Take a moment to read about how to decorate your Newport, Rhode Island home for the holidays. Holiday decorating can be a fun family event and what better way to make your home look warm and inviting than to add holiday lights and accents. As temperatures lower during December, take advantage of the season by mixing up some hot chocolate and decorating any trees you may have in your front yard. Wrap lights around the trees in solid colors such as green, white or red. Add a nautical theme to your outside décor by hanging seashells on the trees for added effect. Large ribbons of silver, gold or glittering colors can be wrapped around the trees. Lights can also be added around entranceways for an inviting look filled with the warmth of the season. If you have a path to your home, lights on both sides can become a dramatic look as the snow deepens around them. They can be strings of lights, or can be votive candles in small glass jars placed along the walkway.
Add real pine roping to the outdoor décor for a beautiful daytime look. Roping can be wrapped around any outdoor area of the home such as banisters and porch posts. Vary the wrapping – swag the roping for a flowing look, or wrap tightly along with lights to hide them in the daytime. Bows or large outdoor Christmas bulbs – found in most home stores now – can be added for pops of color.
Living in Newport-by-the-sea, Rhode Island can inspire you to add a nautical theme to your holiday decorations. Rather than using traditional red and green ornaments, decorate an indoor or outdoor tree with lights of white and blue, adding garlands made of sea shells, starfish, sand dollars or miniature anchors, buoys or ship flags. Proudly display your “seashore” tree.
Other ways to decorate your Newport, Rhode Island home for the holidays are by creating holiday centerpieces. A unique table centerpiece can be created from a small blue and white life preserver by adding tiered candles inside it on glass candle holders. Candles can be beige or navy blue and should sit next to Decorate your ornaments (found in stores such as Wal-Mart) that are partway filled with craft sand. Roping can be added for extra “wow.” A pillar candle amidst shells inside a hurricane vase is a delightful centerpiece. Starfish trees are dramatic decorations, and so easy to make by gluing progressively smaller starfish on top of each other. Christmas greens arranged in a conch shell also serves as a delightful centerpiece. For added effect to your holiday table, drill holes in shells and thread onto raffia strands for napkin rings.
Mantles are lovely places to display your holiday nautical décor. Run a garland along the edge of the mantle and add some navy blue ornaments or bows. Place a large lighthouse or wooden ship on the mantle, adding some twinkling white lights for effect. Blue tinsel completes the look. Garlands of bleaches seashells and starfish can also be draped from your fireplace mantel. Starfish are perfect to add to your Christmas decorations because of their sparkling star look-alike quality. Coral is also an elegant alternative to use in holiday décor.
See how easy it is to learn how to decorate your Newport, Rhode Island home for the holidays! Merry Christmas!!
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