CHRISTMAS DECORATING IDEAS AND TRENDS FOR 2020

a dog with a Christmas bow around his neck on a porch

Let’s, for just a few minutes, think about Christmas ideas and trends! We all love trends so I thought it would be fun to share a sneak peek at decorating trends for 2020 when it comes to the holidays! Oh fun, right! Let’s go!

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We all just adore looking at trends! And I’m starting off this post with the same disclaimer I usually do when I talk about trends.

HOW TO ENJOY TRENDS

A trend is just that, even if it is wrapped up in Christmas glitter and tied with the pretties bow!

They are just what the industry is forecasting we will be seeing this holiday.

You can enjoy seeing them and then forget them.

BUT you can also get a whole lot of inspiration from these ideas for Christmas future! Christmas ideas for 2020 are so beautiful!!!!

Okay, don’t shoot the messenger! Here we go…

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS DECORATING

A BLUE TRUCK WITH A WREATH ON THE GRILL

Because we are all staying at home more and 2020 has been such an unusual year, I’m seeing a move towards a very traditional Christmas with all the trimmings.

Even if this year there are only a few people in your home we all have the need for the traditions of the past!

THINK EVERYTHING QUINTESSENTIAL CHRISTMAS!

A big tree with lots of ornaments and lights. Christmas stockings on the mantel!

Red and green color palette. Whatever means Christmas to you will be on trend!

DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS

PACKAGES UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE

A snowy white color palette will be big this year! Lots of white! White lights, and furry white Mongolian pillows!

Pair your White Christmas with minimal design! Think Scandinavian! Functional and pretty!

Less is best and best is white!

NATURE INSPIRED CHRISTMAS

A WRAPPED CHRISTMAS PACKAGE WITH A SPRIG OF EVERGREEN TUCKED UNDER THE TWINE WRAP

This year natural inspired decor will be huge!

But it’s always a big hit at Christmas. But this year it will be mixed with lots and lots of white!

From the tallest Christmas trees to the mantel to the embellishment on a package think about using natured inspired elements.

Here are some nature-inspired Christmas things to use this year…

  • cinnamon sticks
  • pinecones
  • greens
  • dried and fresh fruit
  • seed pots
  • dried flowers
  • birch branches and slices
  • bark candleholders
  • evergreen branches

There is nothing like the real-deal! But if you decorate early like I do they are not that practical! So whether you are decorating with real or faux make them inspired by nature!

ASYMMETRICAL WREATHS

AN ASYMMETRICAL CHRISTMAS WREATH

Asymmetrical wreaths have been popular for several years now, but our Christmas wreaths will begin to take on that same look!

The idea is less! More trimmed back and a slimmer profile.

I love this look! However, I’ll be playing the Christmas card and making a big, fat, full, and fluffy Christmas wreath for my front door!

UN-TRADITIONAL TREE SKIRTS

A CAT UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE

Finally, this is a trend that is catching on! I’ve been using non-traditional tree skirts for years! Around the tree above are three Mongolian throws. Fluffy and so pretty!

A RED AND GREEN CHRISTMAS TREE WITH GIFTS UNDER IT

If you are like me, and put your Christmas gifts around your tree as you wrap them, then a simple swath of material will do because the gifts become a gorgeous ring around the base of the tree!

Here are some pretty things you might put instead of a traditional tree skirt this year…

  • pretty throw
  • a patchwork of pillow covers
  • any material
  • a linen sheet
  • put your tree in a basket
  • or in a big galvanized tub
  • animal hides

AGED GLOW

A MANTEL WITH WHITE CHRISTMAS TREES

Metals are still sparkling this year but not in the way you might think. So think less shine and bling and more aged glow! Lots of patinas this year!

Certainly not rusty, crusty or too chippy. But soft and natural looking aging.

HOW TO USE CHRISTMAS TRENDS IN YOUR HOME

Trends are fun! And they can inspire us to try something different in our homes!

If you have been using the same Christmas decor in the same place and way then trends can give you ideas about how to decorate your home for Christmas in fresh ways!

START BY LISTING YOUR IDEAS

I ALWAYS start by using Pinterest to compile all the Christmas ideas I love. Then I go through the images and peruse the blogs and write down all the new ideas I’d like to try in my home.

Start with a color scheme and a theme.

Spoiler alert: I think I’m creating a minimal natural (lots of greens) Christmas this year. My color scheme is going to be green/white/burnished metallics.

