5 magical Christmas light ideas to brighten your home

With the arrival of Christmas comes the fantasy element of enchanting decorative lights and baubles to brighten up your home for the festive season. With various designs and colour combinations, now is your opportunity to set the scene for a magical holiday season.

As we all know, the festive season brings with it a time of togetherness and family reunion. It's a time to reflect on the year and everything you've accomplished.
Let's switch off our work phones and embark on an illuminating journey through a sparkling festive wonderland!

String Light Tree
 

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String light trees are designed to save space and are the perfect option for those looking for an alternative Christmas tree design. One can be pretty creative with the design as this particular tree offers homeowners a fun and DIY-friendly option.

Achieve the Christmas tree look by draping a collection of fairy lights on a string of boughs and attaching them to a hard surface or a corner nook using tack or pins. A string light tree grants you the option to either a minimalist look or an opportunity to dress your tree with an array of ornaments to complete the look at making it feel more personalised.

Combination Lighting

Christmas cheer simply cannot remain confined to a single room. To achieve the maximum appeal, you'll want to combine your mood-enhancing lighting with as many high-impact areas as possible. These include stairways, entrance halls, landings and living rooms. Keep using your string fairy lights with this idea, but mix in a couple more elements, such as grouped candles at differing heights, to add a subtle twinkle and warmth.

Combine your string lighting with a laurel of holly and drape alongside your bannisters and stairway to achieve maximum effect. If you're thinking of adding a little colour, why not combine the lighting with LED strips to ensure your home truly sparkles? Combination lighting will simply dazzle your visitors.

Starburst Light Chains
 

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Similar to fairy lights but more involved, starburst lights connect a single clump of 10 to 12 lights to a chain. These dazzling lights radiate warmth and beauty and are stunning when draped across an outdoor dining setting for Christmas eve.

They provide a sparkling ambience of sophistication while basking your summer outdoor setting in a subtle but highly apparent illumination. These are ideal for festive parties because they blend in with the environment and don't take up too much space.

Shine Bright Christmas Shelfie
 

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Wall decorations and complementary pieces work well when placed in a wall shelfie assortment. You can create a simple display with oversized LED shapes or the subtle edition of Christmas laurels to decorate your wall mirror displays. 

A clever edition that we're seeing grow in popularity is Jars filled with ferry lights, arranging them at different levels to impose a symphony of glowing lights. What's more, the addition of your mirror enhances the sparkling effect. You may also want to spread a few biophilic elements like garden variety greenery into the mix.

Garden Wonderland
 

Now for a little outdoorsy adventure. Christmas in the Southern hemisphere often means sitting out in the late afternoon sun and enjoying the cool breeze of the evening air as the heat starts to subside.

Convert your garden into a Christmas topiary wonderland and start by draping fairy lights in and around your trees or shrubs. Consider staggering a few lanterns around your veranda or garden path leading to your dining setup for the evening. You may also wish to dress your garden furniture with cushions and cozy blankets to settle into the night sky after a delicious Christmas eve dinner.

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