The holiday season is finally upon us, which means family, friends, gifts, and lots of filling foods! Here are some great places to start getting your home decorated for family and friend gatherings. If you don’t practice any religious holidays but want to join in the festivities, add these winter-themed decorations to existing yard/porch decorations.

Wreaths

are an easy start for home decorations. Simply put a nail in the front door or siding for an easy setup next year. Also, consider purchasing a pack of nail-free sticky hooks to hang decorations on the windows and interior walls. Decorate it like a Christmas tree with ornaments, scented pinecones, ribbons, bows, and bells.

LED Projectors

LED projectors are an excellent shortcut that allows you to skip hours of climbing up and down ladders and hanging up other decorations.

Projectors use little energy, and with only an extension cord, they light up the house with dazzling lights that can be controlled from your smartphone.

‘Multi-color’ LED projectors are versatile decorations that can be used year-round for all holidays and occasions.

LED Icicles

Icicles are a nice twist on old-fashioned string lights that look amazing under eaves or scattered throughout a tree. One of our favorite trends is wrapping the trunk and main branches and hanging a few icicles. While this takes some work and a little risk, the payout is huge. Trees wrapped up in lights are spectacles that can be appreciated up close and down the street.

String lights

Classic. Simple. Effective. Beautiful. Run string lights along the eaves, around doorways & windows, up & around tree trunks, bushes, mailboxes, and anywhere you can think. Many homeowners opt to use string lights to brighten up walkways year-round.

Many string lights will come with standard bulbs, but keep your eyes peeled for some with snowflake diffusers that will rotate and swing in the breeze.

Inflatables

On par with projectors, inflatables are among the quickest and easiest yard decorations. Pick a spot, unfold, plugin, and watch them come to life. Make sure and stake them down in case strong winds blow and try to whisk them away.

• Snow globes
• Polar Bears & Penguins
• Gingerbread men/women
• Santa, Reindeer, and elves

If you want to add a personal touch, choose your favorite cartoons that do Christmas specials to bring back those nostalgic memories.

• Grinch
• Peanuts
• Nightmare Before Christmas

 

While the weather outside is cool and crisp, make your home’s interior warm and snuggly with

• Candles are a great way to add mood lighting
  • Assorted scents and sizes

• Christmas Tree
  • Tree Ornaments
  • Spend time with loved ones with arts and crafts and tree decorating
• Bow ties & Ribbons
  • Handcraft or purchase. Hang them over doorways, over chairs, below family photos, and on the Christmas tree.
• Scented pinecones fill the room with rich aromas
  • Place in baskets or hang from the tree or wreaths
• Stockings hanging from the mantle
  • Decorate by hand with your name, your favorite buttons & pins, and stuff full of fun little gifts for the loved ones
    • Fill with candy/treats, action figures/dolls for the kids, love notes, candid pictures loved ones may not have seen, and handmade trinkets like origami animals.

• Candy canes
  • Real/Fake/light up
• Red and Green color coordinate centerpieces for the dining room table
  • Red
    • Cranberries, pomegranates, holly berries, ribbons, ornaments, poinsettia, rose petals.
  • Green
    • Evergreen, fern, mistletoe

Christmas

Add more dazzling colors around the house with tinsel, mistletoe, and of course.

• Lights in the yard and living room
• Turn off the overhead lights, start the fireplace, and burn a few candles.
  • The flickering light from the fire creates a relaxing living room ambiance. Perfect for movies,
• Nativity scene

 

Kwanzaa

Decorate your home inside and out with green, black, and red…

• Mkeka mats
• Kinara candle holder
• Kente fabric to make a wreath
• Kwanzaa Garland
• Corn
• Wooden Chalice