how i would decorate for the holidays !!

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  • @Jordè1222
    @Jordè1222 Рік тому +289

    We decorate our tree with strands of popcorn, cranberries, dried oranges, homemade gingerbread men and salt dough ornaments. The children love to make these things together and it is sweet making memories with them. If you and your friends don’t have kids you can make these things together and it will be fun for adults too ❤️ I love a homemade Christmas! The vibes of this video are so cozy and I’m glad to have a video of things Paige actually likes 😂

    • @kjacran
      @kjacran Рік тому +5

      I love the look of popcorn strands! And dried orange slices hung up with ribbon. So festive!

    • @lestranged
      @lestranged Рік тому +4

      Me too I love homemade and handmade decorations. Making them is half the fun of the season and they just look so much more personal than storebought mass produced things.

    • @karman8229
      @karman8229 Рік тому +1

      Ew

    • @hereforit2347
      @hereforit2347 Рік тому

      Sounds lovely. 🎅🏾

    • @user-yh8li2tm8g
      @user-yh8li2tm8g Рік тому +1

      My grandma always tells how they used to make christmas tree decorations like this ♥

  • @kathy9341
    @kathy9341 Рік тому +57

    I gave my daughter an ornament every year since birth. Usually depicting some event…broken arm skating so a skater, travel, drivers license, college. She just got her first apartment and has a collection of meaningful ornaments for her tree.

    • @leas.8603
      @leas.8603 Рік тому +3

      Oh, I love that! Such a sweet collection of life events.

    • @studiogik
      @studiogik Рік тому +1

      My mom did the same I have a nice collection of ornaments for when I eventually have my own tree! Plan on doing the same with my kids! Such a sweet idea🎄

    • @jenkenj
      @jenkenj Рік тому +2

      My parents also did the same thing! And my husband's parents, so now we already have a full tree of ornaments. I can basically tell our life stories via ornament lol

  • @kaitlinhillier
    @kaitlinhillier Рік тому +129

    As a pro organizer this is validating. A few seasonal and sentimental touches give warmth and sophistication without taking up loads of storage space the rest of the year. Real flora can just be tossed.

  • @vanillascooplinda8849
    @vanillascooplinda8849 Рік тому +64

    Thrift stores are a great place to find a huge variety of ribbon for very little money. If you want unique colors and patterns, the vintage ribbons are far more fun than what’s currently in craft stores.

    • @traceye.6428
      @traceye.6428 Рік тому +2

      I never thought of going to the thrift store for ribbon. good tip, thank you!

    • @susanma4899
      @susanma4899 Рік тому +4

      I have a collection of Christmas postcards from the 1920s and thereabouts. The graphics and the colors are so pretty, and each card was only $1-2 each. I clip them on a garland, etc.

    • @KamandaHickey
      @KamandaHickey Рік тому +1

      Absolutely right. Ribbons, wool, fabrics, the thrift store is great for that, the prices are just amazing!

  • @nicolcacola
    @nicolcacola Рік тому +106

    I love how this video is all about Christmas decor yet you don't smile once. Reminds me of my husband. You may not enjoy it this year but everyone will still enjoy you being there ❤

    • @peztopher7297
      @peztopher7297 Рік тому +20

      I once asked my adult son if he thought Paige was cute (I do!). He said she is adorable and he especially liked how she didn't feel the need to smile. 😐

    • @christianepaquet9193
      @christianepaquet9193 Рік тому +6

      This video is a whole smile in itself and Paige smiles at least once at the end. I also do love that she is a parcimonious smiler. She is adorable and she knows her stuff !

    • @lauraajaaaasmin
      @lauraajaaaasmin Рік тому +1

      This is such a sweet comment

  • @veronicaalejandra20
    @veronicaalejandra20 Рік тому +98

    Ugh finally! I've been wanting some non-tacky Christmas decoration ideas 🥹😍

  • @moshwoom
    @moshwoom Рік тому +32

    Paige, can you do a mix of this video and the reviewing subscribers’ home video? You know, reviewing subscribers’ homes decorated for the holidays? 😊

  • @heleneac
    @heleneac Рік тому +61

    Probably my absolute favourite holiday decor-video to date!
    A few years ago I started buying one christmas decoration for the tree when I travel. Don’t have space for a tree of my own yet, but one day it will be filled with travel memories!

