37 Unusual String Light Décor Ideas For Winter Holidays

unusual string light decor ideas for winter holidays

Everyone uses string lights for decorating Christmas trees, windows and walls for winter holidays. But what if you want something more creative and eye-catching? In this roundup we are sharing ideas to add a bit of magic ambience to the long-awaited holidays without any hacky or boring touches.

Fire Bowls

Outside or inside, sitting around the fire is very comfy and cozy, everybody will love it. make an easy flameless fire pit or bowl using some firewood and string lights, and a bowl or just some stones to imitate a fire pit. Such a cute and cozy idea for the winter!

A metal bowl with firewood and string lights to imitate a fire.

A metal bowl with firewood and string lights to imitate a fire.

Flameless fire pit with string lights can be recreated inside without any problems.

Flameless fire pit with string lights can be recreated inside without any problems.

Chic white flameless fire pit with stones.

Chic white flameless fire pit with stones.

Matte black bowl with some firewood and lights looks modern.

Matte black bowl with some firewood and lights looks modern.

Table Displays

Make a cool display or centerpiece using a bowl, a cloche, a tray or a punch bowl and lights. Fill the piece with lights and you’ll get a holiday display! Another idea is to fill it with pinecones or ornaments or both and hide lights between them. The bowl or the tray will give a style to your display: it may be rustic, modern, antique or any other. Add large crystals to the display, they will reflect and multiply the light.

Cute glass jar with a lid and LEDs inside.

Cute glass jar with a lid and LEDs inside.

A wooden bowl with glass globes with string lights inside.

A wooden bowl with glass globes with string lights inside.

A wooden bowl with pinecones and mercury glass lights.

A wooden bowl with pinecones and mercury glass lights.

Winter wonderland bowl with string lights and a wreath underneath.

Winter wonderland bowl with string lights and a wreath underneath.

Chic white bowl with star string lights.

Chic white bowl with star string lights.

Punch bowl filled with pinecones and lights.

Punch bowl filled with pinecones and lights.

Modern bowl filled with metallic ornaments and lights.

Modern bowl filled with metallic ornaments and lights.

A bowl with string lights and large crystals that reflect the lights.

A bowl with string lights and large crystals that reflect the lights.

Whitewashed tray with jingle bells and string lights.

Whitewashed tray with jingle bells and string lights.

String firefly lights in a cloche.

String firefly lights in a cloche.

Branches And Trees

Yes, we all decorate Christmas trees with lights but what about just some branches or a different tree, for example, a birch tree? They will look also wintry and cute, display branches in floor or table vases, in galvanized buckets or anywhere else. The branches may be whitewashed for a wonderland feel, or usual ones for a rustic touch.

Such a combo is easy to make, just cover branches with string lights.

Such a combo is easy to make, just cover branches with string lights.

Branches with geometric hangings and lights.

Branches with geometric hangings and lights.

Lighted up tree but not a fir tree is a cool and uncommon idea.

Lighted up tree but not a fir tree is a cool and uncommon idea.

Whitewahsed branches with red ornaments and lights.

Whitewahsed branches with red ornaments and lights.

Galvanized bucket with evergreen and light branches.

Galvanized bucket with evergreen and light branches.

Stars

A star is a symbol of Christmas, and you can make one using string lights. create your own art object of wire, metal or wooden sticks covering it with crystals, lights, pearls and attach it to the wall or put on the mantel.

Light up star decoration.

Light up star decoration.

Metal star decorated with pearls, crystals and string lights.

Metal star decorated with pearls, crystals and string lights.

Old tobacco sticks with string lights.

Old tobacco sticks with string lights.

Star shaped wire light will complement any Christmas look.

Star shaped wire light will complement any Christmas look.

Artworks

An artwork or a sign can be made of string lights or using them. It can be a winter-inspired art piece with lights attached on the inside, a sign with your favorite Christmas quote or even your headboard because nothing makes your bedroom so romantic and inviting as lights. make a cool Christmas tree light art on the wall, it will be a focal point of any room.

Lighted artwork is a great idea not only for winter holidays but all year round.

Lighted artwork is a great idea not only for winter holidays but all year round.

Lighted headboard will make your bedroom more inviting.

Lighted headboard will make your bedroom more inviting.

String light Christmas tree artwork is such a cool and easy idea.

String light Christmas tree artwork is such a cool and easy idea.

Curtain headboard with hanging lights.

Curtain headboard with hanging lights.

Yarn Christmas tree artwork with string light incorporated.

Yarn Christmas tree artwork with string light incorporated.

Lit up Christmas fabric-covered sign.

Lit up Christmas fabric-covered sign.

Furniture

If a table is transparent, it can be filled with string lights. if you have a small shelf, you can line it up with string lights, and of course any chair or headboard can be wrapped with them, too.

Small IKEA table with string lights inside is totally DIYable.

Small IKEA table with string lights inside is totally DIYable.

Attach string lights and crystals to a small shelf.

Attach string lights and crystals to a small shelf.

A headboard covered with string lights looks amazing all year round.

A headboard covered with string lights looks amazing all year round.

Wreaths

What can give your Christmas wreath a cool holiday feel? Lights, of course! Any wreath you make, of any material will look holiday-like with string lights of any kind and shape. It may be an evergreen snowman wreath, a trio of evergreen wreaths or just a light wreath on a metal or wire frame. Shape your simple string lights into a cool wreath and voila!

Lit up snowman wreath with a monogram and tulle.

Lit up snowman wreath with a monogram and tulle.

Bubbly light Christmas wreath on a metal frame.

Bubbly light Christmas wreath on a metal frame.

Naked wire string lights wreath.

Naked wire string lights wreath.

Wire LEDs wreath with a reindeer.

Wire LEDs wreath with a reindeer.

Lit up evergreen wreaths trio with ornaments and ribbon.

Lit up evergreen wreaths trio with ornaments and ribbon.