I got a late start to decorating this year. My goal every year is to have a colorful Christmas. Typically, I start in October and spend days layering decor, and by December, my home looks like the best of decor. I try to collect only things that inspire me and fit my style through the years. I don’t try and change colors or themes yearly but gravitate toward the fun and colorful.

This year I have inspired my new wall art that spent most of the time laying face down on a chair. I never got around to having it hung until last week, and I’m still in love with it. The colors were reminiscent of some ornaments I bought four years ago from Target.

I like to anchor my Christmas tree with a set of ornaments and fill it in with specialty ornaments. My tree this year is from Nearly Natural, and I love the flocking and branching. Its Nearly Naturals 7.5′ Flocked Manchester Spruce. I love the warm lights and the bendable branches. The branches bend so that I can layer multiple ornaments on one branch.

The topper for my tree is a DIY paper star I learned quickly by watching Youtube. I don’t have step-by-step directions because the video was simple and straight to the point. Here is the link to the instructions: “How to Make a Paper hanging star.” I bought some glitter scrapbook paper from the hobby store and used some hot glue to attach it to the top of the tree.

My approach for decorating the rest of my home was to sprinkle a little bit of Christmas throughout. The mantle was inspired by the Packed Party’s new holiday collection available at Walmart. I grabbed a few new Christmas items from this collection. I used the garland to wrap around my “Holiday Christmas Pre-lit Cascaring Pine Wreath” from Nealy Natural. Then I updated my stocking and stuffed them with plastic bags.

The stocking holders are also from the Packed Party. They might be my favorite new thing for this year. Also, the glass Christmas trees are fun, and to balance the mantle, I mixed in my nutcrackers. The retro lightbulb responds to music when played. I’ve always wanted to use tinsel garland, so I did this year.

Rainbow Dining Room Colorful Christmas 2021

I kept the dining room effortless with bottle brush trees in rainbow order. The colors blend right in with my wallpaper and chairs. I think I missed an opportunity to wrap my chairs with a ribbon. I have never done that or hung ornaments from the chandelier. Who knows, I might have part two the close I get to Christmas.