Add These Holiday Centerpieces to Your Apartment to Make it Shine

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The winter holidays are the perfect time to add festive decor to your apartment. You can start as early as right after Halloween and enjoy the happy atmosphere through January!

Apartments, as a general rule, have limited space, though. You don’t want to go overboard on your holiday decorations and get tired of them quickly. But it’s so fun to bring the Christmas spirit into every room in your home!

It is possible to create a classic and festive environment while still keeping your home livable and uncluttered. You’ll need some restraint and a plan, but it can happen!

You might “need a little Christmas, right this very minute,” but you also need room to walk around your home. As a compromise, use these centerpieces to give you precisely the right amount of happy holiday shine.

1. Create a Holiday Kitchen Table

The kitchen table is one of the most frequently used furniture pieces in a home. Even if you don’t decorate anywhere else, add some holiday cheer to this centralized space.

The trick, though, is to add decor while still keeping the surface usable. You don’t want to have to rearrange your decorations every time you sit down to eat. You also want to see the people you’re eating with, so large and bulky pieces are best displayed somewhere other than the table.

It’s easy to create a holiday look without getting in the way of the table’s primary purpose. 

Just think about what you already want to use, and find the Christmas spirit version of things like:

• A stretch spandex tablecloth
• Napkin holders
• Holiday dishes
• Tapered candles and holder 

Finish the look off with a small poinsettia at the center. When you set your table up to look festive, you’ll get the holiday reminder every time you sit down.

2. Deck the … Walls?

It’s exciting to load up on Christmas decorations this time of year! But when you have less square footage, too much clutter is often more stressful than festive.

If you find yourself knocking your knickknacks off the furniture and walking into the decor, you don’t need less holiday cheer. You just need to move it around better!

The most underused space in a home is the surface area along the walls. Look around your home. 

What empty canvases could you fill with the holiday spirit?

They’re the perfect place for your bows, and holly, and everything else! Mix and match themes or pick your favorite holiday design and turn your blank spaces into a Christmas centerpiece.

This decor style takes up empty space you weren’t using and doesn’t get in the way. You’ll never trip over it or spill your drink on it, so go ahead and deck those walls!

3. Go Elf-Sized

A massive National Lampoon-sized Christmas tree might be what you want, but it’s probably not going to fit in your apartment with room to spare.

You don’t have to go life-sized to go big with your holiday decor. Even Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree was tiny but mighty!

Think miniature with your trees, lights, and decorations. With minimalism such a trendy decor style, they’re all over the place. 

Check out these diminutive festive ways to spruce up your apartment:

• Tiny fiber-optic trees
• Small artificial or real trees
• Twinkling fairy lights
• Miniature ornaments

You don’t need a lot of space to make a room merry. It only takes the smallest bit of magic to turn your home into a wonderland!

4. Make the Doors Your Centerpiece

Like your walls, the doors in a home are almost always overlooked decorating opportunities. 

How many doors do you have in your apartment, and how much fun can you have turning them into decorations?

Start with the outside doorway on your porch. Hang a wreath, lay down a welcome mat, and make your home inviting!

One of the more recent trends is wrapping your inside door up like a gift. You can buy a reusable door cover, but it’s super easy to DIY. 

If you want to get the whole family involved, turn door wrapping into a friendly competition. 

Grab a few rolls of wrapping paper, a lot of tape or another adhesive, scissors, bows, and any other crafty supplies you have. Challenge everyone to decorate their own door in a Christmas theme, then vote for your favorite finished design!

5. Create DIY Small Centerpieces

Glamorous, impressive centerpieces are fine for a big room. In your apartment, they might be in the way of your daily movement, though. 

You can enjoy the beauty of a centerpiece without the bulkiness. All you have to do is create your own miniature versions!

It doesn’t take a master craftsperson to put together these gorgeous holiday decorations. 

Here are some simple and elegant options that only take a few minutes to make:

• A candle boat – Take a decorative serving dish and a few of your favorite floating candles. Fill the dish with cranberries, pine twigs, and any other holiday accents you love. Top with the candles and spray on a quick spritz of fake snow.
• Holiday card display – What do you do with those Christmas cards you get from well-wishers? You use them to create a centerpiece, of course! Grab a tiered tray and put a few cards on each layer. Decorate with some tree branches, garland, or lights, and add more cards as they come to your mailbox!
• Candy cane vases – For a non-edible way to decorate with candy canes, use this DIY craft. Spray a batch of candy canes with an acrylic coating to get rid of the stickiness. Then use a hot glue gun to adhere each one together to make a vase. Finish your masterpiece off with some red and white artificial flowers and display them proudly!

There’s an almost endless amount of mini centerpiece crafts you can create. You don’t need to be a professional — just use your imagination!

Conclusion

The holidays are the perfect excuse to decorate and spread good cheer, starting in your apartment. 

When you’re ready to bring the merry mood into your home, use these holiday centerpieces to turn each room into a festive atmosphere!

Author bio:

Caitlin Sinclair is the Business Manager at Harvest at Fiddyment Ranch. With over five years of property management experience, she begins and ends each day loving what she does. She finds joy in helping current and future residents and makes Harvest at Fiddyment Ranch a place everyone loves to call home.