Burgundy and gold is having a real moment on Pinterest this season — and unlike the trends that burn out by December 10, this one has been quietly building for a few years. We spent serious time scrolling through Target, At Home, Etsy, Walmart, and Anthropologie to bring you only what actually looks expensive in person, and we narrowed it down to 32 ideas that deliver — from a $6 glass ornament to a $400 velvet tree skirt. You’ll find traditional red-and-green classics, jewel-tone luxe trees built on velvet and glass, warm champagne-gold palettes, and vintage-inspired flocked looks, with budget and luxury versions compared side by side. The 2026 shift toward deep oxblood and antique gold instead of bright cherry red tracks with the broader move toward richer, moodier holiday color, and it photographs beautifully under warm white bulbs. Save this post now — you’ll want it when you’re ready to shop.
And stay until the end — we break down the most common mistakes that can ruin these looks.
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1. A Red-and-Gold Ribbon Explosion by the Window
Cut your ribbon, don’t loop it. Take 2.5-inch wired ribbon, cut it into 20-inch lengths, then fold each length into a soft V and push the fold down into the branch so both tails fall away from the trunk. A seven-foot tree wants roughly 18 to 22 strips placed in a loose spiral. Wired ribbon holds that shape all season; unwired velvet slumps by the second week. Seal any fraying cut ends with a quick five-second pass from a lighter.
Two things carry this tree: the oversized poinsettia blooms and the mix of glittered and matte finishes. The blooms interrupt what would otherwise be an unbroken field of spheres, and at roughly four times the size of the baubles they give your eye somewhere to land. The velvet ribbon soaks up the warm white light while the glittered ribbon throws it back. That push and pull is the reason a mostly-red tree never reads flat.
2. Flocked Branches, Burgundy Velvet, and a Plush Star
The formula here is about 45% frosted greenery, 35% burgundy, and 20% gold. That middle number is what separates this from a standard red tree — burgundy sits quieter and reads more grown-up than candy-apple red. Change the ratio and you keep the mood: 45% greenery with 35% forest green and 20% antique brass gives you a woodland version, while 35% blush paired with 20% pearl is the same tree in a softer key.
Weaving ribbon through a flocked tree is where most people wreck the flocking. Here’s how to do it without shedding half the snow.
- Work in vertical thirds, finishing one section before you move on.
- Cut velvet ribbon into 24-inch lengths — longer and it tangles in the branches.
- Tuck the ribbon between two branch tips; never wrap it around an entire branch.
- Keep both tails the same length so nothing looks lopsided.
- Step back three feet every five minutes. Up close everything looks sparse.
Budget 45 to 60 minutes for a seven-footer and $22 to $38 for 20 yards of good velvet ribbon.
3. Burgundy and Emerald Baubles with Gold Filigree
Patterned ornaments need a spacing rule, or the tree turns into visual noise. Keep any two gold-patterned baubles at least three feet apart at the same height, and vary their sizes by at least an inch. Every bauble here carries the same ornate gold filigree, but they alternate between deep red and dark green — so the pattern repeats while the color doesn’t. That’s what makes a busy tree look intentional instead of cluttered.
The gold pattern is the whole idea. Without it you’d have two competing color stories — a red tree and a green tree sharing branches. The filigree pulls both into one family and lets the red berry sprigs and frosted foliage read as garnish rather than chaos. Take the gold out and the tree drops from ornate to generic in one move.
4. One Red Swirl Bauble, Lit Like a Candle
Glitter ornaments shed, and there’s no polite way around it. Expect a fine dusting of gold on your tree skirt, your floor, and eventually your socks. A quick coat of matte clear acrylic spray locks most of it down — do it outside, two light passes, and let them cure overnight before they go on the tree. If you’re hanging ornaments at toddler height, glitter is the one finish to skip entirely.
Single-bauble styling like this works best on trees between 18 inches and four feet — tabletop, entry console, or a slim corner tree in a small apartment. It also needs warm white lights, not cool. The whole point is that halo of soft bokeh behind the ornament, and cool LEDs turn that glow into flat blue-white pinpricks. In a room under 100 square feet, one corded strand of 50 warm bulbs is plenty.
