White Christmas decor details

White Christmas decorating theme: the details

In the previous article you’ve read about the white Christmas decorating theme, so now you know what the look is about and how to achieve is. This article will give you some decorating ideas for the Christmas tree, the table, lighting and outside..

Christmas Tree decoration

Given the monochrome color scheme, decorating the Christmas tree must be disciplined yet subtle. If you want to use a real pine tree,  try to get the silver pine with long needles – rather than the normal one. Then choose either two colors (e.g. transparent and silver) or two shapes (e.g. snowball & icicle) –  use only the two colors on different shapes & textures, or use the two shape in different sizes and colors for your baubles. Just don’t hang two many shapes, styles & colors. Remember to balance the sparkling & frosty textures with some softness and fluffiness. You can also use a white or silver artificial tree – but you have to make sure that this will suit your interior scheme –  if your home is minimalist or modern in style, it will most certainly look OK – but in a Victorian interior you’ll need to be extra careful. The modern version of the white Christmas tree is the Fibre Optic Twig Tree. This is an excellent choice for a chic or minimalist look and you won’t need to decorate it any further. If you want to use your baubles – just display them on large plates or in glass bowls & vases and place them around your home. Alternatively, hang them on fishing line, metallic thread or wire from the ceiling or curtain poles. Complement the fibre optic tree with other fibre optic twigs placed in vases  – or spray some bare twigs with white paint and wrap them with fairy lights.

Christmas table decoration

Continue with the white, silver and glass theme. The table cover should be made of crispy white cotton or linen, the placemats can be silver, or porcelain blue or made of glass beads & white pearl. Use silver napkins (wrap them around with some beaded wire). Painted twigs with frosted glass beads and pearls should run across the middle of the table, or clear bowls with floating candles could also be used as central pieces. For a minimalist look, just run an icicle, ice-cube or frosted glass string-light across the table. Or create a row of tealights in snowflake or clear glass candle holders. Use frosted or clear glass glassware and simple white or pearly plates.

Christmas lights

This scheme is based on light & glimmer. Use lot’s of string lights – in shapes of snowballs, ice-cubes & icicles, or complement your frosty garlands with fluffy or feathery lights. Wrap these lights around banisters, doorframes, mantels and window frames; pile them into a large clear glass bowl or in the fireplace; run them across the dining table, sideboard; or cascade them down one wall or the window. Put clear stick lights in vases or in your houseplants.  Use lots of candles – at different heights. Put them together in unused fireplaces, in clear glass containers & vases, or on pearl coasters and silver plates. Make your own candles to save money!

Outdoor decoration

Make or buy a white or silver wreath. Decorate it the same way as you did with your garlands – add glass beads & drops, pearly berries, frosted snowflakes etc. Attach it to the outside of your door. Spray your chosen shape over your windows with canned frost/snow – or use window film (with snow/ice motives) that can be easily removed. Put some church candles in the windows and light them at night. If you have trees along your pathway – decorate them with exterior rope lights or hang clear or frosted glass lanterns with tea-lights.

The white scheme is beautiful decorating choice for Christmas – it can easily be adopted to Elegance, Starry nights and Winter wonderland. Read the articles about these themes or the overview of Christmas Decorating.