The holiday season can provide minimal home with warmth and inviting features. One of the feature that one can include on a shelf is item for the Christmas season. Whether the shelf are floating in the living room or lining the hallway in the home, the shelves can become a perfect spot to display items that relate to the Christmas story.
If set up correctly, these shelves will do more than display item for the holiday season in the home. The shelves will also create a story that the guest of the home can view, as well as one that the individual enjoy every evening by the fire. The best way to decorate a shelf for Christmas is to treat the shelves as if they are comprised of several different element as opposed to merely spots in which items are to be displayed.
Items can be of various height on the shelves, as well as items of various ages and categories, as these aspect will ensure that the Christmas shelf does not appear as too cluttered. By using a few different strategy for displaying items on the shelf, numerous item can be added that will bring warmth to the home without the need to purchase a storage unit full of new Christmas season item. These idea will work within even the smallest of apartments, as well as the largest of home.
Ways to Decorate Your Christmas Shelves
1. Natural and Scented Elements
Some of the item that can be displayed include element that are natural and have an appealing scent. Items such as evergreen branch, pine cone, and orange slice can be displayed on the back edge of the shelf. A string of fairy light can be added to these natural element.
The scent and appearance of these items will transform the atmosphere of the living room as the guest enter the home. These items will also add visual interest to the shelf.
2. Vintage Books
Vintage book can be added to the shelf. Books with faded red, green, or gold spine can be selected to display on the shelf at various height. These books can include item such as miniature wooden sleigh, porcelain angel, and ribbon that cascade off of the book. Using these books allows for the item on the shelf to not all be on the same plane as the shelf.
Items on the same plane can make the shelf within the home look flat. These book can be of classic literature or cookbook that are among the vintage book collected within the home.
3. Metallic Items
Metallic item can be added to the shelf. Items that can be purchased include silver candlestick that are no taller than ten inch. The candle within the candlestick can be plain ivory in color. These metallic item can be purchased in various height, and you can add them to the third of the shelf rather than in the center.
This addition will allow for the item on the shelf to draw the attention of the guest of the home to the entire shelf. The metallic item will reflect the light into the corner of the room where the light is most needed during the winter holiday season.
4. Handmade Items
Handmade item that have a certain soul to them can be added to the shelf. Items such as clay ornament, woven star decoration, and felt garland can be added to the shelf. These handmade item are not required to be perfect for the shelf. Items that can be purchased include a wooden bowl that contain walnut and cinnamon stick.
In addition, a glass hurricane can be added to the shelf. These item can contrast with one another in terms of texture to hold the interest of the viewer of the shelf. The item on the shelf will remain memorable by the guest of the home even if the item are not remembered individually.
5. Color Coordinated Decor
Using a few color within the décor for the Christmas shelf will enhance the décor. Items such as deep crimson, cream, and touch of brass can be used for the item on the shelf. Items such as red transferware plate can be added to the shelf and leaned against one of the wall of the living room.
The plate can be secured with a plate stand. Pillar candle that are cream in color and of varying height can be added in front of the item. Boxwood sprig can surround the candle on the shelf.
Using a few color within the living room will allow the décor to remain calm, which is another important quality of the décor for the holiday home.
6. Textural Variations
Add item of various texture to the shelf. Items such as glass bauble, burlap bow, knit stocking, velvet ribbon can be added to the shelf. Items with different texture will allow people to examine the item more closely. An item such as a ceramic reindeer can be added to the shelf beside an item that is glossy in nature, such as a mercury glass vase. Various texture will ensure that the item on the shelf remain of interest to the guest of the home.
7. Oversized and Tiny Objects
One oversized item can be added to the shelf along with numerous tiny item. Items such as a large wooden nutcracker and tiny paper house of various color can be added to the shelf. The large item will help the shelf to contain the tiny item.
These item will help to avoid both giant item within the home and too many small item on the shelf. Viewing the shelf from across the room will help ensure that the item are of scale with the remainder of the décor in the living room. An additional feature of the shelf is scent.
8. Aromatic Spices
Items such as clove and star anise can be added to a dish on the shelf. These item will echo the scent of the orange slice added to the shelf. The dish of spice can be added to one of the shelf behind a photo or a wreath to avoid making the dish too prominent on the shelf.
The scent will help to remind guest of the season in which the item are displayed.
9. Negative Space
Finally, negative space can be left within the living room on the shelf. The negative space will allow the item to be viewed clearly. The negative space will provide the shelf with the potential to change item such as new gift or art created by the child of the home. This provides negative space that allows the décor to remain fresh throughout the holiday season. These various idea will work for the Christmas shelf decoration in the home due to the fact that they respect the nature of the home as well as the fleeting nature of the holiday season.
When viewed from end to end with the shelf completed, the item will appear as if they have been collected over the year rather than arranged in one afternoon to decorate for Christmas. The sense of history that is added to the Christmas shelf with these various item is what creates the true magic of the holiday season. Take one shelf this weekend and apply two or three of these idea.
Make adjustment to the item on the shelf. Step back from the shelf. Make further adjustment to the item on the shelf.
By the time the holiday season’s light are dimmed and the carol are playing in the living room, you will have created one of the cornerstone of the Christmas holiday magic in your own home.
