By guest author Amy Wolff, CID
In addition to being the busiest time of year, the holiday season is the most popular time to entertain and make merry with family and friends. Seek out decorating inspiration that’s simple, yet adds warmth, cheer and style to your home! Some simple ideas to make your home more festive…
- Holiday Greenery: Add holly berries, evergreen boughs, and pine roping to banisters, doorways and centerpieces. Fill a large bowl with colored glass ornaments for tabletops and mantles. Easier still, faux evergreens are great looking, re-usable, and easy to find at craft stores.
- Holiday Scents: Use pine, gingerbread, sugarplum or peppermint scented candles or potpourri. Even grocery stores offer candles and “plug-in’s” with seasonal scents.
- Holiday Table Wrapping: Linens, placemats or runners add holiday flair to tables. Turn functional items like chairs, doors, banisters and plant containers into decorations by “wrapping” them in fabric and bows. Buy green, gold, red, blue, or silver linens without holiday themes and think about all the other occasions in which you can these!
- Holiday Sparkle: Use bead strands and candles to create a holiday glow. String the beads on light fixtures or over window treatments and watch them twinkle!
- Holiday Sounds: Have a diverse selection of festive holiday tunes to set the mood for a party – or even for yourself!
Decorate and Forget It!
The most important part of the party should be spending quality time with family and friends. Keep the holiday displays on the mantle instead of the dinner table so you won’t need to re-arrange for every meal. Get your decorating done early and simply, so you can sit down and enjoy the season!
Amy Wolff, CID, is nationally certified in the interior decorating profession through Certified Interior Decorators International (CIDI).
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