Holiday Decorating

We have made it past Thanksgiving, the turkey, the football, the pies and now it’s time to deal with Black Fridays, Santa’s lap, the toy aisle, carols, and of course decorating the home. I know some people that keep their decorations up year round, not me, they come out after turkey day and stay up until January 2ND or so (depending on how much partying I did on the New Year’s Eve) The biggest question we get here at Rugs to My Door this time of year is how do I decorate? How do I make things look like they belong and that my house was not just attacked by a giant Christmas Elf? Well, I have put together a list of some of my usual tips, plus some that are a bit more unusual (I mean this year I have a hot pink tinsel tree) to help you out.

We’ll start with Christmas but don’t worry I have some ideas for Hanukkah and too.

There seem to be two main camps for those decorating for the Christmas Holiday, those that change their entire house into a Christmas Wonderland and those who decorate around the style they already have. Both are great and both can work with rugs you find on our site. Whether it is a Holiday area rug or a traditional area rug, decorating for Christmas can bring a bit of the cheer into your home.

For those of you that want to put a rug down that works for the Holidays but one that does not define your entire room as a Christmas area rug, try going for more traditional designs and colors. These days you find ribbon, tinsel and ornaments in all sorts of colors not just the traditional red and green. Try one of these lovely traditional rugs from the Kathy Ireland collection from Shaw. The warm browns, the deep reds, the ribbons, beautiful any time of the year, but now especially. Can you imagine an old fashioned Christmas tree perched on the edge of such a lovely area rug? A wreath over the fire place with ribbons of gold that pull the lovely accent colors from the rug on the floor, can you think of anything more lovely? Candles on the mantle that are brown and gold are another great way to say Merry Christmas but keep it with the theme you have established with this area rug.

How about a more modern approach? Say you want to use the spa blues and warm browns that are hot right now, do it. Pick a rug like this one from Oriental Weavers and then add a huge wreath with ribbons of matching blues and browns. Want to add some sparkle, use silver as an accent. For your Christmas tree, look for ornaments that pull the colors from the area rug. Use small white lights and metallic ribbon to keep the look modern and clean.

Finally, one of my favorite, non-traditional ideas for decorating for the holidays, a monochromatic theme; people everywhere have been embracing this concept going all white, all beige, well you get the idea. So how about an all white Christmas, white walls, white furniture, white shaggy area rug and a white Christmas tree. Then for a punch, try adding red lights to the tree, and red candles through out the room. Talk about stunning!

For those that want to go into the Christmas wonderland concept Rugs to My Door offers some fun Christmas themed area rugs. You can take any of these fun Holiday Rugs from Milliken and scatter them about the house adding cheer to every room. Whether you put on at your front door or at the base of the tree, these are easy to work with. You can work with anything from Santa to Frosty, from ribbons to wreaths and create the winter wonderland of your dreams. The coloring of these rugs is such that they will easily fit within the traditional reds and greens, silver and golds that we find in ornaments, tinsel and the like.

If you celebrate Hanukkah, Milliken has a Festival of Lights rug that works well. If you want something a bit more low key, how about a blue shag rug used in a room with silver accents? How about the monochromatic idea again…. All white room, but instead of using red for the accent, bring out the traditional blues and silvers? How about sliding this lovely Nina Upson rug under the dining room table for the eight night celebration and add some extra cheer to dinner each evening? Finally, look at this amazing area rug from Momeni – if this does not just look like it belongs as a center piece to a Hanukkah celebration I don’t know what does. There are all sorts of ideas within our site for area rugs that would work well with this Festival, take a few minutes and just browse, I’m sure you can come up with other great ideas.

So, for the holidays this year, why not add a rug to the mix? You can make it fit with a theme, or just become the anchor for the room as you decorate. If you want more ideas or have some of your own you would like to share, please let us know; we are always looking for better ways for Rugs to My Door to become your source for everything area rugs.