Sugar Design Co. Making Holiday Decorating Easy

23 posts in order

12 Days of Christmas

This is the whole series, in the order I actually work through it — trees first, then greenery, then the details. Follow it start to finish and the hard part is behind you before December even shows up.

  1. Tips Everything You Need for a Scandinavian Christmas Scandinavian Christmas decor is one of the easiest styles to pull off. Here are my six essentials, from a bare tree to gnomes to wool garland. Neutral Scandinavian style Christmas decor with natural wood and greenery
  2. Tips Everything You Need for a Classic Christmas Classic Christmas decor is red and green, velvet ribbon and poinsettias. Here are the six things I'd start with for that homey, nostalgic look. A full, lush artificial Christmas tree with realistic molded tip branches
  3. DIY Decor DIY Scandinavian Style Ornaments These DIY Scandinavian ornaments take four steps: a clear glass ball, a sprig of fresh rosemary, and you've got natural, cozy decor for your tree. Clear glass ball ornaments filled with sprigs of fresh rosemary and greenery
  4. Tips Everything You Need for a Farmhouse Christmas If you love Chip and Joanna, farmhouse Christmas decor is for you! Here are the six basics I'd start with, from a flocked tree to buffalo check stockings. A flocked artificial Christmas tree with pinecones scattered through the branches
  5. DIY Decor Tobacco Basket Christmas Wreath One of the easiest DIYs I've ever done! A tobacco basket, a frosted lambs ear wreath, holly berries and a little sign, and it works year round. A whitewashed tobacco basket hanging on a wall with a frosted lambs ear wreath, holly berries and a Merry Christmas sign
  6. Tips Everything You Need for a Mid Century Modern Christmas A silver aluminum tree, a sputnik topper, vintage style ornaments and lots of tinsel: the eight essentials for a mid century modern Christmas. A bare silver aluminum Christmas tree in the mid century modern style
  7. Tips Everything You Need for a Glam Christmas Love a little extra sparkle? Here are the six things I'd start with for a glam Christmas: a flocked tree, mixed metallics, faux fur and lots of glitter. A heavily flocked white Christmas tree decorated with mixed metallic ornaments for a glam look
  8. DIY Decor The Easiest DIY Faux Fur Tree Skirt Probably the easiest DIY you'll ever do! Two yards of faux fur and something to fluff underneath, and your tree stand disappears in a few minutes. Packing material bunched around a Christmas tree stand to add body underneath the faux fur fabric
  9. DIY Decor DIY Hot Cocoa Bar A hot cocoa bar that doubles as decor! Here's every piece I used on my tiered tray, and where I found the tray without spending over $75. A bare two-tiered round wood tray with a black metal post and ring handle, shown on a plain white background
  10. DIY Decor DIY Mid Century Modern Christmas Wreath Mid century modern Christmas decor is one of my favorite styles, and this tinsel wreath gets you that vintage look without paying vintage prices. Only 5 steps! Mid century modern Christmas wreath made from tinsel garland with a vintage style deer, bottle brush tree and a bow
  11. DIY Decor DIY Stocking Birchwood Log In five years of marriage we've never had a mantle. Here's the DIY stocking birchwood log I made to hang our stockings on the wall — and keep up year round. A birchwood log hung on a wall wrapped in lambs ear garland and fairy lights, with white cable knit stockings attached
  12. Tips 6 Ways to Hang Stockings (No Fireplace Required!) No mantle? Same. Here are 6 ways to hang stockings without a fireplace, and some of them only need things you already have in your home. Stockings hanging from a birchwood log on the wall with lambs ear garland, fairy lights and holly berries
  13. Tips Guide to Useful Christmas Decor Christmas decor starts to feel like clutter fast. Here are 8 useful Christmas decor ideas that look beautiful and actually earn their spot all season long. A cozy Christmas living room corner with a throw blanket, holiday pillows and a card garland on the wall
  14. DIY Decor DIY Double Sided Poinsettia Wreath I could never hang a wreath in a window because I'd miss out on seeing it. Here's how I made a double sided poinsettia wreath that looks pretty from both sides. Double sided Christmas wreath on a vine base with red poinsettias, pine picks and holly berries, hanging in a window
  15. Tips How to Choose the Perfect Christmas Tree Real, PVC, molded branch, pre-lit, flocked or pink? I did the research on all seven Christmas tree types so you can pick the perfect one for your home. A decorated real Christmas tree glowing with warm white lights in a living room
  16. Tips How to Add Fresh Greenery to Your Decor Skipping the real tree? Here are 5 easy ways to add fresh greenery to your Christmas decor — and every one of them stays out of reach of pets and kids. Fresh cedar tucked into a lambs ear garland on a mantel for Christmas
  17. Tips Where to Find Fresh Greenery Where to find fresh greenery for your holiday decor — six places I've actually shopped, from Amazon and Lowes to tree farms that deliver to your door. A bundle of fresh cedar greenery ordered from Amazon, laid out on a table
  18. Tips 4 Ways to Make Any Tree Look Full Tree looks lush on the box but full of holes once you fluff it? Here are 4 ways to make any Christmas tree look full — no trip back to the store. A decorated artificial Christmas tree filled out with floral picks, large ornaments and fiber fill
  19. DIY Decor Get the Flocked Look Without Ruining Your Tree How I got the flocked look on my Christmas tree using flocked picks instead of flocking spray, so I didn't risk ruining a tree I paid good money for. Flocked pine picks tucked into the branches of a green artificial Christmas tree
  20. DIY Decor DIY Ribbon Designs for Your Tree Two simple ribbon designs for your Christmas tree that look professional, plus two ways to finish the ends so they aren't just left hanging at the bottom. Hands pinching wired Christmas ribbon and tucking it into the branches of a decorated tree
  21. Tips Where to Find the Best Ribbon for Your Tree The three places I actually buy Christmas tree ribbon (Hobby Lobby, Amazon and Etsy), plus what to check so you get your money's worth on every roll. Burlap wired edge Christmas ribbon with tiny jingle bells along the edge
  22. Tips How to Decorate Your Small Space This Christmas Seven ways to decorate a small space for Christmas without the clutter, from pencil trees and corner trees to a wall advent calendar and tiny festive touches. A slim pre-lit pencil Christmas tree tucked into a narrow corner of a small living room
  23. DIY Decor DIY Wall Christmas Tree A wall Christmas tree made with jute twine, sewing pins and fairy lights. It takes up zero floor space and you can hang it high enough to stay out of little hands. A Christmas tree shape made of jute twine and fairy lights pinned to a wall and hung with ornaments