Want to make your apartment feel Christmassy but worried about the small space you have? This blog post is all about 15 Christmas decorations for small apartments.
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How Can I Decorate My Small Apartment For Christmas?
How you can decorate your small apartment for Christmas is to make sure that you know what space you’re working with and not to go too overboard on buying decorations.
In addition, Christmas decorations doesn’t have to be everywhere. They can just be in your living room, kitchen, or even your bathroom. You can pick one or two places you really want to focus on this year. Then work your way up.
down below I have listed my top 15 Christmas decorations for small apartments that I currently use for my own. We are able to store our decoration in our apartment without feeling crowded.
15 Christmas Decoration Ideas For Small Apartments!
1. Christmas Tree
With having a small apartment, you don’t really want a 6ft Christmas tree taking up a lot of space. Instead you can get a small tree or a table size Christmas tree.
Down below is a traditional tree that is below 6ft or some small trees you can place around your apartment.
2. Ornaments
So, your small apartment cannot fit a Christmas tree, doesn’t mean we can’t incorporate ornaments into our christmas decorations. Ornaments can be filled in a glass vase, on a garland, or even hung anywhere in your apartment!
3. Orbs & Pine Cones
Previously I mentioned how you can use ornaments to decorate around the apartment. Why not orbs? One thing you can do is place them inside a large bowl and put them on your front end table. You can also do this with pine cones. Place them around your mantel or TV stand.
Want to do a little DIY? Create your own Pine Cone Tree! Here is a how-to guide from Craft Idly on How to Make a DIY Pine Cone Christmas Tree
4. Garland
Something so simple can be changed into basically anything. With a simple garland you can add; pine cones, fake snow, glitter, anything! You place garlands on your windowsill, TV stand, tables or even around your door.
5. Christmas Stockings
Living in a rental, you don’t want to put too many holes into the wall because it’ll be a pain to close them back up when it is time to move out.
Command hooks will come in handy for holding up your Christmas stockings temporarily. Plus they are super easy to come off!
Need some ideas on what to place in everyone’s stocking? Here are some Stocking Stuffers Ideas for Him and Stocking Stuffers Ideas For Her
Here are the command hooks we use
6. Pillow Covers
If you have pillows on your couch or on your bed. Christmas pillow covers can be a simple but a drastic change to your overall Christmas decorations for your small apartment.
They are super easy to clean and also store away after. Limiting the amount of space in your apartment.
7. Wreaths
Decorating outside of an apartment door is not the same as decorating outside of a house. With a house, you may have a front porch, and room to place decor on your front lawn.
Although with an apartment you may have someone take your decor and walk away with it.
With this, you have ideas to decorate your door with ribbon or even with a Christmas wreath. A wreath can design any way you like. You can add foliage, leaves, pine cones, ribbons, ornaments.
You can even DIY your own wreath or you can just buy one already made.
8. Poinsettias
One of my grandmother’s favorite plants to have around during the holidays. It so happens that her birthday is in early December. Every year on her birthday, I would have so many of my uncles and aunts drop off a pot of Poinsettias for her.
Her house would be filled with Poinsettias around Christmas time. It really helped put the feel of the holidays around the house.
If you enjoy having plants around your apartment then this is the plant for you.
9. Hand Towels
I bought Fall hand towels for our kitchen and I didn’t realize how much of a change it made! I’m totally doing this again for the holidays (well with Christmas hand towels).
If you want a way to make your kitchen or bathroom feel like Christmas without adding any extra decorations. This is the way to go! Just simply adding hand towels can be a game-changer for your Christmas decorations.
10. Cups & Plates
Fun fact! One of the first items I bought for my apartment was a Christmas dining set. I believe it comes with 4 cups and 6 plates.
You can use these on Christmas day or even keep them on the table as decor.
My husband and I prefer to keep the Christmas dining set out for the whole month of December.
11. Placemats
What goes well with plates and cups? Placemats! Changing your regular placemats with Christmas placemats is another simple way to get the festive feeling in your apartment without taking up too much space.
Don’t have a dining table? Use it on top of your coffee table. Or if you eat on a island table just buy a couple to use while you’re eating then store it away.
12. Outdoor Christmas Lights
Just because you can’t decorate the front of your apartment doesn’t mean your balcony is off-limits. Depending on what is stated in your lease, you are allowed to put up lights outside. Remember to check if the lights are outdoor lights.
If you don’t want to put lights up outside, you can add fairy lights on the inside of the windows.
13. Christmas Printable Art
Printable art has been up and coming for the past two years. How do you feel just spending as little as $10 for printables, and a photo frame?
There are so many printables you can buy to help decorate your apartment. Here is an Etsy shop where you can find Christmas printable art.
Or you can find some free ones on Pinterest. Similar to the photo above, the Six Clever Sisters have some free Christmas printable art that you can use!
14. A Christmas Countdown
From kids to adults we always get excited counting down until Christmas. This decor item can be placed anywhere in your apartment. The kitchen, front entryway, TV stand, windowsill, anywhere!
15. Candle Holders
Candle holders can be another way you can decorate your small apartment without taking up major space. Some candle holders have Christmas like characters to make your place feel festive.
Tips On How To Decorate A Small Apartment For Christmas
Tip #1: Give Yourself a Budget For Christmas Decorations
People believe that you need to shop at Winners, Homegoods, and other decor stores to decorate your apartment.
When it reality you don’t have to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars. You can easily go to the dollar store, Target, or Walmart to find really affordable items.
Having a budget for your Christmas decor will keep you from spending so much.
Tip #2: Use Pinterest For Inspiration
Any time I need Christmas decor ideas for small apartments, inspiration, or need to recreate something, I always go to Pinterest. Pinterest can help you find so many decoration ideas for each room of your apartment.
Tip #3: Start Small And Work Your Way Up!
This tip goes well with Tip #1. You don’t need to buy everything at once. You can start with a Christmas tree and ornaments this year, and then next year you can put up Christmas lights on your balcony.
Tip #4: Prior to buying any decorations, make sure you have the storage space!
One thing you should have on your mind is when the holidays are over, where are you going to be putting your seasonal items? Some apartments have designated storage rooms you can use, although I have heard tons of stories of peoples belonging being stolen.
Another thing you can do is purchase a small storage unit at U-Haul or other storage like spaces.
Buut if you are anything like me (who would rather save money) just utilize the space you have.
Right now we have a total of 1 large storage bin that fits all of our seasonal items and 2 small organizers for our ornaments and a Christmas tree. That’s all what we can fit in our small apartment.
Tip #5: Get a Light Self-Timer (Trust me!)
With the season of giving, you really want to save money as much as you can! Even with your electricity bill. Getting light timers can automate when they turn on and off. So your Christmas tree light is not on all day.
You can buy this basically at any home hardware store. We tried a dollar store self-timer and it stopped working halfway into December. So this year we are gonna splurge a little on a proper self timer.
Here is the self-timer that is currently in my shopping cart
Remember to not let your small apartment stop you from decorating for the holidays, this also includes; Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, and etc.
Once you know what your small space can handle and figuring out storage. Begin right away with decorating!
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