Turn your mirror into an advent calendar and strike off the days; create a snakes and ladders game with trees as the ladders and reindeer as the snakes. Or just use a vase, add twigs and your advent calendar to individual twigs. On the other hand, you want something different, fresh and new to grace your home. Something friends and family will claim is the best thing they have seen, EVER! Something unique, fun and memorable.

Try a combination of baubles and garlands for a cosy Christmas feel. Wrapping lights around the garlands can be fiddly, but there are plenty of options with ready-fitted lights and other embellishments like ribbons, berries and pine cones. The warm glow is a lovely contrast to the rich dark green of the garland. Lights on their own, however, can sometimes miss a touch of warmth and splendour if you don't also combine them with some foliage-based decorations. Whether, as mentioned above, you use real off cuts from your tree, or you opt for artificial garlands or wreaths, a touch of green or snowy white tends to go gloriously well with your lights around the edge of mirrors. With some holly and berries, your mirror might be transformed into a stunning Christmas feature. Baubles, Ribbons & More Its Christmas, its once a year and its wonderful; so it has to be unique, fun and memorable! It just has to be! First things first… The hallway mirror is also a prime location for some festive touches, as an entrance point this is where you will first get that Christmassy feeling when you come in the door. If you have any family or visitors popping over, then this will also be a perfect first bit of decorative magic to welcome them into your home in the right fashion. Bedrooms The fireplace is often the fundamental focal point of what is itself the hub of the home (especially at Christmas). As such, this creates a prime opportunity to build on the theme set in motion by your Christmas tree. You might use off-cuts from the tree (or a foliage garland) to layer below and around the mirror and run some fairy lights through the warm, rich greens of the spruce, fir or pine. Just think: this is where Father Christmas will traditionally be entering the home, so it will only be right to offer him a cosy festive scene as a welcome! Dining Room

How to Decorate Mirrors

For most of us Christmas Decorating is wonderful and exhausting at the same time. You want Christmas Decorating to be traditional, sprinkled with childhood and family memories spanning your lifetime. This Christmas decorating post is about creating a feature or focal point using your Mirror. Most of us have got one, often in the hallway, and if not there, then the bedroom, living room and bathroom.

These mirrors are all decorated with a wonderful Christmas theme in different styles and colors to grace your home. Even simple paper cut outs below are a wonderful addition, a little color, to a simple white framed mirror. Another key aspect of Christmas is sitting down to a big festive meal. Often the dining room has to pull out all the stops at this time of year (it may not have been used for that purpose very much the rest of the time). So if you have a mirror in the dining room, then enhancing this with some extra Christmas decorations can give the room a lift and tie in with your table decorations too. Hallway In the living room, a mantel is always helpful as a prop but you shouldn’t let that stop you. And if you prefer a more minimalist feel, honor that too. Also, in terms of safety, it should be paramount that any candles you have burning next to your mirrors are never left burning unattended. For the sake of energy usage more than anything else, electronic lights should also not be left running whilst no one is around. Look After Your Mirror Too Apart from dressing the tree, wreaths on doors, large feature ornaments that come out every year, dressing the staircase, coffee table, dining table… there’s your mirror! From burlap to paper cut outs and wall decals, I’m hoping there’s something here for you!

Which Mirrors To Decorate?

This well-placed rustic mirror makes the room feel more spacious and offers a near 360 degree view of the beautiful tree decorations. Try enhancing your mirror by adding a smaller garland. Here, large bows are used as embellishments and they wonderfully reflect the matching tree decor. You could get creative and make your own arrangement or use a shop bought option. You can go wide, bright, subtle, elegant, rustic, minimalist or loud. It’s up to you.You can still add a wreath or some greenery for a fuller layered look, or some lights, but it also depends on the size of your mirror and of course, what other decorating you have close by.