Decorating With Baubles
Festive decorations can come in all shapes and sizes, so have some fun displaying your baubles – and the rest...
Not just for hanging on the tree, baubles can be draped and festooned in a multitude of ways for extra colour and sparkle at Christmas. So get creative with a curated display of decorations and bring instant chic to a festive scheme.
IN THE FRAME
Add interest to walls by hanging empty frames from ribbons and draping with baubles – stick to one or two colours max for a sophisticated statement.
Get the look: Similar frames from Ayres & Graces. For similar baubles, try Gold finial and Jet finial, both £10 for five, John Lewis. Gold star, £5, Wyevale Garden Centres. Gold onion-faceted, £1, B&Q. Gold leaf stripe, £4.50, Gisela Graham London.
GET TWIGGY WITH IT
Use a single colour to up the style ante. Mix and match white decorations in different shapes and hang from bare branches on show in a vase filled with clear baubles.
Get the look: Mini bud vases, £16 for six; Ceramic hearts, £15 for six; Spun glass baubles, £25 for six; Little mountain houses, £6 each; Faceted glass droplets, £3 each; and Sparkle berry branches, £15 each, all The White Company.
NEW HEIGHTS
Create a dramatic setting for dinner by displaying ornaments and greenery at different heights from a hanging candleholder.
Get the look: Candleholder (hung on wire), £35; Pine cone bauble, £4.50; Small brass votive, £7.95; Brass Christmas trees, from £13.95 each; Wine glasses, £7.95 each, all from House Doctor at Idyll Home.
TRAY CHIC
Upend a decorative tray and use the subtly reflective background to create a 3D effect. Stagger the lengths of your decs to evoke a gentle waterfall shape.
Get the look: Luxe Splendore wallpaper, from £20.95 linear m, Fardis. Emerald satin ribbon, £1.45m, VV Rouleaux. Butterfly Ginkgo oval tray, £275, Michael Aram at LuxDeco. For similar baubles, try Open jewelled in Silver, £20, A by Amara. Glass with foil detail, £10, Selfridges. Glass swirl, £5.95, Liberty London. Antique tapered, £12, Harrods. Emerald feather flower, £6, John Lewis.
MAKE IT PERSONAL
Pick up some simple glass baubles and use a metallic pen to turn them into personalised place settings for your Christmas table – they’ll make a cute favour for your guests to take home, too.
Get the look: For a similar bauble, try Mazi, £16.95, Nkuku. Similar heart dish, £12 for two, Nordic House. For preserved moss, try Amazon.
BRANCH OUT
Give an unused corner of a room some love by using silk ribbons to hang a foraged branch draped with your most brilliant trinkets.
Get the look: For similar baubles, try Shell sequin, £6.95, Liberty London. Pineapple, £16, The Shop Floor Project. Hummingbird, £10 for two, Gisela Graham London. Glitter silver snowflake, £3.99, Dobbies. Green crackle Indian glass, £10 for six, Marks & Spencer. Jewelled letter, £25, Tinker Tailor.
