Ashley Woods
The plainest room on the planet can turn into a magical wonderland by simply adding a Christmas tree! My husband and I both have memories as children running down stairs to begin Christmas morning festivities and we want that for our girls too.
That being said, I really wanted to make sure that I turned this space into a comfortable and cozy room for our girls on Christmas morning.
By filling less spaces with the decor than you usually use, you can shift things around and give the room a completely new feel.
Fewer branches that don’t form a perfect triangle shape Christmas tree. This tree is the kind that you have to attach all the branches individually to the center column.
Although it isn’t as obvious as the brand-new tree, it is a lot more random than it was when I assembled it as the instructions suggested. It gave a smidgen of that imperfect Charlie Brown tree look that I was going for and I got it for FREE!
Then I started decorating the faux fireplace Christmas mantel.
That is honestly why garland and picks are my favorite type of greenery to buy at Christmas time.
Next, I moved the books that were on the bookcase and put them in front of the faux fireplace. Lastly, for the mantel you’ll notice on the left I added metal and jute hanging bells.
Bells, no matter what kind, jingle, or vintage cones like these are so easy to transform into different thrifty Christmas decor items every year. In fact, I did that with jingle bells on the little tree in our entryway last year. When I use them as ornaments I simply add a simple white ribbon to the bell and called it done.
If you have jingle bells you can also turn them into a mini wreath ornament which could be so cute. My husband’s grandma and grandpa built them and so they add some sentiment to whatever room they’re in. But, I also decided to use the velvet ribbon trees I made for this village somewhere else this year.
My oldest walked in while I was staring at the village and trying to think up ideas and said, “Mom, just use your green candles. The brown (brass) candle stick will look like the trunk and the green will be the leaves.” No one loves broken things, but every year I find little pieces of greenery that have fallen off my wreaths or garland.
I just put a bundle of them together with floral wire and I had a beautiful swag from my broken pieces. Another use for those broken pieces is to add them to the bottom of a bowl and then fill it with ornaments and pine cones. Again, no need to go spend money on picks for this when you have FREE little bits of broken greenery at the bottom of your tote.
Next week I’ll be sharing my kitchen decorated for Christmas and the wreath is full of those broken bits. Thrifty Christmas Decor: Red Berries in the Tree
I usually keep all the red berries on my wreath and garland, but for simplicity I decided to remove them. After I had them all off and in the tote I thought, why not put some in the Christmas tree to give it a little more texture and visual interest? I hope that these ideas were helpful and challenge you to spend less on Christmas decor this year. Don’t forget to head over to your favorite social media platforms Facebook or Instagram.
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