So my husband and I are celebrating our first Christmas together in our home (when I say home, I mean our 800 sq. ft. apartment). Yesterday I started pulling all of our holiday decorations out to see what we’ve collected in the past.

Apparently, we’ve been Grinchs because we’ve got nothin’. Nothing except four ornaments: two of which are bears and one that says “Happy Camper” on it (the fourth one: a plush sheep). And a sassy red felt deer figurine. Basically we’re starting from scratch. (And I may have an animal problem?)

Starting from scratch can be exciting though — How should we decorate? Especially since we don’t have a fireplace, we don’t have stairs and we don’t have outdoor space. But we do have a giant terrarium (hello red felt deer under glass).

{image from a DIY on how to make your own deer under glass}

How do you decorate? Classic? Modern?

I definitely want to do some DIYs (maybe even do a real DIY post on here!). I love the creative, modern holiday decor but I think what I’d like to do is bring nature in. So pinecones, tree branches, fir sprigs, etc.

Like this room…love the fir branches in the glass vessels and the moss covered candles.

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Or like this tree branch with ornaments…seems easy enough, right?

I do like to add in some bling though…I think West Elm does a good job with that:

Find pinecones in your backyard, spray paint them with metallic paint and voila!

Or, you can take an old figurine that you find at a yard sale or something and do the same thing…spray paint it with metallic (or white or any other snazzy color) and it instantly becomes pretty.

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I’ll be posting more holiday decoration ideas I’m sure, some DIYs… maybe I’ll start a board on my Pinterest or something for some more inspiration. And send me ideas if you have any!