Whether you’re dressing up your home and garden or your place of business for the festive season, with Christmas peeping around the corner, it’s time to delve into how you’ll decorate this year.
If you’ve got a theme going on inside, why not let it spread outside and sprinkle a little Christmas magic outdoors too? Gardens and patios are perfect places for a hot cup of cocoa or a drop of mulled wine in the frosty air, so why not style them up for the season too?
From ways to welcome your guests, to tips on finding your style, you’ll find everything you seek right here. Whether it’s a shower of sparkling lights or an enchanting ornament, you’ll unearth a Santa’s sack full of ideas in the passages below.
To get you started on the right track, here are seven simple Christmas decorating ideas for your list.
1. Welcome your guests
The festive season is a time for friends and family coming to visit, so why not start decorating right at the front door?
Welcome mats designed especially for Christmas are an ideal way to invite your guest inside and make sure they don’t bring the winter weather indoors on their boots! Dècoir mats come in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit your taste, with “Merry Christmas” messages and some adorned with reindeer and robins. Well made, these durable mats are an ideal addition to any doorstep.
What could be more welcoming than a Christmas wreath hung on the door? An elegant holly ring lit up by 20 tiny LEDs makes an attractive addition to any doorway, front or back. Being battery operated, you can avoid the fuss of those unwanted wires.
2. Make it sparkle
Light up your world both inside and out this Christmas.
You can never have enough fairy lights and lanterns when it comes to the snowy season, and with LED lighting options readily available, it’s never been safer to decorate with light. Glo-globes are an ideal lighting solution when you want some extra twinkle. Extremely versatile, you can fill lanterns with them or entwine them round trees, potted plants, vines and pergolas, not to mention furniture and fireplaces inside.
A CrystaLight star or heart-shaped decoration provides an elegant lighting choice both indoors and out. Decorate your fireplace or staircase inside with these LED-powered Christmas lights or deck out the trees and gazebo in your garden for a little extra sparkle.
3. A symbol of Christmas
The Christmas tree has long been one of the central symbols of the season when it comes to decoration. You’ll find a wide selection of traditional evergreen style artificial trees available to buy, like the Keswick pine and Brockton spruce. Fashioned from the finest materials for a realistic look, these manmade trees have a greater far longevity than real trees, allowing you to enjoy them for many Christmases to come. They also cut back on the mess from those pesky pine needles!
While you can still light them up traditionally with a string of fairy lights, you can also avoid any unwanted entanglements with trees that light up all on their own with warm white LEDs.
You’ll also discover a wealth of other light-up trees to blend in among the real ones in your gardens. Pre-lit, these trees can create a festive forest around your home, and with a handy timer you can plan exactly when they light up and how long they sparkle for.
4. A Christmas country garden
For a look and feel typically found only on a Christmas card, why not transform your garden space with a festive countryside theme?
You’ll find a selection of miniature acrylic animals including foxes, hares and owls available that light up with a hundred ice-white LEDs. Mains-powered, these adorable ornaments can be used both indoors and outdoors to illuminate your home and garden for a country Christmas.
5. Picture perfect
Illuminated canvases are an exceptional way to decorate for that perfect storybook Christmas. With artfully hidden LED lights incorporated in the image, winter scenes come to life on your walls. Cottage windows light up, snow falls from the sky and animals watch Santa’s sleigh sail through the night, lit with battery-operated fibre optics to keep life simple and safe.
6. An ornamental approach
From the smallest to the largest, what’s Christmas without some seasonal ornaments?
Decorate your living and work spaces with these festive favourites, from outdoor Christmas characters like Rudolph and Santa, to mantlepiece novelties like Mr. and Mrs. Frosty. When tall, these ornaments can be especially eye-catching, such as the Polka Santa – place him by your tree or outside on your terrace. Combine your ornaments with pine cones and holly sprigs to create a festive and natural feature.
7. A style for the season
When decorating, always pick a style and stick with it. Consider whether you’re looking for a look that’s classic or contemporary, and select your decorations to suit. You’ll find plenty of options to create your chosen style from a wealth of winter offerings for home and garden.
For a traditional décor, opt for classic Christmas lanterns lit safely with LEDs and position rustic reindeer made with natural materials around your garden. Copper wire twig trees that light up your outdoor space are ideal for creating a timeless but tasteful style at the front of your home or business.
However, if you’re seeking a more modern feel, why not light up your style with Neon-Esque lighting solutions. These innovative items offer a cutting-edge Christmas glow, with reindeer, snowflakes and doorways depicted in brightly coloured neon-style. Meteor shower baubles offer a light display that truly dazzles, so why not hang them from your tree indoors or outside in your garden?
Wrapping up
Now you’ve got some food for thought, you can get cracking on where to put everything and truly transform your outdoor areas into a winter wonderland. From welcoming wreathes to festive fairy lights, you’ll be surrounded by signs of the season, and well prepared to enjoy a hot cup of cheer in the frosty air with friends.