My theme will be: Starry, Starry Night!

I’ll leave that theme to your imagination! I do not want to give away too much!

It is so important to start with a basic plan!

THEN SHOP YOU HOUSE

Did you know I was going to say that? Yes, shop your house. Only pull out the decor that will work with your colors and your theme.

Go to your stash NOW and see what you have that will work with your Christmas theme! And set it aside.

Take pictures with your smartphone to have a visual inventory of what you will use!

SHOP FOR WHAT YOU NEED

Every year I do a little Christmas shopping for my home! And doing this year after year, I have accumulate a beautiful and curated collection of things that make decorating for Christmas such a joy!

This is a smart Christmas idea!

Think about collecting beautiful timeless Christmas decor that will work in lots of creative ways.

Here’s what I keep my eye out for…

  • gorgeous greens
  • beautiful garland
  • natural elements like big pinecones
  • metallic ornaments
  • almost white anything
  • faux fur pillows
  • chunky throws
  • great Christmas wrap
  • ribbon for bows
  • frosty candleholders
  • metallic votives

These types of Christmas decor can be reinvented over and over to fit almost any color scheme and theme I choose!

My biggest rule for when I’m shopping for Christmas decor is NO CHOTCHKIES!

Chotchkies make decor look dated and too “cutsie”. Instead, I invest in Christmas decor that I can use in more than one way! Like garland and candles and natural elements!

So, how do you like the Christmas ideas and trends for 2020? I’d love to know!!!!!

You might like to see more Christmas inspiration here:

COLLAGE OF FEATURED POSTS

WHITE AND SILVER CHRISTMAS TOUR

CHRISTMAS IDEA EXTRAVAGANZA

SILVER AND GOLD CHRISTMAS TOUR

A WALK THROUGH THE WOODS CHRISTMAS MANTEL

white trees on a mantel with silver ornaments

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33 Comments

  1. Rhonda Kay says:

    I just recently moved to the beach and one back bedroom is full of Christmas Decorations. I have traditional country, teal white and silver, red and white. At first it was overwhelming because while I downsized, I could not downsize my Christmas Decor. Your post gave me “permission” to just have fun and do me!

  2. Karen VanLoo says:

    I just love Christmas! I am obsessed with the Walk Through The Woods mantel you did, can you tell me where you got the tiny leaves you added as “fluff”? I love the simplicity of it!

    1. Hi Karen, I love Christmas too! The little “fluff” of leave were part of a garland I cut apart. I found the garland locally!

    2. This was so fun this morning, nice to get unstuck and think ahead. I have always had a fresh tree, to me that feels like Christmas. The first year I don’t have one the kids might get ideas about putting me in assisted living!

  3. This year my “theme” (if you want to call it that) will be a rustic country Christmas. I am shopping my house to find things that will go with my “theme.” My tabletop Christmas trees will be on the porch where we can enjoy them but my new cat can’t get at them. At a rummage sale I found a “primitive” wood house about 1 foot X 2 feet painted red for $5. That will be part of my decor for Christmas. Yes, just shop your own home for stuff and then add plenty of greenery, ribbons and bows, miniature lights, etc. to make it look Christmasy.

    1. Kathy Menold says:

      I have a big investment in mercury glass that I bring out at Christma to be mixed with various colors each year. One year all icy white and crystal for a “Frozen” Christmas for my grandaughters.one year the color added was chartreuse and last year it was blue. This year I will just have to wait and see what the Christmas spirit moves me toward . The tree is in our formal living room but the decor in the familyroom and kitchen is always more nature inspired and being of Swedish heritage I love the Scandi look.

      1. Carolintx says:

        I LOVE mercury glass. Whenever I see something, I buy it! My favorites are the silver, gold and copper, but I have some reds too!

  4. Teddee Grace says:

    Still liking my tchotchkes.

    1. I hear you Teddee! ? Everything white is way too cold like Kim Anne above said and I have some old, chippy and perhaps crusty to some that mean a lot to me and are going nowhere.

  5. I love seeing new Christmas trends, but I have to admit that we are sticklers at my house for a kind of Old World Germanish theme – to depart from that would be unthinkable to my young adult children, lol! My two favorite ideas here are the fuzzy tree skirts (maybe I can layer one under our traditional one) and metals with a bit of patina. I have some old silver and gold Christmas balls with just a bit of clouding and tarnish, and I love them. I tuck them in the greenery on the mantel every year. Thanks for some early Christmas inspiration, Yvonne!

