30+ Festive Christmas Living Room Decor And Color Palette Ideas And Tips

Making our home warm and festive seems to be a tradition every year. With more than 10 years of experience in Christmas living room decor, we are pleased to share with you these fabulous and budget-friendly decoration ideas to help you have a tasteful and festive Christmas living room arrangement.

We adore Christmas, which is why we usually plan to decorate our home a few months in advance so that we may savor the season for as long as possible. The living room is the central space where we have fun with your friends and relatives, sit next to the fireplace, play board games and unwrap the gifts. We have compiled various Xmas décor ideas, color palettes and tips to help you fulfill all of your Christmas dreams.

1. Christmas Living Room Decor – Color Palette

1.1. All-White Christmas Decor

An all-white Christmas decor can give a luminous and airy room. Keep the living room monotone and nature by playing with a white-on-white palette. 

Thinking about your white Christmas dream…And you just want to turn your living room into a snowy landscape.  Simply replace the traditional green Christmas tree with a white one, that’s fine. Hanging white garlands and decorative snowflakes will bring the snow right into your home. Though simple with your all-white Christmas decorating style, don’t forget to add a cozy ambience of the holiday to every corner of your home by colorful Christmas lights or candles.

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1.2. Combination Of White-Red-Green

Red-white-green living room decor will surely fill you with Christmas cheer and get you into the holiday spirit. 

Red has been associated with Santa’s clothes.

White has been associated with snow.

And Green has been associated with the Christmas tree.

These three colors make Christmas such a special and memorable time. The combination of red, white and green color is extremely lively and bright which adds comfort and coziness to the living room. 

Get a little colorful mix to spread Xmas cheer by hanging bright red socks with ropes of cool green leaves on the fireplace. Or, you may use red and green furniture in the living room, such as a green chair and red rug, red pillow and green blanket. These three- color metallic baubles are just as festive, and way more fun, or at least giving the classic combo a modern twist with unexpected shades and variations.

1.3. Red Mixed With Green

Just use basic red and green because these palettes are go-to well traditional Christmas. Fir trees, holly berries, wreaths, ornaments and garlands look very festive and keep your living room decor fresh and calm. You may also rock some red touches in your space such as red-check ribbons or centerpiece large rug. 

As for colors, a unified color scheme for Christmas decor will add elegance and will tie up all the spaces together. When using green and red you should choose green as the main color for wall paint, interior color and red as a secondary color that can be added with accessories and decorations.

2. Brighten Up Living Room On Xmas

2.1. Indispensable Christmas Tree

There are various ideas to create a look of your Christmas tree come to life this holiday season.

Firstly, it’s important to consider the size of your living room to choose a suitable Christmas tree and make sure your Christmas tree is in proportion with the rest of the room.

Secondly, start to decorate the Christmas tree with your favorite theme and accessories. 

The farmhouse’s Christmas decor might be decorated with festive balls and a star on the top are popular on amazon. 

A flocked Christmas tree gets dressed up with vintage glass bead garlands, ribbon ornaments or velvet bows and on colorful wrapped gifts.

An all-white Christmas tree as an eye-catching foundation for sparking snowflakes makes living room accents.

2.2. Warm Up Winter Holiday With Blanket And Pillow

Adding blankets and pillows on the sofa to make the living room extra cozy in the winter. These pillows and blankets will create warm hugs for everyone on nights play games, watch movies and talk together.  It’s better to choose both colorful and patterned pillows and blankets to create a nice mix.

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2.3. Refresh Wall By Festive Artworks

“Switch out your art, either permanently or just for the season, with all your other holiday décor.” – Hackathorn

Therefore, hang new Christmas artworks on your walls that display winter colors and subject matter. A large winter natural wall art as the perfect finishing touch for your cozy Christmas living room. 

This woodland canvas art was beautiful during the winter holiday and placed on festive mantel decorations is even more stunning for Christmas celebrations. With a refined farmhouse style, this look is perfect for rustic furnishings with painted and light-toned wood.

2.4. Unique Fireplace Centerpiece Full Of Cozy

We’ve found ideas to make dressing the fireplace fun, unique and festive. Wreaths aren’t just for the front door, they look fancy on fireplaces with colorful stockings. Winter is quite a wet smell so adding dried orange slices and berries on the fireplace not only does it look beautiful, but it also will make the room smell cool.

Get creative and craft rag garlands, laden with foliage, baubles and pillar candles to decorate a cosy fireplace. Mix the colours of a Christmas palette in pine green, red stockings and gold baubles for a shot of an amazing fireplace.

3. Tips To Decor Festive Christmas Living Decor Easily

3.1. The Simpler The Merrier 

Simple is best. Don’t try to mix all your favorite Christmas color palettes into one space because it will make your living room look messy and unsightly. Choose one to two main colors and add some others but not much.

If your living room doesn’t have enough space for a large Christmas tree. Minimalistic and fun, a small and short one is also fine. Instead of decorating a monumental Christmas tree with colorful baubles, you can wrap a lot of small gifts to stack under the tree with classic Christmas tones.

3.2. Having Fun With Your DIY Items

DIY and handmade decorations are sometimes the best and most cost-effective options on this holiday. Videos on Youtube inspired us to come up with homemade lanterns from old glass bottles filled with string lights. It looks both quirky and festive, right?

These DIY Christmas tree decorations or poster boards can be made for Christmas decorations. You won’t be disappointed because these beautiful items are simple to make and found. 

These living room decor ideas can spruce up your home and help you create the ideal setting for a cosy Christmas. After all, this holiday you and your family deserve the perfect ambiance in your home to amplify the festive vibes.

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Get ready to greet love, joy and peace into your home this holiday season. We hope you have found your favorite ideas for saving money while holiday decorating. Merry Christmas!