decorating for christmas

Decorating Christmas Trees With Style
Executive Summary about decorating for christmas by Enid Edginton

Does your christmas tree look too old fashioned?

STYLE TIP #1:

The big fat round artificial christmas tree is out and the slim artificial tree is in. This is because when it comes to decorating christmas tree the trends lately lean more towards tall and conical shapes rather than fat and round shapes.

It was Queen Victoria who insisted on the tallest tree possible for her living room and the narrow tree girth was also necessary in order to fit these tall slender trees into Victorian homes. Natural trees that tend to be tall and slim are the spruces and firs. When it comes to fake xmas trees, more and more manufacturers are releasing slim artificial trees that can fit more easily into our cramped urban lifestyle.

STYLE TIP #2

Artificial is in and natural trees are out. Okay, so maybe real christmas trees will never go out of fashion but if you are a bit of style snob then the trend is towards an artificial tree in the wildest color you can find. Every year, artificial trees are looking more and more cartoonish. The slim artificial trees in wild colors are very popular with younger people. Probably the two most trendy colors for trees are the red and white. The white artificial trees are just simply gorgeous, especially the prelit artificial trees with branches that have glowing fiber optic tips.

STYLE TIP #3

One of the secrets to decorating christmas trees in a stylish way is to be minimalist. To be truly fashionable, stick to decorating the tree in just one or two colors. A white christmas tree looks great with uniformly sized christmas balls from top to bottom. A sky blue artificial tree could be decorated in monochrome with glass balls that are a deeper shade of blue.

For instance, forget the round glass balls and choose conical glass balls and flat spheres only to decorate an entire tree. By the way the craze for slim artificial xmas trees is similar to the current craze for slim conical christmas decorations.

STYLE TIP #4:

One of the first rules of fashion and also interior decorating is to break all the rules and the same applies to Christmas trees.

STYLE TIP #5

One of the secrets to decorating christmas trees is that the more personal it is the better. A good example is the chef who decorates his tree using only plastic forks and knives or the new mom who decorates her tree with baby bottles and baby toys. Tree ornaments made of pink and yellow gumdrops and toothpicks look nice on an artificial white christmas tree for example. Home made gingerbread men and short bread snowmen would go well with a red artificial prelit christmas tree.

A smaller tree looks fantastic decorated in candies wrapped in foil. Don’t decorate the tree with seven or eight kinds of candy. If you haven’t figured it out by now one of the keys to decorating christmas trees is repetition on a single theme. If you like teddy bears than decorate the entire tree in teddy bears and one other design element, such as red glass balls. Keeping it simple yet elegant is the key to decorating christmas trees.

Last-Minute Christmas Decorating Ideas
Executive Summary about decorating for christmas by Lata Tokhi

Here are some beautiful and quick ideas for busy housewives looking to decorate their homes for Christmas:

• Make a festive centerpiece in seconds by filling a tall jar with cranberries and tying a red ribbon bow at the bottom of the jar.
• Tuck in sprigs of evergreen behind photo frames to give the walls a distinct festive look.
• Turn colored stem glasses upside down and use their bases (now their tops) to place tea lights and votives on. It makes a wonderful, glowing centerpiece.
• Use garlands to quickly fill up blank spaces with Christmas spirit. Wrap them around banisters, pillars and poles, around mirrors or bedside poles, windows etc.
• Use ornaments to decorate more than just your tree. Fill a bowl with baubles or string snowflake shapes in yarn and hang from windows.
• Use candles for a festive effect. Mix pillar candles of different sizes or display a group of tall tapers together in any corner that looks dull.
• Tie bows to your flower pots, door knob, kitchen grater, store-bought plain wreaths and any other unusual place to perk it up.
• Potpourri is a bring Christmas spirit. Place Christmas scented potpourri in bowls set in different places especially near warmer places like near candles, fireplace or even the kitchen over so that the pleasing fragrances fill up your house.
• Wrap empty boxes like gifts with festive wrap and ribbon and place them in stacks of 2 or 3 and place them on the side table, near the door, near the stairs or any other place they might look good.

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