15 ideas to inspire you to choose red as the prime color to use for this Christmas
When we think about Christmas, which color instantly comes to mind and is synonymous with the holiday season? The vast majority would say red is the quintessential Christmas color. While other colors may come to mind, red remains central to the festive season.
Below, we showcase a delightful array of 15 decorations where red takes center stage, offering you a variety of choices to enhance your Christmas festivities. Let's check them out!
1. Drops for the tree
You don't want the classic baubles for the tree, but you want to keep the red coloring. Here is a good replacement idea that will make your tree look very elegant.
2. Placemats, napkins and trees
The best way to highlight a color is to choose it for table settings. In this example, the choice was made to go for using red placemats, matching napkin and a red tree placeholder decoration.
3. Christmas gift bowl
Here's a red bowl to hold decorations, such as pine cones, or perhaps to hold candies to offer to our guests, or even to hold a beautiful candle that will warm up our environment. You could even put surprize gifts in it for the kids to find! You just need to let your imagination loose and choose a purpose.
4. A Christmas train
A Christmas train is an ornament that is always a wonder to display at Christmas - a timeless decoration that will tastefully furnish our home at Christmas.
5. Vermilion cushions
You don't want to be too flashy, but you still want to include a touch of red for your Christmas. Well, consider covering your cushions with vermilion-colored slips.
6. Red bows: a classic
Bows: definitely the most classic Christmas decoration there is. And choosing bows in red will give the perfect festive touch to your home.
7. Cany canes
It doesn't matter whether they are real or fake, the fundamental thing is that these classic candy canes are red and white stripes!
8. Sled coat hanger
You like sleds, but you don't want a real one taking up space in the home. No problem: you can get this coat hanger version which will not only decorate the entryway - or even the bathroom - but will also be very handy.
9. Welcome mat
How best to welcome your guests? Well, place a beautiful red welcome mat at the front door. Placed outside or inside, it will be the nicest way to tell our friends that they are welcome.
10. Christmas carousel
The magic of Christmas can also be displayed in decorative miniatures like the carousel shown here. Does a cute diorama like this evoke Christmasses from your childhood?
11. Red berry wreaths
What do you put on the front door every Christmas? If the answer is a wreath, then you cannot fail to choose a red one, perhaps inspired by nature and made up of branches laden with red berries.
12. Red Christmas tree
Defy tradition and replace the classic green Christmas tree with a completely red one. It's certainly not "natural", but it will be a very original touch that will wow your visitors .
13. Scottish tree decorations
Hearts, stars, balls and much more in Scottish tartan and with a vermilion background. It's enchanting just to see these decorations as is, let alone when we use them to decorate our tree!
14. Branches of red berries
Elegant, minimalist, simple and charming: this bundle of branches laden with only red berries will create a truly unique atmosphere in your living room.
15. Christmas star
Stars are a very common choice for Christmas decorations. You can use more than just the one for the tree, of course, to decorate the home (and stars made from glass or resin are particularly attractive).
So, what do you think of these "red decorations" ideas?
