10 Christmas Decorating Ideas For Small Spaces
You can make your home feel festive no matter what size it is! Whether you have a small apartment or a small room that you want to deck out with Christmas cheer, these easy tip and tricks will help you get the job done. Here are 10 Christmas decorating ideas for small spaces.
1. Decorate With A Small Christmas Tree To Save Room
A Christmas tree is typically the star of the show when it comes to your holiday decor. But it can sometimes be difficult to find space to display a full-fledged tree in your home. However, there’s a way to save space and still incorporate a tree into your decor!
To save room, bring in a small or miniature Christmas tree instead of a classic one. A small tree can still look festive when filled with ornaments, lights, and ribbons. Display it in the corner of your living room on a raised platform to make it the eye-catching piece in the room.
If you need to save even more space, you can decorate with miniature tabletop trees instead. These look nice displayed on the coffee table, mantel, or even on your bedroom dresser. This will let you have the classic Christmas cheer in your home without crowding your space.
2. Fill Your Window Space With Christmas Accents
If you have a small space, it can be a challenge to create a Christmas display in your home. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have a festive spread of decorations to make your space feel cheerful and bright!
Set up a Christmas decor display in your window space. This is a great way to bring the holiday theme to your home without taking up crucial space. Your windowsills provide the perfect surface area for accents!
Christmas Decorating Ideas For A Windowsill Display
- Twinkling lanterns and lighted decor
- Candles
- Small Christmas figurines (Santa, reindeer, snowmen, etc.)
- Greenery
- Holiday sentiment block signs
- String lights
3. Fill Your Balcony Or Small Patio With Christmas Lights
If you have a small balcony, patio, or porch, you may have limited space to decorate with festive cheer. But if you decorate strategically, you can make your small outdoor space feel bright and beautiful for Christmas.
An easy way to brighten up your outdoor areas for the holiday season is to decorate with Christmas lights. Wrap string lights around your balcony, display a small lighted faux tree on your patio, or hang a lighted wreath on your front door. Decorate with a spread of multicolored string lights; it can instantly transform your space!
String lights are a great way to brighten up your space without taking up any room. However, if you have a little room to work with, you can also decorate with lighted decorations such as light up statues and figurines.
4. Fill Your Home With Holiday Candles To Create A Welcoming Environment
When you have a small space, a great way to create a warm and welcoming environment for the holiday season is through the use of scents and lighting. Luckily, there are easy ways to do this without taking up too much physical space!
Candles don’t take up much space, plus they can be incorporated into other decorations. This makes them ideal for any small room. Decorate with holiday candles to give your home a burst of Christmas cheer. Choose scents such as cinnamon, pine, peppermint, vanilla sugar, cloves, or other winter themed aromas.
Incorporate holiday candles into your Christmas decor in creative ways to use your space wisely. For instance, you can set up a centerpiece on your dining table with a bowl of pine cones and a candle place in the middle of the bowl. You can also place them in unexpected areas such as on the banister or on a windowsill.
5. Set Up A Cozy Christmas Themed Corner
When decorating a small space for Christmas, it’s sometimes best to limit your decor to one section of the room. This can make the room feel less crowded while still allowing you to bring in a holiday theme.
Set up a cozy Christmas corner in your living room, bedroom, or other area of your home. This idea is a wonderful way to create a warm holiday environment where you can relax and showcase a cheerful aesthetic.
How To Create A Cozy Christmas Corner
- Start with a comfortable chair in the corner of the room. This can be anything from a small chaise lounge chair to a rocking chair or a simple cushioned chair.
- Next, accent your chair with cozy items such as a soft blanket and a Christmas throw pillow.
- Then, set up a small sized Christmas tree near the chair. Decorate the tree with warm colored string lights and your favorite ornaments.
- After your tree is set up, place a small side table next to your chair. You can decorate the table with any accents that you want; however, candles work best for the cozy theme.
- Finally, lay down a faux fur rug to make the corner feel complete.
- Bonus Tip: You can also hang string lights on the walls in your little corner or hang up a Christmas art piece.
