On the eve of the New Year holidays, shop windows begin to sparkle and sparkle, and elegant Christmas trees appear in the premises of enterprises. Many people try to decorate not only residential buildings with New Year's attributes, but also a workplace, because this creates an atmosphere of a long-awaited holiday. How you can decorate your office for the New Year - we will tell you below.
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Not all executives want to see their office in glittering lights, tinsel and lanterns. But at the end of the year, as a rule, there is a lot of work in each organization, so it will be much more pleasant for employees to come to an office decorated in New Year's style. Usually, small Christmas trees with miniature balls are used for decoration, garlands that are hung in niches, discreet New Year's toys placed on shelves.
Many people try to make a decor for the New Year with their own hands. Hand made jewelry has a special value, it brings a piece of warmth to the official atmosphere.
Usually, the management instructs the employees of the enterprise to come up with the style of jewelry, which is developed and then agreed upon. Sometimes the company logo is applied to Christmas tree decorations, and corporate colors are used in the overall design. They often resort to the help of designers, investing a lot of money in New Year's decor. This applies to large organizations, and small firms arrange offices at their own discretion. As a rule, they try to decorate the windows with iridescent garlands, and small Christmas trees appear on the employees' tables.
Office spaces can be decorated in the following styles:
- Corporate. It is used in large companies, and for these purposes stylists are usually attracted, who develop large-scale decor using corporate color combinations. Increased attention is paid to customer service departments, the reception area, the meeting room and the director's office.
- Classical. In small companies, they set up a fluffy artificial Christmas tree with balls, the office is decorated with New Year's garlands, figurines of the symbol of the coming year.
- Creative. Creative employees can surprise with extraordinary toys made from plastic bottles, vinyl records, discs, natural materials. Unusual garlands of balls of thread or wooden snowflakes create an indescribable atmosphere of home celebration in the workplace.
It is better that the New Year's decor is combined with the specifics of the enterprise. For example, a holiday agency tries to attract the attention of clients with bright, shiny decorations, while a law firm can use a classic Christmas tree and traditional garlands of discreet colors.
Another important point when choosing Christmas tree decorations is their functionality. What to look for:
- Weight. Garlands, balls, toys should be light, since they are most often attached to the door or walls with tape, paper clips, and pushpins. Lightweight jewelry is easy to carry, strengthen, assemble, and then put away for storage.
- Artificial modular Christmas trees. The branches are simply combined into a single composition and are just as easily disassembled for further storage.
- Material. Glass balls, ceramic figurines, paper garlands look very beautiful, but short-lived. For office decor, it is better to use toys made of plastic, felt, acrylic.
- Autonomous lighting. It is advisable to choose garlands that run on batteries so as not to overload the office's electrical network.
- Color. You can choose one dominant color or a combination of several suitable shades.
Regardless of what the organization does, there are basic rules for decorating a workspace:
- The ceiling is decorated with garlands and tinsel, which are attached to smoke detectors, lamps or air conditioners. Preference is given to lightweight jewelry that will not harm employees in the event of a fall.
- Snowflakes, drawings made with a special marker, LED garlands look beautiful on glass partitions. Ordinary walls covered with plaster or wallpaper can be decorated with bright stickers, shiny tinsel, and garland threads.
The main decor is located on one wall, which is visible to all employees from their workplaces. The rest of the walls can be left unadorned or done in a minimalist style.
- The size of the main New Year's beauty tree depends on the height of the ceiling of the room in which it will be located. A spacious office is often decorated with a large fluffy Christmas tree, and in small offices the New Year's attribute is placed on the table. Ceramic, plastic or felt figures of Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, the symbol of the coming year, will complement the New Year's atmosphere.
- If you wish, you can decorate not only the offices, but also the corridor. LED garlands, paper snowflakes, sparkling rain will do.
What designers advise:
- First of all, pay attention to whether customers visit your office. If so, you will have to prepare more thoroughly for the New Year. In the case when there are only employees in the office, you can limit yourself to a modest decoration. The main thing is that all colleagues are satisfied.
- Try not to overdo it: too many garlands, an abundance of snowflakes, a large number of figurines and tinsel are not suitable for office decoration.
- According to the European tradition, you can limit yourself to a New Year's wreath of fir branches and toys on the front door, and decorate the reception desk with a small Christmas tree.
