With Thanksgiving already behind us, Christmas décor lovers are already in full swing with decorating their homes for the holidays. Whether you are brand new, starting out with your holiday decorations or dragging boxes of decades old family treasures down from the rafters one thing everyone can agree upon is the magical delight of holiday décor.
There is no shortage of holiday decorating ideas on Pinterest, but if you are sentimental, creating a whole new look may be overwhelming. Local Temecula families shared some of their favorite holiday looks for tried and true primitive, modern, and shabby-chic vintage look.
“I couldn’t wait to decorate for the holidays this year,” said Andrea Moles of Winchester. “We put up our tree this weekend because I was too excited to wait! The kids loved participating in the process.”
Modern styles allow pops of color against a plain canvas. Moles used hers to showcase the beauty of winter using bright whites and deep reds in a smaller space for her family’s holiday display.
Like many, Christmas is her favorite time of year. Seeing the stores filled with holiday decorations got the whole family excited to dress up their home.
The visual representation of joy rings clear with her bright red Christmas ornaments set against the white tree and twinkle lights.
A primitive style of decorating is always in fashion during the holidays. Think in terms of burlap, distressed wood, pallet art, and the rustic addition of unfinished metals in your holiday décor. At craft fairs across the country, bed springs are now the rage for creating primitive works of art. A bed spring Christmas tree can dress up a mantle, or be made into tiny Christmas ornaments.
Mashi Frankel is the type of homemaker who loves to decorate with old school primitive Santa Clauses and vintage touches around her Southern California home. Picking a distinct color palette—such as white, red, green, burlap brown and the silver of rustic metal. The tree at Frankel’s house, is adorned with large floral blossoms, feathers, and ribbon swaths. A Merry Christmas letter garland also decks the tree, with glittering letters strung diagonally across the front of her display.
Frankel also uses brown paper packages tied with burlap bows and floral accents to further her décor to useful measures. Putting her gifts in rustic metal buckets also makes a functional way to transfer presents from one home to another. Every space is rethought for the season, giving her whole home over to the holiday in a way to make everything new.
Temecula resident Maggie Goncalves loves a shabby chic look with her vintage items. Also choosing a color scheme that works for her home, Goncalves leans towards shades of ivory, white, pale greens, deep evergreen, with bursts of cranberry red for her holiday displays. The use of bottlebrush trees with tiny ornaments, gingerbread houses, snowmen, and traditional reindeer also round out her holiday themes.
A small vignette of a snowy village dresses up a buffet table, under a mirror. Using her vintage décor, and dressing it up with a select grouping of holiday touches makes Goncalves’ style shine through any time of year.
Bringing the outside in is another festive way to dress your home for the holidays. The sidewalks of Temecula and Murrieta are often dotted with pinecones from the plethora of conifers growing in this area. If you can’t find them, a quick trip to the mountains can load you up with bags of pine-scented cones that can be used in wreaths, on tables, or strung together as garland. Goncalves sets pinecones around her home in a way that compliments her décor and appeals to the senses.
There isn’t a flat surface that won’t have a bit of Christmas from her extensive holiday collection. Tabletops, tops of cabinets and armoires are the perfect location for grouping lit decorations, indoor wreaths and more.
Warm up your space with the use of battery powered candles that can be set with 12 hour timers to turn on when the sun goes down, adding charm and glow to any home. Twinkle lights, candles in the window, and even in the fireplace will add ambiance to any home.
Temecula resident Kristen Saudeco makes wreaths for her holiday door and also for friends and Facebook fans.
“I love making wreaths, and the one that says ‘Dear Santa, I want it all!’ will be hanging on my door this year,” she said.
Still, the best holiday decorations are the ones that warm your heart. Whether that is buying new every year, or hauling out your traditional treasures, involve your children in the decorating process to make memories last.
“We pulled out our tree early and got to decorating,” she said. “It’s always a beautiful sight to pull up to your house and see your decorated tree through the window, and to watch the kids’ eyes light up with cheer.”
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