A Collection Of Beautiful Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas
The Christmas tree will be the focal point of your holiday decor, so you’ll want to make sure that it makes the statement that you want it to. This collection of beautiful tree ideas, in a variety of styles and color schemes, is sure to give you inspiration for decorating your own tree.
As you can imagine, I’ve managed to decorate quite a few Christmas trees in the 10+ years that I’ve been blogging. Here are over a dozen of my favorites that I hope you’ll be able to use to inspire your own tree decorating this year.
You’ll find ideas from traditional to elegant to woodsy to rustic glam. No matter what style or color theme you use at Christmas, you’re bound to find some great inspiration here!
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, CHECKOUT MY ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS DECORATING RESOURCE LIST:
Christmas Decorating Timeline – includes a free printable!
Christmas Tree Basics – How To Choose, Set Up & Fluff An Artificial Tree – an idea you may not have thought of!
How To Professionally Decorate A Christmas Tree – Designer’s Step-By-Step Directions – my most popular post of all time!
Recipe For Classic Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing
How To Decorate A Christmas Wreath – Directions From A Pro
How To Decorate A Small Front Porch For Christmas– another reader favorite!
Free Chalkboard Christmas Printable
Click HERE for tons and tons of Christmas ideas and inspiration all in one spot!
ENJOY THESE BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATING IDEAS!
Click on the tree titles to see more details, except where noted.
Blue, White & Red Christmas Tree
This is the first year that I’ve ever incorporated blue with red in a Christmas tree. I was very uncertain about whether or not I’d be able to pull it off without winding up with a patriotic tree, which I didn’t want.
My strategy was to make blue the primary color and only add pops of red and white.
Red & White Flocked Christmas Tree
The tree in our family room is one of my favorites that I’ve ever decorated! It’s a shorter, fatter tree than what I had in the past and I love the flocking!
Using red as part of my Christmas decorations is a must for my family and well as myself! The bright and cheery color brings a festive vibe to a space like no other.
Elegant Blue & Neutral Christmas Tree
Also new for 2021 is this gorgeous tree decorated with shades of blue and neutrals. Oh my. It was quite fabulous in my opinion.
Elegant & Woodsy Christmas Tree
A favorite tree of mine! I love the rustic pinecones and matte ornaments mixed with the glam gold ornaments, silk ribbon and glittery curling garland.
The large gold ornament balls came from the dollar store. They were super shiny (and cheap looking) until I added dark wax to them to tone the shininess down.
Eucalyptus & Buffalo Check Christmas Tree
This was the main tree in our family room a couple of years ago. I was inspired by how much I loved the sagey green of eucalyptus combined with red.
The buffalo check ribbon and ornaments made quite a bold statement on their own, so I was able to keep the actual ornaments on the tree very simple.
I was so inspired by the black and white buffalo check ribbon, ornaments and tree skirt that I added two small trees with the same pattern and colors on the opposite side of the fireplace.
The effect of the tree, mantel and pair of small trees was quite the stunner!
Burgundy & Gold Flocked & Elegant Christmas Tree
Here’s one more new-for-2021 tree and it’s the one in my dining room. This is another color combination that I’ve never decorated with before and I fell in love with the deep rich luscious mixture of burgundy and gold in this room.
Once again, dark wax came to the rescue to tone down the shiny gold of the large gold leaves on the picks.
Flocked And Elegant Christmas Tree
I put up two large trees every year (however this year I put up four!) – one in our family room and the other in our dining room. I like for the tree and decor in our dining room to be a little more elegant.
I found this combination of apple green mixed with silver on a flocked tree to be just beautiful!
A Woodsy & Outdoorsy Christmas Tree (no link- this one will be in a magazine!)
Evidently, 2021 has been a year of Christmas firsts because here’s yet another type of tree that I’ve never decorated before.
I decided to decorate my screen porch this year and felt like a woodsy theme would be very appropriate for an outdoor tree. I haven’t revealed the porch yet, so I don’t have a blog link for you.
