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Hello everyone, Today I will be going over how I decorated my Builtins around a fireplace for Christmas. Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Decorating builtins for Christmas is SUPER fun!! Trust me!!
Built-in Cabinets
My built-in cabinets are white but, since my color scheme for my house was black gold and Fuschia. I had placed a black wallpaper on some of the cabinets. I really did not want to remove the wallpaper so I decided to leave it.
In fact, the black wallpaper made some of the decorations pop out more. I started by decorating the large builtins first.
Christmas Decor for Large Builtins
I started decorating the top built-in first. I needed something hung up so it would not just be plain. So, I remembered that my sister had done a centerpiece with a loop. I came up with the idea of creating something similar that I could hang on the wall of the built-in.
DIY Christmas Floral loop Centerpiece –
To create the hoop Christmas wreath I purchased two Christmas picks from hobby lobby. I placed these on both sides of the hoop and used green wire to secure them on the hoop. I then took a snowman ornament and cut the string and placed it in between the two picks. I got this snowman ornament from the Shinoda design center.
Lastly, to complete the hoop I made a bow with ribbon and placed small cranberries on it from a pick.
Next, I added two ceramic reindeers and a ceramic tree on that shelf. But I still felt that there was something missing. I remembered that I had a poinsettia garland. I decided to place it around the shelf. This completed that shelf and brought in more color as well as it tied into the theme of my Christmas tree.
Metal Hoop:
https://www.hobbylobby.com/Christmas/Home-Decor-Pillows/Wall-Decor/Gold-Metal-Hoop—Large/p/80992127
Christmas Picks:
https://www.hobbylobby.com/Christmas/Floral-Arrangements/Picks/Frosted-Pine-Branch-Pick/p/80939354
https://www.hobbylobby.com/Christmas/Floral-Arrangements/Picks/Red-Berry-Cluster-Pick/p/80831457
Snowman Ornament:
Ribbon:
White Ceramic Reindeer:
Ceramic tree:
Poinsettia Garland:
Village Shelf Decor
I wanted this shelf to resemble a snowy winter wonderland. I decided to keep it mostly white and grey. I started by placing a snow blanket, to cover the shelf.
Then, I purchased a ceramic house with lights. I also placed these ceramic trees around them. I also had these two steel grey homes that also had lights that I sprayed the roof with snow spray. I placed two acrylic reindeers on both sides.
Lastly, I placed some fake snow and placed it all over it to make it seem like there was snow falling.
Snow:
Ceramic Tree Small:
White Ceramic Houses:
Metal Houses:
https://www.target.com/p/metal-church-decorative-figurine-black-wondershop-8482/-/A-79475992
Plush Snowman/Dwarf Decor
I had purchased these beautiful plush snowmen and penguins from HomeGoods for only $15 each. Which is a great deal because they cost much more. I didn’t want to just place them on the shelf because it looked too plain.
So, I took some large flocked pine picks and placed one on each side of the snowman and Dwarfs. I then placed some cranberry picks and Poinsettia picks on each side. This way it covered the whole shelf. This made it look like they were sitting on a garland.
Snowman Trio:
Poinsettia:
Christmas picks:
https://www.hobbylobby.com/Christmas/Floral-Arrangements/Picks/Frosted-Pine-Branch-Pick/p/80939354
https://www.hobbylobby.com/Christmas/Floral-Arrangements/Picks/Red-Berry-Pick/p/80195697
Small Shelf Decor
On the top of the smallest shelves I placed A candle holder we had made in one of our previous blog posts. I will link it below if you would like to recreate it. I also placed another plush dwarf next to it.
Three Absolutely Stunning Christmas Coffee Table Decor –
Dwarf:
Next, on the shelf below it I placed a Santa Claus I purchased from HomeGoods. I kept this shelf plain and simple to not take away from the look of the larger shelves.
Santa Claus:
On the third shelf, I placed a large ceramic tree that lights up. Next to it, I placed a small snowman hanging on the end of the shelf.
Ceramic Tree:
Santa Claus:
Lastly, on the last shelf I found this BEAUTIFUL red reindeer at HomeGoods that I fell in LOVE with. Next to it I placed another tree and a small flocked plant. It decided to keep the smaller shelves more simple so this way the focus could be more on the larger shelves.
Red Reindeer:
Ceramic Tree:
https://www.crateandbarrel.com/led-12-white-ceramic-tree/s679419
Overall, decorating builtins should be easy and not take up much time. I kept it simple but it turned out stunning. I hope that this inspires you to try it on some shelves or if you have builtins as well.
By: Silvana J.
