It’s the time of year to start getting your home ready for the holidays!
How do you ready your home for the holiday season? When the cooler weather arrives, warm your home with cozy textures and festive decor. Whether your style is extravagant or minimal, here are some of our favorite, tried-and-true Nesty ideas to get you into the holiday spirit.
Go Natural
Bring the outdoors in with natural elements like pine cones and fir branches. This is one of the most fun and easiest ways to decorate, from dining rooms to porches. A little bit of creativity and clear spray sealant and you’ve got all the decorations you need in your backyard or nearby forest.
Get Cuddly
Add some plush textiles to soften up your living room and bedrooms. For example, check out this classic Cable Knit with Faux Fur Pillow Cover, $69, at potterybarn.com.
Or this Ruched Faux Fur Throw, $149, also available at potterybarn.com.
Get Crafty
Here’s another inexpensive and intimate way to prep for the holidays: Involve your kiddos in the fun. Help them make paper snowflakes to adhere to the inside of windows. Christmas trees, snowmen, the sky is the limit with some basic construction paper and school supplies.
Get Cozy
This one might just be the most important. Check out these Merino Wool Camp Socks – Mid Weight, $14, from mountainstandard.com.
Get Spicy
The smell is the most powerful sense, directly tied to our memory, and therefore to our traditions. Keep your home smelling festive with homemade potpourri using dried oranges and lemons, cloves, cinnamon sticks, and star anise.
Get Cheeky
Let’s face it, everybody loves word signs. Perhaps something like this Hot N’ Fresh Out The Kitchen Tea Towel, $12, available at moonlightmakers.com.
Get Decadent
When getting ready to host for the holidays, try something a little different. Set up a cocoa bar with all the fixins’…mini marshmallows, peppermint sticks, freshly shaved cinnamon, maybe even a little bit of rum or whiskey for the big kids.
Get Comfy
It’s winter now, get with the program. Up your cozy factor with down bedding. We love this Signature Light Down Comforter, filled with Allied Feather & Down, a sustainable, ethically sourced down provider. Check out this signature Light Down Comforter, $199, available at eddiebauer.com.
Get Creative
You can do this. Make one-of-a-kind packages with simple basics like brown paper, twine, pine cones, and evergreen sprigs.
Go Big
Sometimes bigger is actually better. Use an oversized three-foot round wreath as a signature statement above your mantle or on your front door. It lets people know you are serious about the holidays!
Get Rugged
Natural, rugged textures are all the rage. Use burlap for an easy, added textural interest—place it as the base for mantle decor, as a table runner, or as a lovely way to present your silverware.
We shared this story with you in the Fall/Winter 2018 Issue of NEST Magazine. To view the full issue, click here.