The classic style and minimalism in decorating the Christmas tree never go out of style. But if the usual decoration of the festive tree is too tired, it seems boring, it's time to turn to modern trends.
In recent years, not only tinsel, garlands and balls with icicles familiar to the eye have been actively used as a decoration for the New Year tree. Original solutions are gaining popularity when a tree is decorated for the New Year with the help of handmade toys, sweets, dolls, magazine clippings, books and other things that, it would seem, were not created at all for decorating a Christmas tree for the holiday.
To inspire and awaken imagination, attract a festive spirit and decide how to decorate the Christmas tree in an original way for the New Year of the Rat, three fashionable and stylish decor options will help: vintage, shabby chic and natural style of decorating the Christmas tree.
Vintage Christmas tree for New Year 2020
In order to decorate a Christmas tree in a vintage style, you need to adhere to a certain color palette. Shades in the decoration of a festive tree should not be too saturated, flashy, extravagant. A Christmas tree in a vintage style should be perceived as a kind of antique decor element, from which it literally exudes antiquity and a special atmosphere.
It is preferable to use toys and decorative items made in muted, dusty and powdery colors. It is worth focusing on variations in white, on shades of silver, bronze and copper, on gray and lavender tones. So that the 2020 New Year tree does not look too dull, the muted color palette needs to be diluted with bright blotches: gold sparkles, red and emerald accents, azure and blue toys.
For a vintage-style Christmas tree, it is worth using not only real antique, antique decorations that could remain as a keepsake from grandparents. New Christmas tree decorations are also suitable, but made in a specific style, in a specific theme. Heavy metal or cheap plastic toys should be avoided. Preference should be given to glass and wood elements. And also toys, deliberately aged, with scuffs and characteristic skillful cracks in the paint.
How to decorate your Christmas tree for the New Year of the Rat for a vintage effect? Add fabric draperies made of light tulle, organza, and brocade embroidered with gold to the decoration of the New Year tree. Fabric brushes, artificial candles powdered with snow, silver bells (not bells) will look interesting.
Herringbone shabby chic
The 2020 New Year tree decorated in the shabby chic style will look sophisticated and unusual. This stylistic decision is really very different from the classic Christmas tree decoration for a holiday.
While sticking to the trendy shabby chic style, you need to choose a limited color palette. It must contain white and silver shades. The main tone should be one. For example, it is worth picking up toys in different shades of blue, pink or green.
Since the shabby chic style presupposes layering and an abundance of decorative elements, you should not overload the Christmas tree with numerous bright, highly shiny toys. Everything should be in perfect harmony with each other. Therefore, garlands must be chosen not multi-colored, but burning in one color, shimmering with gold or silver.
A shabby chic Christmas tree should give the impression of a certain airiness and volume. Therefore, jewelry must be chosen large, expressive. Volumetric monochromatic balls, large bows made of soft fabrics or shiny paper, decorative dolls and massive cones, soft hearts and stars are perfect for such a decor.
Decorating the Christmas tree for the New Year 2020 of the Rats in the shabby chic style, you need to try to arrange as many decorative elements on the branches as possible in order to achieve the mentioned layering.
Christmas tree in natural style
The natural style in the decor of the Christmas tree involves the use of numerous wooden elements. Natural or artificial cones, painted wooden toys should be placed on the branches. It is necessary to give preference to the natural theme. Therefore, the following are suitable: animals and birds, acorns, mushrooms, decorative sprigs of plants and artificial flowers, wicker decor made of birch bark or twigs, wood planks and plaques with snowflakes, stars, silhouettes of houses carved on them, and so on. Dry berries should also be used as decorations.
The color palette of a Christmas tree dressed up in a natural style should not be bright. You need to strive for some kind of minimalism, using variations of 2-3 colors. First of all, it is worth giving preference to deaf and shaded shades. The basis for the natural style can be: brown and green tones, copper, honey and bronze, gold, not bright shades of red, blue, yellow, red.
Decorations knitted from natural threads or woven from ropes will look interesting on the 2020 New Year tree. Soft toys and Christmas toys with feathers or made of paper, papier-mâché, burlap will look original on spruce branches.
Decorative elements made in white, silver, gray shades will help to add accents.
