Christmas is coming and it’s time to start the preparations for this holiday. The decoration of your home or office isn’t always easy, but, definitely, is a very interesting process. We’d like to help you to cope with this task perfectly and offer some amazing wall décor ideas, which will be suitable for both your dwelling and working place.
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Christmas Wall Decorations for Homes
Christmas is the most appropriate time to turn your home into a winter fairytale. You are free to implement into life the most interesting ideas you have in mind and create your own magic kingdom. You may just buy all the decorations you want or create them yourself.
Nowadays, it’s rather popular to decorate the house according to a certain theme. The themes may be different and as a rule, they are dedicated to a certain color scheme or a certain subject.
The example of the first one is a White Christmas theme, when all the room is decorated in white and silver colors. It looks extremely stylish and charming and will make everyone feel as if he or she is in a Christmas wonderland. The wall décor for such style includes various modern art pictures with silver elements and the textured ornaments, printed on canvases. And white snowflakes will also look cool in such design.
The sample of the theme for the Christmas decoration, related to a certain object, may be a Knitted Christmas theme. Here, many knitted things may serve as decorations, for example, pillows, wrapped coffee mugs (you may also make a knitted print on mugs), wall art with the knitted prints etc.
However, it’s not necessary to follow a certain theme while decorating your home. You may just choose the things you like and apply them in the Christmas design of your home. Besides the Christmas tree, you need to decorate the walls, doors (including the front door) and, even, furniture.
The most important is that different decorative elements are well-combined and create an organic look of your dwelling. If your Christmas tree is decorated with golden balls and garlands, it will be appropriate to add some golden elements to the wall art and festive Christmas table centerpieces.
The decoration of walls is one of the easiest ways to prepare for Christmas as by placing a simple Christmas poster, you will add a festive look to the whole room. The examples of the possible variants of the Christmas decorations for walls will be presented further in this article. And now, let’s see if it’s necessary to decorate your office for the holiday.
The Reasons to Use Wall Christmas Decorations at Your Office
Office is the place, where you spend much time. That’s why, it’s great if you have a possibility to add some festive look to your working place. If you still thinking that it’s useless to take care of the Christmas office decorations, here are some reasons, which will possibly make you change your mind.
- Sometimes, the work can be rather boring and exhausting, especially on the Christmas Eve. Just a couple of decorations can make the atmosphere more festive and make the working process pass more easily.
- The office decoration may have a uniting function. If you prepare for Christmas together with your colleagues, you may improve your relations by cooperation in such informal atmosphere. In fact, it’s a great team building trick.
- You are free to create the Christmas mood just for yourself if you work in a cubicle. Decorate its walls with Christmas prints and stickers, put some little figures of snowmen, reindeer or Santa on the shelves and that’s it.
- Not only the result but the process as well is important in this case. While starting the decoration, your mood will definitely raise and you will be able to share your positive energy with the colleagues.
- The Christmas decorations will encourage you and other employees come to work during the holiday season. It’s much more pleasant to come to a festive office before and after Christmas than to the dull one.
- If you are an employer, the decoration of the office will show your care about the staff and your appreciation of their work. It will make you closer to your employees, who, in their turn, will be grateful for your care.
So, you see that it’s really cool to have not only your house but also office prepared for Christmas. Don’t be boring and add some festive mood to the office to cheer up yourself and your colleagues.
Christmas Posters
Posters are one of the most widespread variants of wall decorations for both homes and offices. The choice of the Christmas prints is extremely large. They are available in various sizes and finishes. The posters are easy in use and you don’t need any extra efforts to attach them to the wall.
The selection of possible designs is very vast. You can find the posters, which suit any type of décor, any theme and any taste. Moreover, you can also order the custom prints of your own designs.
The traditional images for Christmas posters are the ones of Santa, Christmas tree, garlands, snowmen, reindeer and beautifully wrapped gifts. It not necessarily needs to be a photo. There are many interesting graphic design posters in various styles, which also look cool.
The Merry Christmas posters are rather neutral and can be used not only at homes and offices, but everywhere. If you are an owner of a café or a beauty salon, you may congratulate your clients with the upcoming holidays in such a way. A great idea is to have this phrase printed in various languages on a beautiful Christmas background.
