Mel Carpenter
‘Tis the season to pull out your treasured holiday decorations and transform your living room into a Christmas winter wonderland. Some decorators like to begin with a Christmas sign or a favorite holiday accessory to use as inspiration for the rest of the space. If you have a fireplace, it can be a wonderful focal point, decorating it with Christmas garland, stockings, and bells.
Don’t forget to layer in some festive and warm accessories such as throws, pillows, blankets, and other personalized touches that will add to your overall decorating theme.
Continue below to see some fabulous ideas on how to transform your living room, including further resources and a link to the Instagram accounts for further tutorials on how to get started. This stunning living room features the twinkle of candlelight and pre-lit decor for a magical ambiance.
To get a simple yet elegant look this Christmas, decorate your fireplace with garland, stockings, candles, and lanterns accented with a large pre-lit tree — all sourced from Pottery Barn. This warm and inviting living room has a wonderful wintery feel with its red and white color scheme.
The fireplace mantel is draped with a flocked garland, large bells, and stockings from @vhc_brands. The stack of candles inside the fireplace casts a magical glow, sourced from @lamp.lust. A poinsettia garland decorates the fireplace mantel along with stockings, small trees, and reindeer. This beautiful Christmas-decorated living room has a classic red, white, and green theme that is warm and cozy.
On the hearth, the basket is filled with greenery, white frosted tree twigs, some holly berries, and battery-operated wire lights for a magical glow. The Believe sign inspired the decor for this room, layered atop the fireplace mantel. The arched mirror on the mantel provides a backdrop for the holiday decor, sourced from @kirklands.
In the corner, a large flocked tree is decked out with red, white, and silver ornaments, wooden candy canes, and beautiful ribbons.
This warm and inviting living room is illuminated by beautiful Christmas trees sourced from @walmart. The Santa sign inspired the design scheme of this space — red with pops of pink.
This cozy and cheerful space is decked out with garlands, string lights, and a flocked Christmas tree. A roaring fire brings warmth on a cold winter’s day and adds to the magic of this beautiful space. The theme for this Christmas tree is blue, green, gold, and tartan plaid.
This magical and beautiful living room is adorned with fresh holiday evergreens on the fireplace mantel.
Cozy knit stockings with name tags hang from the mantel, adding color and texture. This Christmas-decorated living room has a welcoming, cozy vibe with rustic elements and a joyful feel.
On the fireplace mantel, the asymmetrical garland style brings a beautiful focal point to this space. For the garland, a strand of cedar-looking greenery from Pier 1, is layered with several other branches of Christmas greens/berries poked into the corner.
On the wall above the fireplace mantel is a @samsungus Frame TV to display your favorite Christmas artwork, like this wintry cabin in the woods. The Christmas tree was sourced from @kingofchristmas, while the rocking horse and Santa mug are from @anthropologie. The Christmas tree is an 8′ King Noble Fir with 600 Warm White LED Lights from @kingofchristmas. This beautiful setup features gold bells, shiny ribbon, and wood stocking tags by @simplyinspireddesignco.
The stocking hooks, battery-operated twinkle lights, brass candlesticks, and wood holders are from Target. In this cozy living room, the stockings from @potterybarn were hung by the chimney with care.
A vintage sled with a pair of skates sets the tone for this living room design scheme.
This stunning Christmas tree features a color scheme of red, white, gold, and silver. Cozy red accent pillows contrast beautifully with the white chairs and textured throws. The “Christmas Nest” candle on the coffee table has a festive and light fragrance of pines and red currant, sourced from @hiveandhomeshop.
This inviting space features a beautifully decorated fireplace mantel with an asymmetrical garland from @figandcompany. White knit stockings are hung with Command Hooks, while candlesticks add a magical ambiance when the lights go down.
This cozy living room offers a wonderful glow and an abundance of warmth.
A large floor mirror from @athropologie provides a beautiful backdrop to this magical space. This flocked queen from @kingofchristmas features a magical mix of black, bronze, brass, silver, and cream ornaments along with a little brown velvet ribbon. On the wall, the Samsung Frame TV shows a beautiful wintry forest scene.
Garland with string lights and illuminated ceramic Christmas village houses frame the mantel, while large silver bells are hung at varying heights with red and white ribbons.
