Help me decorate

ring_pop

So I really want to decorate for Christmas this year, but I realized that I have no idea how. My parents were never much for Christmas decorating, other than putting up the tree.

The only ideas I have right now are to fill a vase I have with some round ornaments and put it... somewhere, and tack Christmas cards to a ribbon and hang that on a wall as I did last year. 

Part of the issue is that I use our dining table as a desk, and we also have a tendency to use our coffee table for stuff too, so decorations on either of those surfaces tend to just get in the way.

We don't have a mantle, and no space for a tree.

Pics of my place in my bio.  Any ideas??

evarenee

Since you don't want to clutter up the spaces you use. The table and coffee table why not use the glass wall divider from your office living area. you could get holiday window clings to go on it. They are pretty cheap and festive.

ring_pop

Eva I love that idea!

evarenee

I love your home btw. I live in about 780 square feet with no doors except on our laundry and bathroom. You really have to make the most of your space and storage.  Your kitchen renovations came out really great. I also like the triptych paintings you made above your bed.

ring_pop

Thanks eva! It has its challenges, but I've grown quite fond of small space living.

MandeeFoFandee

I always like to replace my regular accessories with holiday ones.. like candle holders, vases, and figurines. I would buy a lot of that kind of stuff for your vignette above the desk in the office. Target has a bunch of cheap options, as well as Pier One.

you could always make a cute "holidays" banner to hang in the entry way below the clock too. (like this one from Thrifty Decor Chick)

 

I also like to bring a lot of metals like silver & gold into my house around the holidays... and those can always be used all year long too! think mercury glass and shiny gold. 

 

auntb86

Ohhh! I *love* Christmas decorating!!! 

One thing I think I'm going to miss this year that I have done every year is a string of twine with socks clothespinned to it instead of stockings...  Kind of a nod to the beginning of the tradition, when kids actually hung their "stockings" instead of Christmas stockings... Josh bought us new stockings on sale after Christmas last year, I think he didn't realize that I hung the socks because I liked the socks, not because I didn't want to cough up the money for stockings.  What about a wreath somewhere?   Maybe instead of the clock above the pass through window, so you don't have to put any new holes in the wall?