Home Decorating Ideas for the Holidays

1. Choose a Theme

The first step to incorporating the holidays in your home is to choose a theme. Stick to a color palate to create a cohesive look throughout your home. The options are endless; from red and green or white and blue, to whimsical themes like rustic woodland or charming decorative gnomes. This sets the tone for your decorations and makes sure your space feels harmonious.

2. Deck the Halls and Beyond

Create a grand entrance to your home by wrapping garlands around handrails or hanging wreaths and ornaments. The warm, welcoming feeling can start at your doorstep. Extend this magic throughout your home by decorating your dining table with candles, garlands, and seasonal glassware. It’s a wonderful way to set the stage for joyful gatherings with your family and friends.

3. Enhance Your Home with Lights

Capture the glow of the season by stringing lights across your mantel, around railings, even along your windowsills. Imagine how warm and cozy your home would look with candles and lanterns casting a soft, inviting light. Consider getting a set of LED candles; many of them can change colors to keep your color scheme consistent.

4. Set Up a Holiday Tree

Whether it’s Christmas tree with ornaments and lights or a Hanukkah menorah, the holiday tree is often the centerpiece of your decorations. Get creative with homemade crafts to make your tree a reflection of your family’s traditions.

5. Embrace Greenery

Your festive tree might take center stage, but this year opt to include other holiday houseplants such as poinsettia, holly, mistletoe, and wreaths. Don’t toss your scraps of wrapping paper and ribbon; they can be used to spruce up your pots and planters!

6. Infuse Your Home With Seasonal Scents

Nothing sets the holiday mood like the delightful fragrances of the season. Try candles and essential oils or simmer a stovetop potpourri. Popular scents include evergreen, vanilla, cinnamon, baked goods, pumpkin, pine, cloves, and orange. Candles can also make great gifts for your coworkers, friends, and loved ones.

7. Snuggle Up for the Season

Give your seating some extra texture and warmth with chunky knit blankets, velvet or flannel throws, and fluffy pillows. Set up a cute family night with matching pajamas and a popcorn and hot cocoa movie night featuring your favorite holiday film.

8. Share the Joy With Your Neighborhood

Extend the holiday cheer to the exterior of your home. Decorate your patio and front yard with lights, snowmen, candy canes and nutcrackers to make your home feel like a winter wonderland. If you want to step up your decorating skills and dazzle your neighbors, take some inspiration from these Epic Light Shows that sync popular holiday music to flashing lights.