Here are some tips to make your home festive for the holidays. If you have any questions or need some help let us know. Also, check out our holiday specials.

Table Top:

Place dried branches with mini-Christmas balls in a tall glass cylinder vase

Lighting:

Hang ornaments off of chandeliers with ribbon

Swag greenery off of chandeliers

Lay festive branches across your chandelier.

Swag Christmas lights in the bathroom and leave on at night. The warm glow will provide flattering and festive light for you and your guests without turning on the overhead light.

Wreaths:

Hang them with ribbon over mirrors especially rectangular and square mirrors to provide shape contrast

Center weath on front of built-in bookcases to overlap the items in the bookcase

Hang (3) horizontally on a wide ribbon (4")

Be creative with embellishment. Most things can be secured on with floral wire pinecones, ornaments, fruit, candy, flowers, or wrap ribbon around the wreath.

Flowers:

Cluster amaryllis, holly, and orchids in low silver cups the size of a toothbrush holder so the flowers are low in the up or holder. You can use a toothbrush holder!

Trees:

Use shorter strands to keep snarls down and for easier replacement of strands if one goes out.

Beaded garland is a great way to add sparkle with less ornaments.

Ditch the metal hooks for ribbon. Tie each ornament to the tree. This may be more work, but you will have to put less on as the ribbon serves as adornment and secures ornaments better than the hooks.

Don’t pitch ornaments that have lost their crowns, put them into a vase or bowl. Glue the crowns on with superglue so they don’t fall off in the first place.

Make color your theme and inspiration. Go for one color of lights, ornaments, garland, beads, bows, and floral on your tree to create an elegant color themed tree.

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