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Christmas Home Decorating: Ideas for the Holidays
by Jane Smallman
Refacing Cabinets Columnist
Christmas is traditionally the season for family fun and celebration, a time to admire the tree with its lights and the decorations that turn our homes into warm and festive places. Here are some decorating ideas to get you started on preparing your home for the Christmas season.
Most of us enjoy Christmas, but there’s no getting away from the fact that it can involve a lot of work, especially if we are the ones responsible for creating that authentic Christmas atmosphere. If it’s your turn this Christmas to make your home into a visual feast, make your life easier by taking a look at these home decorating ideas.
Christmas Home Decorating Ideas
- Look at What You Already Have. If you want to create a really effective Christmas display, choose a theme that enhances your existing décor by picking a style and colors that harmonize with it.
- Choose a Christmas Color Scheme for Your Home and Stick to It. Choosing a basic color scheme will focus your thoughts and ease your decorating decision-making. You can base your ideas on anything that inspires you, such as a wrapping paper that catches your eye, a crockery design that you particularly like, or a magazine article.
- Develop Your Theme and Repeat It. Once you have chosen the Christmas colors you want to use in your home, build up a theme by repeating the same motifs and patterns in your ornaments, ribbons and decorations. For example, if your color scheme is blue and silver, your decorating could revolve around the idea of snow, snowmen, icicles, or snowflakes. If you have gone for red and green, you could create a theme that uses beaded fruit, holly, and ivy.
With these Christmas decorating ideas, you should be able to recreate that authentic Christmas atmosphere without too many design headaches. Merry Christmas!
About the Author
Jane Smallman runs a mountain guiding business with her husband. Her early training was in hotel management and she has worked in the hotel industry in France, Holland, the US and the UK. Following this she worked in an administrative capacity for a number of not-for-profit organizations in the UK, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the Refugee Legal Centre. While doing this she earned a degree in Social Sciences through distance learning with the Open University. After graduation she progressed to the University of Sussex as a full-time student where she was awarded a Masters Degree in Social and Political Thought.
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