We all want to decorate the perfect Christmas tree with baubles, ornaments and lights perfectly coordinated in a festive and stylish scheme. However, it’s easier said than done.
If you’re hoping to achieve a magazine worthy Christmas tree this year, following these tips:
Choose your tree
Do you want a live traditional tree, or will you go for something more modern? Whatever you choose, make sure it works with the space of your home.
You'll find that high-quality trees are generally more durable and can stand up to repeated use year after year, all whilst maintaining its beautiful look.
Pre-lit Christmas trees are a firm favourite because it saves time in untangling all those lights, however, a benefit of buying an unlit tree is that you can choose whatever style of lights you want.
Alternatively, if you want a real Christmas tree, there's a great selection available to buy at numerous Christmas tree farms.
Pick a style
Will you choose to build on your previous year’s style or pick something new?
A professional-looking Christmas tree has a central look that ties the decorations together. Deciding on a theme before choosing your decorations sets the tone and gives you a clear idea on how to decorate your tree. Perhaps you want to have a whimsical look or go back to a traditional feel. Once you’ve picked a theme, stop searching Pinterest and stick with it.
Settle on a colour scheme
Once you've decided on your theme, curate a colour palette to bring it to life. For example, for a traditional yet opulent look stick to a red and gold colour combination, for a Scandi vibe layer shades of white and soft neutrals, or choose blue and silver for an icy cool look.
Stick to two (no more than three) colours to keep the look contained rather than cluttered.
Choose your ‘bling’
Do you like the dazzle of lights or prefer a metallic garland? If you’re opting for a playful look, a coloured string of pom poms may be your ‘bling’ of choice.
Whatever you choose, do so in abundance. A lonely string of fairy lights can get lost amongst the ornaments and foliage.
The first, most important thing you need to do when decorating your Christmas tree, is to always add the lights and or garland first – it's more difficult to do this after you've added decorations like baubles.
We recommend using the power plug as the starting point, wrapping the lights around your Christmas tree's trunk, working your way up from the centre of the base of your tree. Continue wrapping the lights evenly around the branches nearest to the trunk, and then weave it upwards from the middle of the crown.
Space out your ornaments
Given the variety of Christmas tree decorations you're likely to have, you have to ensure that everything is well-balanced and spread out to your liking.
Arrange embellishments from the top of the tree and then work towards the bottom. This way, you can easily check your design as you dress up your tree.
Another tip, we recommend clustering three baubles of different sizes to add flair and visual appeal. You can either put the same pieces together or choose contrasting ones.
You should hang larger baubles closer to the centre of the tree to give it more depth and use small ones towards the end of the branches.
Dangle delicate glass baubles at the top of the tree to prevent any breakages and add special ones last to ensure they are in the perfect position.
Final piece of the puzzle
A statement tree topper is a beautiful way to complete the designer look of your tree. Make sure to choose one that best fits your theme and the proportion of your tree and take into consideration the height of your ceiling too.
Star tree toppers or angels are traditionally the most popular, but there are lots of alternative designs to choose from, including personalised designs, or you could make your own topper.