In a condo, putting up Christmas decorations can be quite a challenge because of the small space you have to work with. On the other hand, there are a variety of ways that you can fit all your creative ideas into your condo’s floor area. Just follow the suggestions below and you’ll have a home worthy of Santa’s visit in no time:
- Attempting to fit an 8-foot tall Christmas tree into a small condo would be futile in most cases; your best bet would be a tree small enough to be set up on a coffee or side table. Hang small ornaments on the branches, and then place the gifts right under the table if they won’t fit beneath the tree itself.
- You don’t have to get rid of or put away the Christmas ornaments you can’t fit in the tree; here’s a great way to still display them: put them all in a clear bowl or serving tray that you barely use and display the whole thing in your living or dining room.
- Don’t keep all your holiday decorating ideas in just the common parts of your condo; if you live in a studio-type, your bedroom could use some loving, too. You can introduce a Christmas touch to this area by merely hanging a holiday wreath at the space above the headboard or at the foot of the bed. Here’s another great idea: remove your present pillow cases and bed sheets, and replace them with ones that come in green, red and white, or whatever holiday color combo you have going throughout the unit.
- If you’ve run out of floor space to decorate, you can also extend the holiday spirit to your ceiling and walls. Get some hooks with tape on the back, stick them to the ceiling over the dinner table, and hang ornaments from them using long pieces of string or ribbon. Or, why not take some string lights and arrange them on the edge of a room’s ceiling, or decorate a blank wall by creating the shape of a Christmas tree with them?
- One space-saving idea is to make multi-purpose decorations. In order to brighten up a room creatively, get some candles, bind them together with green or red string or ribbon and set them down on a window sill (keep the window closed so the wind won’t topple them or they won’t fall out). You can create a decorative food container by taking a clear cookie jar, stuffing it with Christmas cookies, tying a ribbon around it and putting it on the kitchen counter or the refrigerator.
When Christmas rolls around, don’t wish that your condominium has more space for you to decorate (or live in, basically); make do with what you have and use your imagination to adapt. Avoid adding bulky items to your décor; instead, avoid cramping up the space by accentuating what’s there to begin with. This way, it won’t be too hard to accommodate friends and family if you ever want to hold a small holiday party in your unit.
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