Ready to give your Christmas holiday decorating a new spin this year? Read on for some of the prettiest and newest ideas around to ensure you and your guests will be celebrating in style!
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1. Unexpected Lights
Virtually every house celebrating Christmas this year will hang lights someplace – usually around windows and doors.
However, with all the different colour, style and placement options, there's no reason to have your lights look like every other house on the street.
To add a festive pop to rooms which are commonly ignored when it comes to decorating, try stringing lights in your bathrooms and bedrooms.
Guests will love the surprise, and your whole home will feel cosier.
If steady lights are feeling a bit stale, try out chasers, blinkers or fades. Chasers give the illusion that the lights are chasing one another around their string.
Blinking lights can be set to sparkle on and off randomly, in a pattern or even to the tempo of Christmas music. If that sounds too flashy for you, try out lights with a fade option – they gently fade in and out to create a mellower mood.
Icicle lights are one of the best things to happen to Christmas decorating in years. These versatile lights can be hung in the traditional manner – from the eaves of your house – or they can be used indoors to really bring Christmas home.
You can hang them from the ceiling in virtually any room for instant 'wow' factor. If you'll be entertaining or celebrating in one large space, consider covering an entire wall with long strands of icicles. These floor-to-ceiling lights create a gorgeous focal point and let your guests know exactly where the party's at! |
2. Follow Your Home's Colors
For many, Christmas decorating is all about breaking out the red, green, gold and silver. However, if your home (or your living room) has a definite colour scheme, you can create a totally unexpected holiday by matching your decorations.
With all the colour options available in Christmas decorations, you'll have no trouble finding matching ornaments, trees, garland and more. You can also expand on a certain colour. If your living room is neutral, for example, try different shades of cream, beige, brown and gold.
Bright rooms look great decorated in contrasting shades – if your sofa is orange, try green and blue decorations for a very modern look. Blue is a popular choice in decorating and it fits in beautifully with the colours of the season – try different shades while incorporating icy white and silver as well.
Bright rooms look great decorated in contrasting shades – if your sofa is orange, try green and blue decorations for a very modern look. Blue is a popular choice in decorating and it fits in beautifully with the colours of the season – try different shades while incorporating icy white and silver as well.
3. Outdoor Additions
While many families decorate outdoors, the front door and the mailbox are two spaces which are commonly ignored. True, a wreath on the door is traditional – but why stop there?
Go all out and turn your front door into an extension of the indoors. You can make things light-hearted by wrapping the door like a giant Christmas gift or keep things subtle by wrapping columns in garland and adding pots filled with fresh, seasonal greenery.
Go all out and turn your front door into an extension of the indoors. You can make things light-hearted by wrapping the door like a giant Christmas gift or keep things subtle by wrapping columns in garland and adding pots filled with fresh, seasonal greenery.
Your mailbox is so small, the options are endless. Artfully arrange some of the same evergreen boughs you used on the front door, hang some large, sparkling snowflakes from it or add a tiny wreath to its door.
If children will be included in the festivities this year, let them know that Santa's elves are on the watch! Purchase some inexpensive garden gnomes, dress them in festive clothing and place them strategically around the front yard for a fun, festive, North Pole-inspired touch.
Check out two of my favourite Christmas Decoration Ideas:
How to Make Seashell Christmas Tree Topiaries
How to Make a Christmas Ornament Wreath
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