Just because it’s Christmas, it doesn’t mean you have to plaster your halls and walls with tinsel in every colour – and nor is it an excuse to litter the outside of your home with flashing multi-coloured lights and various inflatable Christmas paraphernalia. Christmas presents the perfect opportunity for sumptuous style, decadence and luxury – after all it is the season for indulgence.
This year, treat your home to a stylish Christmas with considered decor. Although some decorations can hold sentimental value your home can soon start looking like a charity shop in January, so stop, think and design before you break out the step ladder.
The centre piece of most homes during this festive time of year is the Christmas tree. So a great way to ensure your tree is stylish as opposed to garish is to colour coordinate your decorations. For example you can mix gold decorations with warm white lights, or mix blues and silvers with bright white lights. Of course your colour scheme can be a little more inventive, however the importance of balancing colours is looking at them as either cool or warm, so for reds, oranges opt for complementary warm lights, and when using blues, think about neighbouring shades of purple or green.
Of course, decor doesn’t just stop at the tree. You can add some festive style to your front door. When it comes to a Christmas wreath, traditional is always best, so you could head to a florist and get one custom made with some intricately hidden, battery powered fairy lights, or get creative with holly and ivy yourself – after all a plastic wreath will never look as good as a real one and is far more stylish and elegant than a fake one.
If you’re entertaining this Christmas you can also inject some festive style into your drinking and dining wear with some elegant wineglass charms so your guests don’t mix up their drinks, and some festive gold platters to serve nibbles on.