The holiday season is upon us! From Halloween to New Year’s Day, the holiday season offers a multitude of opportunities to gather with loved ones and celebrate. Naturally, you’ll want to decorate your home to get your family into the holiday spirit—but the line between tasteful holiday décor and kitschy mess is sometimes difficult to see. Below are a few ways to get your home ready for festivities without compromising your style.
Don’t replace everything in your home with holiday themed substitutes
The first rule of thumb is not to go overboard when decorating your home for the holidays. Staples, such as picture frames, should not be replaced with holiday-specific pieces. Instead, get picture frames that will match your holiday décor without detracting from it. Metallics are perfect for the holidays, as they’re both festive and versatile enough to fit your décor for the entire season. If you have a bolder style, try frames that offer a pop of color.
Keep the color palette simple
You can definitely use holiday-specific colors in your home, such as silver and blue for Hanukkah or red and green for Christmas, but make sure that you’re using a simple, refined color palette. An example of this is to hang family stockings that all match and are all in the same color family, rather than a hodgepodge of stockings that are each a different style and have widely varying hues.
Use natural décor where you can
Decorating during fall and winter is wonderful because you have so many great natural resources to pull from. For example, you can use pine tree clippings and gourds for centerpieces and pinecones to fill decorative bowls. Don’t forget about holiday scents, too. Instead of the heavy, sweet scents of desserts baking, try lighter scents of the season, such as pine or cinnamon.
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