- Install a New Year's photo zone in the hall of the company. This will be an additional advertisement for the company: visitors will be photographed against the backdrop of a fairytale palace or a luxurious Christmas tree with the company logo and upload pictures to social networks.
How to decorate the room for the 2020 meeting?
The patroness of the coming year is the Metal Rat, who loves white, blue, gold, green colors. For a harmonious office decoration, choose 2-3 colors. Do not be afraid to experiment, the Rat will appreciate unusual solutions and will be happy with creative hand-made decorations.
To impress your business partners and customers, look at the following fashion trends:
- Eco-friendly materials. Natural branches, designer paper garlands, wooden toys are now at the peak of popularity.
- Homemade jewelry. The office will acquire an atmosphere of home comfort with the help of felt figures, Christmas tree decorations, hand-made wreaths.
- Fabric elements. The decor made of multi-colored material of different texture looks unusual.
- Gingerbread or cookies. Place a beautiful vase with a New Year's treat at the reception, and next to it, place the symbol of the coming year - a cute plush Rat, which will surely bring happiness and success to the company and customers.
Traditional solution
First, the collective at a general meeting decides in what style it is better to decorate the office space. Large corporations attract designers to create a New Year's atmosphere, the rest do it on their own.
Joint work brings employees closer together, so it is even better if the team independently comes up with jewelry and makes them with their own hands.
Usually, money is allocated for the New Year's office decor from the company's budget. But this does not always happen, so you need to be prepared for the fact that you yourself will have to buy tinsel, a Christmas tree, toys.In some organizations, a box with decorations remains since the last New Year, and for the upcoming holiday it is enough to bring tinsel or toys from home, or buy some additional parts.
Most often, preference is given to the classic style. It is important that the decor does not interfere with the work process, because in the office space you will not only have to celebrate the holiday, but also work, so you should not cover your computer monitors with rain. In the reception area and in the meeting room, you can put small artificial Christmas trees, decorated in the traditional New Year's style: plastic balls, tinsel, lights.
How beautiful to decorate windows for the New Year:
- hang balls on ribbons or LED garlands;
- glue openwork paper snowflakes on the glass;
- use ready-made sticker applications for windows;
- draw a thematic drawing with paints or special markers.
A New Year's wreath, which is easily made from scrap materials, will look beautiful on the door. Decorate office corridors with garlands, and lay out a Christmas tree made of tinsel or colorful ribbons on the wall. Large companies can build coniferous arches in the corridors. Such decor looks luxurious, but requires quite a lot of money, so small firms are limited to simple decorations.
If there is a magnetic board in the office, write New Year's greetings and sincere wishes to colleagues and visitors on it with multi-colored markers. On the desktops, you can place figurines-symbols of the coming year: cute mice will cheer up employees, they will definitely bring everyone good luck and profit.
Original ideas
You can be creative with the festive decoration and unusually decorate the office for the New Year. Creative decor attracts the attention of colleagues and visitors, cheers up and creates an unusual New Year's atmosphere.
What interesting decorations can be used:
- Christmas tree toys made from office supplies;
- Christmas trees made of wire, fabric, felt, clothespins, books and other materials;
- a Christmas tree made of shiny balls, pompons, threads is suitable for the reception;
- you can put an LED Christmas tree with a USB connection on the desktop;
- the office will be decorated with a dummy fireplace from unnecessary boxes;
- you can draw a funny snowman on the refrigerator;
- a tree attached to the ceiling is an unusual New Year's decor.
If there is not enough space in the office, you can hang Christmas tree decorations on a houseplant in a flowerpot. Vases filled with Christmas tree decorations, which are placed throughout the office, also look original. It is enough to fill transparent containers with tinsel, balls, beads, nuts, tangerines, you can also arrange small gif.webpts and sweets.
Stylish design
If you want to create a festive atmosphere, pay attention to the designers' tips on how to stylishly decorate office spaces:
- Hang up glowing garlands at the entrance to the room.
- Christmas balls are not only hung on the main New Year tree, but are also used to create garlands and festive arrangements.
- Attach hanging threads to the ceiling on which you can hang snowflakes, candies, and New Year's figures.
- Helium balloons look unusual under the ceiling, to which a shiny rain is attached.
- You can assemble a Christmas tree with your own hands so that it is thematically suited to the scope of the enterprise. For example, a juice manufacturing company will interest visitors with an unusual Christmas tree made from bags from under its products.
