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Modern Christmas decorations
The most beautiful ideas, tips and trends
When the Advent season comes around, it’s time to start getting excited about Christmas! To get in the mood for the festivities, we traditionally decorate our homes with candles, strings of fairy lights and Christmas wreaths. These holiday decorations don’t have to be boring or tacky. We’ve put together some tips that show how to decorate your home for Christmas in contemporary style – from how to trim your Christmas tree, through ideas for cheery window embellishments and elegant Christmas table settings.
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How do you decorate for Christmas?
There are countless ways of making your home more beautiful for Christmas. While it’s perfectly possible to combine different styles, you get a better result if you aim for a harmonious overall look, choosing one overarching visual concept that runs through the décor in every room.
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Ideas for your living room
Traditionally, the place to start with decorating your living room for Christmas is to put out candles and hurricane lamps on tables and shelves. These immediately add a warm glow to the space and create a cozy, Christmassy mood. But don’t overdo it, because less is often more when it comes to modern Christmas décor. A single eye-catching piece, such as an elegant candleholder, is often enough to create atmospheric lighting. It’s easy to bring a festive touch to your window sills with understated Christmas decorations such as tasteful hurricane lamps and free-standing candles or stars. Another stylish way to decorate your windows for Christmas is to hang up little bells or figurines. Strings of twinkling lights at the windows create gentle indirect lighting. If you like to keep things a little bit more traditional, but with a modern twist, look no further than Villeroy & Boch’s beautiful Christmas line of decorative objects.
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Whether your tastes tend more towards contemporary or classic, find the right Christmas decorations for you
Classic Christmas style with a modern twist
Combine classic motifs with modern accents to create your personal style
Decorate the Christmas tree in a modern way
Lots of people these days are making a conscious decision to give their Christmas tree a contemporary look. This usually means keeping the decorations understated and elegant.
Decorating a Christmas tree – Ideas for giving it a modern twist:
Minimalism is very on-trend: if you like a simple esthetic, all you need to do is wrap a string of fairy lights around your fir tree. There’s no need for any additional ornaments or baubles. The Christmas tree speaks for itself here.
Ideal for the purist: Christmas tree ornaments come in lots of different colors. If you stick with a single color, such as white, your tree will look especially timeless and sophisticated.
Geometrical shapes: instead of bulky baubles, you can hang delicately crafted ornaments in geometrical shapes on the branches of your Christmas tree for a modern look.
Select materials from nature: if you want a rustic and natural look for your Christmas tree, you can simply gather all the elements of your Christmas décor from nature! Wooden baubles harmonize beautifully with the fir tree. Garlands made of fabric and real pine cones can replace the tinsel. Modern Christmas tree ornaments made of paper or cardboard are especially good for smaller Christmas trees.
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Make a statement at any festive meal
Holiday meals are also a feast for the eyes, and that’s especially true at Christmas. When it comes to putting together a beautiful dining table décor, there are lots of options ranging from classic to more contemporary. There’s lots of scope for creativity when making your Christmas table settings look stylish. Villeroy & Boch’s magical Christmas tableware adds colorful accents to the festive spread. Cutlery pouches or napkin rings with a Christmassy design give an especially sophisticated look to your dining table. As a centerpiece in the middle of the table, a modern Advent wreath makes an eye-catching focus. You can also create an exciting contemporary look by combining white china from the Toys Delight Royal Classic collection with Christmas ornaments and matte textured tableware in a slate look from the Manufacture collection.
Top tip
if you’re on the lookout for a special Christmas table decoration, it’s easy to create your own dining table centerpiece in just a few steps. Gather some fir branches, some candles, and a few other decorative touches, and make your own homemade Advent wreath. It’ll add interest to any festive table setting. The Toy’s Delight cake platter brings a modern touch and also makes a wonderful underlay for your Christmas table decorations.
What are the trends this Christmas?
There are lots of great ideas for Christmas décor styles, from classic to rustic to minimalist and at the moment, natural materials are particularly popular for creating a Christmassy mood. Often, a modern Christmas decorative scheme will revolve around one single color palette. Alongside the perennial favorite Christmas colors of gold and red, the current trend is especially focused on earthy tones. The main thing to remember is that you want to achieve a sense of coziness.
Christmas Season with a Scandinavian theme
And who knows more about being cozy than the Danes and Norwegians? Scandinavian-style Christmas decorations are a good choice if you want to get a feeling of hygge in a contemporary Christmas style. The Scandi look is simple and elegant, with uncluttered, graphic shapes very typical of this Nordic style.The Scandinavian lifestyle also inspired our Christmas decorations this year. Contemporary sophistication and simplicity are combined here with a touch of nostalgia.
Sustainable Christmas decorations made from natural materials
This year it’s all about natural materials, which you can use to create modern Christmassy interiors in no time. All it takes is a little creativity and imagination. Sustainable Christmas decorations can be crafted out of materials like paper, pampas grass or wood, to give your home a cozy festive atmosphere. Villeroy & Boch’s beautiful Christmas tree baubles are also sustainable, because they’re designed so you can pass them down several generations. Top tip: if you’re looking for ways to make the outside of your home look more festive and welcoming, you can also use natural materials to embellish the entrance in a contemporary style with homemade Christmas decorations.