With Diwali just around the corner, it’s time to gear up on what’s hot and happening this season. In this post, we present you the latest trends to watch out for this festive year.
Let’s begin.
The decor trends
Go green
This trend is huge, not just when celebrating festivals but pretty much in every sphere of our lives. With sustainable lifestyles in focus, we have to be more responsible in our festival celebrations. This means using less electricity, buying terracotta diyas that do not have toxic paint, and banning firecrackers.
Colours
Yellow, orange, and red are trending this season. Mirror work is also very much in fashion and can be used in your home decor as well as the clothes you wear.
Ethnic decor
This one is a given. During festivals, we all love to go ethnic. Homes are decorated with ornamental rangolis, the bright ethnic fabric is used for upholstery and curtains, and women wear gorgeous traditional saris with beautiful jewellery. Festival season is a time to be proud of our heritage and showcase all that’s truly Indian in our lives.
Floral decorations
Nothing livens up spaces as much as fresh flowers. Marigolds, jasmine, and roses lend a festive air to your home decor. Use them in floral streamers on the wall, torans at the doorway, and floral rangolis in your Pooja room. Floating flowers and tea light candles inside a brass uruli can also add a festive touch to your home.
DIY
Do up your festival decorations yourself, with craft paper, some glitter and glue and a pot of paint. Your kids can join in the fun as well. Try your hand at colourful paper lanterns, DIY candles, or up-cycled mason jars with fairy lights as lanterns.
Decorations that are lovingly crafted are much more valuable than something that’s store-bought.
Party trends
Zero waste parties
Throwing a Diwali party at home? Zero waste parties that do not use any plastic or generate any non-renewable waste are in vogue. Use biodegradable plates and spoons, serve water in steel glasses, and stay away from paper or plastic gift wraps, for starters.
Cook at home
Rather than ordering oily, unhealthy food from restaurants, cooking at home is a healthy trend that we highly advocate. Cooking is a great way to unwind at the end of a long workday, and it’s an activity that the whole family can join in.
Gift a plant
Instead of gifting sweets as you always do, why not gift your closest friends and family a plant this year? Green plants make a thoughtful gift; one that will last for years to come. Choose green indoor plants that can help purify the air in your home.
Rubber plants, palms, and bonsai are good options.
Lastly, do your bit for society.
Donate to charity
Diwali is all about giving to others; not just your loved ones but those who are less fortunate than us and whose families could do with some festival cheer. Donate whatever you don’t need – old clothes, sheets, books and food to orphanages and nursing homes, and spend some time with them during festivals. It pays to brighten up their lives!
This article is contributed by Baashobe Majumdar, VP – Design, HomeLane.
(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of RoofandFloor).
Nicely explained about the culture and the way of celebration.
Thanks