Holiday Decorating Ideas for Your Apartment

Decorating your apartment for the holidays

The approaching holidays are the perfect excuse to decorate your apartment. No matter how tiny your space is, you can find low-cost items to liven things up during this festive time of the year. If you’re the creative type, you can make your own decorations. All it takes is a little planning and imagination. Give yourself permission to move beyond the traditional. Who says Christmas must be all red and green or Thanksgiving means orange, gold, and turkeys everywhere?

Here are some ideas for getting in the holiday spirit through decorating.

Thanksgiving Decor

With the focus on gratitude and abundance, you can look for wreaths and garlands with autumn leaves. Add some contrasting cool colors such as teal, navy, and plum to offset all the traditional warm tones. Burgundy and wine shades are also popular color choices for fall.

Pumpkins are synonymous with fall and Thanksgiving. You can arrange small clusters of pumpkins on tables, mantels, and bookshelves. White pumpkins are popular and versatile as they accent any color. Group pumpkins around scented candles or ditch pumpkins completely and go with apples, pears, and gourds. Add other natural elements including pinecones, nuts, cinnamon sticks, star anise, and dried fruit and herbs. Not only will your designs look beautiful, but they will also smell fantastic.

Accent your sofa and bed with cozy throws and pillows in autumnal shades that complement your décor. Choose unusual textures such as boucle, corduroy, and cashmere. Consider print mixing by throwing in some plaid.

Scented candles add to the holiday ambiance. Choose seasonal scents such as pumpkin spice, eucalyptus, orange spice, and mulberry.  For Christmas, add spruce, pine, and hot chocolate scents. You can find scented candles, wax melts, and oils of practically any essence you desire.

Christmas Decor

If you don’t have room for a traditional Christmas tree, put up a mini tree.  You can find Christmas trees in all sizes, materials, and colors. Choose traditional artificial pine, bottle brush, ceramic, or a vintage silver tinsel tree with a color wheel. Decorate your tree in a theme or just add an eclectic selection of ornaments. Again, antique and thrift shops are treasure troves of Christmas ornaments, and you will stumble on some unique pieces that are great conversation starters.

You can add a Christmas wreath to the front door of your apartment, but why stop there? You can put a wreath on the interior doors of your apartment. Just pick up some over-the-door wreath hangers. If you’ve looked at the prices of pre-made wreaths at the crafts store, you may have experienced sticker shock. For a lot less money, you can purchase a wreath, ribbon, and your choice of decorations. You will have a one-of-a-kind wreath that reflects your personality.

Garlands and lights will add a festive flair to any room. String garlands, fairy lights, and ornaments around the doorways and along the mantel if you have a fireplace in your apartment. If your apartment has a second story, deck out the banister. It will add a touch of elegance to your space.

Christmas is also the perfect time to showcase any ornaments or holiday relics of your past that have sentimental value. These items are a great way to share stories with your apartment neighbors, friends, and family, while you sip on some warm mulled wine.

Explore a Vision Community Apartment

However you choose to celebrate the holidays, adding a little festive cheer will help lighten the mood of meeting year-end work deadlines, making travel plans, shopping, and feeling pulled in a thousand different directions. Create a space where you can relax, reflect, and enjoy the season with friends & family.

Our floor plans are spacious and bedrooms come with spacious closet space. Our property management teams work hard to create living spaces that are headache-free and places you’ll want to come home to. We have floor plans that provide your personal space and spacious common areas for you to hang out with your roommate and friends. Our spacious, studio, 1 bedroom2 bedroom, and 3 bedroom apartment layouts provide cozy space. Check out our luxurious apartment floorplans in one of our communities and enjoy life at the VC.

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