Ten Tips For Decorating A Christmas tree

With the holiday season coming up, everyone has some thoughts about how they want their Christmas tree to look like this year. You can follow certain helpful tips which could enable you to develop a nice and unique look for your tree, which will make it look different from those of your neighbors’ and yet add charm to your home. The beautifully made up trees in hotel lobbies and malls are a great inspiration for decorating your tree at home.

The following are some good tips to help you decorate your tree this Christmas:

• Your tree should convey a great visual impact on every person to come to your home, as your tree will be standing in the house till the end of the festive season. The size of your room will have to determine what size tree you can get.
• Decide what you want your tree to look like. You will need more decorations and ornaments if your tree has many branch tips. If you want a formal-looking tree, get one which has down-swept branches and short needles, while you should buy a tree which has upswept branches and long needles if you want it to look informal.
• Lighting should be focused on. The thumb rule to decide how many lights you should arrange for is that 40-50 lights are needed for a one foot tree. The easiest way to go would be to buy a pre-lit tree, which would involve no trouble and could be stored easily too. However, if you prefer to do the lights yourself, hanging them inside the tree produces a nice, sparkling effect. Try to keep the lights uniformly spaced without any unfilled gaps.
• Adding a garland to the tree would be a nice touch, whether it is the conventional garland or a beaded one. Swag the garland from the top to the bottom and also around the back of the tree to achieve a traditional look. The width of the tree will decide the swag of the garland. By twisting the garland at the tip, it will be smaller as it reaches the tree top. You could also double-swag your garland and make it into a sort of spiral garland. You could also use a ribbon and drape it from the top to the bottom.
• Using fillers will give the tree a nice look.
• Using a colour scheme, of one or two complementary colours will make the tree look coordinated and beautiful. Red and gold, and pink and white combinations could be tried out. Ornaments and garlands should match this scheme.
• Use personal items as ornaments to create a unique look.
• Handmade ornaments from your childhood, or made by your family are a must. They’ll be great additions.
• The base of the tree should be covered with a pretty tree skirt so that the gifts rest on a nice background.
• Top the tree with an angel, star, bow, or whatever else you wish.