Red and white Christmas tree with natural elements

I have been telling you that I switched out my colors for Christmas this year and I am enjoying it!  So let me introduce you to my red, brown, and metallic Christmas tree!

I picked up a bin of deep red, metallic and brown plastic ornaments last year after Christmas at Wal-Mart and that is when I decided that I would incorporate lots of RED into my Christmas décor for the coming year.

I had always done a burgundy and gold theme in many past years – this was my Christmas décor in 2011. 

Last year, I totally changed things up and incorporated LOTS of burlap with burlap ribbon on the tree along with golds, mercury glass, white, and browns.  I created a DIY ruffled lace and burlap tree skirt – tutorial for that here.  I loved that themed and decor but my husband and I both missed the red.

 

So red it was this year!  I didn’t buy any new décor this year – just pulled from things I found at yard sales/thrift stores over the last year, a few boxes of red and white balls I had bought on clearance a few years ago, and red décor from previous years.  I did make a new red and white chevron tree skirt but that is the only new thing I bought/added to my décor stash.

 

I always love to tuck pinecones all throughout the tree along with stems of berries that I bought on clearance several years ago at Michael’s.  The little white snowflakes were a clearance buy at Target a few years back too.

Here is a more lit/early evening shot.  I LOVE having a sparkly, twinkling Christmas tree in my living room – especially in the evenings!

Sneak peek of my mantel which I should reveal tomorrow!

Here’s a couple close-up shots of the ornaments… some pretty embellished white ones.

My DIY mercury glass ones from last year – tutorial here.

Fun shot of the Christmas tree skirt, tree + ornaments, and few presents wrapped and waiting.

These were some new ornaments I had bought on clearance several years ago intending one year to do a red and green tree – so fun!

The little white snowflakes…

 

Some more fun red striped ones!

Brown ones from my tree last year that I incorporated this year.  I LOVE using natural elements and natural colors on a tree.

One more shot!

Do you decide on your colors/theme for the next year so you can buy things on after-Christmas clearance?  Do you change your colors/theme out every year or always do the same thing? 

I think I have decided what I am doing next year!   Maybe a combination of my burlap/neutral theme and my red theme…