Best Home Decor Ideas on a Low Budget this Diwali

Best home decor ideas on a low budget this Diwali – Budget home decoration ideas for Indian festivals like Diwali, Durga Pujo, Dusshera, and New Year.

Diwali – the Indian Festival of Lights is just around the corner, so is the hustle-bustle of getting ready for it. This is the time for festivities, love, togetherness, and sharing. With guests arriving and scrumptious home-made food, fun & frolic the energy around this time is truly contagious.

My preparations for the day is in full swing, from cleaning the house to de-cluttering the mess. Discarding the unused to upscaling the old stuff. Recycling is always on the mind and is a sustainable way of living. DIY home decorations are fun as it is more like trying your hand at creativity and transforming old to new.

A trip to the local market can bring many ideas for decorating to give a new look & feel to the home. Especially, when you have guests arriving for meet-n-greet on Diwali. Sharing with you some budget home décor ideas this Diwali.

Wall Decoration on a Budget: Best Diwali Home Decor Ideas

I have seen my parents and elders going with new paintwork of the whole home for Diwali. People have different reasons for it, some do it to get rid of negative energy and few for a fresh look. If you do not wish to go with this time consuming and messy job of painting, or recently got the home painted, pick up some lovely Wall Decals.

Wall Decals – You can get many brilliant, beautiful wall stickers (wall decal) online or in the local markets. There are various types of wall-papers or wall decals available today. Easy to use and apply wall-paper can pep up any space in your home. Pick up bright or abstract designs to give a vibrant look to a gloomy wall or sitting space in your home.

Premium Wall Stickers – Market is filled with high quality wall-stickers to add premium feel to your home or space. Available in abstract art mirror or chrome finish, these wall stickers add glamour to an area. Easily available online and offline you may get these home décor items to give a fresh to your sitting space or living room.

Frames –

The idea of decorating walls starts with adding a dash of personalization. Using photos, portraits, or posters. With the help of little DIY tips available on the internet, you may also able to make some brilliant photo-frames by yourself. I often refurbish the old ones, using glitters or art and craft hacks available in the market. Choose your posters wisely, which can be moved to different areas of the house.

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Mirrors –

Who doesn’t like decorative Mirrors? The market offers many varieties of designer mirrors, for decorative and feng-shui purposes. A huge mirror in the living hall/ room brings brightness and a bigger space mirage. If you have one already, just add up to style with some DIY tricks. Like, give a grand look to the old mirror by adding using seashells, colorful ropes, crystals or other crafty materials on the edges.

Decorate Home with Rangoli this Diwali

Rangoli is an art form made by colorful powders on the floor in Indian subcontinent. Indians create beautiful patterns with colorful powders or flower petals. The common belief is, this art form attracts positivity and blessings of Goddess Lakshmi in the home.

I love this art form and like to see beautiful rangolis made fresh every morning, outside the house doors. Though, I am not very good at drawing and creating such designs, so found some easy DIY hacks. Made-to-use Rangoli stickers, are easily available in the markets today. So, do we use the same stickers every year? Yes, we do but with a twist. Just add some flowers or play with colors around these readymade rangoli stickers.

For the real art lovers, local markets also offer Rangoli kits which come with various stencils, tools, color powders, easy-to-use bottles, etc to make the rangoli experience easy and fun.

Diwali Wall Hanging Ideas for Home Decoration

Hanging artworks or wall-hanging are the most traditional home decor ideas for Diwali or any other festive decorations. Hanging lights are atypical traditional Diwali decorations. Apart from rice lights or decorative light wall hangings there are many other ideas to decorate your homes this Diwali.

The most common wall-hanging used on Diwali in Indian homes is called ‘Toran‘. Made with artificial flowers, to papercraft, brass-metal, in pearls and mirrors, markets are full of numerous designs and styles suiting every pocket and home.

With a little preparation, you may also make your own toran, taking help from DIY tutorials available online.

Another popular wall hanging used in Diwali is hanging tea-light holders. You may also use old mason jars or dead bulbs to build your own wall-hanging. Color them, add a little dash of glitter, fit in an LED light or place a tea candle inside and they will look absolutely pretty upscaling your area with style.

The best way to quirk up the style quotient of a place – add wall-hanging home decoration stuff.

I also love the sound of wind-chimes early in the morning. Local markets (during the festive season) offer an array of beautiful artifacts. From Rajasthani craft pieces to abstract wind chimes.

Door Decoration Ideas on budget –

First impression is the best impression, jazz-up the entrance of your home this Diwali with these easy ideas.

Flower Decorations – Indian prefer to hang fresh flowers toran (bandhanwar) on Diwali festival. It enhances the look and feel of the main door of your house, and also considered as a sign of welcoming prosperity and harmony.

Fresh flower Rangoli decoration on Diwali is considered auspicious and also looks beautiful. You may make simple Rangoli designs with fresh flowers, petals, or can create a floating flower and candle effect in a larger traditional bowl called urli.

These large bowls are available in brass or ceramic in the market of online on Amazon.in. The idea is to reuse the urli every year with new look to jazz-up the Diwali spirit.

Table setting ideas for Diwali –

For table decoration, choose vibrant and aesthetic ideas to spruce up Diwali feel. Fragrant floating candles are quintessential for any table décor theme, add matching flower vase to add up a plush feel.

Candles make best bet for Diwali table decoration, use water floating candles in a large urli/bowl. Place your best cutlery along with the matching table linen. Centerpieces with flowers or potpourri add aroma and take the decorations a notch higher.

Match the table’s vibrance with the sofa and chairs in the living room. Add up vibrant cushions, floor lamps, decorative candles to bring a premium look on a budget.

Diwali Diya Decoration Ideas –

Diwali is also known as the Festival of Lights, which clearly means Indians decorate their homes with lights on Diwali eve. Diyas or clay lamps have mythological significance and considered auspicious during festivals.

These little clay lamps are made by local potters and sold in bulk throughout the Diwali season. Easily available in the markets and online, diya enhance the look and feel of any home instantly.

Diyas are lite inside and outside the home during Diwali to mark the victory of good over evil. On the Diwali evening, it is considered auspicious to lite every corner and place of the property with the diya.

Traditional diya still appeal the masses, the designer diya or lanterns are also picking up pace with Indian consumers. Designer diyas add glamour and spruce up the space matching the look and feel of your home on Diwali decorations.

By buying locally made diyas, you also support #vocalforlocal and save the artisan’s hardwork. I prefect to get the earthen lamps from the local market here in Mumbai and use them for 7 to 8 days around Diwali. Available in numerous shapes and designs, diyas have amazing charm to light up the Diwali decoration on a budget.

These are a few home decoration ideas on a budget that can bring a spark to your home this Diwali. Hope you like these easy hacks and have great fun with loved ones. Wishing you all a very happy diwali and seasons greetings.

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