5. The Ornament Flat-Lay That Starts Every Good Tree
Building an ornament wardrobe in this palette from scratch:
- Matte red and deep green spheres, 24-pack: $18–$32
- Glitter gold and champagne baubles, mixed sizes: $22–$45
- Satin ribbon, 20 yards: $12–$24
- Faux pine picks and beaded sprays: $15–$30
- Metallic gold decorative picks: $9–$20
Total: $76–$151
Budget alternative: grab the matte spheres at Walmart or Dollar Tree (about $12 for 24), then spend your real money on the ribbon. Nobody notices a cheap ball; everybody notices limp ribbon.
Three sizes is what makes a flat-lay like this translate onto an actual tree. The smallest baubles fill interior branches where nobody looks closely, mid-size pieces carry the middle, and oversized ones sit on outer tips where they catch light. Most people buy one size and then wonder why their tree looks flat. A dark charcoal or slate surface also matters — it keeps deep burgundy reading rich instead of muddy when you’re sampling colors for a room.
6. Burgundy Satin Ribbon Wrapped Around a Piano-Room Tree
The ribbon here is wrapped horizontally around the tree in stacked bands, not spiraled down from the top like garland. That single decision is everything. It makes the tree read like a wrapped gift — which is the point — and it hands your eye a series of clean horizontal lines instead of one swirling diagonal. Finish it with one oversized bow at the crown and the whole thing looks deliberate rather than decorated.
Roughly 50% green base, 30% burgundy ribbon, 20% gold and clear ornaments. Because the ribbon is doing the color work, the ornament count stays low — maybe 40 to 60 pieces on a seven-foot tree instead of the usual 100. Swap burgundy satin for ivory velvet and you have a winter-white version; swap it for forest green and the tree goes fully traditional. Identical ratios either way.
7. Blossoms, Aubergine, and Gold Script Ornaments
Blossom picks and gold script ornaments have been riding the quiet-luxury wave, and they’re showing up all over 2026 holiday styling — partly because they photograph beautifully, partly because they let you nod at Lunar New Year without rededicating the whole tree. Matte purple is the sleeper here. It’s the one cool tone that can sit right next to gold without either of them looking cheap.
Silk blossoms are dust magnets. Give them a monthly once-over with a can of compressed air held about six inches back, and never wet-clean them — the dye bleeds. Matte purple ornaments show every fingerprint, so hang them at shoulder height or above and keep a microfiber cloth in the ornament box. Expect faux greenery to fade slightly after two or three seasons of direct sun.
8. Matte Burgundy Baubles with Gold Glitter Botanicals
You can make a gold-botanical bauble look like this for about $14.
- Start with a matte burgundy ornament — glossy won’t hold the pattern.
- Lay a small floral or berry stencil flat against the sphere and tape it down.
- Brush a thin layer of Mod Podge through the stencil, then dust immediately with fine gold glitter.
- Peel the stencil while the glue is still tacky, not after it dries.
- Seal with one light coat of matte sealer, then reattach the cap and loop.
About 20 minutes per ornament plus an hour of drying. Budget roughly $14 in materials if you already own the glitter.
Hang in odd-numbered clusters. Groups of three, five, or seven read as designed; even numbers read as accidental. Inside each cluster, place the largest ornament in the middle and step down in size to either side — that creates a small triangle, the shape your eye processes easiest. Three evenly spaced baubles at one height look like a row of buttons.
9. Burgundy and Blush Velvet Baubles on Pink Ribbon
- Measure your tree’s widest point first — velvet ornaments add roughly two inches of visual width.
- Check your light temperature: 2700K–3000K keeps burgundy warm; 4000K turns it grey.
- Count what you already own before buying — most homes have 30-plus usable baubles in a box somewhere.
- Decide ribbon width up front: 1.5-inch for trees under six feet, 2.5-inch for taller.
- Set a hard budget ceiling before you walk into the store.
Velvet finish is the expensive part, and it’s also the easiest to fake. Buy plain plastic spheres at Dollar Tree or Walmart — six for about $7.50 — then coat them in adhesive velvet flocking powder, roughly $9 for a jar that handles two dozen ornaments. The soft pink ribbon hangers are just craft ribbon cut into 8-inch lengths. Two dozen velvet-look baubles runs $25 to $35 instead of $90 and up.
10. Wide Gold Ribbon and Plum Finial Ornaments
The working ratio: 40% deep green, 25% gold ribbon, 20% plum and gold ornaments, 15% bright accents. That last slice is the one people get wrong — the magenta and lime green need to stay tiny. Treat them like hot sauce. Swap plum for deep teal and the formula still holds; swap the gold ribbon for bronze and the whole tree warms up without changing a single ornament.
