9 Christmas Decorating Lessons You'll Wish You Knew Sooner

Nine Christmas decorating lessons I learned the slow way, over close to thirty years of trimming trees, mantels and staircases for clients, so you can skip the hard part. In this video, I share why your color palette comes before shopping, the three size rule for ornaments, the right order to decorate a tree, how many lights a tree really needs and why warm white wins, fluffing an artificial tree, grouping in odd numbers, choosing one focal point per room, buying enough ribbon at once, and the last lesson that makes next Christmas so much easier. Most importantly, this weekend, sort everything you own by color and pick your three. That one decision fixes more than you'd expect. Chapters 00:00 Nine lessons designers learn the slow way 00:00 Lesson 1 Choose your palette first 00:00 Lesson 2 The three size rule 00:00 Lesson 3 The order of the tree 00:00 Lesson 4 How many lights you really need 00:00 Why two rooms with the same budget look different 00:00 Lesson 5 Fluff every branch 00:00 Lesson 6 Odd numbers on mantels and tables 00:00 Lesson 7 One focal point per room 00:00 Lesson 8 Buy enough ribbon at once 00:00 Lesson 9 The lesson that happens in January 00:00 Your weekend start #ChristmasDecor #ChristmasDecorating #ChristmasTree #HolidayDecor