Our sunroom has been decked out with Christmas décor since the Monday after Thanksgiving, so it’s way past time for me to share a tour of the space! This year we have a new sofa to style around and a new rug that brings in a different color palette than years past, but, luckily, that didn’t change the fact that I was able to use all of the seasonal décor that we already had in storage. That’s the beauty of investing in holiday accents that are all in a generally neutral color palette, or that incorporate the colors you gravitate toward throughout the rest of the year. The pieces match pretty much any scene you put them in year after year, no matter how much your décor has changed over the last 12 months! Keep scrolling for more photos, and to get all of my best Christmas decorating and styling tips for the 2024 season, including pet-friendly ideas you’ll definitely want to copy.

Easy Christmas Decorating And Styling Tips:

1. Just like last year, I ran a line of garland across the top of the curtain rod to add some festive flair, and I also hung three mini wreaths on the window using these removable hooks. By the way, the curtains panels in this room are just decorative since we have automatic blackout blinds on all the windows and don’t need actual curtains, so the garland is able to stay in place all season long. By keeping the garland and wreaths up high, our cats can’t mess with them.

2. All of the tabletop Christmas décor that I used in our sunroom is non-breakable so that nobody gets hurt if the pets knock things over. I used plastic ornaments in a sturdy bowl, wooden tabletop Christmas trees, and heavy brass mice and gold deer accents to finish things off. I find that it really doesn’t take much to get the point of Christmas across, so I usually just make a few little swaps here and there.

3. Speaking of swaps, my favorite trick that I employ year after year is this…When I pull Christmas accents out of their storage boxes, I put the everyday items that I’m swapping them with (things like stacks of non-Christmas coffee table books, potted faux ferns, etc.) right inside the now-empty Christmas storage box. That way, when it comes time to pack up the Christmas décor, I simply swap the items out of the box again. This makes organization really easy, and means I always have exactly what I need to redo my styling post-holidays.

4. Couch covers are key this time of year to protect our couches. I find that I’m always wandering into the sunroom now with my lunch or my laptop with a cup of tea to get work done so I can be closer to the lit Christmas tree, and couch covers help keep food and drink stains from seeping into the sofa. We still use and love these covers from Nolan Interior. We’ve got lots of different patterns and designs, but the one you see pictured in today’s post is their “Winter” pattern in the color “Oatmeal.” They’re washable and really easy to take on and off, even during this ultra busy time of year.

5. We are still using the same faux Christmas tree five years later, and adore it! The branches on this one are more sparse and minimalist, which I think gives it a sort of Scandinavian vibe. The trunk in the middle has a flecked brown texture that makes it look more realistic in my opinion, too. I would love to get a real tree, but I know our young cats would chew on the pine needles. The plastic material of this tree is a lot harder for them to gnaw through on the occasions when they try, so I feel more comfortable using a faux tree for now until they’re older.

6. The other thing I love about this particular tree is that it’s not super tall. This means that it’s a little more stable when Marlo launches up into it throughout the day. The shorter tree height means I don’t have to worry about her pulling the whole thing down. The sturdy woven tree collar at the base also helps add balance to the tree when it does occasionally move.

7. I love all of our childhood ornaments too much to only use the plain non-breakable ones just because of our pets, so here’s what I do to make them safer to have out. When I loop the ornament wire over the branch of our Christmas tree, I pinch the hook at the top around the branch itself so that it’s semi-permanently attached to the tree. This makes it so that the ornament won’t easily unhook and fall when the tree branches are jostled. I also sometimes bend the tree branches upward a little bit to “capture” the ornament so it can’t slide off easily. So far, we’ve had no breakage this year (or any year, for that matter!) using these techniques.

I’m actually really late in putting up our Christmas décor this year because I was so sick during my normal decorating season of early November. It was kind of nice to delay things a bit, though. The fact that we’ll only have the holiday decorations up for a few weeks this time around makes them feel more special—I want to savor them more than ever, and I have. Like I said, I find myself wandering into the sunroom at random times during the day just so I can gaze at the lights on the tree and the little sparkle of all those gold tabletop accents. This really is the most incredible time of year, isn’t it?

If you’d like links to all of our favorite Christmas décor, including look-a-likes for the things we have that are vintage or no longer available in stores, click here to visit my roundup of seasonal goodies on LTK. That’s always the best place to find resource links for anything you see in our home, so make sure you’re following along with me over there. And if you’d like to try our favorite washable sofa covers, here’s that link again, too. Now, tell me all about your own holiday décor tips and traditions in the comments.

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