3 Tips to Decorate your Christmas Tree with Justine Wilson

Christmas is here again and who doesn’t love a beautiful tree to decorate their home?! One of our favourite Property Stylists and seasonal styling enthusiasts Justine Wilson from Vault Interiors has been kind enough to share her tips for Christmas tree decorating, to make your Christmas that little bit more magical this year. 

01. Your Christmas tree theme

Justine believes a Christmas tree should be decorated to reflect your current décor – that way the tree will sit beautifully in its surroundings but also complement and enhance your current interior. “A Christmas tree has the opportunity to tell a story of the home and family and hold sentimental objects,” says Justine.

Whilst it might be opulent, most families can’t afford to invest in a new tree each year with a new set of decorations, so this is also the most cost-effective option with less impact on landfill and waste. If you get a little creative, you can make tweaks to your tree each year to give it a fresh look.

Justine suggests introducing one new accent colour, or perhaps deleting an existing colour, and having a simple paired-back scheme. “If you start with mostly metallic ornaments (which most of us already own) then it’s very simple to add pops of blue, pink or white to create a new look each time.”

02. Arranging ornaments – tips and tricks

Arranging ornaments can be tricky, Justine suggests starting with a base of metallic ornaments in various shades (such as rose gold, silver, gold and bronze), and then adding an accent colour.

“We enjoy pairing metallics with soft pink and white ornaments. We have done the same with red and green and blue and white. The scale and texture and mix of ornaments are what makes a beautiful tree,” says Justine.

Justine loves ornaments with a bit of interest such as baubles with glitter inside or small figurines. She also loves to mix in different shapes – like cones, round, and teardrop ornaments plus a few over-scaled baubles on a tree to break up the pattern for a stunning visual.

A full and heavy tree creates more visual interest, looks more impressive and makes the tree look fully dressed. In Justine’s view, you can rarely have too many ornaments on a tree, it is more about the combination and variety than the number of ornaments. Justine recommends ornaments pushed all the way in and on the outer branches as well as decorating towards the spine of the tree to catch the fairy lights and give the tree body and depth.

03. The order of events

Justine says, “always start with tinsel if you are using it and wrap it towards the spine of the tree, and from the top down, making each circle of tinsel a little larger to reflect the width of the tree.”

Following that, she layers on the fairy lights making sure they sit both near the spine of the tree and the outer branches – this gives the tree a full and 3D look. Finally, Justine layers on the ornaments from the top down and puts them the whole way around the tree. That way if someone gets a side view of the tree it looks as full and is as interesting as the front.

“Christmas is the time to go all out and embrace all that is over that top and eye-catching! So, it is a great excuse to use glitter, metallic and bling decor to signify the festive season and transform your interiors,” says Justine.

We love Christmas here at Ayre Real Estate, hopefully, this article will give you some helpful tips and inspiration to create a beautiful tree for your home. We wish you the most wonderful Christmas for 2022!

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