The
turkey has been carved and the pumpkin pie is all gone, and we feel we’re in
the full swing of the holiday season.
Now it is time to turn our decorating attention to Christmas.
I
am a fan of taking your favorite Christmas decorations from years past and
mixing them with new pieces throughout the years as you expand your
collection. We often end up with so much
in storage that we can pick and choose from our own reserves each year and
still give the current Christmas season its own personal touch. So whether you are bringing out every plastic
storage container you own that’s marked “Christmas,” stashing some new
selections in your shopping cart, or a mix of both, here are some ideas for
what will be trending this Christmas season.
Traditional
red and green will always be a timeless Christmas staple. If you want to change things up a bit,
consider a metallics theme. Trimming
your tree with gold or silver or a blend of both can add elegance to the
mix. Add in some sparkle elements in
ribbon you wrap around the tree, glittered or jeweled ornaments, or fancy
baubles in your centerpiece, and you take the theme up a notch. Another popular route is a monochromatic
theme. Choose one color, and make it the
primary shade of all your ornaments and the facets of your table
centerpiece. Popular choices aside from
red or green include white and shades of blue.
If a walk on the wilder side is more your decorating style, a theme made
up of bright shades of hot pink, turquoise, lime green, and purple can be a
real pop of color around the tree, over the mantle, and down the dining
table. Straying from the traditional for
one year or a few in a row can shake things up and give each Christmas season a
new ring to it.
Whether
you pull your beautiful pre-lit tree out of storage or create your own Charlie
Brown moment by picking out the perfect evergreen pine on a local lot, it’s
what goes on the tree and across the table that can be the icing on your
Christmas cake.
DesignInMind column; appeared in the Valley Morning Star November 25th.
