Create a Charming Coastal Holiday With Tips From HGTV Dream Home 2020
Step into the HGTV Dream Home 2020's holiday season, where silver and blue decor reigns supreme to create a festive seaside escape made for entertaining.

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Welcome One and All
Begin your holidays at the front door with decor that sets the scene for what guests will experience once they cross the threshold. This color palette of blue, silver and white is introduced at the entryway and then carried throughout the rest of the HGTV Dream Home 2020's holiday decorations.
A Jubilant Greeting
Keep your home's style and color palette in mind when choosing holiday decor. Located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, HGTV Dream Home 2020 evokes plenty of coastal allure. To complement the home's architecture and location, Christmas decorations in beachy shades and driftwood-inspired accents don the exterior.
All That Glitters
Take classic green garlands up a notch with a healthy dose of metallics and color. Aquamarine and silver baubles dot the greenery, while silver flocking, rather than the traditional snowy white, adds a decidedly glam feel.
Enchanted Evening
Start in the Front
The interior of your home and the backyard don't have a monopoly on entertaining. An inviting front porch with comfy chairs and tables is a wonderful place to gathering for intimate conversations or to enjoy watching the sun rise with a warm cup of coffee.
Let's Sit a Spell
Establish moments of pause, where you can take in the crisp air and holiday atmosphere. Rocking chairs are made winter ready with the addition of cozy throw pillows and blankets to keep the chill at bay. Place garden stools nearby to set hot tea or chocolate and snacks. A vase of evergreen sprigs delivers a note of the season.
Circles of Wonder
Deck your windows with glittering wreathes. These flocked-in-silver wreathes with blue and silver ornaments match the garlands wrapped around the porch railing. For a seamless look, hang wreathes with hidden hooks. Hooks with a suction cup, adhesive strip or magnetic backing (one magnet goes on the other side of the glass to hold it in place) won't be seen once the wreath is hung in place.
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Brighten the Path
Star Light, Star Bright
Oversized 3-D stars are suspended between the roof and porch railing for an eye-catching design. Attach the stars with string or fishing wire in at least three places to keep them from blowing around or getting twisted.
Wreathes of Three
No lonely wreath here, try a different take on the traditional front door decor. A trio of whitewashed driftwood wreathes stacks vertically for a nod to coastal style.
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Stocking Were Hung By...
Open up space on your mantel by hanging stockings on the stair banister instead. Use twine or ribbon to attach them to the railing or twist through the branches of your garland, if it's sturdy enough.
Waiting for St. Nick
Continue your holiday color scheme in your stockings. Blue-and-white stockings with appliques of shells and sea creatures hang along the garland up the stairs. Alternating ruffled burlap stockings infuse a natural shade to the design and bring in warmth.
North Pole Delivery
Christmastime evokes visions of fascinating toy stores, packed full of all the wonders every kid wants. Establish the same charm to your home by decorating with delightful toys and stuffed animals. The childlike allure is sure to convey instant magic to your space.
Limit Hues for Major Impact
Working with a color palette of three not only gives you a focus, but it forges a chic, cohesive design. Silver, blue and green feel fresh yet classic, coastal yet contemporary and continue the lightness and airiness of the HGTV Dream Home 2020. You're still able to pull in neutrals and whites to generate contrast and dimension.
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Receive in Style
Deck out your foyer with holiday cheer. As the first thing guests will see after they step out of the cold, infuse it with a warm and inviting aesthetic. Pretty holiday touches dress the tabletop, along with a collection of metallic ornaments. Have a handy spot to set hostess gifts or an overflow for family presents.
All in the Details
The Main Event
Allow your tree to take centerstage in your living room. If you have a large window, center it in the middle and form a stunning border by draping garland around the windows. Woven textures, such as the jute rug, and warm textiles, like the plaid throw pillows, up the cozy factor of this ready-for-the-holidays space.
Gifts Aplenty
Use empty boxes wrapped in darling paper and ribbons as part of your decorating. Stack them on the coffee table, fireplace hearth or in the entryway to deliver visual interest and plenty of holiday cheer. Tall candlesticks, like these pewter ones, give height and drama to your coffee table. Boughs of eucalyptus bring a touch of the outdoors in.
