Eid is a home event more than a hall event — the house fills, the children are dressed, and everyone photographs everything. It is one of the few occasions we decorate where the setup lives for days rather than hours.
We have done a great deal of Eid work in Ottawa, and the recurring theme families ask for is white and gold with lanterns.
What we set up
- Entry and living-room backdrops
- White and gold themes — the most requested
- Lanterns, crescent and star features
- Fairy lights and warm lighting
- Dessert and mithai table with tokras and velvet trays
- Table centrepieces and floating candles
- Stair and hallway décor
- Ramadan decoration for the month, ahead of Eid
Set up for the month, not the day
Ramadan decoration goes up before the month and stays through it, changing to Eid décor for the final days. Booked that way it is far better value than a single day's setup.
Ottawa families increasingly do this, and we plan for it — one installation, one adjustment, one collection.
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
Both are busy for us and both book quickly, because the dates are fixed and everyone wants the same two days.
The Islamic calendar moves each year against the Gregorian one, so confirm your dates with your local masjid and get in touch early — these are the least flexible dates in our year.
Why Eid is the least flexible booking in our year
Every other event we decorate has a date the family chooses. Eid does not.
The Islamic calendar is lunar, so Eid moves against the Gregorian calendar by roughly eleven days each year, and the exact date is confirmed only when the moon is sighted — often a day or two before. That means every Muslim family in Ottawa wants décor on the same two days, and nobody can confirm the date far in advance.
We handle it by holding the window rather than the date: book the expected Eid period and confirm once the announcement is made. If you wait until the date is certain to enquire, we will already be full.
This is the single most useful thing on this page. Eid is not like booking a birthday.
Ramadan first, Eid second — the better value approach
More Ottawa families are now decorating for the whole of Ramadan rather than only for Eid, and it is meaningfully better value.
The installation goes up before the month begins — lanterns, crescents, lighting, a dressed entry — and stays through it. In the final days we return and change it over to Eid décor. One installation, one changeover, one collection, rather than a single day's setup and strike.
It also does more. A Ramadan setup is lived with for thirty days: it is there for every iftar, every evening the children come home from taraweeh, every guest who visits. A one-day Eid setup is up for a morning.
For families with young children this is the version we most often recommend.
Two Eids, two different events
Eid al-Fitr
The celebration ending Ramadan. Morning-focused: prayers, then the house fills with visitors through the day. Children in new clothes, sweets, and a great deal of photography.
The décor emphasis is the entry, the living room and the sweet table — the places guests actually occupy. White and gold with lanterns is by far the most requested palette and it photographs beautifully.
Eid al-Adha
The celebration during Hajj, with the qurbani. It is a longer, more food-centred and more family-focused occasion, often spread across several days of visiting and meat distribution.
Practically, the emphasis shifts toward the dining and serving areas, and setups need to survive being lived around for longer.
Decorating a house that is about to fill with people
Eid is not a seated event. The house fills, empties and refills across a day, with people standing, children running and food constantly moving between rooms.
That changes the build. Everything goes above or against — walls, entries, mantels, stair rails — rather than into the middle of a room where it becomes an obstacle. Nothing freestanding in a doorway. Nothing at child height that can be knocked.
The entry gets the most attention, because every single guest sees it and most photograph it, and a decorated staircase does a great deal of work for very little money in an Ottawa two-storey home.
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Questions we get asked
Yes — home setups are most of our Eid work. Entry and living-room backdrops, lanterns, lighting and a dressed dessert table.
Everything is freestanding, so nothing marks your walls.
Yes, and it is better value. Ramadan decoration goes up before the month, stays through it, and changes to Eid décor for the final days — one installation rather than two.
More Ottawa families are doing this each year.
Early. The dates are fixed and every family wants the same two days, which makes Eid the least flexible booking in our calendar.
Confirm the date with your local masjid and message us as soon as you know.
White and gold with lanterns is by far the most requested and it photographs beautifully. We also do deeper palettes and children-focused setups.
Tell us who the day is for — a house full of small children needs a different setup from an adult gathering.
Book the expected Eid window rather than waiting for the confirmed date. The Islamic calendar is lunar and the exact date is confirmed only when the moon is sighted, often a day or two before — but every family in Ottawa wants the same two days.
If you wait until the date is certain, we will already be full. This is the least flexible booking in our year.
Yes, and it is better value. The installation goes up before the month, stays through it, and we return to change it over to Eid décor for the final days — one installation and one changeover rather than a single day's setup and strike.
It also gets lived with for thirty days rather than a morning. For families with young children this is what we most often recommend.
Eid al-Fitr is morning-focused — prayers, then the house fills with visitors — so the emphasis is the entry, living room and sweet table.
Eid al-Adha is longer, more food-centred and often spread across several days, so the emphasis shifts to dining and serving areas and the setup has to survive being lived around.
Everything above or against — walls, entries, mantels, stair rails — rather than in the middle of a room where it becomes an obstacle. Nothing freestanding in a doorway, nothing at child height.
The entry gets the most attention because every guest sees it, and a decorated staircase does a lot of work for very little money in an Ottawa two-storey.