Use ribbon and floral picks to transform the look of your Christmas tree without buying new ornaments every year. This stately, elegant christmas tree is decorated with dozens of keepsake glass ornaments.
Welcome to my sparkling morning view — our elegant Christmas tree decorated with beautiful glass ornaments.
While some people prefer to decorate with a new theme and ornaments every Christmas, I’m more of a traditionalist. I love using the ornaments we’ve collected over the years and embellishing with different ribbon, floral picks and tree toppers.
If you’re coming here from The Little By Little Home, welcome!
I’m sharing the details of this elegant Christmas tree in our living room as part of the annual Celebrating Christmas Blog Hop, hosted by Leen of Sand Dollar Lane. Twenty bloggers are participating, bringing you Christmas tree decorating ideas, tablescapes, centerpieces, wreaths and door decor.
Be sure to head over to Harbour Breeze Home next for another tree decorating idea, then visit the other bloggers’ links at the end of this post for even more beautiful holiday inspiration
Our Elegant Living Room Christmas Tree
Our main Christmas tree takes center stage in our formal living room. It’s visible from our breakfast nook, foyer, family room and upstairs loft. So we get to enjoy it even when we’re in another room.
The living room is open to the second floor of our home, and the tree is a stately 9 feet tall. It has a slim profile, and with the painted tree collar and oversized velvet bow topper, it looks even taller!
This year, I added a second tree to the living room, and if you come back next week, I’ll give you a tour of the entire room of the rest of our home decorated for Christmas. You’ll see lots more Christmas trees to inspire you, including a pink one decorated with my prized Shiny Brite vintage ornament collection.
For this year’s main tree, I lucked upon some gorgeous 4-inch wide green velvet ribbon at an after-Christmas clearance sale last year. I stashed the ribbon away in my craft room and made a big bow to use as a topper for the tree.
Since you can only see our tree from 3 sides, I opted to have only 2 tails of ribbon trailing down the tree. (And, being completely transparent, I didn’t have enough ribbon for more tails! )
Normally, I like to use ribbon throughout our tree, but I didn’t want anything competing with the velvet. So I used a variety of different sparkling floral picks and beaded glitter tape to fill in any gaps.
I try to use mostly pinks, greens, silvers and gold on the tree to match the decor in the living room. But other colors do make an appearance here and there.
When it comes to tree decorations, I love oversized glass ornaments and anything with glitter or sparkle.
We also like to use keepsake ornaments from our family travels on this tree.
This year, in particular, it’s been fun to take a stroll down memory lane and reminisce about the places we purchased each ornament.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this look at this year’s Christmas tree.
Christmas Trees from Years Past
I also thought it might be fun to look back at how I’ve decorated the tree in years past — using mostly the same ornaments, but switching out toppers, ribbons, floral picks, tree skirts and collars. (We got a new artificial tree around 2017, but they’re essentially the same size and profile.)
My photography and styling skills have improved over the years. So the more recent trees are definitely prettie and better lit! But each iteration of our Christmas tree contains important family memories. A Christmas tree doesn’t have to be magazine ready to be special or beautiful.
More Christmas Decorating Inspiration
Don’t forget to visit the other participants on the Celebrating Christmas Blog Hop for more seasonal decorating ideas.
Atta Girl Says // Harbour Breeze Home // Kippi at Home // A Life Unfolding
Thistle Key Lane // Aratari At Home // Postcards from the Ridge // What Meegan Makes
Hearth and Vine // Sustain My Craft Habit // My Family Thyme // Dabbling & Decorating
Worthing Court // The Tattered Pew // Zucchini Sisters // Sweet Pea
Noting Grace // Sonya Burgess Blog // White Arrows Home // The Little by Little Home
Leen Curinga
I always look forward to seeing how your tree turns out. Every year, it’s one of my favorites!
Really love the green ribbon this year, it’s gorgeous!
Thanks so much for helping with the tour at the last minute. Couldn’t have happened without you.
Lynne
Amy, your Christmas tree is stunning! I love the elegant green velvet ribbon and your beautiful collection of ornaments. It was fun to see your Christmas trees throughout the years too! Best wishes to you and your family for a very Merry Christmas!
Sonja
What a perfect spot for your 9′ tree in front of that large picture window, it’s gorgeous and the color combination is so pretty and soft. Merry Christmas to you!
Paula@SweetPea
I enjoyed seeing how you’ve changed the look of this Christmas tree over the years. Your 2020 tree is GORGEOUS and your velvet bow with tails is the icing on the cake. I so much enjoyed every single picture that you shared!
Lindsay Aratari
I love the big bow on top of the tree! So beautiful!!
Libbie@alifeunfolding
Amy,
I love the pretty pink ornaments with the green velvet it is beautiful color combo! I also loved your tour of trees past. Happy Holidays!!
Ann
Amy I luv your beautiful tree it’s so unique to you with the pink. Luv it and pinned!
Patti
Amy, your tree is so beautiful. I do love the narrow shape of the tree and it fits so well in your living room. This year’s green velvet and all those elegant glass ornaments with the wicker base is very festive yet seems perfect in your southern home. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
Michelle | Thistle Key Lane
Amy, you have topped yourself once again. Your tree is absolutely gorgeous with the sparkly picks and elegant green ribbon and bow. What a treat to see how your tree was decorated from year to year, and I must say I love all of them!