Make your holiday season less stressful by checking out these different ideas for decorating your Christmas tree!
The word “Christmas” evokes memories of stockings, baked goods, family, and presents under the tree. To keep with these memories, a Christmas tree is essential to the holiday. But once the perfect tree has been picked out you may find yourself lost as to how to decorate it. There are a thousand different ways and styles to decorate your tree, which one do you pick? Keep reading for ideas to create your own uniquely styled Christmas tree!
Elegant Christmas Trees
Elegant or professionally decorated trees seem to be all you see on social media. Gold and silver ornaments, ribbon in all the right places, and an exact amount of flocking makes these trees irresistible. While they can look intimidating and expensive, this look can be easily achieved with the right decorations at the right price.
The key to making your Christmas tree look professionally decorated is to color coordinate your decorations. And it’s always a good idea to mix metallic tones with regular colors. For instance, instead of using all blue ornaments mix in some silver or gold ribbon and ornaments of similar sizes.
The same principle applies to your string lights. Sticking to one color versus multicolored lights will pull your tree together for a very finished look. You’ll get bonus points for matching the wire color to the tree, as in white for a flocked tree or the right shade of green for your tree.
Speaking of flocked trees, you can not go wrong with these elegant trees! The artificial snow perfectly offsets any color of ornaments and is the easiest way to achieve the coveted “White Christmas” look. Pairing a flocked tree with ribbon, snowflake ornaments, and some gold accents is a sure-fire way to make your tree look designer magazine ready. Going for an all-white Christmas tree is challenging but the result will always be gorgeous.
For a little spark, pastel ornaments mixed with glitter accents are always a great choice. You can even make the traditional bright red decorations look elegant by mixing them with lots of white ornaments. Or impress your friends and family by mixing silver and gold decorations for a truly decadent look.
Unique Christmas Trees
If traditional décor is boring to you then this style will be perfect for you. These kinds of trees are designed by you and will only be able to be found in your home. Without color or style restrictions, any kind of decoration is yours for the picking. From candy garlands to snowman ornaments we have everything you are looking for!
The first step to creating an eye-catching tree is to pick a theme. Your preferred theme could be outdoors-related like ocean colors or flowers. Or maybe you are more interested in a colorful candy or rainbow-themed tree that brightens up the room. You might also want your Christmas tree to be based on your interests like Disney® characters, hunting, or your favorite sports team. Whether you want the tree to tell a story, or reflect your interests and personality, there is no end to the possibilities.
For an even more unusual tree, skip the traditional Christmas tree all together! This type of tree can be designed with any material, like reclaimed wood, ladders, branches, or even carefully stacked wine corks. With a little DIY and a few ornaments, you can have your perfectly imperfect tree. These “trees” will definitely be a statement piece in your home and a conversation starter.
Once you have the theme picked out you can start on the fun part: finding and collecting the ornaments! The first step to decorating your tree should be the lights. We offer hundreds of themed string light sets that will match your tree, and if you want something a little more traditional then there are several sizes and types of regular string lights to choose from as well.
As far as ornaments go, there are so many unique kinds it’s hard to narrow it down! We offer candy and fruit shaped Christmas ornaments that will provide bright spots of color throughout the tree. There are also animal-themed ornaments that range from birds to deer antlers. For some fun, we offer different shaped ornaments like chandeliers, bells, and stockings. Or you can try traditionally shaped ornaments, like our finial, drop, and diamond that come in many different bright colors . No matter your style we have multiple options for you!
Country Christmas Trees
The best part about country Christmas trees is that they blend in with any décor. Focusing on neutral colors gives the tree a natural look that is hard to find anywhere else. Country Christmas trees are much more versatile than other styles and that feature makes them attractive to active families that may not have a lot of time to decorate their tree.
There are a few different types of Christmas trees that fall under the country category:
- Farmhouse – This style focuses on the traditional farmhouse colors such as white and cream decor, with warm-toned lights. A farmhouse Christmas tree is a slightly more casual version of an elegantly decorated tree. This makes it easier to maintain which is a great feature especially if you have small children or pets around.
