The festive of Holi is round the corner and you would like to prepare your home to set the right mood for this auspicious colorful festival of India. Holi is the holy festival of colors. Be it children or adults, everyone likes to enjoy this festival to the fullest. A Holi festival is incomplete without your family and friends joining you over the lunch. You might be willing to make this get together memorable by doing something cool during Holi.
Good food, right décor and lots of color, water and music is all you need. Here’s how I am going to set the mood and prepare for this holi. I am sure it’s going to be fun.
Living room
This is the place where most of your guests will like to sit before getting outside to play Holi. Hence decorating it will be your first priority. Replace the loose upholstery of your living room and set a colorful one instead to match the spirit of Holi. Bring lots of spontaneity and vibrancy to the living room by using colorful wall hangings, color-mottled curtains, floral wall motifs, bright colored rugs and bouquets of fresh flowers. You can use flower petals and put them into a transparent crystal bowl filled with water and place them on center or side tables. It will definitely give it an attractive look.
Kitchen
Make an attractive rangoli on its entrance (avoid if you have toddlers, as they might mess it up). Paste colorful paper-motifs on the lighting fixtures in your kitchen and transform your lights into a source of ambient lighting. Try hanging colorful pendant light in the center of kitchen ceiling to give a nice finishing to your decoration.
Holi special food
No festival or occasion is complete without offering a proper supper to the guests. There is an array of snacks that you can include in your Holi special menu, like dahi bhalle, namakpare, aloo puri, bhang pakore, methi mathri, matar ki kheer, shakarpara, thandai, masala mathri, palak bhajia, anarsa and kanji vada etc
Play Holi on terrace and lawn
Holi is the festival of color and it is celebrated outdoors usually in your terrace, lawns, balconies and gardens. Hence prepare these places for playing Holi. Flowers are the best way to decorate any place, hence it can come in handy here too; A big rangoli at your door entrance and on a place where people won’t be steeping on it and still be visible to everyone. A colorful paper buntings and festoons can also be hung at a nearby wall were people can see it. However, they may become useless as soon as Holi water falls on them. But it still looks good, at least pose for some selfies before staining them.
Don’t run out of water this Holi
Bring some fresh colorful towels and replace them with the old and monotonous towels that were placed earlier. Place scented soaps balls that come in multiple colors. Decorate them attractively on the washroom’s countertop and give your washroom a fresh and colorful look. You can also put small flower vases with colorful fresh flowers in washroom window to further spruce up your decoration.
Over to you
Holi is a great festival. You get to play with color, get to eat good food, meet family and have lots of fun. If you are planning for a get together or inviting your friends at your home, it would be great when you set the mood by perfect décor for holi. I have suggested some, I am sure you can come up with many more creative ideas to decorate your home for holi celebration.
The above order of the places to decorate is made by keeping Holi day’s activities in mind. Settle and chat in the living area, cook in the kitchen, play Holi and have fun on the terrace and lawn and finally wash all those beautiful colors in the washroom. These small little preparations can bring lots of delight and happiness for the festival.
Remember to book a professional cleaning company for post holi cleanup though; who want to get up early morning and clean the entire house? Not me.
