How to Make a Fringed Christmas Tree Centerpiece 2014 Ideas

Create a snow-covered Christmas tree centerpiece using white burlap or a loose-weave linen. Decorate the tree with accents to match your holiday color palette.

By : Jenny Batt

Winter White Meets Festive Color

We cut white burlap (you could use linen or another loose-weave fabric) into long strips then glued them around a cone-shaped form to make these textured mantel decorations or centerpieces. Use any color fabric to match your decor and dress it up with your favorite color palette.

Cut the Burlap Into Strips

Cut strips of fabric about 2 inches wide. Pull out the threads lengthwise to fringe one side of the strips.

Attach Fabric to the Cone

Add double-stick tape around the entire bottom of the cone, about a 1/2 inch up from the edge. Add a strip of fringed burlap (fringe-side on the bottom) and press into the tape. Trim off the excess where the two edges meet and overlap. 

Fluff the Fringe

Continue to wrap layers of fabric around the cone until you get to the top. Using your fingers, fluff the burlap fringe so it curves up slightly. 

Finish and Add to Tabletop or Mantel

Place the trees on medium-sized mercury-glass jars as the stumps. Add mason jars filled halfway with faux snow and sprinkle extra snow around the tabletop or mantel. Add a few pinecones or ornaments.

Artificial Christmas Trees 2014 Ideas from HGTV

Shake up your Christmas decorating scheme and go bold with a bright artificial tree this year! Here are some of our favorite over the top examples of the trend.

By : Briana Mowrey

This inspired tree in Dee Snider's Celebrity Holiday Home takes its color cues from nature: the peacock's feathers.

Christmas is all about the red and green, though usually we're talking about a green tree with red ornaments. This tree's unusual hue turns that around in a delightful way.

Stark and silver, this Christmas tree flirts with a retro vibe. The round bulbs complete this look.

This fine example of a pink tree from Fantasy of Trees emphasizes texture as well as color.

This whimsical pink tree by Tobi Fairley is a favorite around the HGTV offices. Don't you have visions of sugarplums dancing in your head just looking at it?

Haylie Duff's Celebrity Holiday Home was graced with this fantastic artificial tree in a dreamy palette of pinks and greens with pops of red.

A small white tree with pink and turquoise ornaments would be a welcome addition in just about any teen girl's bedroom.

An artificial white tree is a great canvas for your ornament collection. Here, designer Brian Patrick Flynn used his signature color: purple.

This tree by Brian Patrick Flynn is also a crisp shade of white, but this time it's complemented by the neutral parchment ornaments. Mod holiday minimalism at its finest!

Not all artificial trees need to flirt with kitsch. This all white Christmas tree from HGTV's Holiday House glows in an ethereal white halo.

Taste the rainbow! The bright trees in athlete Kurt Warner's Celebrity Holiday Home dazzle guests.

Easy Christmas Wreaths 2014 Ideas

Whether adorning your front door or decorating your mantel, try one of these stunning Christmas wreaths this holiday season.

Mix classic elements, like winter berries and sprigs of greenery, with trendy accents, like textured feathers, to create a traditional yet updated wreath. Design by RMSer marykay.

To create a designer worthy wreath, add in silk flowers, like magnolias, hydrangeas and winter berries. Complete the look with a few metallic feathers and trimmed ribbon to hang. If you have a tall door, tie the ribbon high above to maximize impact, but have the wreath hit at eye level. Design by RMSer Leanne Michaels Interiors.

Combine magnolia leaves, berries and pine cones with unusual vegetables, like artichokes, for a nature inspired Christmas wreath.

The holiday season is all about glitz and glamour. Dress up a plain wreath with ornaments, pine cones, ribbon and leaves in your favorite metallic: bronze, copper, silver or gold.

Use two textured ribbons, like velvet and brocade options in complementary hues, to create a beautiful bow at the bottom of your wreath. Fill out the rest of the wreath with ornaments and flowers. Design by RMSer Leanne Michaels Interiors.

Get crafty with a paper wreath. RMSer lindsay 5402 uses old sheet music and pages from a dictionary to create a one of a kind Christmas wreath.

Glittering flowers are combined with vintage owl ornaments for an enchanting Christmas wreath. A snowy landscape adds interest to the typically empty center. Design by RMSer Barbara Ann.

Go the simple yet stunning route by letting the beauty of a fresh evergreen wreath take center stage. Hang the wreath with patterned ribbon and add in a few pine cones for texture and interest. Design by RMSer Leanne Michael Interiors.

Classic ornaments in a variety of sizes are used to create a festive and bright front door wreath. Gold ribbon provides the perfect contrast to the shiny red glass balls. Design by RMS laurabruen.

Cheap DIY Christmas Centerpieces 2014 Ideas

Forget the florist a little DIY elbow grease and $25 (or less) is all you need to make these show stopping Christmas centerpieces.

Take inexpensive baby's breath out of the background and into the spotlight with this hanging centerpiece. Use a round ball of floral foam, floral wire and monofilament to suspend this ethereal arrangement over the table.

Cut balsa wood or even cardboard into two equal sized triangles and put together to form a T. Boom: You have a tree for your centerpiece! Paint with craft paint in stripes, snowflakes or the design of you choice.

Turn leftover embroidery hoops into hanging wreaths studded with a few seasonal florals. Here, we attached dusty miller, roses and babys breath with floral wire.

Turn a leftover floral vase into a high end centerpiece vessel with drips of liquid gold leaf and white glass paint.

Inexpensive glass ornaments can become showstoppers when filled with ombre paint and hung above the table alongside sequins.

Tour of the White House at Christmas 2013

Step inside America's first home during the holidays as designers and volunteers prep rooms from floor to ceiling with handmade crafts, one-of-a-kind art displays and decked-out Christmas trees.

By : Kayla Kitts

Welcome to a White House Christmas
Each year, first lady Michelle Obama chooses a theme for the home's holiday decor. This year's theme is "Gather Around," a celebration of coming together with loved ones during the holiday season. Each room in the White House will showcase this idea through handmade decorations and unique Christmas trees.