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Simply Seasonal Holiday Decor Tips

Thank you to Caroline from Organize Nashville for hosting today's Simply Seasonal blog hop! We are going to be sharing with each of you our holiday tips on getting your home ready for holidays. If you are coming from, Green With Decor, welcome! I'm so glad you are here!

If you've been around here for a while, then you know that I like a lot of “stuff!” I love collections and being surrounded by things that I love makes me happy. That doesn't always lend itself to a simplified decor. Each year, I talk myself into trying out an organizational system or simplifying my life with something like Kon Mari. I always gain some great ideas and many of them do stick, but when it comes to my decor, I've always been a more is better kind of gal!

This year, I came up with a few solutions to help me stay more simplified throughout the holiday season. We travel to Arizona each year and spend Christmas with my parents, so it has always been a rush trying to get the decorations up and down and pack to get ready to go. Though it can be a pain, the thing I love most about the holidays is spending time with family.

When it comes to decorating my home for holidays, I love adding red. It's a festive color which screams Christmas to me. This year, I also added black and white buffalo check into the mix and I love the way it works next to the pops of red. {Affiliate link, see full disclosure here.} These pillow covers are just a few dollars on Amazon and make a huge difference in the overall look I was going for.

Here are My 5 Tips to Keeping You Sane this Holiday Season

Clear your surfaces before you begin- I like to start with a clean slate, so I pack up my everyday decor and then I can more fully concentrate on the areas I want to decorate. It's easier for me to envision a space when it isn't cluttered.

2. Pick just a few key areas to decorate. I love the look of Christmas just about anywhere, but it can get overwhelming if you think you have to decorate every room in the house. Start with a few key areas and you may find that that's enough for you. I like to decorate my kitchen, family room, and office. In addition, I usually put a centerpiece on my dining room table. I don't do bathrooms or bedrooms though I have seen some that are beautifully done!

3. Add holiday touches with things you use every day. I change out my white mug collection to an eclectic mix of holiday mugs for the year. It feels less frivolous to buy new decorations when I know these are something that will be used daily.

4. Establish some low-cost holiday traditions. Some of ours are driving through the neighborhood to look at the outdoor Christmas lights, making hot chocolate and putting together the teacher gifts, our Christmas musical at church, taking cookies to the nursing home, and going downtown to see the holiday trains.

5. Give some away. As you are getting your decorations out, it's a perfect time to give away those you no longer want or use!

Here is a few more sneak peeks of my holiday home and I'll be sharing a full tour tomorrow on the blog!

Be sure to hop on over to Two Purple Couches to hear how she readies her home for the holidays. I’ve added a link to everyone else participating {and the day they post} so you can be sure to check out all the amazing blogs in this series.