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Winter is perhaps the most comforting of seasons, and the month of January sets the mood for the rest of the year. It is only fitting to treat your house, your hostel, or your room with some love.

With little time, money, and energy at our disposal, we often forget to take care of the place where we stay in. But we take from our surroundings, and what is in front of our eyes, has a direct impact on our mood. Although it is highly unlikely to think of ourselves keeping the place spick and span, it is plausible to add beauty here and there.

These are some of the ideas to try out:

  1. Candles: Humans have always had a connection with fire, it could be dated back to ancient times when only that element made them feel warm and secure. Now, lighting your house on fire will not be entirely recommended, but a candle should provide you with the same amount of warmth and comfort. Plus, they come in various scents- ranging from warm, to citrusy, to subtle, giving you a power of choice.

    Image Credits:Hoosier Homemade
    Image Credits:Hoosier Homemade

 

  1. Plants: Winters should never mean letting go of the green. There are plenty of plants that thrive in winters, and are quite low-maintenance. It is essential to have some greenery around yourself in order for you to feel good.
Image Credits: Country Living
Image Credits: Country Living

 

  1. Wrap it with wool: We all have old vases or candles lying around the house. We also happen to have old sweaters. Instead of throwing both of these away, cut the sleeves, hems, or necklines of your old sweater and wrap them around the old decoration pieces to make the more wintery.
Image Credits: Pinterest
Image Credits: Pinterest

 

  1. Natural accents: It is astonishing how much beauty trivial natural pieces can bring. Pinecones stacked together in a colourful tin, or little logs, cleaned and tied together with cinnamon sticks will enhance the rustic vibe that is so coveted.
Image Credits: Pinterest
Image Credits: Pinterest
  1. Potpourri: Potpourri are dried petals, spices or fruits which are put in a bowl. The good thing about these is that they not only look beautiful, but smell divine. One bag should last you a couple of months, and that is all there is to it. Some of the best scents are lavender, fig, rose, cinnamon, etc.

 

Image Credits: The Spruce
Image Credits: The Spruce

 

Besides these, if you feel like you could improve the lighting, experiment with warmer light bulbs, fairy lights, or table lamps. In case you are planning to invest in a good table lamp, copper hues are arguably the best looking and will lift the entire look of your place.

 

It is essential to maintain your surroundings, because it is food for your eyes, and to your soul. Although not always the most convenient of tasks, but it is definitely worth the trouble.

 

Feature Image credits: Hoosier Homemade

Maumil Mehraj

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Homesickness is a serious problem every outstation fresher experiences when they move into their PG or Hostel. Decorating your room is more than just making it look pretty; it’s about creating your own personal space that you’re comfortable in, and it’s about creating a home away from home.

The initial year of college can be scary, exciting and overwhelming. Hence, these DIY’s are aimed at maximizing your comfort in your PG or hostel and creating a stress-free environment:

  1. DIY PHOTO FRAMES USING DECORATIVE TAPE
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Source: Pinterest

All outstation students experience home sickness and one of the best ways to deal with that problem is to put up pictures of your family, friends, and hometown on your wall! Heavy duty frames are a major inconvenience and difficult to travel with and a quick and easy solution to make your pictures and posters look presentable on your wall is to use decorative/colourful tape to create customised frames around the pictures pasted on your wall! This DIY gives you the creative freedom to craft cool patterns aroud your pictures. The tapes are available in local stationary shops and online shopping websites. It is hassle free as you don’t have to worry about hanging your photo frame with a nail and hammer, and it is easily removable too.

Materials Required:

  • Decorative tape rolls
  • 1 scissor
  • Pictures/Posters
  1. DIY WALL TAPESTRY USING BEDSHEETS
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Source: Pinterest

The look of your room can become boring after a few months because of the unexciting monotonous paint that every room has in your PG/Hostel. To get a more homely feel, you can use this simple DIY to bring colour and contrast into your room! Using an old bedsheet from home, you can hang it behind your bed to create a wall tapestry. This project will allow you to personalise your room and enable you to change up your room once every few months using different bedsheets.

Materials Required:

  • 1 Bedsheet
  • Nails and a hammer
  1. DIY THROW PILLOWS
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Source: Pinterest

It is very important to feel comfortable in your  room and having a lot of throw pillows on your bed makes it feel very cozy. Using soft acrylic paint or fabric paint, you can paint on patterns on your pillows to jazz them up. You can even use tape to create stencils if you’re not good at free-handing patterns. The paints are easily available at local stationary shops.

Materials Required:

  • Paint brushes
  • Blank pillow cover
  • Soft Acrylic or fabric paints
  1. DIY PHOTO COLLAGE USING FAIRY LIGHTS
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Source: Pinterest

The ambiance of your PG/Hostel room is very different from the ambiance of your own room back home. To improve the same and add a personal touch to this DIY at the same time, you can hang up fairy lights on the wall to brighten up your room and add polaroids or pictures of you and your loved ones using paperclips to the lights to create a photo collage on your wall.

Materials Required:

  • Fairy Lights
  • Nails/Tape
  • Scissor
  • Photos and polaroids
  1. DIY PLANT POTS USING COFFEE CUPS
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Source: Pinterest

Plants can help bring about a calming and fresh energy into your room. Petite succulent plants are easy to manage as they are meant to be kept indoors and do not require much maintainance. You can use cute coffee cups as an alternate method of storing your succulents and even add patterns to the same using permanent markers.

Materials Required:

  • Permanent Markers
  • Coffee Cups
  • Sand
  • A small succulent
  1. DIY MESSAGE BOARD USING A WHITE BOARD
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Source: Pinterest

You can often miss out on important information regarding organisational changes of your PG or hostel because you weren’t physically present during the time that message was conveyed. You can hang a small A-4 size whiteboard on your cupboard or the back of your door so that it acts as a message board in your absence. These whiteboards are available in stationary shops and online shopping websites.

Materials Required:

  • A-4 size whiteboard
  • Whiteboard Marker
  • Nails and a hammer
  1. DIY MASON JARS FOR STORAGE
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Source: Pinterest

Storage of stationary or washroom supplies can become extremely messy. Mason jars are very convenient for storing pens, rulers, paints, brushes, toothbrushes, tissues, etc. You can personalise you mason jars and paint them with acrylic paints, or stick stickers on them to add a little pop. Mason jars are available in departmental stores or online shopping websites.

Materials Required:

  • Mason Jars
  • Paint
  • Paint brushes
  • Stickers
  • Ribbons
  • Scissor

 

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Bhavya Banerjee

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