Any of you who read my blog regularly probably know that I like me a good pop of color! For the past few years, I’ve also had colorful Christmas decorating. Last year’s Christmas tree last year was decorated in turquoise and red, and the year before, it was turquoise and white. (You can see how I manage to change our Christmas tree color scheme affordably here. ) And, the tree I created for my kids’ playroom last year had a fun Dr. Seuss theme! But while I love an injection of ‘happy’ during the holidays, all that saturated color sometimes makes me tired of our Christmas decorating earlier than I should be.
So, this year I decided to do a very neutral Christmas tree that would blend in with our surroundings. I omitted our colorful ornaments, and opted to use just the neutral ones. I purchased a few new ones too, but not too many.
(As luck would have it, our Elf on the Shelf, “Henrie-Rouge” decided that he wanted to hang out in the newly-decorated tree on the very day I wanted to take a few pics.)
This neutral tree, with, using mostly cream, white, brown, and champagne, is really different for me. READ MORE…