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Holiday Decor For Your Home

Christmas decor

• Layer different greenery like pine, spruce and juniper on a mantel, the dining table, staircase banister, over a doorway, etc.

• Incorporate birch twigs, winterberry and silver-covered pinecones for additional sparkle in the green decor

• Sweeten up your home with a few Christmas roses (that belong in the "hellebore" plant family)

• Also go for the classic red poinsettia plant to decorate tabletops

• Add seasonal scents with candles and decorative cinnamon sticks

• Instead of the traditional red/green combo, consider incorporating metallic tones for plates, napkin holders, table scape decor, etc.

• Hang some oversized snowflakes

• Try putting two stacked wreaths on the front door instead of one

• Display holiday cards from your family/friends

• Provide bowls with Christmas treats in different rooms (on living room side table, the dinning table, in the entrance hallway, etc.)

• Dangle candy canes

• If you have a bar or bar cart, dress it up!

• Glue some shiny round ornaments together to create a christmas wreath

• Change out the traditional garland with paper bells to line your stair banister or mantel

• Offer a glass vase full of nuts, kumquats, cranberries and more fruity/nutty treats

• Use candles & flower vases instead of garland on the dining table, side table, mantel, etc.

• Use unexpected materials like feathers mixed in with the garland

• Hang tassels not just from windows, but also door knobs

• Incorporate candle-wreaths in your tablescapes

• Create a birch wreath

• Create a plaid backdrop for wall space

• Make a small ornament tree on sidetables

• Decorate the home with hanging family photos, like on the staircase banister

• Add some firewood, bits of garland and a few small christmas lights into a plant pot for a new way to bring the outdoors inside

• Turn wooden logs into candle holders

• Build a hot cocoa station

• Create a wreath with star anise

• Use fruit as tablescape accents, like pomegranates, apples, and oranges

• Hang a gingerbread garland

• Make crafty snowflake coasters out of felt

• Display a gingerbread house

• Display season phrases

• Make easy paper mache Christmas trees

• Repurpose a cake stand to display holiday decor like ornaments, candles, small wreaths, etc.

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