    • @berlinorama
      @berlinorama Рік тому

      I do the same, and now have a box full of one-off Christmas decorations from my travels. Because I have dogs almost all of them are made of wood or metal or cloth so non-breakable;-))

  • @oliviaseveryn1405
    @oliviaseveryn1405 Рік тому +8

    The nice thing about this kind of decor is that it also doesn’t need to be taken down the day after Christmas lol

  • @debvalle7466
    @debvalle7466 Рік тому +12

    This was great. It alleviates the holiday pressure thing. My 10-year relationship ended, so I’m not feeling too festive this year, but I did buy a sweet old Victorian home, so I want to create a good vibe with that. Candles, a simple tree and some easy front porch decor is about all I have energy for. I’ll bake, too. That’s what makes it the holidays for me-Vince Guaraldi and baking.
    With all the insanity of the past few years, just creating a warm, relaxing vibe feels like the right level of festive.

  • @goatygal
    @goatygal Рік тому +5

    Hey Paige, I lost a pet this season and it changed how I plan to decorate. Rather than reds, I’m doing green and gold… more muted and peaceful. Christmas or the holidays are not the most wonderful time of the year for everyone…. It should be meaningful to us as families or individuals and a time for us all to be kinder to each other if we haven’t been that way all year. Some folks don’t have family, some are broke, some has experienced loss, or are sick. It’s a good time to find your joy, but also a good time reflect and find a way to give peace to yourself or another. People think buying is a means of giving … give someone a compliment, open a door, be kinder when your frustrated, donate coats, socks and underwear to charity as they can’t accept those things used; and give yourself time to rest and just be. Much love and peace to you all. Be kind to yourselves too. ❤

  • @teriwhite4151
    @teriwhite4151 Рік тому +7

    My favorite holiday decor is the little 4x4 canvas paintings I buy every year from the kids at our local Boys and Girls Club. They look so good grouped together and I love supporting these little artists 👩‍🎨

  • @1TigerJo
    @1TigerJo Рік тому +14

    Love your sweater and love who you are. It's been so good to have someone pull people back to being creative without the cheap commercial props. I have my grandmother's small xmas trees from 2 inches to 6 inches, some she added tiny bits of cotton to look like snow. I have her bird ornaments that I put in a dish with small pinecones I forage, her ornaments from the 1930s and 40s that she had, some that she added glitter to. The old beaded garlands so fragile, she restrung some and there's spaces in between that I hide, some are broken.But I remember the beauty of them on the tree as a kid.
    I have the treasures I said I wanted when she asked me before she died. She used to create a city under the tree and made a little lake with a mirror and a swan, it was what I most looked forward to on xmas morning. I still have that swan and some of the tiny metal cars from those eras.
    I also have faves I saved of my own for 50 yrs, like egg carton stars I cut and glittered, when I was pregnant with my son. I love the creativity and the history of the old vs the new. Thank you being honest and authentic, and keep the sweater, it's gorgeous!

    • @peztopher7297
      @peztopher7297 Рік тому +3

      When I was a kid in the early 70s, at school we made simple decorations by staggering two small squares of different colored tissue paper, poke your finger in the middle and twist the paper, so it looks like a flower. My mom loved those when I brought them home, and kept them for several years. Now I dote on the felt and sequin birds she made from directions in Good Housekeeping in the 60s.

    • @1TigerJo
      @1TigerJo Рік тому +1

      @@peztopher7297 I love it! 💛

  • @PinkKissedLips
    @PinkKissedLips Рік тому +31

    Every year my mom makes gift bags from Christmas fabric, and has been doing so for as long as I can remember. We all have a stash of them and get some more every year so we can give them away as needed too. I almost never actually wrap anything. It’s so effortless and you could get holiday fabric at the end of the season and make a few bags throughout the year. It’s literally a square and and anyway to do a tie.

    • @slk1451
      @slk1451 Рік тому +2

      That’s a good idea. Also could be good for quilting scraps.

    • @kablaaamo
      @kablaaamo Рік тому

      @@slk1451 yeah fat quarters work perfectly for bags like this!

  • @rosezingleman5007
    @rosezingleman5007 Рік тому +182

    I put up framed vintage Christmas vinyl record albums.
    The graphics are amazing and often totally over-the-top. Every star/singer put out an Xmas album back in the day and they’re incredibly easy to thrift.

    • @kathy9341
      @kathy9341 Рік тому +4

      LOVE this idea! My favorite art piece is my framed whipped cream girl.

    • @ei_maj
      @ei_maj Рік тому +4

      Oh that is brilliant. I've seen people frame Christmas bags and cards, but vintage Christmas albums? I love that idea!

    • @ktrayan1
      @ktrayan1 Рік тому +1

      This is a great great genius idea that I love

    • @akebjornblad9478
      @akebjornblad9478 Рік тому

      I feel like those are the only vinyls you CAN thrift hahaha!

    • @rosezingleman5007
      @rosezingleman5007 Рік тому +1

      @@kathy9341Herb Alpert!

