Tips for Sparkling Christmas Decoration Ideas

The holiday season is the best time of year, and do you know what makes the best time of year even better? Decking out your house with Christmas decorations that set the mood.

The holiday season isn't in full swing until the Christmas tree is decked out, the stockings are hung and shades of red and green flow through the house. We also understand that holiday decorating year after year can start to feel old, especially if you're trying to reuse decorations from last year. To spark creativity, we've rounded up magical Christmas decoration ideas that you can easily recreate at home.

Choose Color and Theme

Having some sort of theme within your decorations will look amazing, tie each room together, and enable you to use decorations in different rooms over the years for a change.

Get Creative With Your Wreaths

Got a wreath for your front door? Great. Now, get a wreath for everywhere else! You can hang minimalist wreaths around your home as decor, or even use them on your tables as part of a centerpiece. Swap out your regular decor for seasonal greenery like garlands and pine branches to give your space that Christmassy look without creating extra clutter.

Add Some Sparkle

It's Christmas, so literally anything and everything can get away with having some extra sparkle. In this timeless bathroom designed by Rachel Barrett, a sparkly gold wreath brings some Christmas magic to the bubble bath zone.

Use a Ladder

Instead of opening a flimsy cardboard box, hang up a DIY Advent calendar on a ladder or the tree. Decorated muslin craft bags conceal treats, toys, and messages from Santa—and you can fill them again next year, too.

Decorate With Candles

Candles give a Christmas old-fashioned charm-but to avoid a serious fire hazard, use candle lights instead of the real deal.

Choose Colorful Gift Wrap

What's under your tree counts just as much as what's on it. For a classic American theme, choose red, white, and blue paper and bows.

Christmas Decoration in Natural Style

One of the simplest, easiest and most popular ways to decorate a Christmas tree is to give it a natural snow-covered look. You can use cotton, white yarn, small styrofoam beads or other snow effect materials to decorate the top of the pine foliage. A little more sophisticated can decorate beautiful small wooden houses with roofs and verandas covered with snow, hanging alternately on the pine canopy, looking like a small village in the middle of the pine forest!