How to Get Ready to Decorate for Christmas
by Katelyn Thomas on November 29th, 2008
I used to stare at magazine spreads and wonder how people did it. How did they manage to fit in all those holiday decorations and still have their homes look so uncluttered? Where was the stuff? Did they really live without stuff? Then, someone let me in on a little secret.
All those people with those gorgeous, perfect homes? In most cases, right outside each breathtaking photo is a towering heap of stuff. The magazine crew comes in and preps the place before a photo shoot. They pull all the extra stuff out and literally pile it somewhere and then they give everything that’s left a good dusting. I felt better, but still wanted to have my house look like the photos. So, I decided to pretend I was getting ready for a photo shoot, too. Here is how I get ready to decorate for Christmas.
- Take a photo of every room as is, so it will be easy to put things back the way they were after the holidays.
- Pack up a lot of your accessories. Almost everything that isn’t Christmas related needs to go right into the storage bins that you just took your decorations out of and back up into your Christmas storage area. After Christmas is over, you can switch everything back out, but this really helps keep everything nice and uncluttered looking.
- Wipe down walls and trim and touch up chipped paint. This gives you a nice, clean background for your decorating efforts.
- Put all your current projects in bins that you can push out of sight when you’re entertaining guests.
- Clean off and polish the dining room table, even if you’re going to use a table cloth. If someone has a spill and you have to pull the cloth off, it will still look nice. If you really want to wow people, keep the dining room table set at all times. A fabulously decorated table all ready to go when people drop by uninvited will make you the envy of Martha fans everywhere.
Do you have any tips on getting ready to decorate for Christmas?
photo by me
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