New Year’s holidays are a time when everyone wants to feel the magic and fairy-tale atmosphere, although traditional decorating methods may not always produce the effect we expect. Instead, you can make your holidays unforgettable with the help of modern decorating technologies: smart lighting, projectors, and other innovative devices open up more opportunities to create a unique festive atmosphere. Not only do they greatly simplify the process of decorating, but they also allow you to achieve impressive effects that were previously unavailable. In this article, we’re going to look at some interesting ideas for New Year’s decor, where technology can help make the festive atmosphere even brighter.
Smart lighting
Lighting is one of the most important elements of New Year’s decor. It is the right lighting that can create a wonderful atmosphere, emphasize the Christmas tree and other festive interior elements. And smart lamps allow you to do this not only beautifully, but also innovatively. You can adjust the colors and brightness to suit any mood using your smartphone. Therefore, if you want to create a festive atmosphere without any extra effort, use lamps that can be synchronized with music, such as lamps from Philips Hue or Xiaomi. They change colors according to the rhythm of the songs and can also create the illusion of moving lights on their own.
How to do it? Simply purchase the smart bulbs, connect them to your smartphone or tablet via a special app, adjust the colors and brightness, and set the scene for festive moments, such as warm shades of red and green for Christmas, and then you can seamlessly change to golden or blue hues. All settings can be controlled via your smartphone.
Smart Christmas tree lights
Also on the market today are smart garlands that can be controlled using a smartphone in a similar way to the way we described smart lamps above. Change colors and brightness in real time, and turn them on/off automatically. In addition, many garlands support voice control via Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, etc. You can simply say “Okay, Google, turn on the Christmas tree garland” or “Alexa, make the garland red,” and it will respond to your commands. By the way, Twinkly smart lights not only change colors but can also play various animations.
Projection systems for creating a festive background
Not everyone has the opportunity to create a real winter landscape in their yard, but with technology, you can simulate snowfall or moving snowflakes. Various projectors allow you to “light up” the windows or walls of your home. In general, such systems will transform any interior in minutes by projecting snowflakes, starry skies, Christmas landscapes, and other themed images. This will be most useful if you have limited space for traditional holiday decorations.
How to do it? Buy or rent a projector for winter landscapes. Set it up to create snowflakes, moving scenes, and more. You can use such a projector both at home and on windows to decorate the exterior. For example, the BlissLights Sky Lite projector creates a star effect. In the summer, you can enjoy the starry sky, and in the winter, you can enjoy the holiday atmosphere with moving snowflakes.
Smart snow machines
You can’t always rely on the snow outside your window, but that doesn’t mean you can’t create a winter atmosphere at home! Snow machines, like the Snowfall models, use special technologies for realistic snow effects. They add the effect of “snowfall” in any room, regardless of the season. Snowfall machines use unique microparticles to recreate snowfall, can work with musical effects, and can be synchronized with other smart gadgets.
3D printed Christmas tree decorations
If you want to make your New Year’s decor truly unique, use a 3D printer! Your Christmas tree will be decorated with individualized items that are not available in any store. With the help of 3D printing, you can create not only traditional decorations in the form of stars and snowflakes, but also completely new shapes – non-standard toys, figurines, small decorative sculptures. It all depends on your imagination.
How to do it? Create a jewelry design in a special 3D modeling program, then use a 3D printer to print it. And if you don’t have a printer, don’t worry, because you can turn to services that provide 3D printing services.
Smart music system for a New Year’s Eve atmosphere
Music is an integral part of New Year’s decor. With the help of smart speakers, you can play Christmas songs that will set the right mood. Some music systems can synchronize with other gadgets in the house, such as smart lamps or garlands, which we mentioned above. All you have to do is connect the smart speakers to your smartphone and set up a playlist with New Year’s tracks, and using voice commands, you can change the music at will. As you can imagine, all such gadgets can instantly change the look of your home and add a festive mood. Why not use this opportunity to make the New Year’s holidays a little more interesting? All of this will not only make it easier to create a festive atmosphere, but will also give you more free time to enjoy the holidays with your family and friends.