  • @dgriite
    @dgriite Рік тому +128

    Paige, here's some chill background music you might like for the festive season that doesn't lay the cHrIsTmAS cHEeR on too thick:
    - A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio
    - Live at The Bon Soir - Barbra Streisand
    - Scenery - Ryo Fukui
    - Black Focus - Yussef Kamaal
    - Any of the "Khruangbin Vibes" Volumes, not official but easy to find on yt
    - Space 1.8 - Nana Sinephro

    • @striketochill
      @striketochill Рік тому +3

      These are great!! More recommendations, pleaseeee!

    • @wasselpa
      @wasselpa  Рік тому +8

    • @dgriite
      @dgriite Рік тому +7

      @@striketochill Here's one just for you: Mina - Mina (1971)
      ---- self titled album with a cute baby monkey as the album cover. Italian chantress with veery lush grand orchestration, leans slightly into rock at times.

    • @jodycourt
      @jodycourt Рік тому +5

      I love Vince Guaraldi Trio!
      Also James Taylor, A Christmas Album (jazz)
      instrumental (piano) like George Winston's Winter.

    • @sassafrass3636
      @sassafrass3636 Рік тому +1

      I love: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Its a Holiday Soul Party and A very chilly christmas with Chilly Gonzales (Beautiful jazz piano)

  • @morgancrosby4190
    @morgancrosby4190 Рік тому +6

    Paige is my supporter of chic boujie snobbish decorating that makes everything just better and I really am glad for this video specifically.

  • @wallywaffles1333
    @wallywaffles1333 Рік тому +9

    When I was a baby, because my parents were not well off, my mom would make ornaments while I napped. She made them out of toilet paper cardboard rolls - santa, elf, mrs claus, three wise men, a caroler ... and I can't remember what else. I now have them - except the caroler bc my dad thought she was sexy and so my mom kept her. LOL. I finally have an apartment large enough to decorate and plan to get a fake tree (I don't like to kill trees) and decorate with with these amazing embroidered and beaded bug ornaments I have (from target!). That's as far as I have gotten in my planning!

  • @emilyschwartz525
    @emilyschwartz525 Рік тому +31

    Last year I made pomanders with oranges and cloves. Super easy to do. They look great grouped together in a bowl and smell amazing.

  • @angelamacisaac1895
    @angelamacisaac1895 Рік тому +2

    I really like your character and your sweater as well.
    For a few years now, I’ve turned to reggae Christmas tunes! They are fun and uplifting during sentimental or hard times.
    I miss the days of what felt like our friend-Christmas on the 23rd. So many would be coming home for the holidays and they were such fun reunions.

  • @beckykueng3017
    @beckykueng3017 Рік тому +6

    Your classic / traditional Xmas decor style is so very much like I what I grew up with and continue to do myself. The more "natural" the better and it all feels so warm and cozy but never overdone or "plastic"! Enjoy your holidays and I'm looking forward to the videos of your new home in the new year.

  • @angela86753
    @angela86753 Рік тому +22

    Vintage is always the way to go, especially at Christmas. And plaid

  • @chess2940
    @chess2940 Рік тому +2

    For anyone in the UK, there’s a gorgeous stationary shop in Seven Dials, London called Choosing Keeping and their Christmas selection of vintage cards, baubles, wrap, etc are just beautiful.

  • @vidamaria29
    @vidamaria29 Рік тому +26

    You are a wise woman. This comes from a person probably twice your age. I agree with your perspective on holiday decor completely. A Chicago fan!

  • @AyH25
    @AyH25 Рік тому +8

    Yess Growing up we always had a bowl of nuts in the shell with an antique nutcracker next to them

  • @aileenbell6750
    @aileenbell6750 Рік тому +13

    I think whatever makes your nostalgia sing…go for it. I love that you decorate your Thanksgiving table with your mom. I bet the cabbages will be fantastic. My house is full of quilts and embroidered items that my mom and others have made, along with…fake trees and wreaths. 😝 Living in So Arizona, foraging means cactus, and gosh darn I like the look of a piney tree. You can of course purchase greenery, but it is cost prohibitive.

  • @bevalexander5897
    @bevalexander5897 Рік тому +14

    Thank you Paige, for another great video! I think it’s my favorite, so far. I understand being in “crisis” during the holidays. Something pretty awful happened to me during the holidays years ago. I actually stopped enjoying Christmas until I had grandkids. (Many years). I hope the new year has great things waiting for you.

  • @suelyons531
    @suelyons531 Рік тому +2

    Real poinsettia plants really make an impact so I use a lot of them around my home in all different sizes and colors. I love your sweater.

  • @AyH25
    @AyH25 Рік тому +8

    Lake house tour! It’s nice that your family sounds close and does cute stuff.

