Colourful Christmas Decoration Ideas For Your Home
It’s the time of the year when we’re getting ready for the festive season by decorating our homes with Christmas trees, lights, garlands and Christmas ornaments. Traditional Christmas decor includes rich reds, greens and gold but try embracing lots of colour to add an uplifting feel good factor to your home. Ramp up the colour to banish the winter blues and boost your mood.
As Christmas decorations are on show for only a few weeks, Christmas is a great time to step out of your comfort zone and introduce daring bold colour accents and patterns. It’s the time we can embrace colourful maximalism. I love having colour around my house and use the ideas below to introduce it into my home at Christmas time.
Use Colour To Express Your Personal Style
For a contemporary feel, consider bold and bright coloured Christmas decorations that will complement your existing interior schemes. Brighter tones will create a lively atmosphere to reflect this busy and joyous time of year.
The traditional green Christmas tree looks great decorated in bright jewel coloured baubles and ribbons. This will make the Christmas tree the stand out focus in the room and is a fun alternative to traditional dark colours.
The Queen of Colour, Sophie Robinson’s colourful Christmas tree
If you have neutral coloured walls, then adding colourful accents at Christmas is easy. It’s the perfect backdrop for punctuations of colour. For a cohesive look, choose decorations in a few complimentary colours such as orange and turquoise, pink and green. Bright pom-pom garlands, and baubles tied with bright ribbons have a modern feel.
If you like a wreath to welcome guests, have one with lots of brightly coloured baubles and ornaments in different sizes for a contemporary twist.
The Christmas Table
Make the table for the big day a showstopper that will liven up the Christmas dinner. Use brightly coloured candlesticks and add bowls of vibrant patterned baubles to add layers of decorations. Bright coloured napkins look great against a white tablecloth and plates. Add multicoloured crackers and you have a feast of colour for the eyes.
Handmade Christmas Decorations
Consider creating handmade decorations to add to your scheme each year. Handmade decorations will add a personal touch and allow you to create something totally unique. Spend a creative afternoon with friends or family painting your own unique Christmas baubles or making crackers that complement your colour scheme. With handmade decorations you can be daring and introduce bold striking colour combinations. You’ll also have special decorations that can be cherished forever.
My hand painted Christmas ceramic baubles
So dare to be different at Christmas with colourful bold decorations that will lift spirits during the darkest evenings and heighten the feelings of joy at this special time of the year.
But remember that you can enjoy colour and bold pattern all year round with my colourful fabrics, makeup bags and tote bags featuring my hand painted bold patterns, made in the UK.