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Discover 2025’s top festive décor trend, timeless, handcrafted pieces that bring joy all year long, shared by IKEA India and Trumatter Living experts.
The festive home of 2025 is celebratory yet enduring, colourful yet calm, and personal yet purposeful
Every year, as the festive season approaches, homes across India glow with lights, shimmer with metallics, and radiate joy. Yet as quickly as the festivities arrive, the sparkle often fades, décor stored away until the next celebration. But 2025 brings a refreshing shift in the way we think about decorating. The newest trend is festive décor that lasts all year long pieces that feel celebratory in October but seamlessly transition into your everyday spaces come February.
From Celebration to Continuity
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“Festive décor isn’t just about what a home looks like, it’s about what it feels like,” says Shailly Mandiwal, Country Home Furnishing Direction Leader, IKEA India. “Every colour, pattern, and object we bring into our spaces adds to the energy around.”
This season, that energy is vibrant, warm, and unapologetically joyful. Mandiwal points to the rising popularity of ‘dopamine décor’ bold hues, playful patterns, and cheerful designs that instantly lift the mood. The concept isn’t about excess but about evoking happiness through the everyday objects we live with. “Many feel that decorations are temporary, meant to come down after the festival ends,” she adds. “Yet small, thoughtful touches can keep your home feeling joyful throughout the year.”
Think a green glass bowl filled with mithai that doubles as a potpourri holder, patterned cushions that can be mixed and matched as the seasons change, or tableware paired with soft pinstriped linens that elevate even an ordinary dinner. “Most Indian homes already have jewel tones,” Mandiwal notes. “So look for décor that balances that richness warm metallics, soft neutrals, and subtle accent colours that never feel overdone.”
Her mantra for 2025 is simple: playful when you celebrate, functional when you relax, meaningful every day. The new AROMATISK collection from IKEA embodies this philosophy — hand-block-inspired linens, floral floor cushions, wall hangings, and lights that bring festive joy yet blend effortlessly into everyday living. “These pieces are practical, soulful, and easy to live with,” she says, “making celebration a part of your daily rhythm.”
The Rise of Thoughtful, Handcrafted Design
While vibrancy defines one side of the 2025 décor movement, soulfulness and sustainability anchor the other. “Festive décor is no longer about quick sparkle,” says Rukmini Ray Kadam, designer and founder of Trumatter Living. “The strongest movement is towards sustainable, handcrafted design, ceramics, woven textiles, natural fibre, and glass luminaries that outlast the season.”
Kadam notes a revival of regional artistry, from embroidered fabrics to hand-painted wall panels, that bring cultural depth into contemporary homes. “There’s something special about pieces that carry the human touch,” she explains. “They add soul to a space and they support local craft communities too.”
The colour story of 2025 reflects this grounded yet celebratory spirit. “We’re talking mocha browns, terracotta, sage greens balanced with jewel tones like emerald and sapphire,” Kadam says. “These tones feel festive during Diwali or Christmas but remain elegant and relevant long after.”
Lighting, too, plays a transformative role. Kadam highlights layered illumination as a key trend, sculptural lanterns, pendant clusters, and delicate fairy lights that can shift the mood from cozy to celebratory with ease. “Layering light is about creating warmth and intimacy,” she explains. “It turns ordinary evenings into experiences.”
Personal, Playful, and Perennial
Both experts agree that 2025’s décor trends are as much about emotion as they are about aesthetics. The modern home celebrates continuity, it honours the season but refuses to feel transient.
“The focus now is on personal, soulful spaces,” Kadam says. “Homes are evolving into reflections of the people who live in them filled with vintage finds, memory walls, and small DIY touches that make them feel intimate and alive.”
Mandiwal echoes the sentiment. “Good décor doesn’t belong to one festival,” she says. “It belongs to moments to the times when you gather, laugh, reflect, or simply rest. When chosen thoughtfully, festive décor can celebrate all of that, all year round.”
The Takeaway
The festive home of 2025 is celebratory yet enduring, colourful yet calm, and personal yet purposeful. It moves beyond sparkle-for-a-season to embrace joy as a way of living, a philosophy where every object, from a handwoven throw to a glowing lantern, tells a story that lasts long after the last diya fades.
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Swati Chaturvedi, a seasoned media and journalism aficionado with over 10 years of expertise, is not just a storyteller; she’s a weaver of wit and wisdom in the digital landscape. As a key figure in News18 Engl…Read More
Swati Chaturvedi, a seasoned media and journalism aficionado with over 10 years of expertise, is not just a storyteller; she’s a weaver of wit and wisdom in the digital landscape. As a key figure in News18 Engl… Read More
October 07, 2025, 09:33 IST
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