82 Elevated Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas, According to Editors

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82 Elevated Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas, According to Editors

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Lunar Christmas Tree

Cozy room decorated for the holidays with a Christmas tree bed and dining area
Henry Bourne

If you peer closely at this tannenbaum—courtesy our favorite gothy-c00l design studio, House of Hackney—you’ll see ornaments with various sized moons on them—a fitting theme for a bedroom tree. We’re also loving the whole green monochromatic moment that’s happening.

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Ribbon-Happy Christmas Tree

decorated christmas tree with presents in a cozy living room
Courtesy Birch Lane

We’re loving the elongated ribbons that nearly drench this tree. A three-color theme (red, yellow, and green) on this Birch Lane Christmas tree brings a festive and vibrant touch to the holiday season.

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Maximalist Christmas Tree

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Courtesy House of Hackney

Nobody does maximalist Christmas quite like House of Hackney—and this Christmas tree, a smattering of effortlessly-tied ribbons and character figurine ornaments, is proof. If your wallpaper isn’t the statement piece of the room, your wrapping paper could stand to be more pattern-happy to compensate.

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Less is More Christmas Tree

decorated christmas tree with lights and presents viewed through an arched doorway
Courtesy Arhuas

Grandeur doesn’t always require excessiveness, as Arhaus’s artificial Christmas tree proves. This 90-inch tree features faux branches, gold ornaments, and copious lights for a look that is as simple as it is jaw-dropping.

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Christmas Village Tree

A decorated Christmas tree with gifts underneath stockings on the fireplace and a cozy living room setting
Shaun Sullivan

Every now and again, we like to turn standard Christmas decor practices on their head. This charming faux tree, Pottery Barn’s pre-lit, flocked Vermont tree, looks fabulous with Christmas village houses interspersed between its branches. Because putting them on the mantel is so last year.

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Big-Bowed Christmas Tree

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Courtesy Anthropologie

Feeling coquettish? You’re not alone. Bows are having a moment, trending on TikTok and rippling across the fashion and design world. So, of course, we are putting them on our Christmas trees. This year’s Anthropologie house revealed a festive display of Christmas trees with larger-than-life bow toppers that had us rethinking our traditional star adornments.

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Tall and Skinny Christmas Tree

festively decorated room with christmas trees and gifts
Courtesy Anthropologie

Whoever said a tree needed to take over 10 square feet at the base? For urban dwellers, two tall and skinny trees can offer just as much personality—without overtaking basic seating options.

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Glowing Glass Christmas Tree

a living room with a christmas tree
Courtesy Soho Home

This towering parlor room, decorated with furnishings and fixtures from Soho Home, is the epitome of Art Deco elegance, with its Venetian glimmering chandelier, velvet seating, and deep tones. Needless to say, it doesn’t need much to get us into the holiday spirit. The tree, therefore, was kept relatively simple, with a string of twinkling lights and jewel-toned glass baubles, which nod to the delicacy of the glass fixtures and the hues of the surrounding room.

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Lush Greenhouse Tree

a living room with a christmas tree
Lacey Sombar

It’s no secret that we love a green room. Clearly, interior designer Bradley Odom does too. In this light-filled apartment, he took “evergreen” to the next level with coordinating fabrics and lots (and lots) of plants. The Christmas tree was hung with similarly natural items, like dried orange slices, faux mushrooms, and simple wood garlands. But it’s the cheeky details in the rest of the room that heighten the fantasy: Look closely and you’ll even spy mini mushrooms in the planter on the cocktail table!

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Pretty-in-Pink Christmas Tree

a christmas tree in a room
Katie Nixon Photography

Caitlin Wilson literally wrote the book on pretty, so it’s no surprise that her Christmas decor would be like a sugar plum dream. Here, she decked out everything—from presents to boughs to tree—in pastel ribbons. The tree, meanwhile, with its frosted branches, feathery birds, and poodle ornaments, looks straight out of a confectioner’s window.

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Winter Whites Christmas Tree

a christmas tree in a room
Courtesy The Enchanted Home

Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? So is Enchanted Home founder Tina Yaraghi. She opted to deck out her tree entirely in delft-inspired blue-and-white baubles, with a few cutesy dog ornaments thrown in for good measure. With its matching rug and a mantel resplendent with pine cones and paper whites, this look is keeping us staunchly indoors.

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Celestial Stunner

a christmas tree in a room
Courtesy Anthropologie

ICYMI, a Christmas tree in the bedroom is a total thing, and we can’t get enough of boudoir beauty from Anthropologie’s holiday house. For some night-before-Christmas magic, its style experts hung this conifer with star garlands, moon-shaped ornaments, and wintry birds and pine cones. A sprinkling of flocked snow makes this look the stuff of midwinter dreams.

