So tell me, are you having a pink, blue, green, or red Christmas?
Are you going to coordinate your holiday
decor colors with your everyday home colors?
Is it hard to break out of the traditional green and red
or are you trying something fresh and new?
No, I’m not really going to have a very pink Christmas.
Although it is a very pretty idea!
Let’s discuss!
I’m curious what colors you are all decorating with this year!
pink Christmas inspiration: Country Living
I have been reading your blog for months now and just wanted to say how much I enjoy it
Am looking forward to tomorrow as I decided this year I really want to decorate our home for Christmas differently this year, will be looking for lots of inspiration!
Ah yes traditional is still my favorite, yes reds and greens!
although each of my DD’s have pink feather trees with lights in their rooms…
Kathie
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Hmm… getting out of the traditionsl red and green xmas scheme, takes some thought and courage, I think…. for the past 2-3 years we tried gold and green, silver and green, silver and white … going “colour” tho, I’m not sure I could or would, never mind the expense of having to buy different decorations!!!!
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My favorite color scheme for Christmas, one I just don’t get tired of, is mainly a cherry red and limey green (not fond of dark, hunter green). I add lots of white and silver too. This year I plan to use what I have already, while “shopping the house” for everyday things that I can use in a new way. Looking forward to tomorrow! Sounds like a lot of fun.
YES!! I will be having a PINK inspired Christmas again. I did it last year and loved it so much I am doing it again. Pink decorations in the tree, but also cream and ivory, so a combination. Pink candles, a green and pink garland, Pink bows. But also a lot of Ivory so it is not TOO much pink, lol.
(can there really be too much pink??? nah ♥♥)
Hugs from Marian
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I am traditional. There will be some shimmer in there, but mostly red. I am afraid of decorating this year. I don’t want to fall and crack my noggin open.
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I’m using lots of white with pops of red and tiffany blue. With natural elements. I want to keep my seasonal stuff up thru Valentines day (except for the most obvious christmas stuff like the tree). Looking forward to tomorrow!
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Just finished redoing my kitchen (yesterday!). Painted all the khaki cabinets white, made black and white check drapes, and put away all my red (has taken me a year to get to this point)…and I am worried about changing to yellow as my accent color – especially here at Christmas when the red has been so wonderful to use for the holidays. I have been looking everywhere for some inspiration for using yellow (can’t see beyond lemon and lemon drops for ideas). I am ready for some “freshness” in a house that has had red in every room. Any ideas or places to look for inspiration????
I’m sticking with tradition. I love the traditional Christmas colors (red & green but really mostly red). I usually incorporate some of the Austrian Christmas traditions that I grew up with in my decorating. It makes me happy.
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I am so inspired by your post! Each year we have been leaning a bit more toward rustic with more pinecones and woodsy ornaments. I am learning to let the outdoors in and we live in a rural part of NJ where there are woods everywhere. I am staying with a rustic theme of stars and pinecones, but blend it with the softness of buttercreams and winter whites and sage green. Something different. :O)
I’m not certain what I’m doing for the upstairs this year. I am hoping to figure it out this week. Downstairs the theme is rustic and I’ve been loving gathering all the items for that decor.
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Last year during the post-christmas sale, we picked up all gold and black christmas decoration and ornaments… Very excited to put it all up and see how it looks
Funny, because we had no idea that our dining room would have a gold wall today as well as black wooden furniture. Perfect…
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White tree with turquoise and silver decorations! This will be my first year breaking away from the traditional colors, including the white tree! It corresponds with my house colors perfectly!
We’ve been doing cream and gold for a number of years. But this year, we repainted the living room into a deep brick red and I think the cream will be to light. So I’m going to tone it down a bit with some copper/bronze ornaments which seem to be a trend also.
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I am wanting to go ‘whimsical’ this year, but I am not sure what that will look like. I will definitely try to use what I have and only refresh it with new ribbon, accents, etc.
