Purple and green look amazing together, and this is THE hottest color scheme this Christmas. The richness of the colors really makes a powerful and pleasing visual effect. While purple and green are the hottest color combination for Christmas this year (apart from the traditional red and green), keep it in mind as a really wonderful color scheme for future Christmas’s too. You don’t always have to follow the current trend is something else speaks to your own sense of style more. And this one could be speaking for a while… its so gorgeous.

For this table setting idea, a purple table runner stretches across this round glass dining table. At each place setting, a round white charger plate with silver trim coordinates beautifully with the white leather dining chair with silver studs. On top of the charge plate is a square white dinner plate, followed by a round purple salad plate on top of which is placed a square white soup bowl surrounded by tiny silver bells. Nestled in the soup bowl, a beautiful green Christmas ball with glittering silver detail. A stem of juniper rests on the left side of the charger plate. At the upper left of each place setting, a purple napkin rolled into a silver napkin holder. And for the perfect finishing touch, a lime green satin toss cushion dresses up the chair – so pretty and cozies up the mood at the table. Stunning! I think I might steal this idea detail for detail next year for Christmas.

A gorgeous Christmas table setting is created with a row of individually potted ornamental red pointsettia in silver urns from Pottery Barn placed up the center of the table. A taper candle rises from the center of each pointsettia. Each pot is placed upon a small round natural cardboard gift box, tied off with a thin candy-cane striped ribbon, complete with a gift tag. The pointsettia arrangements are very easy to replicate for yourself. The silver urns can be found at Pottery Barn. Simply insert into each urn a piece of floral foam, cut to size.  Insert a pillar candle into the center of the foam in each urn, using a candle pick. Then insert 5 pointsettia blooms around the candle.  Faux Pointsettia blooms come in different colors so feel free to change it up a bit by using another color if you like.

Do you LOVE Christmas decorations? Here’s another fun video from interior designer Rebecca Robeson who very obviously LOVES Christmas decorations too. She shows off some of the fabulous finds for Christmas decorations she scored, and gives you some great ideas of what to look for in the store. Check it out…

Ideas for decorating a Christmas tree by Julia Bridges, a Professional Christmas Designer. In this video, Julia shows you some of her exquisite Christmas tree decorating ideas. This is how the PROS do it – take a look….

A professional decorator reveals expert tips on how to decorate a Christmas tree for maximum wow factor. Do you know what the optimal number of lights for your tree is to enable you to put on the best show? What’s the best way to weave in the lights to get the best visual effect? Plus techniques for using decorations in a way that will make your tree look amazing. Watch!