Holiday Home Decorating Ideas

Use our best decorating ideas to trim your tree, decorate your home, and set the table for this holiday season.

Merry and Bright Family Home

A storybook house in Charlotte, North Carolina, gets all decked out in swathes of pattern and color for a young, active family.

Breakfast Area
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn

Breakfast Area

Drawing on the color of the tile and trim paint, Beth kept many of the accessories white. The only ingredient the kitchen and breakfast area still needed was color. They chose Sherwood Green by Benjamin Moore for the walls and then punched it up by painting inexpensive West Elm dining chairs bright green. Another addition: the built-in bench to add seating space and storage.

Love It? Get It!
Dining table:
custom oval dining table, by Englishman’s Fine Furniture.
Banquette cushion fabric (laminated): by Pindler & Pindler. 
Chairs (homeowner painted): Overlapping-Squares Side Chairs by West Elm.
Chair paint: Lime Green (2026-10), by Benjamin Moore.
Clock: by Newgate.


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