DIY Christmas: Make Felt Christmas Tree Ornaments

Christmas decorations always bring a smile on my face and I really liked the super cute SNÖVITA Christmas tree decorations from good old IKEA. Selling for $7.99/ 2 pack these miniature Christmas trees are made of glass and have been silver plated which plays off ver well with the blues and reds. These  trees are not available online, so you need to visit your neighborhood IKEA store.

Christmas Buys: SNÖVITA Christmas Tree Decorations

The Annual Sleigh Bell Silver Ornaments is retailing on Overstock for $79.99 and I think they make for great Christmas decorative accessories. The silver-plated sleigh bell is encircled by snowflakes  and there is a red ribbon for hanging them onto the Christmas Tree.

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Celebrate the holiday season with 39th annual Wallace sleigh bell ornaments

Silver-plated sleigh bell is encircled by snowflakes

Decorative accessories are the perfect way to ring in Christmas and ring out the year

Red ribbon for hanging

Includes a cloth storage bag

Silverplated and engravable

Beautiful gift box included

Set of six ornaments

Annual Sleigh Bell Silver Ornaments For Christmas

We know the familiar alternative colors for Christmas, silver and gold, and with the right stuff, ornaments and decors you can buy or even make yourself, you may enjoy a different type of Christmas ambiance for your home.

It is a different way to enjoy your Christmas and perhaps this article can help you out. These are great ideas to enjoy a memorable and festive Christmas season for the home with a touch of glitz and crafty ideas in time for the season.

Silver and Gold Decors for Homes

In a home, you are bound to see a couple of walls bare and dull. But that doesn’t have to be the case especially if you want to do something about it. With a couple of stuff you may have around, you can consider making some hanging ornaments based on what you deem as creative and hang them up.

Paintings are normally the first recourse. But that would mean buying and incurring costs just to brighten up a dull part of your home. So why go through the trouble of spending if you can do it yourself. All you need are some vague objects such as perhaps cartons or even pistachio shells. They may look like trash but you can turn them into gold in a hurry with the right perspective.

Just rummage around the house and gather the things that look pretty. Remember, the satisfaction of turning out something which is very beautiful, out of things which most people throw away without giving it a second thought, will also earn you brownie points for being creative and also eco-friendly.

(Source) DH Realty

Put Personality in Blank Walls

We all want to have perfectly designed homes but there is such a thing as overdoing it. Too much color combination or even too much furniture enhancers can really wreck home designs if you think of it.

There are things to avoid and the art of being able to depict when you are overdoing it is really hard to do. For one, one’s taste is different from that of another. In fact, you may be surprised that a simple décor in your home may eventually gain a lot of praises.

You have your furniture around and some ambiance-setting ornaments and fixtures. Weigh it out and sometimes listen to simplicity calling.

Anyhow, here are some things you may want to avoid when decorating your home courtesy of Richmond Chic:

Toliet rugs- They should all be replaced with a pretty area rug or gorgeous textured rug that feels great to walk on barefooted. Never skimp on the details.

Fear of color- Being bold and choosing one is better than a house full of white and beige that feels as if you have walked into a hospital ward.

Outdated accessories- We all get attached to stuff. That doesn’t mean it has to stay around FOREVER.

Tacky couch covers- There has yet been created a readymade slipcover that looks good. Custom slipcovers and reupholstered furniture is the only way to change the look of an existing piece.

Pushed back furniture-Every piece of furniture in the room has been pushed to the back wall and everyone has to shout to have a conversation. This is the way most of us arrange our furniture.

Fake flowers-Not all of us can keep a plant alive. Fresh flowers, an indestructible house plant or beautiful, silk, tropical tree goes a long way in making your home inviting.

Improper lighting-I hate to use my over head light. The only time it comes on is when my husband has started to hyper-ventilate because he can’t find the remote.

Everything matches-Most of us would not be caught in public with a matchy-matchy outfit.

Following fads-What is hot today may go down in flames tomorrow. Don’t build a room around one fad. Live with a style you love and let the fads come in, as a little bling.

Keeping something you hate-For me, this would be my husband’s BIG SCREEN TV. Of course, this would probably cause a divorce or at the very least a whole heap of trouble.

(Source) Richmond Chic

Never Over-Decorate Your Home

We will always have surplus books in our home and perhaps the issue here would be how to get rid of them. In fact, ask yourself again and wonder if you should!

Books are good for reading and perhaps donating them or selling them to people who may need them is a good recourse. But did you know you could also turn some books into vases that could be good furnishings for your home?

All it really takes is creativity and imagination and you can come up with the unique home furnishings that may be better than buying any in the market. So before you dispose those unwanted books, see first if you can make use of them in any other way.

My idea of using second hand books came around after doing research into common unwanted objects. One of the most common unwanted objects that can be found at either charity shops, car boot sales and sometimes on the streets are books. I discovered that the glue in old books make them extremely difficult to recycle. Aware of this I challenged myself to turn the second hand books that I had been collecting, into desirable objects such as furniture, lighting and ornaments.

(Source) Lifehacker

Vases Made from Old Books

Park Lane 1450 Spread California King Headboard ONLY CA-King Spread Headboard ONLY The spread headboard has a crossed slat design with square ornaments The clean Dennis maple coor finish suits the modern City Crossing Can be used with Queen and CA-King size metal rails only Headboard Dimensions Weight 87in x 2in x 53in 182lbs///-Home Decor/Furniture/Bedroom Furniture

Kathy Ireland Headboard

Kathy Ireland Headboard.

IKEA does not care on what the issue would be for quarelling couples. The thing is, they are mainly conceptualized for the main reason of spreading new orthodox designs for people who want premium places in their homes. It sure feels like home even from the IKEA showroom.

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