  • @samanthabenavidez6045
    @samanthabenavidez6045 Рік тому +1

    I love getting ornaments from places I visit! I love the mismatched but nostalgic look. It's never too early to start collecting :)

  • @cakemeat8321
    @cakemeat8321 Рік тому +4

    I like how when she says "fun pattern" she always shows plain plaid or stripes

    • @monaduna2667
      @monaduna2667 Рік тому

      I’m sorry what did you expect exactly? A pattern of a monkey riding a unicycle?

    • @cakemeat8321
      @cakemeat8321 Рік тому +1

      @@monaduna2667 yeah

  • @lulubelle65
    @lulubelle65 Рік тому +2

    My mom started collecting ornaments for us when we were born. Every year we got a new ornament, usually connected to something like a vacation or a special event. When I first moved out of the house I bought a couple boxes of vintage mercury glass ornaments and right away I had a tree that was special and tasteful looking, not something covered with tat from the craft store.

  • @c.m.4686
    @c.m.4686 Рік тому +1

    When do you get ornaments?? When (and if) you have kids of your own, give them an ornament (or two) every year at Christmas and slowly they will build up a collection. Whenever we travel, if I see cute ornaments, I will buy some for my now adult kids to keep adding to the collection. I think by the time they all move out (when they are in the 40's, at this rate), they will have more than enough to fill a tree!

  • @basho4306
    @basho4306 Рік тому +8

    I suddenly feel like throwing a huge pre christmas feast with my peeps

  • @YanickFM
    @YanickFM Рік тому +6

    Hey Paige, I really feel you in regard to not having your own place to decorate for the holidays, but you will get there! I just moved into an apartment by myself and this is my first time being able to do what I want with the space. Its such a freeing feeling after a long time of struggling and I want everyone to experience it
    By the way, if any of you cat owners out here are reading this, keep in mind to keep the cats away from real pine! It is toxic for them. Personally I'm using my grandmothers old ceramic tree haha

  • @loriengelmann9240
    @loriengelmann9240 Рік тому +1

    On ornaments. My Mom got my brothers and I an ornament every year. I started buying myself an ornament every year once I was out of college. When I put them on the tree, I tell my children (who I have bought an ornament for/they've picked out every year) the stories behind them. It's an oral history, of sorts. It's also tradition. That's the most important thing in your video, "This is what my family does". The tips are good too!!!

  • @kathleendimartino709
    @kathleendimartino709 Рік тому +5

    Thanks Paige. Now I am inspired...simple, vintage, foraged, candlelit Christmas for me!

  • @kailenarena
    @kailenarena Рік тому +3

    Love these! I lost my mother a year ago and we loved to forage for greenery, birch bark and holly. All of your suggestions very much remind me of my childhood home and reminds me of happy times with her. She would agree with all of this 😊 haha

  • @horshaed
    @horshaed 10 місяців тому

    The fact that I got an ad for Michael's holiday decor sale at the end of the video was PERFECTION

  • @nillamoon9983
    @nillamoon9983 Рік тому +7

    can not wait to see how you style/ shop for your new place

  • @christapoulet363
    @christapoulet363 Рік тому +1

    I am sure you would have liked the way we decorated for xmas at my grandparents' home in Denmark: no plastic, no writing...just candles in the tree (yes it was dangerous!) nuts and apples, crumbs for the birds in the snow and a lot of knitting and violin playing near the wood-burner.

  • @AyH25
    @AyH25 Рік тому +3

    My fave Xmas decor is Nordic candle arches that you put out in the window and also the Nordic star paper hanging lanterns

  • @avolynfisher
    @avolynfisher Рік тому +1

    Just here to post my appreciation of "old hoes" and that this is the exact dynamic and humor of my family and that i appreciate it since sadly, many families don't have this level of humor or closeness. My dads mom is from Chicago so maybe that's it. ❤

  • @sylviashanabrough6515
    @sylviashanabrough6515 Рік тому +1

    I love art from the thrift store that reflects the season.

  • @kajellio
    @kajellio Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite things at the holidays is switching out some of my year-round art for holiday pieces. It feels a lot more cohesive with my style and gives me a built-in reason to refresh my gallery wall.

  • @sparrowgirl90
    @sparrowgirl90 Рік тому

    the bowls of nuts!!! that rly brought back memories of my grandma and all her christmas eve traditions :’) blessing each corner of the house by throwing walnuts to the corners of the dining room

  • @rebecca9949
    @rebecca9949 Рік тому +1

    my grandmother always decorated her house with holly - placed on shelves, wound around the railing of her staircase, in vases around the house. I loved it and was so happy to move into a place with a holly tree in the yard so I can do the same.