When picking out the ornaments, the best color to start with is white or off white and go from there. Once you have those picked out you can build off them with other neutral colors. Farmhouse trees can have as many or few decorations as you want. Some people choose to do a minimalist look with the tree itself as the main source of attraction. Others choose to go all out and cover the tree from top to bottom with decorations of all kinds.
There are a few different touches that are commonly seen on farmhouse decorated trees. Lightly flocked or frosted trees are often used as a natural white backdrop for the decorations. For filler, wide ribbons can be looped vertically, or wooden beaded garlands can be draped through the branches. Velvet or flocked ornaments are also popular as they add dimension and stand out from the rest of the ornaments.
- Rustic – The key to this style is to take the farmhouse decorations and make them look lived in. By keeping the white tones and adding color with a few natural decorations you’ll be able to achieve the look you are wanting. This kind of tree is hard to get right, but once you do it will be a perfect addition to your holiday season.
When it comes to tree décor, natural is always best whether in the form of wooden ornaments or bright berry garlands. Pine cones, snowflakes, and stars are commonly used and are beautiful alongside warm white string lights. And if you want a pop of color, red tones are bright and cheerful which is perfect for bringing in the Christmas spirit.
There are a few different touches that are commonly seen on a rustic or vintage Christmas tree. Starting with the tree, evergreen or pine trees are popular as a natural backdrop for the decorations. Tree skirts are also a great way to offset the ornaments. Ribbons are a beautiful accent and come in several patterns that would be perfect on your Christmas tree. You can try flannel or burlap material, or for fun, you can use ribbons that have phrases like “Merry Christmas” on it!
- Traditional – This may be the first type that comes to mind when you think of Christmas trees. It combines the nostalgic childhood Christmas colors (red, green, and gold) with white and silver for a grownup look. A traditional Christmas tree is known to be warm and inviting and is among the more casual trees making it easy to decorate!
Using ornaments in the standard Christmas colors and mixing them with metallic tones will help to dress up your tree. Warm white string lights are a must although multi-colored lights are also popular for this style. This kind of tree is also perfect for implementing any memento ornaments! Those childhood ornaments that have followed you through your life will have a place on this tree.
Year-Round Christmas Trees
Who says Christmas trees are only used for Christmas? With the right décor, you can easily spruce up any holiday throughout the year! You can even use them as a seasonal piece to add to your spring, summer, and fall décor.
Starting with spring, you can either decorate for the whole season with bright or pastel flowers, or you can decorate for holidays such as Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and Easter. If you choose to stick with seasonal décor, there are many ways to incorporate spring decorations such as flowers and lace. One idea for this is the flowers can be wrapped around the tree for a garland look or can be attached individually to cover the tree in color.
If you want to focus on the spring holidays, then there are many ways to decorate your tree! You could surprise your sweetheart with a decked-out Valentine’s Day tree. Or put a new spin on Easter egg hunting by disguising the eggs as Easter decorations. For fun, make sure you have no worries about getting pinched by combining a green-colored tree with green decorations for St. Patrick’s Day.
While there may not be a lot of well-known summer holidays, you can still make your tree look bright and sunny! Sticking with the flowers technique, sunflowers are always the best way to reflect summer. Or you can go a little quirky by using sandbox toys. Decorating for the 4th of July is an absolute must. Red, white, and blue décor is easy to find and will look great when paired with a white tree. We even offer red, white, and blue trees which eliminates the need for decorations at all!
When fall rolls around, inspiration is everywhere in the form of pumpkins, leaves, spices, and coffee. Thanksgiving is a perfect holiday to decorate for because the family will be around to enjoy it! Combining warm earth tones and natural accents like burlap and sunflowers will be the best way to enhance your holiday. Halloween is also a fun time to decorate your tree. You can even use a witch hat as the topper!
At the end of the day, your Christmas tree needs to reflect your own style. Let us be part of the journey and start with buying your perfect Christmas tree today!
