When it comes to Christmas decorations, it’s easy to be a little overzealous. But if anyone knows how to keep things classy during the holiday season, it’s the 12 designers we chatted with here.
“Let your décor dictate your holiday palette,” designer Tobi Fairley reminds us. “No matter how gorgeous your holiday items are, if they are competing with your room instead of complementing it, the effect will be lost.”
Read on for more expert advice on how to keep your home festive and elegant at the same time.
Source: House Beautiful
Keep it simple
Mark D. Sikes
Focus on the table
Grant Gibson
Go natural
Tobi Fairley
Use scent as decor
Stage a holiday ‘shelfie’
Nicole Gibbons
Think in threes
Miles Redd
Be quirky
Summer Thornton
Make it magical
Windsor Smith
Integrate fresh flowers
Alexandra Kaehler
Make it last
Suysel & Anne, Tilton Fenwick Designers