by Lindsey Romain
12 Days of Holiday Decorating Continued:
Check out these last 3 DIY holiday decorating ideas to make your home beautiful and festive the season.
Day 10: Sparkling Silverware
If decorating with food isn’t up your alley, maybe decorating with silverware will be. Allen likes to dip the end – the end that doesn’t go in your mouth, that is – of inexpensive cutlery in glitter and use them during parties or to dress tables throughout the season.
Day 11: Light it Up
While not exactly a craft, one non-traditional way to inject some color for the holidays is to use different colored lights around the house – not just the string lights.
Rather than spending money on lights that might not be used again, Johansson recommends buying inexpensive spot lights and covering them with heat-resistant color film. “You can place those spot lights on a bookcase or whatever you want people to look at,” she says.
For the general ambiance, “I use a lot of pink light bulbs,” Johansson says. Contrary to people’s beliefs, she says, “it does not create a girly hue, but actually everyone looks 15 years younger!”
The “soft pink” light bulbs are available at most hardware stores.
Day 12: Christmas Tree, Minus the Tree
One of the easiest ways to free up some decorating time in a creative way is to ditch the tree altogether and look for simple, trendy alternatives.
Maynes suggests a hand-drawn tree. “Paint a large sheet of lightweight plywood with blackboard paint and draw on a stylized tree, including decorations, in white chalk,” she suggests. Or experiment with colorful chalks to add depth.
Prop up against the wall and arrange presents around the bottom for a simple, easygoing Christmas “tree.”
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