Christmas Houses On Parade Christmas Tree
I absolutely love adding unexpected decorations in my home at Christmas! In 2018, I was inspired by several cardboard Christmas houses that I had purchased on clearance after Christmas a year or two before.
I held the houses in place on the tree by drilling small holes in the base of each house and using florists wire wrapped around the branches. It was such a fun tree!
The Year I Went Teal Christmas Tree
The first year that I ever had a flocked tree was 2018 and I wanted to make sure that whatever color theme I used popped against all that snow!
I’m always looking for something to inspire my decor every year and this year it was really pretty teal colored glass compote dishes that I ran across and fell in love with. My entire dining room was decorated for the season with that color in mind.
Using Coordinating Ribbon Christmas Tree
In 2017, my family room Christmas tree decorations were inspired by luscious silk red and green plaid ribbon, along with the coordinating stripe that I found at a local shop.
I took the time to go through all of my ornaments, one by one, and only used the ones that fit with my festive Christmas theme that year.
Red, Black & White Christmas Tree
I was inspired by ribbon once again when I decorated the tree in my dining room the same year.
Chalkboards are still one of my favorite decorating accessories and this wide chalkboard-look ribbon inspired a red, black and white Christmas tree.
Fabulous Rustic & Glam Christmas Tree
My entire tree and family room decor the year that I had this tree was inspired by a wreath I had seen in a magazine and did my best to duplicate. Every year it seems that I say this tree is my favorite, but this one was really over the top fabulous!
It was also one of the messiest because….glitter. Glitter everywhere, but it was so worth it!
Total Farmhouse Christmas Tree
For this year, I decided to go totally farmhouse with my tree and mantel. My Christmas “roots” lie in traditional red and green – but in an updated farmhouse’ish way – at least this particular year.
My tree was loaded with a variety of ornaments, tartan plaid ribbon, checked ribbon, a white pompom garland and a Nordic sweater garland that I fell in love with. A little bit of everything, you might say.
Which one is your favorite? Merry Christmas and happy tree trimming, my friends!
All of your trees are beautiful, but I absolutely love #2! It is stunning and that plaid ribbon is gorgeous. I will be decorating my tree today. Thanks for so much wonderful inspiration.
Thank you! I’m so glad you found some inspiration!
I love all of your past trees, but I agree with you that red just seems to be a required Christmas color. Every tree was so pretty and unique. I was inspired by your tree decor from last year for my tree this year. We already have all of our Christmas decorations up. I’ve never decorated this early but my daughter insisted, so we are done. It is kind of nice to not have to spend my whole Thanksgiving break cooking, cleaning, and decorating!
Red at Christmas is a must for me! LOL I started decorating super early because of blogging, but I’ve really come to enjoy being able to enjoy the decorations longer. Like you, I also to not be so rushed immediately following Thanksgiving.
All the trees are beautiful. I wish I had a house big enough to use them all. You always do such a great job and give such great ideas. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us. Merry Christmas.
Thank you so much! I hope you found some inspiration for your own home!
I love ALL of your trees! It has been such a great looking at all of your Christmas tree photos this morning. I remembered most of them from being a longtime follower of your blog. I am excited to read your upcoming posts about this year’s trees! I am loving the blues!
I adore all of the trees. All. Of. Them!
It’s hard to pick a favourite, how can l pick one? They are all so beautiful, l love them all. You do such amazing work. Thanks for sharing.
Each tree is simple stunning! Fabulous rustic and glam has my heart. Such a talent you have.
Everything is so beautiful, I think it took you a long time to write this content. I like the helpful info you provide in your articles.
I’m a big red fan for Christmas decorating (although I did a turquoise with black and white checks and a touch of red one year that I loved). I must say your new blue trees are both fabulous!! I think my favorite of all is your teal dining room tree from a few years ago. SO ELEGANT!! ❤️
Hello, all of the trees are Fabulous! I have to ask, where do you store everything to have the room, to change color themes so often? We downsized and moved into a condo. Unfortunately, no outside storage allowed. I’m so glad I found your Worthington Court Blog. I would have missed the Beautiful trees!!
