Christmas has come early this year for us. For the past month or so, I have been gathering some Christmas DIY decorating ideas for our tree. I was contacted by Home Depot during the summer inquiring if I would like to be a part of their “holiday design challenge”. Gee, I don’t know. Of course! About a month ago, a gorgeous pre-lite tree and boxes of Christmas tree decorations arrived. I normally don’t start thinking about Christmas until right before Thanksgiving but this year I started at the end of summer. My grandfather said to me last week once the tree was up, “what the heck are you doing and why are you putting up a christmas tree?” I laughed and told him it was for a Home Depot blog post and he proceeded to tell my gram that I was crazy. He still doesn’t understand what a blog is but he is starting to realize that our address is a regular stop for the fedex truck. He wants to know when he starts getting free stuff :).
This weekend I started decorating our tree and thought I would share some of Christmas treats that I have gathered over the course of a few weeks with you!
This tree is absolutely perfect. How about spray painting or adding glitter to some wooden or foam letters?
Glass ornament bulbs strung together would add such a gorgeous pop of color to any tree.
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As a kid we always had tinsel on our tree but as I got older, my mom switched to festive colored ribbon. I love how this tree has the ribbon cascading from the top.
Danielle says
How exciting, Jessica! Can’t wait to see all your Christmas decorations. x
Ashley@AttemptsAtDomestication says
Oh so many gorgeous trees! I’m soooo excited for Christmas and decorating, I’ve found myself humming carols lately. Can’t wait to see what you do! 🙂
Kim @ Sand & Sisal says
Great collection of ideas Jess! Pinned, tweeted, and shared! 😉 I so understand G-pa’s “what the heck is a blog???” thing! hee, hee, hee
Linda says
I can’t wait either. Now I want to put up a tree. 🙂
Gretchen Short says
your actual trees are great. Are they real or artificial? I need an artificial douglS fir or old-time looking feather tree that is 8foot. Any ideas?
Jessica Bruno says
We use both real and faux. I just posted about faux trees at Balsam Hill which are gorgeous, https://www.fourgenerationsoneroof.com/2014/11/gorgeous-artifical-frosted-fraser-fir-christmas-tree.html. I also got a white flocked tree from Wayfair last year which you may like as well. https://www.fourgenerationsoneroof.com/2013/12/deck-halls-christmas-home-tour.html