Organized Christmas: How to Decorate

• There are great Christmas decorations just sitting in your backyard. Just go out branch hunting! Find nice, short ones, the goal here is to bring a taste of nature into your living room without it seeming out of place. For the next step, we're going to spray paint them. I find that gold or silver spices up the room. When you're done deciding on the color combination, put them in a festive vase and you've got great homemade décor! Try dangling ornaments or some bows to make them even more catchy.


• Put this same decorating theme to work on your chandelier by draping the arms with an evergreen garland or some mistletoe.



• Make the room look more natural by pairing your candles with berries, leaves, or evergreen branches. Keep the candles in separate holders though, this is IMPORTANT! (Burned down house = bad holiday) Another trick is to pile artificial snow on the tabletop, a platter, or mantel with your glass ornaments or other crystal holders. The combination of the snow and glass really makes a dramatic effect that your guests will love.

• Upgrade your wreath by adding small ornaments, wrapped candy, flowers, or children's toys. The options are endless and any addition gives the wreath a great custom look.

• Stick to two or three colors. This simple piece of advice will make your decorating look much more professional. Go to the store before you start putting anything up and decide on a palette of colors. Having a set color scheme makes decorating much more organized.
• Another way to add some wall artwork is to find a picture of a holiday scene, or just a collection of some holiday colors and frame it. Hang the picture up anywhere you want, and it instantly upgrades the décor.



• Take red and green towels and set them in alternating patterns in your bathrooms. If you have different sized towels, stack them up and wrap a ribbon around all of them to make a gift wrapped towel package! Guests love this subtle touch.

  

• Find a large black canvas. Cut up long strips of green, silver, red, and white construction paper (each one should be about 6 to 8 inches). Paste the strips onto the canvas in a messy arrangement that leaves just a trace of black background. If you're going for the modern art look, the more disorganized the better. Structured patterns works great if the furniture in the room is more angular.

• Indoor Christmas Decorations for Cooks: When the weather turns cold and the Christmas tunes turn on, cooks are the most popular people of the house. The sweet smell of winter treats drifting out from the kitchen puts everyone in a better mood. With seasonal cookie presses and stencils, you can make great indoor Christmas decorations. There are also a wide range of amazing cake plates, pie tins, and serving dishes available for all your baking needs; they really add a great element of seasonal flair.



• Indoor Christmas Decorations for Sleepyheads: Here's a scenario: the weather outside is frightful and the safest haven is your bedroom. If your favorite part of Christmas is curling up in bed with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book, why not make your bedroom as cheery and decorative as possible? Snuggly Christmas blankets, woven with beautiful images of angels and mistletoe, will surely bring a smile to your face. The possibilities of great indoor Christmas decorations here are endless: delicately carved tea lights, shimmering LED figurines, gingerbread scented candles...Use your imagination!



• Indoor Christmas Decorations for Little Ones: Christmas is a magical time of year for the little ones. The idea of Santa, presents, and cookies makes the holidays as good as a second birthday party. Many favorite indoor Christmas decorations are designed specifically to bring cheer to children. Fluffy indoor wreaths with glowing LED lights make adorable night lights, fake flickering 'candles' will make play rooms magical. Other unique indoor Christmas decorations for kids include child-sized Christmas trees, personalized ornaments, and glittery snowman cling decals.

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• Your guests might be contributing to your parties in more ways than just their company. Christmas cards give the room a warm personal feeling, and give guests all kind of laughs. Take your collection of cards, punch holes in them so that you can tie them together with a long piece of twine, and hang up the two ends over long hallway or the front corners of your mantel.
• The dining table is one of the biggest worries of any Christmas decorator. To spice things up a little, ditch the flowers and build a gingerbread village instead! Sprinkle faux snow over the center of the table, and then place the house, people, shops, and any other gingerbread decorations to bring the table to life. If you've worried about people munching away at the little people (it's going to happen) then making the same village out of ceramics is also a great decorative option.
• Upgrade your wreath by adding small ornaments, wrapped candy, flowers, or children's toys. The options are endless and any addition gives the wreath a great custom, old fashioned look. For another simple trick, glue some decorative paper along the bottom of lamp shades or arrange some decorations around the bottom of lamps.
• Or even make your own wreath by collection whatever greenery you can find outside. Any collection of twigs will do. Wring them around until you get them arranged in the wreath shape and then tie them together with string or fishing line. Laying the wreath down and setting a candle in the middle will dry out the twigs, making it easier to hang decorations or paint, if you wish.

• Always check the Christmas lights before you plug them into the tree. This takes 5 minutes to do, and it has the potential to save you 5 hours. Nothing is worse than spending your entire afternoon setting up the perfect decoration scheme and finding out that the lights don't turn on.



• We all know that a lit fireplace is the center of any storybook Christmas. We also know that nothing warms up the room faster than all that firewood and gas. Put some lit pillar candles in the fireplace without turning anything else on and you've got the same great look without any unwanted extra heat.

  

• Similarly, battery powered candle lights might also be a good idea if your house if full of kids or pets. These have the same warm look, but don't give you any unnecessary risk.