The winter season is a dream for home decorators everywhere. It gives us a chance to take seasonal and holiday decor boxes out from their year of storage and transform our house into a seasonal paradise. This goes for both your home exterior and the interior.
When it comes to the interior holiday time precisely, there are tons of themes one can go when decorating the home, such as monochromatic, silver and gold, rustic and natural, and of course, the traditional notes of snowflakes and white.
But the snowy winter weather isn’t for everybody, and too many cool touches may start to make your home feel more like an ice palace than a winter retreat.
If you feel like the interior design of your home is giving you the cold shoulder, here are some holiday home decor tips to warm up your home this winter.
Bring in Holiday Colour
Incorporating colour into your home is one of the most interictal parts of setting the mood of the room. We’ve spoken before about how colour can alter the atmosphere; for example, a seasonal red is able to ignite adrenaline, meaning it’s an excellent colour for stimulating lively conversation and people’s metabolisms in rooms like the dining room. At the same time, colours like yellow help to give a room a warm and cheery atmosphere.
Other festive colours such as green can signify tranquillity and calm, while colours such as brown can add a warm balance of warm earth tones to a room. Brown accents can also help round out the other vibrant colours such as red and green, honing them in with a more natural feel in the home.
Of course, this doesn’t mean you need to go ahead and start painting the walls of your home scarlet red just for the holidays. Simpler and more temporary holiday decor touches such as furniture covers and accent items such as vases, throw pillows, blankets, and rugs all help to add touches of colour to a room.
Flourish in the Greenery
We typically see the only green on the evergreen trees during winter, leaving the outdoor nature scene wilted and drab until the spring. But just because the outside conditions are bleak doesn’t mean your home needs to be!
Integrating nature and greenery into your home holiday decor is an easy way to liven up and make your home feel like a fresh and thriving place. Indoor houseplants can provide a home with vibrancy, calm, productivity, and even improve air quality, whether large potted indoor plants or Christmas cacti on the shelf.
The good news is, the holiday season is rife with festive outdoor greenery, allowing you to integrate holiday decor such as garlands, wreaths, holly, poinsettias, and of course, the coveted Christmas tree!
Natural Wood Accents
While bringing greenery into the home can help it feel fresh and vibrant, not every piece of outdoor décor item needs to be green! As we mentioned before, earthy brown wood tones can help ground a room and tie into some of the more vibrant holiday colours. Items such as wooden cutting boards, coasters, candleholders, and more, can all help emulate a more rustic feel into a home and give it the feeling of living in a luxurious cabin.
Consider switching out some vases of flowers for branches of balsam or other holiday-related planters. If you have a fireplace or mantle, keeping bundles of white birch nearby can also have a warm feeling to them. One doesn’t even need a fireplace either, as decorating a media unit with these items and throwing on the television to a fireplace channel works just as well – you’ll swear you can feel the heat!
Natural Fragrances
This holiday decor tip may not be precisely a visual one, though it’s helpful all the same. Sight isn’t the only sense people have when entering a space; the smell is almost as important. Consider using natural holiday fragrances throughout the house, such as fresh pine, apple, or more spicy notes like cinnamon and nutmeg. A bowl of holiday potpourri or even fresh clementines can all help a room evoke a strong holiday feeling while keeping your house smelling amazing at the same time!
There can be a visual aspect to this holiday décor as well, as items like candles and holiday bowls can add their colours to a room; not to mention that when the light starts to dim, candlelight can add to the cozy feeling in a dark room, perfect for curling up under a blanket and watching a cheesy holiday movie.
Change Up the Flow
During the holiday, especially, houses can feel cluttered due to the abundance of decorations, a Christmas tree taking up a section of the living room, or the extra family in the household.
With factors like these, it can start to make your home feel smaller than it, and things can get a little claustrophobic. While there are renovation trends one can do to help rooms feel more spacious, sometimes all it takes is rearranging the furniture a bit to help improve the flow of the room and make it feel fresher and grand.
But when preparing for your holiday guests, avoid shoving all your couches and chairs against the wall, as that just squared off the room with a firm border. Instead, choose a focal point of the room and arrange the pieces in a flow towards it, making sure guests can easily enter and exit the space.
Don’t Forget the Entryway!
Life is all about first impressions. Your entryway is the first thing people get to see when entering your home, so don’t forget about it when decorating your home! When it comes to decorating your entryway with holiday home decor, things like wreaths, rugs, garlands, and artwork can all help set the festive tone to your home right as you step in the door.
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