Wide satin ribbon is slippery. Draped loops tend to slide out of place the first time somebody walks past, so anchor each one with a small green floral wire twisted around the branch. Finial ornaments need vertical room too — if your tree is under six feet, hang them on the upper half only, or the lowest ones will tangle with gifts and get bent.
11. The Matte Burgundy Bauble on Reclaimed Wood
What makes this work is contrast in texture, not color. A matte burgundy sphere next to raw dark wood and a blur of green pine gives you three surfaces doing three different jobs: soft, rough, living. The gold reads brighter because nothing around it is shiny. If you want a mantel or side table to feel styled instead of scattered, this is the trick — one matte piece, one organic piece, one metallic accent, nothing else.
Single-ornament vignettes work anywhere from a 12-inch shelf to a full console. The piece itself is typically three to four inches across, so plan on about five inches of clear space around it. In a small apartment, three of these spaced along a floating shelf does more than a whole miniature tree. For the room-scale version, see Idea #2.
12. A Red Velvet Bow Wreath With Gold Trim
Build a wreath from the back forward. Pin the greenery and pinecones to the wire frame first, then the largest baubles, then berries, then the bow last. Anything attached to the front surface is the first thing to fall off. Use 22-gauge floral wire, not hot glue — glue goes brittle in the cold. A 24-inch wreath takes about nine large baubles, a dozen berry sprigs, and three pinecones.
Faux pine wreaths run $25 to $60 at craft stores, but thrift shops and Facebook Marketplace are full of them every January for $5 to $10. Skip boxed ornament sets and buy loose baubles at Walmart or Dollar Tree — a bag of 20 mixed reds and golds costs around $12. Spend on the bow: $14 to $22 for a good one, or about $6 if you make it from a yard of velvet ribbon and a zip tie.
13. Flocked Branches Holding a Single Holly Bauble
The ornament is the whole tree here. A glossy red sphere with a painted holly sprig gives a flocked tree something specific to say — otherwise you’re looking at a snow-covered bush with generic balls on it. One detailed piece placed at eye level pulls attention exactly where you want it, and it echoes the green of the branches without adding another color family you have to manage.
Flocked trees are the highest-maintenance tree there is. That white coating sheds every time you move a branch, and it never fully stops. Plan on a lint roller for the floor and a vacuum with a brush attachment every few days in December. Store it in a sealed bag, not a cardboard box — moisture is what turns flocking yellow. If you keep a tree up for three months, a flocked one looks tired by February.
14. Electric Candles and Crimson Bows on a Checkered Floor
Recreating this classic look on a 7.5-foot tree:
- Tree with warm white lights: $120–$350
- Red satin bows, 24-pack: $16–$30
- Red and gold baubles, 100-count: $35–$70
- Electric candle ornaments, set of 10: $22–$48
- Wired ribbon and gift wrap: $20–$40
Total: $213–$538
Budget version: a $129 tree from Walmart, a 100-count bauble set from Target at $35, and clip-on candles from Amazon for $20 gets you the same silhouette for under $200.
Those electric candles are the detail that makes this tree feel like a Victorian parlor. Here’s the setup.
- Clip them to sturdy branches near the trunk, not the outer tips.
- Alternate candle height by at least six inches so they don’t line up.
- Run all cords to one side and hide them behind the trunk.
- Plug the whole strand into a single smart plug so one tap turns everything on.
- Keep every candle at least four inches from a real ribbon bow.
Twenty minutes of work; candles run $22 to $48 for a set of ten.
15. Gold Glitter Bows with a Whisper of Blush Pink
About 55% greenery, 30% gold glitter, 15% blush. Blush is doing something subtle here — at that small a dose it doesn’t read pink, it just softens the gold so the tree stops looking metallic and starts looking warm. Push blush to 30% and you’re in a completely different, much sweeter room. Trade it for ivory and the same formula reads classic rather than romantic.
Three finishes keep this from turning into a disco ball. The gold bows are fully glittered, the red ornaments are high-gloss and ribbed, and the pink bows are flat matte ribbon. Glitter, gloss, matte — one of each, repeated. When everything on a tree is sparkly, nothing sparkles, because your eye has no baseline. The white fluff tucked between branches also softens the transition between gold and green, the harshest edge on any tree.
