Make It an Elegant Winter-White Holiday
Ditch the red and green for a more sophisticated color palette.
By:
Felicia Feaster
Related To:
Winter White Room
Shades of white are a wonderful antidote to the usual holiday color palette of red and green. Mix in affordable metallic decorative accessories, from mirrored tables to candle votives to add elegance.
Glittery Mantelscape
Bring some sparkle into your holiday design scheme with glass accessories or these lovely glittery bottle brush trees.
Shine On
Mercury glass in silver and gold adds a luminous touch to this mantel. A table runner or pretty piece of fabric helps amplify the winter white theme.
Keep Your Palette Simple
A base winter white color scheme and silver and gold accessories translates to a wonderful holiday design scheme.
Silver+Gold
Think of white as your backdrop for your holiday rooms, but mix in silvers and golds for that dash of sophistication. Trays and votives are inexpensive ways to add luxury to your design scheme.
Go for the Gold
This gold tray table is the perfect holiday touch, and even prettier when accented with sparkly silver votives.
Pile on the Pillows
Shades of white dominate, but why not mix in pillows you may already own in a complementary color palette to save money on your new decorating scheme?
White Drapes Set the Tone
Go with a bright white curtain for your holiday living room.
Layer White on White
Shades of white and ivory add elegance to your living room. Don't fret about keeping your palette pure white: you can mix ivory and white tones and incorporate older pieces with newer ones in this way.
Winter White and Friends
While winter white is a gorgeous alternative to the usual holiday palette, it also works well with existing pieces. Don't shy away from blending in already-owned items in soft, pastel shades.
Gold and White Accessories
Metallic candle votives are a sophisticated way to add a bright and shiny seasonal accent without overdoing it on the holiday theme.
Glass-Topped Tables
Glass topped tables are a great way to add glitz to your holiday design scheme. Add gold, and it's a glam holiday home run!
Royal Tennenbaum
This beautiful tree with its gold and white decorations is the focal point of this holiday-ready living room.
Gold Ornament on Snowy Tree
A Christmas tree with snow-capped branches adds a little extra magic, especially when accented with these pretty gold ornaments.
Decorative Gift Boxes
Why not extend your winter white theme to even the presents under the tree and use beautiful white boxes (which can later become pretty storage containers) for presents?
Do a Theme Tree
What's prettier than a tree decked out in a cohesive color scheme, especially when that color scheme is a frosty, wintry white.
Extra Pillows=Extra Comfort
Keep a pretty gold bin on hand to store extra pillows for cozying up by the fire, or to add even more luxurious comfort to your chairs and pillows.
Pretty in Pink
Sweet pastel pink boxes paired with a glittery gold deer give a candy box look to this shelf. Work with your existing design theme and add in fresh new details for the holidays.
White Built-In Bookcase
Pastel pink and gold and silver accents are the perfect confectionary color scheme to complement winter white in this glamorous living room decked out for the holidays.
Blue and White Are Alright
These lovely white, silver and blue ornaments create a luxurious look when piled into a pretty silver bowl.
Silver Streak
Metallics look great together in a winter holiday design as seen in this gold rug with silver accessories.
Gold Details
All that glitters is not necessarily expensive. Gold-trimmed boxes, a gold reindeer and a Greek key gold side table add luster to your living room without an inflated price tag.
Silver Candle Votives
Silver details add the perfect element of shimmer to your holiday design.
White and Gold
Metallics like silver and gold look incredibly elegant when paired with a white palette.
Shimmery Sconce
This gorgeous sconce with a gleaming metallic surface is the perfect device to really amplify candlelight. Glass and metal are wonderful ways to enhance romantic lighting.
Ice Blue Pillow
This lustrous icy-blue pillow adds the perfect wintry touch to a living room design scheme.