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Full Glam Christmas Tree

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Balsam Hill

It doesn’t get more luxurious than New York’s Plaza Hotel. Which is why the experts at Balsam Hill decorated one of its suites with dazzling holiday decor. The show-stopping tree features a combination of gold, silver, and white ornaments and is artfully draped with glittering crystal garlands. Feathers, lights, and a wide gold ribbon add extra twinkle to this uptown tree. Bonus: For a starlit backdrop, drape the wall behind your tree with cascading lights!

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Decor of Yore

christmas tree ideas
Lucy Call

Nostalgia and the holidays go hand in hand, so why not bring a little old-world magic to your tree this year? Shea McGee of Studio McGee festooned her tree with handmade ornaments (we love the dehydrated orange slices), bead garlands, wicker bells, and whimsical ribbons. “Relaxed ribbons tied or draped onto the tree’s branches add a softness to the overall look,” she tells ELLE DECOR. “Loose, flowing textiles like velvet or silk feel fanciful and romantic—let them hang long or used oversize ribbon for an extra dose of drama.”

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Silver, Gold, Something New, Something Old

christmas tree ideas
Julie Soefer

Looking to bridge old and new? We love how Houston interior designer Chandos Dodson Epley decked out her tree with a mix of vintage and contemporary baubles. “Our tree’s color scheme blends with our living room’s interior, filled to the brim with neutral metallics that glimmer and festive baubles in antique glass,” she says. “I wanted it to be festive while still being classic. I prefer lights that have a warm glow, and I draped beads to give it a more collected and unique aesthetic.”

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Woodland Wonder

christmas tree ideas
Spacecrating Photography

Whimsical, woodsy touches—think forest creatures, mushrooms, and other adorable plucked-from-nature elements—are trending in a big way for Christmas this year, and interior designer Bria Hammel nailed the look in this festive forest tree. Here, birds perch on branches chock-full of acorns, pine cones, and berries—just how Mother Nature would want it.

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Regal Roost Christmas Tree

christmas tree ideas
Spacecrating Photography

For a more sophisticated variation on the nature theme, Hammel layered neutral-colored elements, like the white bells, light brown pine cones, and cream-colored birds. “We love to either wrap real (or faux!) garland around the tree or pop stems and branches into our trees for added fullness,” she tells us. “It’s incredible how much more lifelike your tree will feel.”

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Velvet Goldmine

house of hackney
Michael Sinclair

Leave it to the Gothy-cool design duo behind House of Hackney, Frieda Gormley and Javvy M Royle, to create a tree look straight out of a Victorian tableau. Here in their London home, the pair decorated their Christmas tree with tiger-emblazoned ornaments—a reference to House of Hackney’s signature velvet pillows. And (our favorite part) they piled complementary cushions high beneath the tree in place of a traditional skirt.

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Whimsical Wonderland

christmas tree with ornament of a moon on it shot in close up
Courtesy Houses & Parties

Rebecca Gardner, the tastemaker behind Houses & Parties, always has a few fanciful decor tricks up her sleeve. In the case of her Christmas tree, that means going all out with old-timey ornaments collected over the years. “I love to hang the ornaments and unwrap each with the excitement of seeing an old friend,” she tells us. “One of my favorites is a giant blown-glass moon. He’s magic.” Follow suit by sourcing whimsical vintage ornaments and festooning your tree with tinsel and strands of beads.

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Chic Charlie Brown

christmas tree ideas
John Derian

Like our favorite Peanuts character, John Derian knows that a little love (and a chic design sensibility, of course!) can transform even the scrawniest of trees into something special. Here, the decoupage artist set a charming mini tree into an antique urn and packed it with tinsel and metallic vintage ornaments. Other treasures, like the shell, print, and sculpture, give the mantel tableau a cabinet of curiosities vibe.

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Rachel Silva is the associate digital editor at ELLE DECOR, where she covers all things design, architecture, and lifestyle. She also oversees the publication’s feature article coverage, and is, at any moment, knee-deep in an investigation on everything from the to the on the internet right now. She has more than 12 years of experience in editorial, working as a photo assignment editor at Time and acting as the president of Women in Media in NYC. She went to Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for awards from ASME, the Society of Publication Designers, and World Press Photo.

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Anna Fixsen is the deputy digital editor of ELLE DECOR, where she oversees all facets of ElleDecor.com. In addition to editing articles and developing digital strategy, she writes about the world’s most beautiful homes, reviews the chicest products (from the best to gifts), and reports on the most exciting trends in design and architecture. Since graduating from Columbia Journalism School, she’s spent the past decade as an editor at Architectural Digest, Metropolis, and Architectural Record and has written for outlets including the New York Times, Dwell, and more.

 

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