16. One Oversized Gold Poinsettia Ornament, Center Stage
A single oversized ornament — this one is roughly six inches across — needs breathing room. Give it 10 to 12 inches of clear branch on every side, which usually means a tree at least six feet tall. On anything smaller, a piece this size eats the whole silhouette. If you love the look and only have a four-footer, buy the 3-inch version and hang it alone on the front face. See Idea #18 for the two-ornament version of this.
Oversized pieces go on last, after everything else is hanging. If you place them first, you’ll unconsciously crowd the tree around them. Aim for one large focal ornament per two feet of tree height, positioned in the upper third where light hits directly. And never hang two of them at the same height on opposite sides — that creates a pair, and pairs read as a matched set instead of a collection.
17. Glitter Red Meets Fluted Gold, Two Baubles Only
Two ornaments on one branch is a styling choice, not a shortcut, and it only works when the pieces contrast hard. Here you’ve got a fully glittered red sphere beside a smooth fluted gold one — different finish, different shape, similar visual weight. Two glossy balls of the same size just look like you ran out of branches. If you try this and it looks off, it’s almost always because the two pieces are too similar.
The fluted gold is the one I’d keep. Ridged surfaces catch light in bands rather than one big blob, which means the ornament still reads clearly at night under string lights. A smooth gold sphere at the same size just goes dark from most angles. If you buy one upgrade this year, make it a textured metallic.
18. Champagne Gold, White Glitter and Real Pinecones
Pinecones are the reason this tree doesn’t look like a department store display. They bring brown into a palette of green, gold, and white, and that earthy note keeps gold from tipping into gaudy. The hammered and ribbed ornament textures matter too — under warm bulbs, a textured gold sphere reads as three shades of gold at once, while a smooth one flattens into a single bright dot.
Pinecones are free if you have a yard, or about $6 for a bag of 12 at any craft store. A can of gold spray paint runs $7 and covers roughly 20 of them. Look for gold glitter spheres at Dollar Tree and Walmart — a 12-pack for $10 is indistinguishable once the lights are on. Save your money for the leaf picks and spray those metallic gold yourself.
19. Burgundy Glass Teardrops on Red Ribbon Hangers
Ribbon hangers instead of metal hooks change the whole look for pennies.
- Cut 1/4-inch satin ribbon into 8-inch lengths.
- Fold each into a loop and thread it through the ornament cap.
- Knot the ends about an inch above the cap.
- Drape the loop over the branch so the knot sits behind the needles.
- Trim the loose ends at an angle to stop fraying.
About $4 for a spool that handles 40 ornaments, and the whole job takes 15 minutes.
Glass ornaments chip, and the chip almost always happens at the cap, not the body. Don’t stack them in a bin — wrap each in tissue and store in a divided tray. Wash them once a year in lukewarm water with a drop of dish soap, dry immediately, and never put them in the dishwasher; the heat fogs the inside. Teardrops and spindles break more often than rounds because they’re thinner at the neck.
20. Rose Gold Florals and Little White Birds
Roughly 50% deep green, 25% rose gold, 15% shiny gold, 10% white. That tenth that’s white is doing quiet work — knitted figures, birds, and small pale accents give the metallic layers something to sit against. Push white to 25% and you get a frosty tree; drop it to zero and the whole thing turns into a jewelry display. Swap rose gold for copper and the formula holds just as well.
- Rose gold and gold baubles, 60-count: $45–$85
- Large metallic floral picks, set of 6: $24–$48
- Glitter leaf sprigs, set of 12: $15–$30
- White knitted figures and bird ornaments: $18–$40
- Warm white string lights: $18–$35
Total: $120–$238
Budget alternative: shop the after-Christmas clearance the following January and you can rebuild this entire palette for about half the money.
21. Jewel-Tone Burgundy, Champagne and Slate
Depth of tone beats variety of color. This tree uses four colors but five finishes — glossy, matte, velvet, ribbed, and champagne metallic — and that’s where the richness comes from. A practical rule: for every three ornaments you hang, two should be matte or velvet and one should be shiny. Shiny pieces read as highlights, and highlights only work when they’re outnumbered. A tree that’s mostly gloss looks like plastic from across the room.
Deep jewel tones have been creeping into holiday decor for a few seasons, and 2026 is the year they stopped being the alternative tree. Part of it is the broader shift away from bright primary reds; part of it is that burgundy, slate, and dark green photograph far better on a phone than candy red does. This palette has staying power — it’s a color family, not a gimmick, so you can build on it year after year instead of starting over.
