Blogmas 2020 Day 10
If you’re preparing to entertain for the holidays and want to give your common areas a little more holiday cheer on a budget, I’ve got you covered! I’m going to to show you how I gave our great room a facelift from monochromatic to merry, all while staying bougie on a budget!
Living Area
Our living area has a gray and cream color scheme, so we played on those colors for Christmas as well. The tree is completely silver, but we added a pop of red in the gifts under the tree that gave it such a nice touch! I decided to go with red for accents in the rest of the room to tie everything together.
Floral Arrangement- This is a one-of-a-kind bouquet that I made in a holiday florals class. I enjoyed every moment, and left super proud of my lovely arrangement! Burgundy roses are my focal flower, surrounded by orchids, peppercorns, berries, and holly leaves.
Accent Pillows– To add the pop of color to the grey couches, I opted for accent pillows. Adding pillows is an easy and inexpensive way to update a space temporarily. All my pillows are from Target. They ended up being more orange-red than I expected, but they tied in beautifully with the floral arrangement.
Dining Area
While the dining table is usually bare, the holiday season is the perfect time to add a little sparkle to the tablescape!
Centerpiece- This modern conical Christmas tree from At Home is the focus of the centerpiece. I sat it on a plastic serving platter and surrounded it with small ornaments for filler. The end result was super simple and festive!
Place Settings- I also went the simple route for the place settings. Silver glitter chargers from Dollar Tree compliment the sparkle of the centerpiece. I then added the dinner and salad plates from our pantry, which had the same dotted rim as the charger. A snowflake ornament in the center of the salad plate serves as the name card holder and breaks up the white of the plates. Napkins, silverware, and glassware surround the plate, but not necessarily in the traditional placement. I like for place settings to beautiful yet still casual.
And that concludes the great room facelift! With just a few simple additions, the room was transformed to a holiday headquarters! If you are hosting this holiday, you can definitely stay within your budget while you make your home feel more Christmasy and cozy!
Creatively,
