WAYS TO USE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ALL YEAR
Christmas lights are one of the very best things about the holidays, but you don’t have to take them down once the festivities are over. Retain the glow and warmth of these little beauties with a bit of creative re-purposing. The house always feels so cozy and festive through the holiday season that it feels, well, rather cold and boring once all the decorations are packed away for the following year.
I’ve found some great ways to use Christmas lights all year round. We all love to decorate the house for the holidays but as lights are so pretty, why pack them away each year only to be brought out for just two weeks? String of lights are so versatile, as these ways to use Christmas lights will show. From adding ambiance to your bedroom to bringing a big dose of glamour to parties.
Here are some ways to rock your Christmas lights all year!
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- A huge oversized mirror makes an instantly glam dressing room with the addition of a string of basic white twinkle lights! Decorate your favorite bedroom mirror with a string of fairy lights and you’re all set.
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- A basic headboard made from pine planks gets a really cool upgrade with the addition of white Christmas lights and a bit of paint!
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- This pretty cottage kitchen gets a fresh vibe with a string of lights draped around the window. I love this look!
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- I love the idea of a cozy little nook or hideaway for day dreaming and reading books. With strands of lights and a mountain of pillows, any little corner can be instantly transformed!
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- These long strands swooping across a dramatic barn ceiling are absolutely stunning!
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- I love this look! White twinkle lights wrapped around the trunk of trees add instant ambiance to a backyard or patio!
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- One of the ways to use Christmas lights year round is to provide a soft glow to a child’s bedroom. You could wrap them around the headboard, or even nicer, tack them around the frame of a closet, bookcase or shelving unit. You can go with whatever color and style fits the room – the options are endless for boys and girls alike.
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- You know those string art pictures that are so simple yet so effective? You can make it even more effective if you make a piece of string art using your Christmas lights.
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- So many of us lock our photos away on our computers, hardly ever to see the light of day, but you have some really cheap artwork right there. One of the great ways to decorate with fairy lights to create a fabulous display is to string the lights across a wall and peg photographs along them.