    • @catherinebarwick304
      @catherinebarwick304 Рік тому

      I used to live in the part of the country where holly could be grown. I guess we rather took it for granted. I live in area now where holly comes in a wee cellophane wrapped box at great expense ( and from holly farms in the same town where I lived as a child!). I treasure these tiny bits of holly now and put them in a place of honour in our home.

  • @andrijanaadamovic5545
    @andrijanaadamovic5545 Рік тому

    love this about using again stuff with special memory

  • @jodycourt
    @jodycourt Рік тому +1

    I like your holiday sweater! I'm a greens and candles lover for decorating the home. When they are used up, you don't have to store them. I Love plaid -- for pillows and throws and table cloths. I have a few pieces of art that have a winter theme that I get out every year when it starts getting cold and snowy.

  • @lestranged
    @lestranged Рік тому

    Candles, sparkly lights, baking yummy fragrant things, warm and cozy things like blankets. A mix of vintage & handmade things. I like a personal and warm vibe, not a glitzy glamour show-offy theme.

  • @emilytorres5094
    @emilytorres5094 Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite decor pieces are some ceramic snowman’s my little nephew painted when he was 6!!! I treasure them and happy to put them out every year

  • @hereforit2347
    @hereforit2347 Рік тому

    I am a “til the wheels fall off” kind of decorator. I only buy what I really love. I pull out the same things every year: my Erzgebirge nutcracker, my off-white ‘03-‘04 Target tablecloth with the wide chenille border and felt holly appliqués, my silver salt and pepper shakers . . . they still excite me. This year, I’m putting juniper cuttings around tapered candles on the dining table.

  • @Katherout
    @Katherout Рік тому +2

    ily miss wassel this was so helpful

  • @msgambate88
    @msgambate88 Рік тому

    speaking about Christmas and fun decor with best deadpan delivery!!!

  • @jo4vt
    @jo4vt Рік тому

    My twin kiddos (boy and girl) already have an ornament collection started. They get an ornament every year and they each have a box that they keep them in so that when we decorate the tree they each put their ornaments on the tree, first, before we put on the other ornaments. I started collecting them for them for the first few years until they were old enough to pick out their own. We used to go to Pier One or local craft fairs with them to get them. They are 15, now, and still love this tradition… well, my daughter loves it more than my son, but she’s more sentimental. (Oh, Paige, you’ll probably like this idea: I also started writing to them in a journal the day I find out I was pregnant, (for 15 weeks, I wrote: Dear Baby, and then we found out we were having twins! I filled an entire journal, and the last entries were when I was in the hospital in labor. At that point my sister, mom, and dad all wrote them little letters, because I was a little busy, haha. I kept writing in journals about what they were doing, things going on in our lives for four years, and I have saved them, of course. I wasn’t doing it because it was a viral online idea or something, I just loved to write and wanted to tell my baby all about what was going on in the outside world while they were still on the inside. I only stopped writing because I went back to teaching and life got so much more busy).

  • @jlacasse3750
    @jlacasse3750 Рік тому +1

    What a breath of fresh air Paige. Could not agree more. I also dislike everything plastic and sprinkles that pollute our environment. In addition to what you said, people know it is Christmas because there is mulled wine on the stove and a huge stack of board games in a corner just ready to be played.

  • @WeLiveByTheSea
    @WeLiveByTheSea Рік тому +6

    An alternative to the silver dishes and bowls of nuts is a large crystal bowl filled with cinnamon scented pine cones and slices of dried citrus fruit. Thats the first thing to appear in my place, that and the candles. It does get a bit more Christmasy later on but still staying classy, I hope. I did give in and buy an artificial tree after decades of real trees. I hated it at first but once I'd learned how to style it I felt a little better about it. It's still not the same but circumstances make having a real tree a challenge and I simply can't be without a tree at all. I have accumulated a lifetime of ornaments and decor but some of my favourites are the handmade bows made with wired ribbon. I hope that despite everything you do manage to have a lovely time x

  • @slk1451
    @slk1451 Рік тому +6

    The ornamental cabbage tends to smell like a very strong fart. Just FYI.

  • @yasmincdc
    @yasmincdc Рік тому +4

    I was waiting for this! Being also a Christmas grinch with a 5 yo I want to stay away from tacky crafty stuff (which is inevitable with a kid) and going for a mix of simple/minimal with a touch of something drawn by my kid like seating cards or something. Since I print a lot from work, for wrapping paper I like to recicle the drawing drafts with a cute ribbon. GLAD to know you're also against fake trees, since I work with real plants for me is a BIG no no. Here in Barcelona you can order a tree from a plant nursery website and get it on your living room for as cheap as 50 euros so is a no brainer for me. Thank you Paige!

