It's Going To Be A Red Christmas--My 2019 Holiday Theme

Happy Tuesday friends! Every year I look forward to unveiling my Christmas theme and this year I’m extra excited.

Last December I started thinking about my decor theme for 2019 and had a general idea of the colors I wanted to use. I like flushing out my theme early so that I can take advantage of after-Christmas sales if I need too.

My planning starts by finding one decor piece or a photo that inspires the entire theme. This one element serves as the jumping off point for all my holiday decor and this year it was this gift wrap photo I spotted on Pinterest. Since red is my favorite color and I often use red + pink as my signature colors, I was really drawn to this palette. Red + pink with the addition of burgundy creates a really rich and elegant color palette.

The Color Palette

Once I had the inspiration for my decor, I started outlining my holiday decor plan. Here’s a look at what I have planned for Christmas 2019. I can’t wait to start decorating.

THE VISION

TREE: The tree will be decorated with an assortment of with red, burgundy and pink ornaments. Luckily I already own different shades of pink ornaments and I scored some burgundy ornaments on clearance last year. I always use ribbon on my tree but haven’t decided what color I’m going with. I might use something with a pattern to add a fun and unexpected pop.

GIFT WRAP: One of my favorite parts of decorating for Christmas is gift wrapping. I have an absolute obsession for pretty paper and ribbon. This year the majority of my gift wrap will be solid red paper with beautiful satin and velvet ribbon.

FIREPLACE: I’m planning to drape the fireplace with lush green garland, pretty ribbon and twinkle lights. I haven’t decided whether I’ll use any ornaments on the garland. I think I might keep the fireplace simple and classic this year.

TABLESCAPE: The other thing I love to do at Christmas is create a beautiful holiday tablescape. Red will be the dominant color in my tablescape and I’ll infuse a some burgundy and a little blue & white into the place settings. All of these colors are represented in my everyday decor so there will be thread that connects all the decor together.

I’ll also be adding holiday touches to our master bedroom, my office and will be decking out the front door.

There are only 57 days until Christmas and even thought it’s somewhat controversial to decorate before Thanksgiving, I have to do it. My schedule gets really busy with client work starting Nov. 1st so I’m actually going to start decorating next weekend.

I hope you love seeing my Christmas plans each year and are inspired to make your home magical at Christmastime!

A LOOK BACK

If you want to see how I’ve decorated the past few years, here’s a photo gallery of my decor. Click on the photos and links to read the full post and see more images. If you want to learn more about how I develop my Christmas theme each year, you can read the post I wrote about my process here.