Whilst decorating in traditional red, green, silver and gold will always be a firm favourite at Christmas, every year sees new and emerging festive trends that influence how we get our homes ready for the season.

A different tree

This is the one you will be seeing a lot of! This year sees us stepping away from the traditional tree and being a bit quirky yet considered with our Christmas trees. People are sticking with the festive tradition of a tree but using it in ways that work for the home and space you have – the tree is still the centrepiece, but there comes more creativity with it.

For those that are short on space, use a Christmas tree wall hanging tapestry and sort your pressies underneath in crates decorated with holly, ivy and baubles, or if you want to still have a tree, treat yourself to a pre-lit wall hanging half tree and pile the presents underneath. A favourite way has to be grouping bottle brush trees together in multi colours, full of glitter, in unusual places like side tables, sideboards or as a centrepiece on your Christmas dining table.

A Scandinavian Christmas

The British have really embraced our Scandinavian cousins and their traditions – just think how hygge has become part of our vocabulary. Traditionally, Scandinavian countries celebrate on Christmas Eve and I’m not sure we will be adopting that, but we are using a lot more wood, texture and natural elements to our Christmas décor schemes now.

Collect pine cones and bring them into the home or take your gardening gloves with you on a cold, crisp walk and snip off some ivy or snowberries and add style in vases. Adding natural elements to a Christmas scheme makes it feel very Scandinavian! Paired with clean white, our love of traditional colours and metallic elements, it can make nature sing! You will also spot in a lot of shops this year the Nisse. These are tiny barn elves with long hair and pointed hats and they make up lots of festive folklore stories in Scandi countries. It seems we have taken these little elves into our festivities too.

A kitsch Christmas

Tinsel is back in a big way this year. For some, I appreciate that it never went away, but over the top tree decoration is back! Not keen on tinsel? How about a cactus, pineapple, unicorn, llama or a velvet reindeer with glittery antlers? This year, bright and multi-coloured ornaments alongside pom-pom garlands, glittery baubles and tinsel trees are bringing the kitsch Christmas décor scheme together!

Whatever your Christmas décor style, it really doesn’t matter! Just make sure you have a great time decorating your homes and enjoying the festivities with family and loved ones. See you all in the New Year!