22. A Gold-Embroidered Scroll Skirt on Tile
Skirts are sized by diameter, not tree height, and most people buy one that’s too small. A 48-inch skirt is the minimum for a seven-foot tree; anything narrower and you’ll see the stand peeking out. If your tree sits on tile or hardwood, go 56 to 60 inches so the fabric pools. Low-pile and cotton skirts sit flatter on hard floors; velvet is the one that needs a rug or stand cover underneath to keep it from sliding. See Idea #26 for the velvet version of this.
Embroidered skirts are dry-clean only in practice. Spot-cleaning with water will leave a ring on most cotton and silk blends, and the gold thread dulls after a wash cycle. If you’ve got pets or toddlers, a plain machine-washable skirt in the same deep red gets you 90% of the look with none of the anxiety.
23. The Burgundy Velvet Bow That Drapes to the Floor
A bow topper with tails that reach the floor is the entire design. It eliminates the ornament-covered-tip problem — no more trying to balance a star on a spindly top branch — and it draws a vertical line down the front of the tree that your eye follows automatically. Take the bow away and you have a perfectly nice gold-and-bronze tree with nothing distinctive about it.
Proportion is what keeps it from looking droopy. The bow should be about one-fifth the height of the tree, and the tails roughly two-thirds of the total tree height. Note that the ornaments here stay small and repetitive — gold and bronze spheres only — because the bow is already the statement. Large florals or oversized baubles would fight it. Compare with Idea #6, which puts burgundy ribbon on the trunk instead of the crown.
24. A Staircase Garland With Dark Red Stars
Garland on a banister should be attached along the lower edge of the rail, not draped over the top. Wrapping over the handrail looks bulky and gets knocked loose; running a lit garland beneath it and securing with clear zip ties every 12 inches keeps the rail usable. Add a second, thinner strand around the newel post for depth — two different widths always beat one thick strand.
Here’s how to line up the stars and wreath so nothing looks random:
- Hang the wreath first, at eye level on the post or the wall beside it.
- Space star decorations every 18 to 24 inches along the rail.
- Keep the stars all at the same height — level, not following the rail’s pitch.
- Weave warm lights through the garland bottom to top so outlets stay hidden.
- Zip-tie everything, then clip the tails flush.
About 30 minutes for a standard staircase; budget $40 to $80 in garland and lights.
25. Velvet Merry Christmas Sign with Dangling Baubles
Velvet signs and letter ornaments are everywhere right now, and the price range is wild — $8 at Dollar Tree, $45 at boutique shops. The difference is usually flocking density and sequin work. If you want the look without the markup, buy a plain velvet sign blank and add your own sequins with fabric glue; a $12 sign plus $6 of sequins lands within a foot of the expensive version.
Personalized and text-based ornaments have been one of the fastest-growing categories in holiday decor for several years running, and 2026 is no exception — partly because they photograph well, partly because they make a tree feel like it belongs to a specific family. The risk is clutter: more than three word ornaments on one tree and the message gets lost. Pick one or two and let them be the only text on the tree.
26. The Voluminous Velvet Skirt With a Giant Bow
The full look, priced out:
- 7.5-foot pre-lit tree: $150–$450
- Deep red velvet skirt with bow: $60–$180
- Matte gold and deep red baubles, 80-count: $40–$80
- Gold star accents, set of 12: $15–$30
- Coordinating gift wrap and boxes: $25–$60
Total: $290–$800
Budget alternative: a plain red velvet-look skirt from Walmart runs about $22, and a $12 yard of velvet fabric, safety-pinned into a gathered circle, reads nearly identical from three feet away.
A tree this grand needs a corner with at least 8 feet of ceiling and 4 feet of clear floor depth. Velvet skirts at 60 inches look best in rooms 12×14 and larger, where you can see the full pool of fabric. In a smaller room, drop to a 6.5-foot tree and a 48-inch skirt — same drama at three-quarters the footprint. Rooms under 10×10 do better with the tabletop approach in Idea #11.
27. A Regal Angel Topper in Red Velvet and Gold
The angel is the only piece on the tree allowed to be an heirloom, and this one earns it — red velvet gown, gold sequin embroidery, feathered wings, a little lyre. What makes it work is that it doesn’t try to match the ornaments; it has its own texture story. A topper that’s just a bigger version of the baubles below always reads as an afterthought.