    • @wallywaffles1333
      @wallywaffles1333 Рік тому

      My mom and I crafted a lot at holidays when I was a kid. The ones I remember the best and liked the most were ones that involved us making little houses for little villages - like using graham crackers to build fake little gingerbread houses from. One year we embroidered some. Super fun and cute and some we still have.

  • @hereforit2347
    @hereforit2347 Рік тому +11

    I don’t care how big your house is, I think having more than one Christmas tree kills the vibe. 🎄

    • @jenkenj
      @jenkenj Рік тому +1

      I didn't know anyone personally that did this until I met my in-laws who have 3 full size trees. And each is a themed tree, which further perplexes me. Like yes they look nice but I was raised having sentimental ornaments on the tree rather than a matching set ha

  • @outloudkat
    @outloudkat Рік тому +4

    I definitely have some festive art pieces that I put out only around the holidays. My dad painted me a large piece of a figure skating polar bear and it doesn't really fit my vibe for most of the year, but in Nov/Dec it's A+.

  • @ka8544
    @ka8544 Рік тому +2

    I’m also going through my own crisis. Really bad breakup last year with my now ex fiancé. Soooo I also have spent a year avoiding all sentimental shit. Appreciate knowing I’m not alone on that

  • @noovernightguests
    @noovernightguests Рік тому

    I agree with a lot of Paige’s tips here. My grandmother has a storage shed packed with holiday decorations. Every year she throws away half of them because she doesn’t have room after buying new decor for her current vision. Mostly what I remember as a kid are lights and smells.

  • @HomeHarmonySelfCare
    @HomeHarmonySelfCare Рік тому

    Absolutely fabulous. Yes. Love.

  • @gracieo6561
    @gracieo6561 Рік тому

    “Fun pattern” = plaid or striped every time.
    😂💕much love

  • @millieolson
    @millieolson Рік тому +2

    Lots of good ideas here!! I started buying myself a very nice xmas ornament, glass, handblown and imported from Germany, every xmas. I would buy a couple more because they also make great xmas presents too. Xmas is about light, reflections, sparkle, and color at its most basic. As for a tree, I have a bright orange bottlebrush tree I bought years ago that was a prop from a tv xmas special. About 4ft tall. If you are go with a fake tree-amp it up!!

  • @mcee8489
    @mcee8489 Рік тому +1

    Your sweater suits you really well - was really surprised to hear you saying by the end of the video that you think of it differently. Keep it! Also, super useful, tasteful and sustainable decor tips btw ;)

  • @georginagarforth8367
    @georginagarforth8367 Рік тому

    I think diy Christmas stuff can be great - paper chains, paper snowflakes and salt dough ornaments for example.

  • @SANTINOISREAL
    @SANTINOISREAL Рік тому +15

    3 seconds into the video and she called me a hoe, not mad at all

  • @madelinelewisx
    @madelinelewisx Рік тому

    im thrifting as much holiday decor as I can and this is so helpful!!! a fall version of this would be appreciated too !!

  • @susanhijazi6000
    @susanhijazi6000 Рік тому

    Every year I took my children pick out their own ornament and wrote the year on the bottom. When they grow up you either have a tree full of memories or they have ornaments for their own tree. Last year I started buying ornaments for the grand babies.

  • @bunnybear555
    @bunnybear555 Рік тому +1

    Paige, I'm sorry you're not feeling the holiday spirit this year, and I appreciate that you're willing to make a video like this for us anyways! I love your recommendations. I admit, I personally love a bit of the cheesier Christmas-y look, but try to stick to the vintage stuff like you suggest! Even if it's a little goofy, having clearly vintage inspired Christmas decor somehow makes it look a bit classier. It's the holidays, so have fun with it! :)
    I wish I could have a real tree, but I am extremely allergic to pine sadly. So fake tree it is. :(

  • @kimberlycecil8692
    @kimberlycecil8692 Рік тому

    My family collects ornaments from birth. I have given my daughter, nieces and nephews the ornaments that Pier One put out for years. Once the grandkids hit college, we switched to an ornament swap played like the dirty Santa game. As a kid, my parents decorated our indoor trees and potted plants with real red velvet ribbons tied in bows. Always a bowl of nuts to crack. They used real trees until I became ER bound with an allergy to evergreen trees in my 20's. Did you mention Magnolia leaf wreaths? They are gorgeous. My mom has, I believe, 4 sets of Christmas China (or more) and its gorgeous, but a ton of work to hand wash. She also has 2 or 3 sets of fall China. Maybe ten regular sets, 2 Easter/spring sets, and a patriotic looking set. Sooo many sets of crystal! Linens out of control! Most sets of everything serve 16-20! She also has a total selection of desert plates that coordinate with most anything, red cut glass, etc. Let's not forget a half dozen sets of chargers! This will be my sister's and my burden one day (she's in her early 80's) Her exquisite tables will forever be remembered. She's doing it again this year! They do a turkey, a ham, and a couple of sirloin tips. It's an ordeal.
    We only give gifts to the greats at her house now, we are so many in number, it's chaos. However we still play games, with what I call airport bottles of alcohol.
    *It's an oil and vinegar cruet.
    Good luck in your new home!!

