When the cold season arrives, a few well-chosen decorations can change the atmosphere of a home without requiring a full renovation. Christmas is the perfect excuse to add light, colour, and small festive details.
The best approach is to set a budget and choose pieces that shift the mood of the house, rather than buying every ornament in sight. These five directions, inspired by Maisons du Monde Christmas styling, offer different ways to refresh the season.
Vintage-style Christmas decorations
Warm yellow, orange, and blue tones create a retro Christmas mood.
If your home already has a vintage spirit, glass ornaments, lantern candles, paper gift bags, and matching tags can extend that atmosphere to the tree and table.
Nordic-style Christmas decorations
Grey, white, and natural wood are ideal for a quiet Nordic Christmas.
Wooden stars, glass chargers, jar candles, and small deer figures work well in interiors that already favour pale colours and simple materials.
Traditional Christmas decorations
Red remains the classic Christmas colour.
For a traditional look, choose familiar festive objects with a stronger decorative presence: sweets under glass, biscuit-scented fragrance, a luminous music box, or a playful musical deer.
Modern copper Christmas decorations
Copper brings a warmer, more contemporary shine to the holiday table.
Metallic ornaments, wine glasses, glass plates, and copper-toned baubles can make a modern apartment feel festive without relying only on red and green.
Gatsby-style Christmas decorations
Gold, blue glass, mirrored details, and Art Deco references create a more theatrical Christmas setting.
For a festive dinner or party, a gold tablecloth, crackle-effect glasses, mirrored wall decor, and coloured candle holders bring the room closer to a 1920s mood.
Source: Maisons du Monde.
Theresa V. Adams
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