The January Aesthetic

How to refresh your home when the Christmas decorations have been taken down. Learn how to create the January aesthetic in your home today by MyJobQuote's interior designer. 

The January Aesthetic – How to Refresh Your Home After The Christmas Decorations Are Taken Down

After all the fun of Christmas and New Year is over, most people are eager to get those decorations away. However, once you've removed all of the decorations that you've been used to over the past month or so, your home can very quickly look quite bare. So, what can you do around the home to give it a refresh, ready for the year ahead?

Below, MyJobQuote’s interior designer, Ryan McDonough, lists several ways that you can achieve the January Aesthetic and give your home a much-needed refresh after the festive season.

Add Some Real Plants Around The Home

Now that your Christmas tree is gone, it’s the perfect time to invest in some real plants to incorporate into your home’s décor. Real plants add life to your space and also come with a wide range of advantages.

Plants help to add colour to your home and also help to reduce anxiety, promote feelings of calmness, and provide cleaner air. What better way to refresh your home than to add a few plants to introduce these amazing benefits?

Add Something New to Your Décor

It always feels good to add something new to your home. Whether you choose to purchase a brand new item or choose to add a thrifted item, a new piece of furniture or decorative piece can help to give your space a completely new look. Plus, it can help to reduce that bareness that your space may be feeling after the Christmas decorations are gone.

It doesn't have to be anything huge. It can be something as simple as a new wall mirror or the installation of a new shelf. Regardless, adding something new to your home's décor is a great way to help make your space feel refreshed.

Move Things Around

Once the New Year is over, it's the perfect time to take a good look at your home and think about rearranging some items to give it a fresh new look. Consider moving some things, such as lamps, artwork, and small decorative items, to a different spot.

Try not to get fixated on keeping things in the same spot just because they’ve always been there. Switching things around in your home can help give items a new life in a different space.

Deep Clean The Home

Once you've taken all of your Christmas decorations down, it's the perfect time to complete a deep clean of the home. It feels so good to start a new year fresh with a sparkling clean, and tidy place to live in.

Make a point to take everything out and dust them. Move large pieces of furniture and clean underneath places that you wouldn’t normally clean. Sweep, vacuum, dust, and mop every inch of your home and finish off with a spritz of your favourite room spray. This is a great way to help you feel happy in your home.

Embrace Fairy Lights

One of the best things about Christmas is the twinkling lights that help to shed various tones of colour around the home and add low, moody light to each room. While it may be the time to put the multicoloured lights away, that doesn't mean that you have to get rid of all of the small twinkly lights in your home.

Look out for some cute fairy lights in warm colours that you can place around the home. Consider draping them over a shelf, along the window sills, or simply hanging them on the wall above the sofa. There are many different fairy light ideas to work with, and each of them helps to add some levels of cosiness to your home.

Add Some New Colours and Scents

We all recognise the smell of Christmas with scents such as cinnamon, gingerbread and orange. One of the best ways to ring in the new year is with some new scents around the home. Candles are great accessories for adding small hints of colour to your décor.

Choose candles with a wintery fragrance, but not one that is prominent at Christmas. Some examples include woody scents, vanilla, or dark fruit flavours. Consider adding some small decorative items that match the colour of these new candles to create a brand new aesthetic in the home.

Final Thoughts

As you can see, there are many ways in which you can refresh your home after the festive period. If you want to achieve a brand new look and feel in your home in the New Year, consider completing some of the tasks above. These are all great ways to help you feel happy and comfortable in your home after the Christmas decorations have been put away.

Kim Jackson
contentteam@icmenterprises.co.uk