Toppers are heavier than they look. Anything over two pounds needs a stabilizer — a dowel wired to the top branch, or a clip-on stand that attaches to the trunk instead of the tip. Measure your top branch before buying: most toppers fit a 1.5- to 2-inch diameter tip, and a wobbly angel is a sad angel. Aim for a topper at least twice the size of your largest ornament, or it disappears.
28. Four Grid-Patterned Burgundy Baubles
- Count the branch tips you can actually see — that’s your real ornament budget.
- Confirm your tree’s light temperature before buying anything with white glitter.
- Check whether your ornaments have metal or plastic caps; metal holds heavier pieces.
- Decide now whether you’re mixing holly and berry picks, or staying pure baubles.
- Measure your storage bin before you buy a 100-count set.
Grid-patterned ornaments are the easiest way to add gold without adding clutter, because the pattern is regular. The formula here is 50% green, 25% burgundy, 20% gold, 5% red berries and holly. Those last organic touches are tiny but load-bearing — without them, a geometric ornament tree starts to look like a spreadsheet. Swap the red berries for ivory and the same math gives you a cooler, more contemporary tree.
29. A Bowl of Red, Gold and Ivory Ornaments
Buying ornaments loose, one at a time, costs more per piece than a boxed set — and it’s still the better move for this palette. Boxed sets hand you 12 identical pieces you’ll use twice. Loose shopping lets you control the finish mix, which is what actually makes a tree look styled. Building a burgundy-and-gold collection from zero? Expect $150 to $250 spread over two seasons rather than all at once.
The great equalizer here is the thrift store. Estate sales are full of red and gold glass ornaments in January and February, usually $2 to $5 for a bag of ten. Facebook Marketplace listings for “Christmas ornaments, box lot” run $10 to $25 for 100-plus pieces. Mix thrifted glass with new Dollar Tree baubles — nobody can tell once the lights are on, and older glass often has a nicer finish than anything currently on a shelf.
30. One Big Crimson Bauble Resting on Lace
This pairing is all about contrast between hard and soft. A large gold-sequined bauble against beige lace and blurred green pine works because the ornament is dense and detailed while everything around it is flat and quiet. That’s a portable trick: when you want one object to feel expensive, put it on a matte or textured surface and remove the competition.
Beads and sequins are attached with glue, and glue in a hot attic or a freezing garage lets go. Store heavily embellished pieces in a climate-controlled closet, wrapped individually, never stacked. Loose beads can be reattached with clear-drying craft glue in about two minutes. If an ornament is shedding sequins after a single season, it was probably made for a single season.
31. The Red Spiral Ornament Among Gold Spheres
Spiral and swirl ornaments need to face the room, which means hanging them from the side of a branch rather than the tip. Thread the hanger through a branch that runs parallel to the floor, and the spiral sits flat and catches light across its whole face. Hang it from a perpendicular branch and it twists — and you’ll spend all of December turning it back.
One red spiral among a field of gold spheres is the reason this view works at all. It’s a single pop of saturated color surrounded by low-contrast metallics, which is far more striking than an evenly distributed mix. Try it at home and keep the ratio honest: roughly one red ornament per eight to ten gold ones, placed at eye level on the front face. Before you commit to a whole palette, run through the mistakes section below.
32. A Gold-Beaded Stocking on Frosted Garland
Dressing a mantel or stair rail in this style:
- Frosted evergreen garland, 9 feet: $30–$65
- Warm white string lights: $15–$30
- Red, green, and white bauble set: $18–$40
- Clear glass icicle drops, set of 12: $12–$28
- Beaded stocking: $22–$48
Total: $97–$211
Budget alternative: two $8 plain garlands from Walmart, zip-tied together and dusted with a can of fake snow spray, give you the same volume at a third of the price.
Nine feet of garland covers a standard 6-foot mantel with a little slack, or about eight feet of stair rail. Deep frosted garlands read better on wide surfaces — a 10-inch-deep mantel shelf or a rail at least 3 inches wide. On a narrow shelf, use a slimmer garland or the texture will overwhelm the space. Same idea scaled down for a doorway? See Idea #12.
Your Tree, Your Burgundy, Your Rules
Start with one thing you can actually picture yourself doing this weekend — a spool of velvet ribbon, a single oversized ornament, or a tree skirt that finally fits. The rest of the palette can wait until next year, and it’ll still work, because burgundy and gold is a color family rather than a trend with an expiration date.
If you try one of these looks, snap a photo and pin it — and save this guide now, so you’re not hunting for it on December 22nd at 9 p.m. 📌