Years ago I decorated in pink and cream and it was beautiful. But now I use copper and green and red. It is all pretty. I love the look of your images. thanks
Yes, I am doing a Very Pink Christmas this year! We usually spend the winters in our Florida home, but we have never spent a Holiday in this home of 4 years. So let the Snow fly here in MI, we are going Pink for the Holidays!
Huggs, Nancy
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I love the vintage pink and cream, but this year it’s traditional with subdued lighting, very reflective. I’d like some pictures of Melinda’s white, silver and turquoise, mmmm.
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Our main tree is real and has white lights with ornaments we’ve collected from travels throughout our marriage. Therefore, it’s a variety of colors and I can choose year to year what I want to use as accents. I love that! Maybe I’ll do pink and silver and lots of greenery this year now that you’ve inspired me to think beyond Thanksgiving today.
Last year I changed all the red bows on my wreaths to creme. I will definitley be continuing my trend towards less red and more white with pops of green.
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Love the pink…thank you for your inspired rooms!
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I decorate my home in Country French colors of reds, greens and golds, so Christmas is pretty traditional at my house. When I lived in Florida I had a beach cottage theme, so my decorating was usually blues and whites for Christmas…
My hubby is getting our decorations out of the attic today! I can’t wait to see all those pretty things I put away and forgot about.
We always do traditional colors. Partly because I know my husband wouldn’t be thrilled if we changed it, and it’s his tree, too. Also, I like to use things until they are worn out, so we make the most out of everything by using them year after year. I do like to switch things up, making every year just a little different.
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I actually really like deep purples mixed with light greens and bright blues. So pretty! I like to throw white in there as well with some gold and silver. It sounds chaotic, but it’s beautiful!
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I do the traditional green and red Christmas but I’ve introduced more gold and silver to my scheme over the last couple of years. My living room with the tree is more traditional; the kitchen and bath tend to be more country. But every room has something.
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I love the idea of pink but I do live in a house full of boys….so I will be sticking to red (my favorite colour) and a sort of olivey green that makes me happy. I have a very small house but try to do something different every year with my decorations. I can’t wait till it’s time to put up the tree!
I’m thinking of a turquoise & silver christmas this year!!
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I was in Urban Outfitters over the weekend and they had some very unique Christmas tree ornaments. One was a pink cupcake, which I thought was adorable (sorry, didn’t snap a photo). Every year I buy a few new ornaments and I think the pink cupcake will be on my list this year.
Almost every ornament I use on the tree is blown glass, except for the ones closest to the bottom. The dogs tails sometimes hit the tree, so now I use non-glass ornaments on the bottom 2 feet.
I tend to do more traditional decorations for Christmas with no specific color scheme – lots of red, green, gold and silver. Though I’m not a very traditional person, at Christmas it just feels right.
i have 2 trees. The main tree is in my family room & the colors are black 7 silver & goes well the rest of my decor. I have another tree in my sunroom & it’s the kids tree. It is very colorful with all our ornaments from when we were kids & the ones they receive each year for christmas!!!
First, I have to say that those pink velvet drapes are to die for! As far as the Christmas decorating color scheme goes, we have a large collection of Swedish things, which means red. So everything has to work with the red. Since the walls in the living and dining rooms are a chartreuse (kind of a honeydew color called bamboo), that pretty much sets up the color scheme. We will have several trees and vintage ornaments. We pretty much go all out….but not before Thanksgiving.
Susan
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I’m planning on peacock, ivory, silver and lime this year.
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Oh, you bet I go with traditional red and green! But that’s not much of a departure from the colors in my home, anyway. Green is my favorite color (wonder if that’s true for lots of redheads?). And I love red as well. So Christmas decorations just fit right in around here.
Thanks for the ongoing inspiration!
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One of my most memorable Christmas’ was while living in Portland was indeed a pink Christmas. At that time in my life, I was very much so into Victorian and pink seemed to fit. It was a beautiful tree and still stands out strong in my mind and heart. Crazy thing is, I still have those pink balls . . . from . . . 18 years ago.
