Monday, December 19, 2005

Holiday Decorating Tips

It’s that time of year again, time to roll out the Christmas cookies and drag out those decorations from the attic and start your decorating. Although this festive season is loads of fun there are many people who stress over the decorating challenge. So, we’ve compiled a list of helpful hints to help ease your decorating dilemmas.

1) Decide upon an overall theme you’d like throughout your home. It could be a colour theme, a specific Christmas figure like Santa or a nativity scene, or something else you enjoy about the Christmas season.

2) Just because it’s Christmas it doesn’t mean you have to have every corner covered with your Christmas décor. Simple is very elegant and will make a dramatic impression.

3) Candles create a very warm and festive feel. If you have any vases sitting around the house, add a Christmas bow to them along with your favourit scented candles.

4) If you have a nice decorative serving bowl, fill it with ornaments for an easy Christmas table center piece.

5) Children love decorating for Christmas as well. A great way to get the kids involved with decorating is to have two trees. One for the kids to decorate and one can be your tree to decorate with whatever theme you wish.

6) Wreathes are a lovely way to add a touch of class to your home at Christmas and you can find many to suit your style.

So enjoy the holiday season and remember that family and friends are the best Christmas accessories you’ll ever put in your home.

Happy Holidays

Taylor