When decorating your home for the holidays, it is traditional to use the colors of red and green. Whether decoration on a tree or throughout your home, most people enjoy seeing the familiar colors that remind them of the holidays of their youth.
But some people want to mix in a new look and often don’t know where to start. Inspiration can be taken from anywhere: nature, your geographical region, icy colors of winter, or even a favorite color.
Here are some interior design ideas that are a refreshing twist on traditional home decorating for the holidays:
- If you live near the ocean, you could bring the sea indoors. Use green garland and add clamshells, coral, and starfish to add a beach-inspired feel. You can use shells, coral, and mini starfish to decorate a classic tree or mini trees throughout your home. This color palette will be green, with icy whites and blues. Blue is a contemporary holiday color that serves two purposes in this decorating scheme: to celebrate winter and the ocean.
- Icy colors, such as white, grey, silver, and gold, can really highlight the festive mood of the holidays. By keeping the color palette simple and clean, you can create a beautiful snowy look that is magical and fun. Use metallic ornaments, snowflakes, and crystals to decorate your tree and garland.
- When decorating for the holidays, don’t forget that sometimes less can be more. It can be refreshing to edit your collection of keepsake ornaments, figurines, trees, and more to create a new theme that will be coherent without being overwhelming. You can start with the decorations you already own, and then supplement the theme with a few key purchases to complete the theme that you have chosen for the year. A new way of decorating can be a refreshing way to end the year and look forward into the coming New Year.
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