Holiday Wreath-Not Just For Christmas Anymore

Once allocated to Christmas time, the door wreath has received a makeover, and is now shown year-round. The shapes, sizes, and materials used in wreaths are diverse enough to make it popular, and easily made over as the seasons change. Gracing doorways in every season, they feature personal touches that proclaim the personalities of the residents of the home.

Wreaths are available in the traditional evergreen design, are their sheer beauty ensures their lasting popularity. Other wreaths now available can set off the architecture, landscape designs. And even the chosen interior decor of a home. Complimentary garland swags and outdoor rugs can also bring attention to the choice of a wreath design, and the beauty of an entryway.

Whether it is a classic evergreen, or a raffia wreath, it can be embellished with the fruits, and touches of the season. The use of bows, and Easter eggs, Christmas ornaments, pine cones, small dried berries, miniature pumpkins, witches, and many more items can set off a wreath and display the appropriate seasonal touches.

The style of a home can play a part in the choice of wreaths design. Modern homes feature architectural embellishments that are far removed from the classic ranch style or rounded exteriors of times past. Using a wreath that is made from plastic or metal elements can be beautiful when displayed against these modern sharp lines and prominent displays of eclectic statuary of iron, and metal. The bright stainless steel of appliances and shining chrome furniture can allow the use of modern wreath designs in the interior as well. The classic tinsel wreaths of the 1950’s would feel tight at home in a modern kitchen, or foyer.

Homes that feature the shabby-chic decor so popular these days can lend a variety of pallet choices for a wreath design. The soft pastels and floral prints can add beautiful touches of elegance to a wreath. Dried flowers are readily available in soft spring colors all year round. Using sprigs of dried flowers and colorful bows can lend the shabby-chic feel to any room. The popularity of having a “Pink Christmas” theme is also a way to decorate your home with complimentary wreaths. When you place a pink rug on your doorstep in the middle of winter, you are sending a message that spring still has life in the wintertime, and your home is celebrating Christmas in shabby-chic style. Dried pink and green hydrangeas placed on a wreath tied with pale green and pink bows, featuring floral accents will set your doorway off beautifully.

Scented smaller wreaths can lend elegance to any room in the home. Hang them above a mirror in the bathroom, and they can offer a clean fresh scent and look to a small room. Placing a wreath in the kitchen can carry bundles of dried herbs, and dried fruits, tied with a coordinating ribbon the wreath becomes a focal point of warmth and design.

Wreaths can find a home anywhere in your home, and be beautiful. The tradition of using them only on the front door is changing. You can be happy with any wreath that reflects your personal flair for design and elegance.

Author Bio: Senior staff writer Seraphina really enjoys writing about home decorating around the holiday seasons. She suggests that if you want to instantly transform the look of any room then lay outdoor area rug at the front door and flokati area rugs on your floor.

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