We love Christmas – it’s the perfect time of year to get creative with styling your home. From twinkling lights and festive decorations to elegant tableware, perfectly trimmed trees and fun little seasonal touches, there are so many ways to bring the magic in. Get in the holiday spirit and check out how you can add some Christmas sparkle with our festive style tips for home.
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Before you get started decorating your home for Christmas, it helps to decide on a colour scheme to tie your festive decorations together and give your home a more pulled-together, elegant look. Whether you opt for traditional reds, greens and golds, or something cooler like silvers, greys and purples, having a colour scheme in mind makes decorating for Christmas so much easier.
Indoor Festive Style Tips for Home
Deck The Halls
Deck the halls and make an impact in your entrance hall easily by adding lights or greenery to mirrors and picture frames in your chosen colour scheme.
You could also add a festive runner and welcome mat, and if your hall is large enough, a Christmas tree, festive plants or a flower arrangement can be the perfect addition.
Stair rails can be decorated with seasonal garlands and lights – in our house, this is my dad’s job, and he spends hours perfecting the garlands and lights on the stairs!
A diffuser placed in your entrance hall is a lovely way to welcome visitors with the smells of Christmas as soon as they walk through the front door.
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Trimming The Tree
For many of us, the day we put up the Christmas tree signals the real start of the festive season. We all get involved in trimming the tree, and there’s great excitement when the lights go on for the first time.
My mum and I have a tradition of buying each other a new Christmas decoration every year for our trees. I love adding all the different decorations and baubles we’ve gathered over the years, and the memories each one holds.
This is also the point where I love to gather all the presents together, wrap them and place them underneath the tree – it adds to the magic of Christmas.
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Liven Up Your Living Room
If you have a mantlepiece, choose some pretty garlands or lights for instant festive style. You could also add a statement candle holder, ornaments and baubles along the mantle.
Mirrors or paintings above the mantlepiece can be given a festive makeover with lights or greenery, or you could remove them altogether and hang a beautiful Christmas wreath in their place.
Sofas and chairs can be transformed with seasonal cushions and throws, and a quality faux Christmas tree will finish off the look and give the room a focal point without the mess. I’ve learned to hang treasured decorations up high, as when my girls were younger they loved taking them off the tree to play with!
Spread Festive Cheer in Your Kitchen
The kitchen is usually the heart of the home, with family and friends congregating for food, drinks and chats, so don’t forget this social space when styling for Christmas.
Ideas to get your festive style working in your kitchen include:
- Showcasing your seasonal crockery on shelves and dressers
- Adding festive fairy lights to hooks and shelves
- Hanging a garland above windows or around dressers and shelves
- Using candles and other festive lights to make the space cosy and welcoming
- Displaying baked goods and sweet treats in seasonal tins or mason jars
- Swapping in festive patterned oven mitts, towels and aprons
- Using a card holder to showcase Christmas cards
- Adding a poinsettia or seasonal floral display to your worktop
- Cooking with spices like cinnamon, star anise and cloves to fill the kitchen with the scents of Christmas
- Adding a festive bow to each cupboard door to match your colour scheme
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Top Festive Table Tips
Get your table looking amazing with a runner and tablecloth to match your festive colour scheme.
Add candles, beaded place settings, seasonal napkins, chair covers, a holiday-themed centrepiece and other decorative touches to finish the look.
For Christmas Day dinner, get the children involved by having them make name cards for everyone, with a sprig of holly on each place setting. Bring the food to the table on seasonal platters for extra festive flair.
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Festive Bedroom Essentials
Letting the children decorate their own bedroom is a lovely way to let their individual style shine through. Festive bed linen, cushions, rugs, a miniature tree, seasonal pyjamas and fairy lights can all help create a look that will be the envy of their friends.
My girls always love getting new Christmas pyjamas, and they add their seasonal bed linen from the 1st of December (or earlier if they can get away with it!). They string lights around the window and bed, and it’s the one time of year I don’t have to keep on at them to tidy their rooms.
Outdoor Festive Style Tips for Home
Lights are the perfect way to showcase your home this holiday season. Outdoor lights can be added to trees and shrubs, or hung along the eaves of your home.
Finish off your festive style makeover with a Christmas wreath on the front door to welcome visitors in style.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to decorate every room in the house?
Not at all. Pick the rooms your family spends the most time in – the hallway, living room and kitchen are a great place to start – and build out from there if you have the time and energy.
What’s the easiest way to make my home feel festive without overspending?
Sticking to one colour scheme and reusing decorations year after year is the simplest way to get a polished look without buying lots of new items. Lights, greenery and a few well-chosen accents go a long way.
How do I keep decorations safe with young children or pets around?
Hang breakable or treasured decorations higher up the tree, out of easy reach, and keep trailing lights and small ornaments away from areas where little ones or pets play.
When should I start decorating for Christmas?
There’s no fixed rule – some families like to start from the 1st of December, others wait until closer to the day. Do whatever feels right and enjoyable for your household.
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