The Christmas posters may be dedicated to various types of parties. They can be funny, motivational and even ironical. And this list can be continued to infinity.
Other Amazing Christmas Wall Decoration Ideas
Of course, posters aren’t the only decorations, which can be used both at home and office for Christmas time. Here are some other variants of how to decorate the walls for this magic holiday.
Canvases
Canvases are a good alternative to posters. Everything, which is printed on paper posters, may be printed on canvases as well. However, their main plus is that they are more textured and vivid. They are usually stretched over wooden frames and placed in such a way on the walls, but there are also other variants of framing them.
An interesting thing about canvases is that they look cool if split. One image may be split into several canvases and beautifully arranged on the wall. Or, several related images are printed on separate canvases and are hanged in an interesting way. For example, a textured print of a Scandinavian ornament will look extremely nice.
Wreaths
The Christmas without the door wreath isn’t a Christmas. However, the wreaths can be used not only for door décor but also for walls. It’s rather popular to place them above the mantelpiece, but it’s possible to use them everywhere you want, even in your cubicle at work. You can buy a Christmas wreath or try doing it yourself.
There are a great number of materials, which can be used for a wreath creation. As wreaths for walls are used indoors, the selection of possible materials becomes wider. Besides the traditional wreaths decorated with balls, bows and ribbons, there are wreaths, made of wood, flowers, berries, fruit, toys, paper, tissue, seashells and even the knitted ones.
Garlands
A garland is one more thing, which is traditional for Christmas. Their choice on the market is very big. They are available in various forms, colors, textures and sizes. At home, you are free to use any garland you like. If you seek for the one for the office décor, it’s better to choose the one, which doesn’t occupy too much place in order not to bother your colleagues.
The classic garlands are made of artificial pine and are decorated with bows, toys and lights. Now, there is a great selection of garlands of natural and synthetic materials and, even, the edible ones. The latter ones aren’t suitable for offices, but can be a cool decoration for a Christmas party.
Snowflakes
Snowflakes look cool not only outdoors, but also as a part of the Christmas interior décor. They may be a part of your Christmas wall decoration and adorn all the rooms in the house. The snowflakes for the indoor decoration can be bought at shops and be made of various materials, like paper, plastic, feathers, artificial snow etc.
There are also wall stickers in the form of snowflakes, available in various sizes and colors. It’s not obligatory that they are white or blue. You can order the ones, which are well-combined with your room design. In addition, you can buy a poster, featuring snowflakes or an art print with snowy patterns.
Lights
Lights help to create a special atmosphere for Christmas holidays. Whether they are placed on the Christmas tree, on the walls or are attached to other decorative elements, they look extremely festive and mysterious.
There are dozens of ways of how to arrange Christmas lights beautifully. For example, you can use them along with garlands above the mantelpiece or arrange them in a nice pattern on the wall. Moreover, the lights may be used for a number of DIY decorations.
Wall Stickers
Wall stickers may feature a number of Christmas related things, from simple little snowflakes to the Christmas tree wall decoration. They can be of various sizes from tiny to huge ones, which can be used instead of posters. Nowadays, it’s even possible to order fully removable and reusable wall decals, which can be used year after year.
Wall stickers are suitable to those, who don’t want to decorate the whole house, but just want to have a couple of nice Christmas accents. Such wall decals are also a good variant for your workplace décor. They will help you to bring some seasonal cheer into your home or office in just a few seconds.
DIY Décor
If you have a tight budget and can’t afford spending much money on Christmas decorations, you are free to do them with your own hands. Or, if you just a creative personality and like various DIY things, you will definitely like not only the results but also the process of creating your own decorations.
There are many things, which can be done by you, starting from Christmas tree decorations to the ones for walls and furniture. Many master classes can be found on the net or magazines for DIY lovers. Or, you may try to create something unique.
Now, you have a general idea of how to decorate your dwelling and office for the Christmas and make the walls look astonishing. So, it’s time to seek for the best variants of Christmas wall decorations to create the special festive and warm atmosphere in the places, where you spend the majority of your time.
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