidays is a centuries-old tradition that was popular, including among the ancient Slavs. In Slavic culture, a wreath was considered a symbol of happiness and fertility, so it was customary to decorate it with ears of wheat.
Today, festive wreaths are made from living and plastic pine branches, decorated with Christmas decorations and ribbons. And the most trendy option will be a minimalistic composition of natural elements.
The wreath can be hung not only on the door, but also on the wall, window or mirror, placed on the table or hung above the table.
Green on green
Soothing green shades turned out to be the most popular in 2023 and hit the New Year’s trends in 2024.
Green is the color of life, nature and tranquility. Such an associative series is ideal for holidays.
A green Christmas tree with green toys is a trendy combination. To make it look more interesting, use different shades. White color and brass will beautifully dilute the green scale.
“Live” chandelier
Another trendy idea for New Year’s decor: a “live” chandelier over the festive table. If you already have a chandelier, just decorate it with a garland of pine branches and / or Christmas decorations. And if there is no lamp above the table, you can make something like a chandelier from natural materials.
It can be an aesthetic driftwood entwined with a garland, or a kind of “nest” on a hanger, assembled on a hoop of pine, larch or hazel branches, which can be decorated with wooden, textile and paper toys, ribbons, cones, berries and, of course, dried flowers.
Holiday on the table
The current version of the New Year’s serving: a decorative strip that runs through the entire festive table. You can collect it from a variety of thematic ingredients.
It can be a single thin garland with warm yellow light, a minimalistic composition of pine branches that fill the space with a festive scent of pine needles, a decoration of tangerines, cones, candles and cinnamon sticks, or a real decorative abundance with toys, garlands and other tinsel.
When experimenting with New Year’s trends 2024, do not forget the main rules: they must be combined with each other, fit your interior and cheer you up. Holiday greetings!