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Christmas Decorating Tips

Christmas is the perfect opportunity to inject a little fun and whimsy into your home’s interior decor scheme, but it doesn’t mean you have to forgo the sense of style your space usually evokes. It’s all about finding creative ways to make your home feel festive and keeping a few simple guidelines in mind.

Below is a few hints and tips to make this silly season a stylish one.

Colours

Choose colours that bring out the best in your existing interior design scheme. Look around your space and consider which Christmas tones will work well as accents. You can’t go wrong with traditional reds and whites, but if you feel this is going too literal, consider metallics. Which are very on-trend and won’t make the space feel too themed. If you’re mad for colour, you can break all the rules and go for a rainbow effect. This is the only time of year we would ever suggest this style approach, so you have to go all out if you want it to look right!

Fragrance

Scented Christmas candles go a long way in making the home feel festive, so hit the stores and get smelling. There are distinctly fruity scents available that will suit a daytime setting like Christmas lunch, and moodier, earthier scents that will bode well for an evening setting. Candles are the ultimate mood setter and Christmas time is no different. You can place smaller candles along a table runner, medium sized ones in groups of three on mantle pieces or go for a large one on an entry table so that guests experience the scent the moment they walk in the door.

The Tree

When it comes to the tree, you often find that the ‘less is more’ approach is a wise one. Regardless of whether your tree is real or store-bought. It’s nice to see the greenery and branches shine through your decorations, so keep the baubles, ornaments, tinsel and lighting a little light-on and you’ll get to appreciate the tree more leading up to the big day. Lighting and bauble/decorations are a must on the Christmas tree, go with the style that appeals to your inner child the most.

Gift wrapping

Change it up every year, it adds to the gift giving! Brown paper with white ribbon and twine is a really nice way to keep the look minimalistic and rustic, but if you’re colour crazy, don’t be afraid to explore colour combinations like blue and gold, black and yellow, gold and white or indigo and lime!

Table settings

Regardless of which theme you choose, the table is a great opportunity to get creative and make your own festive centerpiece . Create a visual story down the middle of your table using ornaments, food and your precious keepsakes, ensuring there are pieces at varying heights to lead one’s eye along the table. Just ensure nothing goes above eye level so that guests can still talk to each another.

Whichever Christmas style you opt for, you should ultimately lock in one that makes you feel joyous. That is, after all, what Christmas is all about!

From all of us at Jawcon Pty Ltd, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!