| Does your christmas tree look too old fashioned? | | | | and sleek. For instance, forget the round glass |
| When it comes to decorating christmas trees | | | | balls and choose conical glass balls and flat spheres |
| there are some style tips to follow so that they | | | | only to decorate an entire tree. By the way the |
| look more up-to-date and stylish. | | | | craze for slim artificial xmas trees is similar to the |
| STYLE TIP #1: | | | | current craze for slim conical christmas |
| The big fat round artificial christmas tree is out | | | | decorations. Conical decorations are very much |
| and the slim artificial tree is in. This is because | | | | identified with retro seventies styles. |
| when it comes to decorating christmas tree the | | | | STYLE TIP #4: |
| trends lately lean more towards tall and conical | | | | One of the first rules of fashion and also interior |
| shapes rather than fat and round shapes. | | | | decorating is to break all the rules and the same |
| This style is more reminiscent of the modernist | | | | applies to Christmas trees. This means deliberately |
| trends from the seventies and strangely, the tall | | | | ignoring christmas traditions with the idea of |
| conical trees that were in favor during the | | | | putting a new spin on them. For instance instead |
| Victorian era. It was Queen Victoria who insisted | | | | of using the classic angel or star as a tree topper |
| on the tallest tree possible for her living room and | | | | you could try topping it with a spray of fibrous |
| the narrow tree girth was also necessary in order | | | | waving multicolored diodes or a design that you |
| to fit these tall slender trees into Victorian homes. | | | | have constructed using christmas rope lights. One |
| The same could be said of modern day "cozy" | | | | interesting idea is to make a star out of red |
| condo lofts and apartments which often have tall | | | | velvet and decorate it with peacock feathers, |
| ceiling heights but less floor space and suit a slim | | | | faux gems and gold bows. |
| artificial christmas tree much better than a | | | | Another way to break a traditional rule is to |
| chubbier version. | | | | decorate your tree with just one color. To be |
| Natural trees that tend to be tall and slim are the | | | | different you could also forget about putting |
| spruces and firs. They just have a slimmer girth | | | | largest decorations at the bottom and the tiny |
| than pines and cedars. When it comes to fake | | | | ones at the top, put the large ones on the top |
| xmas trees, more and more manufacturers are | | | | and the tiny ones on the bottom. Another idea is |
| releasing slim artificial trees that can fit more | | | | to make all of your christmas tree decorations |
| easily into our cramped urban lifestyle. | | | | the same size. |
| STYLE TIP #2 | | | | One big trend that has dominated Christmas style |
| Artificial is in and natural trees are out. Okay, so | | | | and design for the last few years is to hang your |
| maybe real christmas trees will never go out of | | | | Christmas tree anyway you can think of, as long |
| fashion but if you are a bit of style snob then the | | | | as it is not standing up. This includes hanging it |
| trend is towards an artificial tree in the wildest | | | | upside down from the ceiling, suspending it |
| color you can find. Basically the idea is to find a | | | | sideways from the ceiling and buttressing it |
| tree that looks like it would go well in Lieutenant | | | | against a wall. |
| O'Hura's bedroom on Star Trek. | | | | STYLE TIP #5 |
| Every year, artificial trees are looking more and | | | | One of the secrets to decorating christmas trees |
| more cartoonish. You can buy them in a spectrum | | | | is that the more personal it is the better. A good |
| of colors and in many different materials including | | | | example is the chef who decorates his tree using |
| PVC, vinyl and tinsel. The slim artificial trees in wild | | | | only plastic forks and knives or the new mom |
| colors are very popular with younger people. | | | | who decorates her tree with baby bottles and |
| Some sites sell xmas trees that are nothing more | | | | baby toys. If you celebrate the Chinese New |
| than a coiled spiral of yellow pink and blue lights | | | | Year you might want to decorate your tree with |
| that are free standing and merely emulate the | | | | Buddha figures and fortune cookies. |
| shape of a christmas tree. | | | | Another great way to personalize your christmas |
| Probably the two most trendy colors for trees | | | | tree is to use baked goods. Tree ornaments |
| are the red and white. The red trees have an | | | | made of pink and yellow gumdrops and toothpicks |
| offbeat look to them that is reminiscent of a bad | | | | look nice on an artificial white christmas tree for |
| Kodachrome photograph from the seventies. | | | | example. Home made gingerbread men and short |
| However that is part of their appeal. The white | | | | bread snowmen would go well with a red artificial |
| artificial trees are just simply gorgeous, especially | | | | prelit christmas tree. |
| the prelit artificial trees with branches that have | | | | One place to get inspiration is the candy store. |
| glowing fiber optic tips. | | | | Choose your favorite candies that you loved as a |
| STYLE TIP #3 | | | | kid. A smaller tree looks fantastic decorated in |
| One of the secrets to decorating christmas trees | | | | candies wrapped in foil. However once again the |
| in a stylish way is to be minimalist. To be truly | | | | key is to be minimalist. Don't decorate the tree |
| fashionable, stick to decorating the tree in just | | | | with seven or eight kinds of candy. Decorate it |
| one or two colors. For instance you could | | | | with two to three kinds to give it a kind of |
| decorate a natural evergreen with only gold bows | | | | uniformity. |
| and natural crystals. A white christmas tree looks | | | | If you haven't figured it out by now one of the |
| great with uniformly sized christmas balls from | | | | keys to decorating christmas trees is repetition |
| top to bottom. A sky blue artificial tree could be | | | | on a single theme. If you like teddy bears than |
| decorated in monochrome with glass balls that are | | | | decorate the entire tree in teddy bears and one |
| a deeper shade of blue. | | | | other design element, such as red glass balls. |
| The minimalist approach also goes for the style of | | | | Keeping it simple yet elegant is the key to |
| decorations that you choose. Stick to one or two | | | | decorating christmas trees. |
| shapes to keep the look of the tree uncluttered | | | | |