Styling your home with high impact Christmas décor does not need to be expensive. Being a little bit clever and creative can make your Christmas decorating budget go a long way.
Read on as we share with you three simple Christmas decorating ideas that make a small impact on your budget but add high impact to your Christmas décor.
Free Christmas Printables
What could be more budget friendly than FREE?! A quick search on Google or Pinterest will bring you an assortment of lovely Christmas printables for you to use as part of your Christmas decorating. Or you could jump onto our blog. We’ve got an amazing selection of beautiful FREE Christmas printables that can be downloaded in 3 sizes.
One way to increase the impact of a Free Christmas printable is to be creative in the way you display them. Firstly, consider using them as part of a vignette (which is a fancy word for a display) and surround them with other décor as part of your Christmas decorating.
Secondly, look for interesting ways to mount your Free Christmas printables. A great example is this chopping board which we‘ve painted white and mounted with a bulldog clip and trimmed with some ribbon and berries.
Another option to incorporate Christmas printables in your Christmas decorating is to use them to create a Christmas Gallery Wall. By combining a few Christmas printables and Christmas decorations, and mounting them as a collection using inexpensive frames, you create a super high impact display that is both unique and festive.
Use free Christmas printables in so many different ways in your Christmas decorating with a really high impact and they cost absolutely nothing.
Fresh Greenery
My next suggestion is to step outside and bring in some fresh greenery to your Christmas decorating.
The use of fresh greenery when styling for Christmas is a wonderful way to add extra impact for little to no cost.
Christmas florals need greenery to break them up so they really pop. Like any floral arrangement you buy from a florist, they always add greenery to break up the flowers so each bloom can be seen at it’s best.
Have a look around your garden for greenery that you can use in vases or on table centrepieces as part of your Christmas decorating to really bring out the best in your Christmas florals. In most instances, it’s no problem have water in your vase to keep your greenery alive as most Christmas florals have stems that won’t suffer from being placed in water. Just make sure they are well and truly dry before putting them away for next year.
You don’t need to stop at your Christmas floral arrangements. Using fresh greenery on your table and as part of the embellishments on your presents is another way to add interest and impact to your Christmas decorating for zero dollars.
Decorate With Presents
Our final suggestion for how you can create high impact Christmas decorating that’s very budget-friendly is to consider your Christmas presents as part of your Christmas decorating theme.
It’s likely that you will be putting a lot of thought, and possibly hard-earned dollars, into what is on the inside of each present, so why not make the most of the opportunity to incorporate those special items as part of your Christmas decorating too.
Continue your Christmas decorating from the tree to the gifts below by using coordinated paper, ribbon and other trimmings and embellishments that compliment your chosen Christmas style. Add extra flair with carefully chosen ribbons and personalised name tags. Use tree decorations such as bells or shapes, or greenery for something a little bit special.
Whether they’re placed in boxes, bags or sacks, there is always a way to incorporate them into your decor.
Once you’ve gone to the effort of beautifully wrapping your gifts, they don’t necessarily need to stay under the tree. You could create an arrangement of gifts and boxes in other areas of your home such as the entry or a sideboard to spread the Christmas cheer even further. They don’t have to be actual gifts either. Decorate empty boxes in whatever shapes and styles you like.
Christmas decorating is one of the most amazing things about the festive season. These are just a few of ways that you can fill your home with the spirit of Christmas without breaking the bank.
Explore The Christmas Cart website to see our range of Christmas décor, gift, and keepsakes. Visit our Inspiration Gallery to see some of the many ways you can decorate for Christmas and find out how you can create the look in your own home.