  • @giftofgab1791
    @giftofgab1791 Рік тому +1

    I have a fake tree and have since age 9 because I have pretty bad allergies 🥲but I get balsam candles to get the smell 😊I’ve been really leaning into campy mid century Christmas vibes (which complements my apartment decor) and it’s really fun.

  • @phishlipsable
    @phishlipsable Рік тому +1

    lol the one pic had a plate of garlic scapes and those are a hyper-seasonal, late spring crop lololol

  • @nadiacoffey2609
    @nadiacoffey2609 Рік тому

    When I moved out of my parents house years ago, my mom gave me a box of our ornaments from my childhood. My husband and I started buying a Christmas ornament during every vacation that we go on. Instead of shopping on Black Friday we put up our tree and we talk about all of the memories we’ve made on all of our vacations.

  • @lubiekocyki
    @lubiekocyki Рік тому

    vintage wallpapers as gift wraps! you can find them even cheaper than craftpaper, the cheap ones are usually too ugly to actually serve as a wallpaper, but are unique and just.. fun as a gift wrap. also, Instant anecdote.

  • @roryquinn3043
    @roryquinn3043 Рік тому +1

    Can you please do a video on holiday decor for those in the southern hemisphere!! I’m so curious as to how you would decorate for a hot Christmas 😂

  • @sdelong74
    @sdelong74 Рік тому +1

    I do a fun kitchy Christmas that is fully intentional. I love foraging for greenery. I gave up a full size tree for a full size leg lamp and crate in honor of my favorite Christmas movie. Being an Ohioan we own that movie considering it was filmed here. That goes with decorating regionally. I have a 1950 decorating style with actual pieces from that era. That's why the kitch. I thrifted Christmas ceramics from that time. Still looking for an authentic ceramic tree. I like to decorate rooms with the color that is already there. My old sled is a part of the porch decor and bows I made myself. Don't like to pre made ones.

  • @susanneavery
    @susanneavery Рік тому +1

    Your sweater is great, goes well with vintage and foraged decor,

  • @GenRN
    @GenRN Рік тому +1

    This is getting me in the holiday mood!

  • @DaniGreyHare
    @DaniGreyHare Рік тому

    Yes!! All about concept instead of literal decor!

  • @susanma4899
    @susanma4899 Рік тому

    I always go a little hog wild w Christmas decor. Last year I got my first chance to decorate outdoors, to decorate my front porch. I couldn't really figure out how to rig up lights outside...maybe this year I'll add them. So much of my decor is thrifted. Do you remember how fabric stores used to sell pieces of cotton that were printed with animals, etc.? You cut out the front and back, sew it together, and stuff it w cotton. I have a Santa like that, I thrifted the material and sewed it together myself. It's a funny little pillow on my couch at Christmas.

  • @sillypotato9453
    @sillypotato9453 Рік тому +1

    My mom has these amazing ornaments that my grand-father hand made in the fifties. Little glass snow globes for the tree, pine cone men with felt legs and arms on ski's and winter scenery on plates. They just make stuff like that anymore :(

  • @njames3
    @njames3 Рік тому

    I was lichrully just saying what the hell is my holiday VIBE, what is the decor that speaks to me!! crucial info in this vid, thank you!!

  • @garrettirrell503
    @garrettirrell503 Рік тому +2

    Woohooo! Nothing better than the Sunday Paige video

  • @hereforit2347
    @hereforit2347 Рік тому

    I bought a fresh tree every year when my daughter was little. In the late ‘80s I bought colored “light show” Christmas lights from the local five-and-dime (J.J. Newberry, Woolworth, or Fedco). They put on a real performance and they still work. I never see “light show” lights in stores anymore. They may blink but that’s it.

  • @brookebeatty2508
    @brookebeatty2508 Рік тому +4

    I'm about to move back in with my parents for a couple months and I just keep telling myself, "if Paige can do it, I can do it, if Paige can do it, i can do it" so thanks

    • @wasselpa
      @wasselpa  Рік тому +2

      you can!! try and cherish the time even when they annoy you like no other hahah

  • @Liza-sf5fz
    @Liza-sf5fz Рік тому +2

    I only have one 'thumbs up' to give. But damn! Bang freaking on. All of it!

  • @ericaquint1895
    @ericaquint1895 Рік тому +1

    After setting up a nearly 8 ft tall Christmas tree last year because I grew up poor and never had stuff like that, I came to the realization that I actually dislike large Christmas trees. I would rather trim some pine branches for a vase and call it a day.

