CHRISTMAS DECOR IDEAS
I love Christmas. I love the cold, the magic, the hot chocolate. I know people hate it, but I feel more myself in the dark sparkly cold winter months than in the sweaty hot disgustingly sunny summer days. However, this year is the first that I wouldn't spend Christmas in Ireland with my parents. I know Christmas in Ohio won't be bad, there's even a chance it'll actually be white. But it won't be the same. So I've tried to surround myself with lots of holiday cheer. Little pieces of magic that bring a smile to my face to distract me from the longing I have to book a flight and run home to snuggle with my doggies.
Tinsel and Lights: The Ultimate Christmas Combination I put lights up around the top of my apartment the week we moved it (and by 'I' I obviously mean my boyfriend). I love fairy lights, they just make any room better. So in the run up to Christmas, we added red tinsel all the way around the ceiling where the lights are and some silver baubles (which match our tree) on our green accent wall. Nearly all our decorations are from the Dollar Store or Family Dollar, by the way. Cheap and cheerful!
Little Touches I didn't realise how much I loved flowers until I had my own apartment. I get annoyed at how expensive they are and I get sad when they die but for some reason, I still love having them in our apartment. And I'm enjoying incorporating Christmas colours into my blooming choices. I popped some Nutcrackers (again from the Dollar Store) in front of my potted Poinsettias and voila! Instant Christmas vibes. We also used command hooks to put some special Christmas ornaments on the wall by the door, just because I did't want them to get lost in the tree. We also have little ornaments on every door handle in our apartment, like the little Santa pictured above.Sidetone - also important at the holiday season: candles. Remember, ABLC. Always be lighting candles.
The Tree Ahhh the tree, the pièce de résistance. I don't want to toot my own horn, but our tree is beautiful. Most of the ornaments came from the dollar store and I think it still looks fabulous. I have to give credit where credit is due, my boyfriend did a great job of arranging the baubles and lights and tinsel, while I instructed him on what worked and what else was needed. I've never picked out a theme for a tree. At home we use the ornaments that have been collected over the years, most of which don't match. So suddenly standing in the Dollar Store faced with different options, I felt very overwhelmed. I decided on red because the ornaments didn't look as cheap and we have a lot of red accents in our apartment already. Plus I thought it would look good against the green tree. Then we went with silver to compliment it. We bought a silver multiply pack of ornaments, which came with dark silver and a few goldy silver ornament too. I think these helped to bring some colour and dimension to our tree. We also added some candy canes cause tis the season and all. Now we just need a tree topper... oppsss...
Jane x