By Stewart Wrighter

If you are thinking about how to deck your halls and bring your home alive with holiday spirit, there are a few fun things you can do that will really add the holiday flavor. First, remember there is no need to spend a great deal of money or have professional decorators come to your house. You can take a few hours out of an afternoon and turn your home from everyday drab to holiday fab in no time flat. Start by creating alternate holiday decor from things that are normally in your home. If you have framed photos, you can swap them out for holiday photos and highlight them with LED picture lights. Picture lighting is a great way to bring attention to holiday cards, family photos, or just about anything you can hang on the wall with holiday spirit. It can be a lot of fun taking the regular family photos out of frames and inserting ones where everyone is decked out in red and green. This is a great way to remember holidays past, too.

Next, focus on the entire house instead of just one room. Some people have a tendency to put a Christmas tree up, throw a wreath on the door and call it a day. If this makes you happy then stick with it but if you are feeling underwhelmed and you want to blast your home with holiday cheer then bring the spirit into each room. Just one of two small additions or changes in a space can do a lot to make it feel festive and alive. Add a strip of garland over each door frame throughout your home or add a festive pillow or piece of fabric over the furniture in a space.

When decorating for the holidays, focus on more than just what you see. The smells and sounds of a space go a long way in creating a feeling of holiday cheer. Choose holiday scented candles to burn throughout the house and play soft Christmas music that you hear as you move from room to room. If you want fragrance that is not overwhelming but still feel like the holidays, consider candles in pine, cinnamon, or cranberry. These will add a soft flavor to the space that enhances the rest of your holiday decor.

Decorate in ways that are unexpected. Instead of just hanging stockings from the chimney and stringing lights on a tree, think of exciting new ways to celebrate the holiday. Use natural items to add to the decor like pine cones and tree branches. These items can often be found on the forest floor for free, but they go a long way in enhancing the holiday spirit in your home. Also consider using colors besides red and green when completing your holiday decorating. Splashes of snowy whites, crystal blues, and bright purples are often just as holiday-oriented as traditional greens and reds.

Finally, be sure to enjoy your decorating efforts with special events. Nobody wants to create a winter wonderland and then sit home alone surrounded by it. Plan a party or invite friends over during the holiday season.

About the Author: Stewart Wrighter is an entrepreneur who runs a large group of websites that specialize in high end items such as

led picture lights

. He offers a variety of

picture lighting

for his online customers.

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