A Silver Christmas
Consider Your Angles
Step around your spaces and look at them from every angle. You'll find places you can incorporate little holiday elements without going over the top. A simple white wreath (matching the ones found on the front door) is the perfect addition to the floating shelves in the corner.
Reach Out and Touch
Heart of the Holidays
This is where the real magic happens – cookies and pies, ham and rolls and all the other deliciousness that comes out of a Christmas kitchen. You still need your kitchen to be functional so keep decorations on the minimum: pretty natural garland over the window, a tiny tree for charm and a glittering wreath.
Simplify Breakfast
Served in Style
Joyful Trimmings
Although your island will need to stay uncluttered for prepping, serving and eating, you can incorporate a few small touches of the season. A petite flocked tree and bowl of aquamarine ornaments will lift your holiday spirit as you decorate your final sugar cookies for the swap party.
The Elf's Handiwork
Even if you hang the stockings on the mantel or stair banister, tell Santa to move them to their breakfast chairs for a morning surprise.
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Say It With Words
Wrap It Up
Give yourself the gift of a designated wrapping station. Put all your paper, ribbons, tape, gift tags and scissors in one place so you're able to wrap presents with ease. No need to constantly be storing away and pulling everything back out during gift-buying season.
Make It Work for You
Display a Collection
Whether you love your collection of gnomes, nutcrackers or sleigh bells, group them all together for an impressive vignette. Use pedestals, cake plates and boxes to vary the height to concoct a more interesting showing.
Tag! You're It.
Eatery With Flair
A pair of wreathes and delectable centerpiece pulls the dining room into the festivities.
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Edible Arrangement
Plush Surroundings
As the weather turns chilly, place cozy elements throughout your home – even the dining room. Thin knit throws add warmth to the back of these leather chairs, and can always be pulled around you if you and your guests end up swapping stories or playing games long after the dishes have been put away.
Drive My Sleigh Tonight
Santa's sleigh wouldn't get very far without his reindeer. The forest creatures (in our favorite silvery hue) combine with blue tapered candles set in pewter candlesticks and a bevy of ornaments and greenery to dress the dining room's buffet.
Bring the Indoors Out
Grab all those extra pillows and blankets so you can enjoy the outdoors while staying snuggly and warm. Extra floor pillows provide additional seating.
Comfort is Key
Classic blue and white influences HGTV Dream Home 2020 in both its everyday and holiday style. To up the coziness of the winter season, look for pillows in chunky knits, lots of fringe and major tactile appeal.
Into the Great Outdoors
Just as your outdoors should be an extension of your living space, so your holiday ornamentations can find its way out there, too. A small forest of trees, whether real or faux, is an engaging way to set the scene.
Maximize Your Space
If you live in an area where the winters are mild, open up the doors so that you're entertaining space is doubled.
Continuous Entertaining
With simple winter flourishes, this outdoor dining spot goes straight from Christmas to New Year's Eve without having to change out a thing.
Go for the Informal
Handy Serveware
Look Up
Take your adornments overhead with an impressive display above the outdoor dining table. Large bright white stars are hung for a truly magically gathering spot.
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To a Happy New Year
Start a memorable tradition with friends and family. Draw names and then have everyone write down a special wish or hope for that person for the upcoming year.
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A Place to Gather
Have different areas set up throughout your home – indoors and out, on the porch and in the yard – so that guests have plenty of room to spread out and mingle.
10…9…8…
Use small planters and vases to display arrangements of greenery, as well as party poppers and blowers to ring in the new year.
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Doorway to the Season
Don't neglect your back or side entries. Flanked by evergreen trees in green woven baskets and featuring a striking pinecone wreath, the back door still gets you in the holiday mood before you enter.
Made for Partying
Raise It High
With wide open spaces, take the opportunity to go bold with your design. A clever banner is raised above the cozy seating area as a fun backdrop and eye-catching flourish to see from the back porch.
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Out-of-the-Box Luminaries
Create Destinations
Starry Night
A few final stars carry the holiday theme from the front porch all the way to marshlands, creating an unforgettable and enchanted ambience.