Large companies usually resort to the help of designers who use the following for New Year's decor:
- artificial trees of different heights and shapes;
- coniferous arches;
- stylish garlands;
- floristic compositions of New Year's theme;
- helium balloons;
- LED garlands and figurines;
- fabric drapery;
- foam compositions.
How to decorate an office for a New Year's corporate party?
If a New Year's corporate party takes place in the office space, it is better to decorate the room in advance beautifully and in an original way in order to create a festive atmosphere. The event should be fun and memorable for employees, so an appropriate environment is needed. The room for the upcoming fun should be decorated in such a way that everyone present can feel the mood of the upcoming holiday.
Be sure to take into account the planned party program: there should be a place in the hall for dances, competitions, performances. It is better to put a decorated Christmas tree in the corner so that there is more space: for sure a lot of people will come to the holiday, then the New Year's beauty, standing in the center, will interfere. Use glowing garlands, helium balloons, New Year's compositions for decoration, but do not overdo it with decoration: everything should look stylish, without unnecessary elements.
Which Christmas tree to choose and how to dress it up?
Large companies install large Christmas trees in the lobby, near the reception or in the hall where the New Year's corporate party will be held. If the size of the room does not allow for a large tree, choose a small Christmas tree that will not interfere with employees and visitors.
Usually in offices there are artificial spruces or pines, but there are exceptions when a living beauty smells of a coniferous aroma in the office. In this case, it is better to choose a Christmas tree in a tub, so as not to throw it away after the holidays, and also not to create unnecessary difficulties for cleaning companies.
How to decorate a New Year's beauty:
- As a rule, in offices, the Christmas tree is decorated with classic balls, beads, and garlands.
- Monochromatic decorations or balls with the company logo look stylish.
- If you want to dress up your Christmas tree in an unusual way, use stationery.
- In the absence of free space in the office, you can make a curly structure on the wall from wire, garlands, tinsel, shiny rain.
- High-tech Christmas trees made of wire, metal spirals, books, folders look unusual.
DIY office decorations
At first glance, it may seem that decorating an office space with hand made decor is not the best solution. But any joint creativity brings employees closer together, who will be happy to spend several hours in an informal setting for an exciting lesson. In addition, homemade New Year's decorations are a good way to save the organization's budget, and at the same time decorate the office space in an original way.
What can be made from scrap materials:
- New Year's wreath on the front door;
- garland;
- original Christmas tree;
- paper decorations;
- holiday compositions;
- Christmas decorations.
Christmas wreath of balls
In just 20-30 minutes you can make an original pine wreath with balls. Prepare a piece of strong wire and a set of plastic Christmas tree balls (20-25 pieces). You will also need spruce branches, ribbon and any decor. Twist the wire in a circle. Start stringing the balls onto the wire to create a wreath. Add fir branches to the composition, decorate with a bow, beads or any other New Year's decor.
Christmas tree made of cones
Necessary materials:
- the cones are about the same size;
- thick cardboard;
- glue gun;
- decor;
- spray paint.
Making a Christmas tree from cones is very simple:
- Roll a cone out of the cardboard. Trim the base so that it stays firmly on the surface.
- Using your glue gun, start glueing the buds to the cone, starting at the bottom row and working your way up to the top.
- Paint the finished Christmas tree with spray paint.
- Wait for the craft to dry, then start decorating. You can hang small toys, candies, bows, beads and other decor on the Christmas tree.
Homemade felt garland
To create a garland, prepare the following:
- pieces of felt of different colors to combine with each other (you can use corporate colors);
- invisible strong thread;
- circle pattern.
The garland is done like this:
- Cut as many circles as possible from the material using the template.
- Sew the circles in the middle with invisible thread. It is better to do this on a sewing machine, but you can also do it manually.
- When all the elements are fastened together, hang a garland on the walls of the office.
Craftswomen can sew New Year's figures from multi-colored felt: Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, snowman, cute mouse, Christmas tree, stars. It remains to hang the figures on a strong thread and decorate the working room with an unusual garland.
In order for the festive atmosphere to please employees and office visitors, you need to think over the New Year's decor in advance. If you have the opportunity and desire, you can use the services of designers. But it is much more interesting to decorate the workplace with your own hands, investing your soul and showing creativity. Many companies even hold competitions between departments for the best Christmas decoration. Employees will be happy to start creating a New Year's mood, because it is much more pleasant before the holidays to work in an office that glitters, shimmers with colorful lights, smells of pine needles, tangerines and gingerbread.
