Decorating for the Holidays
I love the holiday season, especially because of the cheerful decorations. This weekend, I went crazy decorating. As a single guy, I wondered how I could balance incorporating Christmas (my holiday of choice) cheer and not going overboard. I figured that I would share how you can do just that.
1. Keep it simple – my place is small so I settled on 3 holiday statements – a tree, a wreath, and garland. Also keep the decor simple as well.
2. Create a budget - prevents overspending
3. Go real - while a personal preference, there is nothing like the smell and look of a real Christmas tree, wreath and garland
4. Get inspired - what do recall from your childhood? I started with how much I loved our large Christmas trees growing up. Rather real or fake, the tree was always at tall and full. Image above from Apartment Therapy….great color palette and love the oversize ornaments
Here are some great options that inspired me this season.
THE PALETTE
Fruitfully Luxe I love this palette of rich cherry red, violet, plum, blackberry blue, and teal. Image from Apartment Therapy
Monochromatic and masculine. I love the ads for Macy’s this season featuring stylish duds in an equally stylish christmas back drop. Note the great tone on tone gifts in chocolate and silver….Love that combination this season as well. Image from Glamour Boy
THE TREE
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My tree of choice this year and perhaps for years to come is the Concolor Fir AKA White fir. The trees tend to be quite full and quite wide in diameter but the overall look is phenomenal. Here are some ideas for trimming the tree.
Images by Cupola House Tree and Iowa State University
Fruitful Plumage
Monochromatic
Silver with subtle pops of color
Love the gold and silver in the Macy’s tree and the pool of ornaments is fun touch – imagine integrating your gifts too.
Tree images Credits: Apartment Therapy 1,3 Your Nest Design 2, Macys 4
WREATH
My favorite wreaths and garlands incorporate magnolia leaves. Perhaps it is because I am from the South.
Traditional Charm
Pottery Barn Magnolia Wreath and Williams Sonoma Bay Leaf Wreath – add a colorful bow to these beauties for some pop
Monochromatic
Crate and Barrel Centerpiece Wreath Champagne
Neiman Marcus Shell Wreath and CB2 Bubble Ball Wreath or Garland – a little DIY project
Out of the Box
NM Lodge Wreath (R)- masculine and certainly a conversation piece, although I would loose the dangling spruce cones
GARLAND
My favorite wreaths and garlands incorporate magnolia leaves. Perhaps it is because I am from the South.
Traditional Charm
Copper Ribbon Garland by William Sonoma – WS has great combos for wreaths and garlands
Pottery Barn Magnolia Garland and William Sonoma Triple Berry Garland
Monochromatic
Vintage Beaded Glass Garlands – combining these will provide the look of the garland in the Macys ad I love.
Crate and Barrel Jingle Bell Garland
So have fun decorating this season but remember to keep it simple and classic so your decor will stand the test of time.
