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Decorate with color for the holidays to be funky or traditional
Unless
you can afford new holiday decorations each year, give serious consideration to
the colors you choose. You are probably going to be stuck with your
ornaments and other holiday decorating accessories for at least a few years or
for many years, depending on your holiday budget.
Choose
wisely and you will be happy with your decorations year after year. Think about decorating with color to get
excited -- and even nostalgic -- each time you drag out the tree ornaments and
wreaths.
When
choosing holiday colors, consider what the color theme is of the room where
most of the decorations are going to be. If your tree is the focal point of
your living room during the holidays and your living room is painted, for
example, hot pink or orange, the traditional red and green Christmas colors are
going to clash and look dreadful.
Instead
of using bright red, switch it up and use burgundy, which will look lovely in
your pink living room. Dark greens, rather than grass greens, will go well with
the pink walls. Opt for jewel tones, which are deeper and richer than primary
colors. Choose rich claret or ruby; jade; rich, saturated yellows; sapphire;
emerald and golds.
Consider accessorizing with artificial grapes that come in
gorgeous shades of dark red, purple and wine, bottle green and whites. Use the
grapes as tree ornaments, put them in bowls or baskets, incorporate the grapes
into a wreath, or use as decorations on the mantle. You can even use real
fruit and let your friends and family nibble the decor, which is tasty and
nutritious, as well as beautiful.
Citrine
greens, oranges, pinks and shades of deep lime green or even chartreuse will look
exquisite in a turquoise or teal living room. This is an unusual and
non-traditional holiday color palette, perhaps, but it is your home and your holiday, and you are free to decorate at you please.
If
the holiday you are celebrating is Hanukkah, blue and white are the time-honored
colors but there are zillions of shades of blue and white to pick from so you
are not limited.
Blue
is a beautiful color choice for holiday decorations. It is moody and unexpected but
that does not mean it cannot work. The blue you use can be midnight blue,
cerulean, cobalt, navy, indigo, sky blue, slate, azure, cyan or a light powder
blue. Veer off into the aquamarine or teal shades, which are blue-greens and this
will result in a beautiful holiday look. Choose twinkling blue lights for your
tree.
Get
really funky and use audacious pink, green and blue metallic ornaments and
materials throughout your house. Toss in some silver details. Another modern
and edgy holiday color theme is based on citrine greens with purples and
splashes of hot pink.
Drape
colored lights over your indoor plants. Incorporate costume jewelry into your
decorations for more glitter and shimmer. Go online and find sites that sell
rope lighting. It is affordable and comes in a wealth of colors. You might even
want to pick your lights first and then build your holiday scheme based on them.
Gold
and silver never, ever go out of style when decorating with color. Use them separately or together. Gold
and silver are both very classy and elegant looking.
An all-white
Christmas theme is beautiful: A green tree decorated all in white, white
stockings, white packages, ribbons and bow is an exquisite look. Whites run the
gamut from pure white to eggshell, ivory, cream, antique white and champagne.
Mix the different shades of white together when decorating your holiday tree
and the rest of your home. Toss in some silver or gold for a bit of contrast
and sparkle.
Resources:
Christmas lights and decorations: tree themes
Southern Living: Christmas decorations