If you’re going the minimalist route, you may want to choose only one or two decorations rather than a whole collection. So whether you’re waiting to grow your ornament collection before designing a maximalist display or just want to pare it back this year, keeping it simple this year isn’t a bad idea.įirst, start with the tree-opt for a lush, voluminous Douglas fir, a sparse evergreen, or anything in between-and then strategize your display. If you're in the latter group, here's our suggestion: Go all out with the garlands and twinkly lights and opt for a more minimalist Christmas tree. While some might love a maximalist Christmas, others cringe at the sight of colored lights. Then click here to hang out on Instagram.When it comes to holiday decorations, it’s all about personality. If this corner of the internet feels like a familiar, fun and inspiring place to you, I’d love to keep in touch– click here to get weekly home encouragement in your inbox. We’ve had a Nordmann for a few years, some years they have been pruned more on the tree farm–this year, the trees weren’t layered and pruned in the height we needed, so we cut out a few of the branches when we got home to create some horizontal layers. Oh and PS, our tree is a live Nordmann Fir from Pike’s Nursery in Charlotte. #winningĪnd the rainbow books look festive every day. It took 90 seconds and makes a huge impact. I did add some evergreen boughs to the chandelier in my office. This enclosed back porch is where my plants and our shoes are all hanging out together. Not every part of our house feels wintery or Christmasy. I had to ship it home and it was so worth it. Fun fact, that pinecone is HUGE–it’s the one souvenir I brought home from our trip to California this past summer because we don’t have pinecones near that big and I’m obsessed with stuff like that. I brought some of my garden orbs inside to serve as big ornaments–after the new year I’ll take them back out to the yard.Ī little winter vignette on the side porch. More locally cut greens–some magnolia from the overgrowing trees at the local school and some evergreen from our yard. I’m so glad I spent time foraging in our yard and tried something I didn’t think would work. I’m a big believer in using local greenery in with your traditional Christmas evergreen garland and I love the structure and element of surprise these perfectly green pointy leaves add to my garland. It’s completely dry already, but I think it still looks pretty. Nope, I don’t keep my garland from drying out. The base is a fresh garland from Lowe’s and I tucked in some spikey greens from our yard, and done. I set some Lovely Limitations and made myself use what we had. Myquillyn Smith (that’s me!)įollowing that mantra is how I ended up incorporating these pointy tropical-ish greens that grow down by our pond, into the mantel garland. I even have a motto that helps me make all kinds of decisions from what to focus on next in my work, to how to approach projects in our fixer-upper to how to think about Christmas decor.įinish what you started. Lastly, I don’t want to have to spend a lot of time babysitting, putting out, packing away and storing decorations that I only use a small percentage of the year. But wait, I’m demanding and I and also want it to feel unexpected, quirky and creative in a subtle way. I want my decor to feel natural and local and I want it to fit with my home style. There’s nothing wrong with store bought Christmas decor–I have some too and I love, LOVE pretty things, but my goal as a Cozy Minimalist is to get the most amount of style with the least amount of stuff–and the least amount of storage. That means before I pull out binfuls of decor (I have three) I first stock my home with winter supplies–some decorative, some consumable, all make a difference and ultimately allow me to use the bare minimum of store bought Christmas decor but still get a festive, cozy yet minimal home. When it comes to Christmas decorating I always start with winterizing my home first. We LOVE featuring wood in our home, currently my favorite wood is–you guessed it–pine! The man who built the house milled the pine trees for these gorgeous twelve inch pine floors that over the past thirty years have aged to the perfect cognac shade and feel like leather. Our house was built in 1987 on a sawmill property. It’s not finished or perfect but that’s not our goal, and it’s never stopped us from inviting people over in real life or here online. It feels like it’s taking three forevers and simultaneously has gone by in an instant. We’ve lived in this fixer-upper for six and a half years, slowly fixing it up, paying cash as we go. Today I’m joining a Christmas Home Tour hosted by Rachel at Shades of Blue Interiors, links to all the homes are at the end of this post, you’re gonna love them!
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