Chaitra Navratri 2024: Add A Personal Touch With 5 Home Decor Tips For Festive Ambiance

Ready for some festive flair? Add these home decor ideas to your Navratri home to create an ambience that's all about celebration and joy.

Adorn your space with diyas painted traditionally by hand, ornate brass crafts (Image: Freepik)

Navratri, the liveliest nine-day festival that represents the victory of dharma over adharma, is an occasion not only for worshipping and dancing but also for decorating our homes with grace and bliss. One can experience Navratri by using DIY home decor ideas which involve furniture accents, fragrances like reed diffusers and scented candles as well as traditional interior decor items. Hence, your house will be filled with excitement and inspiration. 

With these personalized touches and the spiritual characteristics of the season, you'll be able to create a hot and open atmosphere that emphasizes and brings people together in celebration.

Add these individualized Navratri decorations listed by Raghunandan Saraf, CEO and Founder, Saraf Furniture, Ridhima Kansal, Director, Rosemoore and Nidhi Aggarwal, Founder SpaceMantra in your living space giving a unique appeal and ambience, making the celebration homely and cosy.

1. Colorful Furniture Accents

Make use of decoration pieces that are entirely based on the theme of the Navratri festive season. Select eye-catching and stylish accent pieces like vividly coloured cushions, elaborate hand-embroidered throws, or meticulously carved wooden stools. Fill the space with different patterns and textures to give it a lively and visually appealing appearance. Think about injecting life into the room with a distinctive design highlighted by a vivid catch piece of furniture, for example, a splendorous red accent chair or a hand-painted chess table filled with traditional patterns.

2. Festive Floral Arrangements

Add greenery and the liveliness of nature by bringing beautiful floral arrangements into the room that represent abundance and prosperity. Construct the most attractive flower centrepieces from the garden of fresh flowers: don't forget to use marigolds, jasmine, and roses in bright colours. Incorporate indigenous features such as vines of mango leaves, coconut palms, and betel to increase the authenticity of your floral decor. Ensure not to limit them to your living room only. Place them around your house to create an infusion of fragrance and colours in all corners of your home for the Navratri festival.

3. Fragrant Reed Diffusers

Create a fragrant and alluring home environment using reed diffusers that evoke the fragrances of Navratri. Opt for fragrances with a memorizing scent of the event like sandalwood, jasmine, or rose. Place diffusers close to the entrances like the living room, dining room, and entryway so that your guests are welcomed by a pleasant aroma as they walk into your house. And of course, you can build your reed diffuser from scratch using essential oils of your choice and decorate it with decorative bottles for your personalized touch.

4. Illuminating Scented Candles

Create an atmosphere of celebrations using scented candles that make the place look welcoming and bright with their warm and cool shades to your Navratri decor. Instead of going with conventional candles in the shades of gold, red, and orange try scented candles that soothe and spice up the atmosphere. Arrange candles in decorative holders or pots and put them on mantles, coffee tables, and window sills to create a magical glow that fills your room with light, which is a symbol of joy and harmony.

5. Traditional Interior Decor Accents

Implement traditional decorative items that refer to the core of Navratri culture and traditions. Adorn your space with diyas painted traditionally by hand, ornate brass crafts, and hand pottery to give your home an eclectic feel. Hang beautiful door ornaments known as torans on the front doors of your house to hold auspiciousness and receive visitors with good luck. In addition to giving an ethnic flair to your living space, these conventional fabrics contribute to your home representing the old and rich cultural heritage of the Navratri Goddesses.