With Christmas just around the corner, it’s once again time to decorate your home in accordance with the holiday spirit. However, with all the cooking and preparing of presents in the way, it can be a bit difficult to focus on decorating. Therefore, we’ve created this Christmas home decoration guide to give you a helping hand.
Below you will find tips on how to decorate all of the rooms inside your home and achieve that beloved Christmas aesthetic.
Choose your desired color scheme
Choosing the right decoration color scheme for your home can be a bit frustrating especially when there are so many great options to choose from. And considering that there are many who decorate each room in a different color to evoke a different mood, choosing color combinations becomes even harder.
The classic color schemes that look good in almost any household they’re used are white gold, silver and white, red and green.
However as of recently, black and cashmere brown have become quite popular as well. When going for a black decor it’s best the ornaments are of the glossy kind so that they can reflect light off them.
Cashmere brown on the other hand goes well very with other colors such as dull matte gold and pearl creams.
Picking the right Christmas tree
When picking a real Christmas tree for you home, there are certain details you must be on the lookout for.
First, make sure the tree is healthy and will last longer. To do this simply run your finger through its branches. If no needles fall straight away, this is an indication that the tree will last longer. Avoid buying Christmas trees which are thin and dry and have falling needles.
If you’re wondering which species of Christmas trees to choose, we recommend going with either a Fraser fir or a Nordmann fir. These two types of trees can handle heavy decorations and also tend to last longer than other species when looked after at home.
Decorating the living room
The living room is usually the heart of each home, especially during the holidays. A great way of decorating your living space for Christmas is to give it a botanical aesthetic.
Buy some hyacinth vases and populate them with white hyacinths. These will give the room a nice fragrant scent and will also work as great eye candy. Also, consider decorating your walls with eucalyptus to really make them pop out.
Since the living room is the area where the Christmas tree goes, you will have to deal with its decorations as well. You can decorate the tree in the color scheme of your liking. Just make sure it matches that of the rest of the room.
If you have a fireplace in your living room avoid real plants and instead opt for faux ones. And try to keep your Christmas tree as far away from the fireplace as possible.
Decorating the dining room
The main focal point of the dining room decoration should be the table. First, choose the tablecloth, we recommend going with white. Then start decorating the table, place some greenery in the middle like flowers and berries. And last but not least put up some fancy candles.
If you want to put the candles near the greenery, firstly, place them in jars to prevent any spontaneous fires.
As for the color scheme, go with gold. This way the with the help of the candles, your dining room will shine in a gold color.
Decorating the hallway
Since the hallway is the first room your guests will see once they go inside your home, it should be decorated in a way to set the stage.
A great way to do this is to first place garlands around the inside and outside of the front door.
Then, wrap your stairs’ banisters with faux green decor and hang some red baubles on them.
Decorating the bedroom
When it comes to the bedroom, go with a lighter decoration.
Perhaps add a chain of twinkling fairy lights and a small faux Christmas tree.
You can always go the extra mile and hang paper stars and snowflakes over the bed as well, giving the room a whimsical feel.
Decorating your outdoor area
The outside of your house will be what everyone passing by will see, so make it count. You have two options here, either go guns blazing and completely embrace the festive spirit or take a more subtle approach.
If you’re planning to go all out, hang white paper star lights from your windows or scatter icicle string lights throughout the exterior of your home. For the icicle string lights, you can charge them using a plug point you put inside your garage.
Conclusion
It’s always best to start decorating your home for Christmas at least a month in advance. Because the longer you wait the harder it will be. After all, the Christmas holiday is that time of year when most people spend their time with their friends and family and free time is scarce. So take some time off around the end of November and if you need any tips on how to decorate your home, simply follow this guide.
Author Bio: Desiree Thomson is a gardening and landscaping expert working at Fantastic Gardeners. When she’s not running around in her back garden, she can be seen blogging for various online outlets or fixated on decluttering her house.
