Maisy Dawson
13 cozy Christmas living room decor ideas to add warmth and comfort while helping your home stretch seamlessly into winter. And bless Robert’s heart, he sat there patiently and listened as I poured out all of my stress from the past week.
And that’s when I realized, I have spread myself way too thin this year packing out our schedule with travel, special plans, tasks, and pressures no one else is putting on me except myself. So I said a little prayer and resolved right then and there that whatever gift shopping, event planning, meal prepping I had done to this point was enough.
Moms deserve to enjoy this season, even if that means with less “stuff” and fewer parties. Maybe sometimes we get so caught up in creating “the magic” that we forget its not worth sacrificing our mental and emotional well-being.
While I was plopped on our couch soaking up a rare moment of quiet, I felt so grateful for our living room that we decorated for Christmas last week. And despite all of the work it’s taken to get this living room to this point over the years, I felt that reward right when I needed it. You absolutely do not need to strive for the perfectly decorated living room (our chairs frequently have laundry from the dryer piled on them and toys scattered around the floor).
But if you want some ideas to spruce yours into a cozy, restful retreat away from the stress of the world, here are a few with tips to stretch your Christmas decor all the way through winter.
A few thick, neutral faux fur or sweater knit throw blanket always do the trick. A neutral color palette will stretch your dollar and your time all the way through winter after the tree is gone.
I love using pillows with warm textiles and textures like tweed, wool, thick cable knit, faux fur, etc. We don’t burn very many candles in our house since I’m cautious about fire hazards (flameless candles for life here), but the one place I love having a real one in our living room is the coffee table where I can light it and enjoy it after the kids go to bed.
The perk about adding pine, juniper, cypress, or cedar branches to a vase in the living room is it can stay right on our coffee table through the winter after the Christmas tree comes down. If you do love flowers, try white roses mixed in instead like I did for our dining room table Christmas centerpiece. Plus, if you ever have an addition to the family, it’ll be easier to add to your existing set rather than trying to hunt for ones in stores that match. For years, we’ve hung wreaths on our windows using some Command hooks and ribbon to add a little extra holiday charm.
We keep a set of 8 bells in our holiday decoration stash, and every year they end up somewhere different in our house because they work basically anywhere. I just discovered this year that turning our Christmas tree collar upside-down makes it look like a real basket! Hang dried orange slices (bonus points that they’re biodegradable) or do a DIY ornament craft with the kids.
If you have lots of family ornaments made over the years at school or picked up as souvenirs on vacations, just mix in a coordinating set of colored ornament balls with some tree ribbon, and the tree looks instantly polished. If you don’t have a big collection of ornaments, the tinsel can handle the job all on its own as tree filler. Got any other cozy Christmas living room decorating ideas you’d add to the list for this holiday season?
So now the Christmas gift shopping is done, the house is decorated, and a packed full calendar stretches before us for the next two weeks.