  6. Kim Anne Lennie says:

    While I love seeing all the new Christmas trends, some I like and some not so much. All white I find is so cold, I’m more a green,red,gold or silver kind of gal. I must admit that I have ben decorating my home pretty much the same for the last 30 years. I tried one year to switch some things up and got in trouble from the family so it was back to the same old same old. I don’t over decorate for my home is a condo so there is not much room to work with but the style is traditional with a little rustic thrown in.

    1. I’m so glad you like your decor! It’s most important to love what you live with.

  7. Cindy Carnahan says:

    Love your Christmas ideas! I’m wondering where I can find the burlap ribbon that you have on the tree?

    1. The ribbon is a burnished gold. I found it at Costco a few years ago.

  8. Carolintx says:

    In order not to get too caught up in buying a lot of new stuff every year I might concentrate on one room each year. Last year, I overhauled the decorations in my dining room – all mercury glass, silver and gold with some small bits of greenery. One year, it was the top of my piano, all gold and white. Although I love the woodsy Christmas stuff, I’ve tried not to mix them, I’m more sparkle during Christmas. My tree hardly ever changes as it is small and I’ve looked around for years, collecting some smaller profile ornaments. I still hang ornaments that my kids made. I love spending a quiet day, decorating and reminiscing. I also have found that table clothes make excellent tree skirts – mostly the ones with sparkly threads. I’ve never had a traditional tree skirt, because in younger years, I never could afford one!

  9. Love, love your ideas for a white Christmas And will be sorting through my ornaments.

    . I have the small Hummel white angel ornaments from my grandmother and will be displaying them this Christmas.

    Where did you find.bottle trees and the folding tissue trees?

    1. The paper folded trees came from Crate And Barrel two years ago. I collect bottle brushes when I find them in shops.

  10. Yvonne, I like your suggestion to search Pinterest, but how does one know what is current or what is passe’?

  11. Joyce Kennard says:

    Would you please tell me where you got the bleached leaf wreaths in the previous post home tour

  12. I saw a green, white and burnished metals theme featured in a magazine last year. I cut it out and was planning on doing it for this year as well. It was done by a gentleman and was FAB. We’ll see if mine looks as good. HAHA

  13. I can barely thinking about Christmas decor while enjoying the beautiful fall weather! I love the Aged Glow look especially. Good list to refer back too.

  14. Joanne protinsky says:

    Thank you for this post; so many terrific ideas. You have helped me so much with my “transitioning “ from a more formal home. I still love my furniture, but am trying to tone it down and add more casual elements. You are so generous with your resources and experience and I feel as though I’ve found another ‘friend’!

  15. Hi Yvonne, I love your trend tips for 2020. I plan to use faux greenery, silver mercury glass and lots of white. Can you tell us about the Mongolian pillows? I am intrigued with the idea! It’s not something that I would have ever thought of, LOL.

    1. Donna, a well place beautiful Mongolian pillow adds so much luxury and warmth to any room. Look for the real thing! Mongolian fur is pricy so don’t be put off if only the front of the pillow is covered. Just make sure the back of the pillow has nice fabric on it. Hope this helps.

  16. Oh, another question occurred to me: should we be looking for a Mongolian pillow that is done on both sides? I took a quick look at some websites, and only the front is done in the fur. Thank you!

    1. REAL Mongolian fur is expensive. So to cover both sides of a pillow can make it very expensive. I have a few with white velvet on the back. And that’s fine with me. I must say, I LOVE Mongolian fur!!!!

  17. Thank you for sharing! I love white because it’s very fancy and formal… I love the fur tree skirting but I also love your idea of using basket or galvanized tub. I enjoyed reading and will definitely start sorting my Christmas items now. Your a real talent…

  18. Love your ideas…so refreshing. And smiled at the wreath on the truck…before I retired as a school librarian I put a Santa on my car’s grill. The kids got a kick out of it…and I always enjoyed letting people into traffic thinking” Santa is letting you in..”. I just bought a wreath to attach to my car since nobody will be coming to our home for the holidays, I can spread the cheer whenever I drive anywhere!

  19. Sharon Reesor says:

    One of your best articles! So informative but simple! Blessings