A stunning idea for a Christmas tree alternative: Spray pain tall branches white, insert into a urn or large flower pot (In this case also white) filled with sand. Cover the sand with florist’s moss (available in craft stores) and then hang an abundance of beautiful glass Christmas ornaments from the branches.

In the photo featured here, a monochromatic look was created for this display (to complement the color scheme in the rest of the room), by matching the white branches to the white pot, and staying away from colors for the ornaments in favor of silver and antique gold.

A Christmas tree alternative like this is a fabulous option  if you are opting for Christmas trees in multiple rooms of your home and you want to try something a little different from the ordinary in one of the rooms. But,  of course,  there’s nothing to say that you can’t go this route if its the only Christmas tree in the house – why not dare to be a different this year and show your guests that you’re a style leader.

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“Vintage-Glam” idea for Christmas Table Decorations from BHG. “The key to any glitzy Christmas table is pops of silver and pink. A small silver tree atop a glass compote makes room for wrapped favors below. Vintage ice cream dishes make wonderful vases filled with pink ranunculus. For festive flair, wrap napkins with silver and pink ribbon and tuck them between mismatched dinner plates. Dainty crowns sitting on the plates fly flags touting seating arrangements.”

Modern Christmas Decor Ideas – Dining Room with White Christmas Tree

A gorgeous setting is created in this modern dining room,  decorated for Christmas. Situated near the dining room table, a white Christmas tree, illuminated by clear lights, nestles into the corner, decorated with blue and gold decorations which coordinate perfectly with the large piece of blue and artwork handing on the wall behind it.

The white and gold theme carries through to the the dining table decorations. All set for Christmas dinner, the table is ready with white china at each place setting, a grouping of seven modern geometric crystal candle holders of assorted heights, holding white taper candles. And a scattering of tinted gold glass votive holders with white votive candles aglow inside.

A stunning example of clean, simple Modern Christmas Decor Ideas.

From Brown Paper Packages

This sweet little white table top Christmas tree is decorated in a candy theme motif and illuminated with clear white lights. A mix of pastel colors always look so pretty on a white tree. If you look closely, the decorations are in the shapes of candies. Very, very sweet!  Using a decorative white urn for the base of the Christmas tree is an elegant approach – so much lovelier than the typical metal Christmas tree stand. This white table top Christmas tree is by Brown Paper Packages and was created for a little girl’s bedroom. What little girl wouldn’t LOVE this?

This Christmas House Tour video is a lot of fun to watch if you like snooping through other people’s houses, especially to see how they decorate at Christmas.  Kandee is quite entertaining to watch and her girlie-girl decorating style is fun with lots of pops of pink and a retro glamour feel. Take a look!

Have you made a video of the way you decorate your house for Christmas? We’d love to share it with our readers. Send us an email at admin [at] frufrunetwork.com and let us show OFF your decorating style!

Decorated Christmas Trees 2012

We’ve made our top picks of Decorated Christmas Trees for 2012 from Southern Living Magazine.

Above, a table top Christmas tree decorated in lime green and brushed gold – a very calming color combination.

Southern Living Magazine says, “The trick to keeping this graphic look punchy, not ho-hum, is choosing the right shade of green. This crisp apple hue pops perfectly—anything darker or lighter would fade into the tree. To keep the holiday look fresh and bright, all-white ornaments were chosen for their modern feel and bold contrast. A playful paper lantern tops the tree, with trailing garland and ribbons.

Southern Living Magazine describes the theme of this tree, above, as “Silver and Gold”, but it is the gold that predominently comes across. “Basically neutral but with a little bling. Glittered ornaments and mercury glass balls lend a glimmering, glamorous feeling… Place packages around the outside of the tree to make it look larger”. ~ Southern Living Magazine

Below, set in a beatiful white urn, a white Christmas tree is decorated in tones of turquoise blue and sea foam green. This one gets our vote as the best of the Decorated Christmas Trees SouthernLiving has to offer for 2012. What’s your favorite? Let us know with a comment.

Also See Decorated Christmas Trees for 2012 from Better Homes and Gardens

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This white Christmas tree looks terrific with an abundance of pink and red decorations, and white twinkle lights.  Its a romantic if slightly whimsical look, and an interesting choice with the existing highly eclectic room decor. I’d personally have gone with something with a lot of  gold in this room for Christmas tree decorations, but when your decorating style is eclectic, the good news is that anything goes.

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A white christmas tree decorated with cool-blue decorations, and accented sporadically with silver, really captures the essence of winter.  Its so pretty but also so simple.

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This is a really sweet Christmas tree decorating idea for someone expecting a baby or celerating baby’s first Christmas. A white Christmas tree is decorated in pink and blue pastels, and decorated with baby theme decorations, including small stuffed snowman toys in pink and blue, tiny teddy bears and stuffed bunnies. Also among the decorations are pink and /or blue baby booties, pink and blue ribbons and Christmas ball ornaments from the same pink and blue pastel color scheme. Really, really pretty.