Hi Ellen. Thank you so much for your sweet comment. I have quite a bit of walk-in attic space in the house that we live in now and that’s where all of it goes. I wrote a post about it, it you’d like to see how I have it organized: https://www.worthingcourtblog.com/attic-organization/. Before this house, I stored everything in closets, cabinets and under beds. I know some people who rent a small storage unit to keep their decor in. 🙂 Please know that the ONLY reason I have so much stuff is because of the blog. Since my goal is to provide you with inspiration, I try to change things up from year to year.
Wow! These trees are stunning! So many great ideas. Hugs and blessings to you.
Thank you, Renae!
Absolutely gorgeous trees! You are a master decorator! I thought I had a lot of decor, but I definitely do not have the amount you displayed in these trees. I have most of my trees up this year but can’t find decorations for one of them. My rotating stands broke and had to purchase extra ones. 🙁 Where do you store all these decorations? That would be a major blog to write about for all of us. One bay of my garage is full with the overflow in storage closets inside. My children have told me I need to downsize my decor or there will be a HUGE CHRISTMAS ESTATE SALE after I’m gone. At the age of 80, that may happen sooner than I want.
Thank you so much for your sweet comment. Please know that the ONLY reason I have so much stuff is because of the blog. Since my goal is to provide you with inspiration, I try to change things up from year to year. I have quite a bit of walk-in attic space in the house that we live in now and that’s where all of it goes. I wrote a post about it, if you’d like to see how I have it organized: https://www.worthingcourtblog.com/attic-organization/. Before this house, I stored everything in my garage, in closets, cabinets and under beds. I know some people who rent a small storage unit to keep their decor in. 🙂 My daughter tells me the same thing! Let’s hope and pray that we are both around for many more years to come!
What a special treat to see all of your beautiful trees! I usually go the traditional red and green decor, but we had redone our living room and this year I’m going with the blue-silver combo, so I will be using the blueberry picks with navy and light blue and silver.
I enjoy your blog and your beautiful pictures. Thanks so much for sharing!
Merry Christmas!
Sandi
Thank you so much, Sandra! I’ll be posting this year’s family room tree, which is traditional red and green, soon! Merry Christmas to you as well!
These trees are beautiful. My question is. How long does it take you to actually decorate the trees once you know your theme and have your decorating supplies on hand ?
Thank you, Kim! That’s a good question, but it’s hard for me to put an exact time to. I usually work on my trees off and on for several days. Plus, I don’t always have all of my supplies already on hand. Sometimes when I’m in the middle of decorating them, I realize that I need something else and have to take time to run to the store. I’m sorry that I can’t be more specific!
That’s ok I was just curious. I have never done a themed tree , and I have been thinking about doing one just to be different. My tree is usually the same every year with special family decorations that have either been passed down to me or done by my son when he was little etc. But this year I want to change it up a little just for the fun of it. I loved the farmhouse one the best and would like to do something similar.
I love all of the trees you have done over the years Suzy, but the ones with red are my favorite. Especially the one with the houses.
I saw your blue, red, and white tree in a farmhouse decor magazine the other day. I knew right away it was yours! It made my so happy for you!
I belong to an organization that does a fundraiser every year called the Parade of trees I love your elegant and woodsy tree and we want to do something similar Could you tell me what kind of wax you used on the gold balls Thank you
The exact product I used was Annie Sloan Dark Wax. It may be a bit pricey, so I think that the more affordable Minwax Dark Furniture Wax might also work. 😀
Thank you
Always love seeing your post! All of these trees are beautiful! Curious to know if you keep all of your supplies for the different themes and reuse in another way? Can’t imagine how much storage you would need and if you have any tips on storing to maximize space. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Hi Terri. There are various ways that I store my Christmas decorations. Check out this post, but please be sure to let me know if you have any other questions: https://www.worthingcourtblog.com/attic-organization/
with the house full of children I would go with the blue white and red. A great eye catcher for all. However I like the one that you said was the mess one. Each one has it’s special place.