Want even more cozy ideas? Check out this guide on How To Make Your Living Room Cozy For Christmas!
6. Use A White Christmas Theme To Open Up Your Space
If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas, this decorating idea is for you! Traditional Christmas colors can work nicely in small spaces; however, a white theme can make any room feel brighter and more open.
Decorate with a winter wonderland Christmas theme in any small room. Start with decorative accents such as white candles, snowman figurines, winter scene wall hangings, white faux fur throw pillows and blankets, and other snow themed decor. Then, you can bring in a white Christmas tree to be the final piece in the room.
Christmas Decorating Ideas For A Winter Wonderland Tree
- Use a white tree or a snow dusted tree
- Wrap white string lights around the tree
- Hang up winter ornaments such as snowballs and snowflakes, white owls, or sparkly stars
- Use a combination of cold weather colors through blue, white, and silver ball ornaments
- Set up a snowy tree skirt
- Finish the tree with a snowflake tree topper
7. Display Christmas Ornaments In Creative Ways Instead Of On A Tree
Depending on how small your space is, you may just not have room for any sized Christmas tree. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t still display your favorite ornaments!
Find creative ways to decorate with ornaments around your living area. A simple way to display your ornaments is by placing an assortment of them in a decorative bowl or on a tray. Use color coordinating ornaments for this to make the display aesthetically pleasing. You can put the bowl or tray on your coffee table or use it as a kitchen table centerpiece.
You can also hang up your Christmas ornaments on the wall or hang them from wall shelves. Simply hang them from festive ribbons and create a fun display in any room of your house!
8. Decorate With Wreaths & Garlands As An Alternative To A Christmas Tree
In addition to getting creative with ornaments around your home, you can also find other Christmas decorating ideas without setting up a tree.
If you still want to include the beautiful greenery of the Christmas season in your decor but don’t have room for a tree, you can instead decorate with wreaths and garlands. Hang up a garland on your front door, in the kitchen, or on the wall in the entryway. Display garland across your dining table, mantel, or around your doorway.
To keep up a traditional Christmas look, opt for wreaths and garlands that contain pine cones, red poinsettias, stars, and berries. You can even find ones with LED lights attached to them for an extra festive display.
9. Fill Your Bed With Christmas Throw Pillows
Bring life to a small bedroom by accenting it with Christmas cheer galore! Instead of filling the room with an excessive amount of decorations, just focus on bringing the holiday theme to your bed.
The quickest way to make your bed look more Christmas-like is to pile on a combination of holiday themed throw pillows. These pillows can include elements such as Christmas sentiments, plaid patterns, winter characters and icons, and a festive red and green color scheme.
You can also choose to update your bed with a Christmas bedding set, complete with themed sheets and a comforter. However, if you don’t want to change up your bedding, you can simply display a large Christmas throw blanket on top of your comforter for an instant pop of cheer.
10. Display Small Accents With DIY Christmas Decor
Sometimes the best way to decorate your small space for Christmas is to use DIY decorations. That way, you can customize the size, shape, and colors of your accents for them to nicely fit into your home.
Mason jars are a great option when it comes to DIY Christmas decor. A quick and easy crafting idea is to paint some mason jars white, drill small holes in the sides, and fill them with fairy lights. You can also fill them with white or sparkly branches to get a small makeshift winter tree.
Simple decorative accents can add a lot to any small space and make it feel more festive for Christmas. A little creativity goes a long way!
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Thank you for sharing! With this recent situation of our country it is very timely to just be simple in everything, we don’t need to spend a lot of money just to feel the spirit of Christmas in our home. You just need to showcase and utilize your talent in your decoration and it will come out naturally beautiful.
Thank you for sharing and showing us all these great examples. I love Christmas and really love preparing for this holiday. But recently, my family and I moved into a small apartment and I began to realize that we simply might not have enough space for a full-fledged Christmas tree. But since our family simply adores this holiday, we began to look for different options for decorating our home without cluttering it. It seems to me that thanks to your article, we have found the answer to our questions. Now I understand that in order for the house to look festive, it is not necessary to put a huge and elegant tree, we just need to show a little creativity.