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Neutral Christmas Present Wrapping

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Keeping in line with my minimal style, I love Christmas presents that are naturally wrapped with neutral colors, and I know there are lots of different ways to do this, but right now, this is the wrapping method I’m loving most so I thought I’d share all the details on how I created these look because it’s SO easy!

See the bottom of this post for cute gift tag ideas. I drew each one by hand in about 5 seconds and it’s another fun way to DIY personalize gift tags. The trick is don’t overthink it and just go for it!

Wrapping paper:

Gift tags (see bottom of post for my personalizations):

Labels (print any message you want for a personalized touch):

Burlap (I like to use this under ribbon or twine as a statement base):

Ribbon (I prefer simply colors and will often reuse the ribbon to prevent waste):

Twine (my go-to favorite – even just simple natural twine on natural paper with a little green sprig and black is elegant and beautiful):

For the rest of our mantel decor, click here.
For more Christmas-related posts, click here.
For more of our DIY tutorials, click here.
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Christmas Decor 2020

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This is a recap of all the Christmas decor we have displayed throughout our house categorized by room. This list is only Christmas decor, so for all other sources you will need to click through to the main sources page for each room or you use our website roadmap to navigate to your room of choice. You can see pics of how we’ve displayed everything here if you’re following us on Instagram @ahousewebuilt.

Product availability isn’t guaranteed since these are all seasonal items that may sell out at anytime, so if a link no longer shows the items then it means it’s no longer available or sold out for the season.

Living Room:

Dining Room:

Kitchen:

Mudroom:

Home Office:

Entryway:

Guest Bedroom:

Master Bedroom:

Master Closet:

Master Bathroom:

Powder Bathroom:

Buffalo Check Bathroom:

Basement Bathroom:

Basement Game Room:

Basement Theater Room:

Basement Hallway:

Basement Foyer:

Upstairs hallway:

  • CHRISTMAS: Christmas tree: Wayfair

Christmas Decor Preview 2020

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*** EDIT (November 2020): If you’re looking for Christmas decor we used in a particular room in our house, I have listed those items on the sources page for each room. Please use our website roadmap to find the room you’re looking for, or use the “Sources” menu at the top of our website and drop down to the room you want. Alternatively, our homepage has everything recapped in one long list. ***

I’ve started thinking about Christmas earlier this year than I normally would so I thought I’d share some of my favorite finds and decor ideas for the upcoming holiday season. For Christmas decor, I typically tend towards a mix of natural-looking greenery, warm neutrals (woods) and whites so below are some of my favorite pieces I’ve found. Please note that since these are seasonal items, availability may be limited.

Garlands

Tabletop trees

Wreaths

Botanicals

Reindeer

Ornaments

Christmas village

Tutorials for Christmas projects I’ve done in previous years:

Christmas Decor 2019

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Here’s a list of the Christmas decor we used around our house this holiday season! I’ve listed the exact item where possible, similar options in situations where I couldn’t find the original or just to give variety and options (always labeled as ‘similar’), and linked to all relevant DIY Tutorials for items we made. Please note that since these are mostly seasonal items, availability is always subject to change at any time.

MANTEL:

CHRISTMAS TREE:

KITCHEN:

DINING ROOM:

FOYER:

MUDROOM:

BATHROOMS:

WRAPPING PRESENTS:

SNACK BOARD SOURCES:

How to Make Salt Dough Ornaments

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To fit in with our minimal Christmas decor style, I thought I’d try making some homemade salt dough ornaments and loved how they turned out! They couldn’t be easier so here’s how to make them:

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup salt
  • 1 cup water

Directions:

  1. Combine flour, salt, and water in a mixing bowl. Mix with a fork. Once combined, knead mixture with your hands for about a minute until it forms a non-sticky ball of dough (similar to playdough).
  2. Roll it out with a rolling pin until it’s about 1/8″ thick.
  3. Use cookie cutters to make your desired shapes.
  4. Use a straw to make a hole near the top to hang the ornaments from.
  5. You’ll have lots of scraps left over so roll those back up into a new dough ball and make more ornaments. I did this process 4 times until I was out of dough.
  6. Bake at 350 on a lined baking sheet for about 10-11 minutes.
  7. Allow to cool for at least 30 mins before moving them, and allow them to completely cool for several hours (overnight would be ideal) before hanging them on the tree.

One ball of dough made me a total of 55 medium size star ornaments and I only ended up needing 50 to fully decorate our tree as per the picture at the top of this post – granted I only decorated the two sides visible from the room since our tree is placed in a corner, but that should give you an idea of quantity.

Cookie cutters (I’ve had mine for ages but these are very similar ones):

To hang them you can either use ornament hooks or for a more rustic look, you can use:

I kept my salt dough ornaments all the same shape for consistency, although I also think it would be super cute with variety so you can have a lot of fun with different ways of decorating. I also added in some starbust and wire ornaments to my tree as well so I’ve found some similar ones if you like the look:

Sources from our mantel decor:

Sources for our Christmas tree box stand:

For more info, please visit our Living Room Sources Page.