Decorating Tips for a Modern Merry Christmas

From an abundance of pretty baubles and bows, to a delicate glittering snow scheme, there are many different ways to decorate your home at Christmas time and we love them all! For this feature, we thought we'd take a peek at the slightly more modern approach to yuletide festivities, with a drop of Scandinavian essence, keeping color palettes limited and fresh, and decorations sweetly simple.

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A paired down, candy cane color scheme of just red and white can be fabulously effective in a pale room.

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if your walls are very dark or have a lot of pattern, then white accessories may be all you need, a collection of different shapes and textures will play with light and shadow to ice your room with a soft frosted look.

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If space is limited, decorating with light can be a terrific solution to twinkle your way through December, using hanging star lights with pretty cuts outs, and adding a sprinkling of candle light to create the ultimate cozy factor.

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Of course we couldn’t leave out the most popular color plan of red, gold and green, which always looks storybook perfect by a roaring fire. Resist the tangle of tinsel for your tree, and instead opt for wide curls of luxurious ribbon to achieve an up to date edge.

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For a completely coordinated look, don’t forget to match the color of your gift wrapping to your tree toys!

Bonus: How to wrap the perfect gift

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Home Designing Christmas Giveaway

Well, it is the season for giving and we plan to do exactly that! We are giving away our Book of Inspirational Interiors at just 50% of the price till December 31rst.



Just to recap, the book is a compilation by Home-Designing’s editors that portray some of the top designs we came across over the years. The book includes 250+ images in neatly packaged pdf format. You can get more info about the book and download a free sample here.

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Christmas Interiors

The extravagance of Christmas never needs justification! The biggest holiday in the year invites merriment, joy and cheer all around. The more you do, the less it seems.

One often experiments with colors, designs, decorations and other ornaments to give the home a warm feeling. From cookies to the Christmas tree, from the ornaments to the chocolates, there is a wide range of items you can display your creativity in. You could purchase the items on sale or make them at home too.

For some ideas, peek below.



By Boopsiedaisy.



By Potterybarn.



By Darling Dexter.



By Martha Stewart



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By MMGoode.



By Boopsiedaisy

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Christmas Special – 1

Oh, we have shifted to top Christmas gear not just with our christmas rendition of logo and feed icons but also with clean fresh Christmas content! In this post, we give you the gyan on decorating your christmas tree and also bring you some of our favourite christmas shots from around the web.

Here we go! (If you are reading this by e-mail you will need to visit the following link to view the videos: http://www.home-designing.com/2008/12/christmas-special)

Tips on decorating a Christmas tree

Some shots of Christmas

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Check out this great christmas tree by Jennifer from MadebyGirl.


by Tania Ho


by Jim


by JagWired


by H&B


by Jenny


by Stedman


And to leave you with, here’s a little something we found:



We hear they are hoping him to be the Santa Claus at Wall Street this time! All the best Obama!

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Christmas Decorations at The White House

It is that time of the year again. No matter where you live in or what you believe in, December tends to bring with it a certain joy of the season. And it seems everyone is joining in. The White House’s official Youtube channel just released a video that gives us some insight on how they are gearing up for Christmas. The message (at least publicly) is to go light on celebrations and offer a helping hand to charity.

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Here is the video: (If you are reading this through email, click here to view the video: http://www.home-designing.com/2009/12/christmas-decor-white-house

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