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Monday 25 December 2017

Few easy and economic tips to make your home look cozy this Christmas and New year

Perfect cozy bed room ideas

A fire stove in the living room and heavy furniture surely makes the house look very cozy and comfortable during winters but the idea of having a fire stove in the house requires a chimney connection or a special space for the stove. The ideas of heavy furniture and fire stove may sound expensive for the temporary winter season, especially in a state like Delhi, where the season changes after every few months.
Here are few easy and economic tips to make your home look cozy this festive season. Whether you're relaxing or entertaining, these cozy decorating ideas will create a warm and inviting house this winter. Steal these ultimate ideas to celebrate a super cozy Christmas and new year this season.

  • Yellow bulb/ lamps rather than tube lights
Yellow lights rather than tube lights

According to the color psychology, yellow colour is associated with the feeling of warmth. Using yellow lights at home during the winters, tends to give a warm and cozy look than tube light in your room.

  • Soft Cushions/ pillows of different sizes
Cushions and cushions

Using soft cushions or pillows on beds and sofa makes you want to snuggle to joy. Using big/small cushions is a great idea to attract everyone.

  • Say yes to rugs
layer the floor with beautiful rugs

Use of rugs makes the home look neat and saves you from the cold floor. If you have a light coloured wall, then its better to choose a dark coloured rug and vise versa. Contrasting the colour of rug/carpet with the wall is a great idea to make the house look cozy and beautiful.
In smaller rooms one may use the light coloured rugs to make the room look bigger and for a larger room, like the living room, one may use dark coloured rugs. This will help the home in looking vibrant and neat.
You may use two or multiple layers rugs to keep the room more cozy, if you have a flat on the top floor, as the flats on top floor are colder as compared to other flats on the lower floor.

  • Wood accent and pine cones
Wood accents and pine cone for winter look


A room having wooden accent gives a feeling of warmth, comfort and affection. You may choose to use wooden tables, wooden chair or wooden decoration items which will give the house a feeling of 'home sweet home' this winter.
If you are someone who is thinking of buying wallpaper to cover the stains on the wall, then you may choose a wallpaper showing wooden textures which will give you a more cozy looking room.
You may use pine cones as a piece of decoration to make the house look more creative, giving it a winter theme.

  • Scented candles
Scented candles

Say a big yes to scented candles this winter. Candles give a very peaceful, cheerful and warm feeling in the winters. You may choose to use different shaped candles in different areas of the house.
Using scented candles like 'lavender', 'hot cocoa' and 'the first snow' in winters, will add on to the theme of the house.
  • Cozy nook
Idea of a cozy nook

If you are someone who loves to read novels, then you may place a shelf for your novels in the seating area or beside your bed for a cozy nook.
String lights or lamps, visible from outside the window give a festive and cozy look. You may choose different shaped lamps and different coloured lights in contrast with the wall colour for a cozy nook.
  • Layering the bed/furniture
Lots of layering on the bed



Layering the mattress makes the bed cozy. You may choose to layer the mattress with a normal bed sheet, further covered with a warm bed sheet and quilt.
  • Heavy drapes
Heavy drapes

Dark coloured drapes or heavy drapes make the house look cozy and warm. Choose the drapes according to the colour of the walls and the furniture to give it a classy look.
Avoid dark coloured drapes if the room is small in size. You may choose pastel coloured drapes for a small size room this will not only make your room look bigger but also cozy and warm.
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