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Last year I went with a lot of silver along with the traditional evergreen. I’ll probably stick with that again this year, as I don’t plan to buy a whole new set of decorations.
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I am a traditional color girl all the way – but red is MY color so it works for me! I do try a different feel some years – I am going for a lodge like feel this year for winter here in PA….I am looking forward to it!
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I have thought about this and find that this year I am drawn to incorporating some pink and that limey green color in with the regular red and green Christmas colors. I also have been using multi-colored and multi-sized ball ornaments the past few years, and I really love the color they bring to the tree or containers I’ve been placing them in. Ooooh, Giveaways!
Yes! I’m definitely breaking out of the traditional red and green. In fact, each of my room is going to have a color theme.
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It’ll be mostly white…, but the idea of a shell pink Christmas tree is kind of on my mind now…, see what I do with that (or what my husband thinks -ha!).
Last year I spent an embarassing amount of money on decorations after xmas. I don’t even know what I bought; it’s all been boxed up for a whole year. I do know I will have a big white tree with blue lights and pink ornaments! I went for white, silver, sparkly, pink, and blue. I’m syked!
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I love using metallics for the holidays…silver, gold, copper, bronze, mercury glass. And I love the combo of white and green…I always get lots of fresh garlands, evergreen, wreaths, berries.
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Rustic reds and greens are good for me.
I am doing my dining room in pinks and silver and cream which I have never done before. I am having a tough time finding pinks!! The rest of the house is the traditional greens, reds and golds which I also love!
Lou Cinda
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im going with more greenery this year with a touch of black, white and silver. I found the beautiful black and white plaid silk ribbon online and will use it through out the house-hanging wreaths, on garland, urns, etc. I was inspired by Nell Hill’s new book O Christmas Tree-she has several pages of black and white themed rooms. Soooo excited oh and my fireplace is already decked out!! one area down and many more to go!
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I got new blue, teal and silver ornaments on sale after Christmas two years ago. I used them for the first time last year, and I’m sure I’ll stick with that color scheme again this year (even though I’m craving a more homespun look!). We’ll see…I still have my older ornaments in shades of pinky-beige and spice colors, which would fit in pretty nicely with some burlap and lace.
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Our holiday motif usually revolves around snowflakes. It started years ago when my mother-in-law began purchasing beautiful crystal snowflakes for my daughter to collect for her future tree. Well, it exploded on us, and now we have every kind of snowflake imaginable.
Because we are traveling for the holidays, we won’t have a tree this year, so it’s a good time for us to experiment with new colors. I’m thinking gold and winter white.
I am a traditionalist and red is my favorite color, so my house is mostly red and silver, except for the kitchen with its candy theme.
I don’t change much each year as my children are young and they like it all to look the way it was the year before. I do add a few things here and there, we’ll see what happens as they get older.
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Pink! Who’da thunk???? It’s lovely. I like the feather tree!!!
Thanks for sharing the beautiful pics and inspiration!
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with my luck I will probably forget to come back!!
I did an all white tree last year…This year I think I will go for some color–like red and white!!
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Our family room is decorated in hues sage green and gold . To compliment these colors our Christmas tree is decorated with lots of white lights and ornaments in the colors of off white, gold and silver that helps to create a winter wonderland feeling in the room.
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Hi Melissa,
I am decorating with blues, browns and golds this year with a hint of pumpkin colored ornaments. I am getting anxious to decorate. We are also getting a real tree for the first time in a long time. I want lots of fresh greens, pine cones and glittery ornaments in bowls and apothecary jars.
Please stop by sometime. I am under a new blog name.
LeAnn:)
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I do everything in blue and silver because I can’t stand the traditional red & green.
What I think is so fun is my step daughter’s decorations. She and her roommate do everything in Mardi Gras style. Masks, beads, little musical instruments, etc. all in deep shiny jewel tones. You walk into their house and you are transformed. You want to celebrate!
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