  • @knick_knack
    @knick_knack Рік тому

    My mom brings out a vintage poster for the movie “White Christmas” and I love it so much. I have a lot of fond memories of that movie because we watch it every year and it’s just a cool old piece.

  • @jo4vt
    @jo4vt Рік тому

    I love your ideas and absolutely agree you should have pieces that you can reuse for years and years. We only have sentimental items, and don’t go out and buy stuff every year.

  • @aqui7744
    @aqui7744 Рік тому

    I also hate crafty decorations for any holiday, but especially Christmas. Growing up Santa was never part of any of our Christmases and I still avoid any Santa theme decor at all costs. My children are very artistic and love to paint their own ornaments, either wooden or glass. My daughter loves to bake and we’ve been making gingerbread ornaments since she was in kindergarten. I like to use a mix of fruits, vegetables and flowers on simple antique and vintage bows and vases to decorate the dinner tables and my kitchen. I thrifted all my dishes and glassware and well as most serving bowls. The eclectic look is what I live for.

  • @amandaelynch1
    @amandaelynch1 Рік тому +1

    This is my style of holiday decorating/vibes as well. I feel like the closest to real and grown in nature it is the better. Basically, if they had it 200 years ago it's good enough for me hahah.

  • @hotpink3459
    @hotpink3459 Рік тому

    I love this video so much! "Basically don't go to Michael's." You're amazing and I love all the inspiration photos. I need to get some of that satin double-faced ribbon!!

  • @hereforit2347
    @hereforit2347 Рік тому

    Fair Isle sweaters are the BEST. They were all the rage when I was in high school at the start of the preppy era (think “Ordinary People”). In those days, you could get a 100% wool pullover for next to nothing and the thrift stores on Melrose Av. in L.A. were rife with wool and angora sweaters from the 50s and 60s. It wasn’t touristy then and the clothes were dirt cheap.

  • @britneyshakespears2940
    @britneyshakespears2940 Рік тому

    lol paige the cabbage in the candle has been in my pinterest for almost two years now and i am also finally doing it for thanksgiving

  • @jennyinouterspace
    @jennyinouterspace Рік тому

    I am so grateful for this topic because holy crap have I been stresssing about decorating tastefully 😬😬😬

  • @music4life813
    @music4life813 Рік тому

    My parents through me an engagement party when I was getting married and asked everyone bring a Christmas ornament for us in lieu of other presents! Sooooo that’s when our collection started, and each ornament has a loved associated with it 😊

  • @ronaldspuesens2177
    @ronaldspuesens2177 Рік тому +2

    Hello Paige, I like your series. I like you. I mean the way you're presenting and analyzing stuf. People like Caroline Winkler and Valentina's house can not compete with you. They act like sales agents for blend boring retail furniture chains. You on the other hand have a feel for colours, contrasting materials and structures and you are not obsessed with styles, trends or rules in interior decorating. I am doing a very big and complex interior design project in my appartment in the Netherlands. It totals 240 square meters. It's big enough, It has 3 bed rooms. And guess what? I am taking out 4 walls and sacrificing all 3 bedrooms, in order to make one big space. And right in the center I will be making a giant ellipse egg shaped wall (10 meters long and 2 meters wide), made out of exotic materials such as chrome fused glass, Possini silver chrome crystal lighting. All the walls will float (they do not touch the floor. The couch (12 pieces) white, is lit underneath and rests on a giant platform of dark Japanese wood, which in turn is lit with LED elements underneath. So everything is "floating";
    On the walls you will find original high res 4k movie stills from Thelma and Louise, Fargo, Heat, Se7en, Roman Holiday, Casablanca so great movies. All walls will have either soft fabric like linen, or Onyx marble or Italian ceramics plating from the Machiaveccia line. One big wall will feature a giant waterfall 4 meters wide again with LED behind it. Center piece will undoubtedly be the giant 2,5 meters by 1,5 meters Leica shot black & white picture of Audrey Hepburn as a young girl. In the center of the giant living room we will be placing a ROUND shaped fire place, really in James Bond 60's style. I have watched many different youtube design content creators, and I mean more than 50 different people. But I keep coming back to your channel. I have great ideas and dreams myself, and somehow when I look at you looking in turn at other people's stuff, I feel inspired. I hope I get the opportunity to show you my project when it;s finished. I will not be hiring any professionals because I want to save as much money as possible just for purchasing all the exotic materials. The bill so far is already exceeding the 150,000 euro mark. Also your eyebrows are beautiful. But that;s not the point. Bye ! Keep up the good work.

    • @duc25xr
      @duc25xr Рік тому

      That sounds epic!