Xmas decorations help!

I’d go on YouTube and see if there’s a video that will give you some tips on how to zhuzz it up.

Ive tried Pinterest but it’s all too massive and ornate with fixings and stuff. I just want it to lay really.

This is just a bit of it.

Have you got any ivy in the garden, or any growing nearby that you could nick?*
Some of that would round your garland would almost certainly cheer it up.
*The pesky stuff grows so fast once spring is here, you’d be more than welcome to whole swathes of ours!

Yes, it needs greenery entwined, Ivy - as Witzend said, fir, holly, any really.

Lathyrus3

Ive tried Pinterest but it’s all too massive and ornate with fixings and stuff. I just want it to lay really.

This is just a bit of it.

To be frank 🙂 it looks bare. You need more a more but of varying sizes and colours. Some height behind the larger balls.
Do you have any of those jewel like colours garden stones.
The Xmas tree needs a little shushing.

I wouldn’t intertwine the ivy, etc., I’d just place it behind to enhance your lovely new natural decorations.

If you are disappointed -take it down .
It sounds lovely to me ,but maybe not right with your decor .
The Internet provides a great deal of inspiration for Chrustmas ideas .
If in doubt at Christmas stick with red,green ,gold and /or silver themes .
I found a stack of cheap pure white baubles in a charity shop and that's my colour choice this year.
Mixed with some greenery -they will look good -I hope !

Ok I’ve tried some green and it’s an improvement but still quite dull.

I’m getting bored with it already 😳

Take the thing apart, use the slices of orange and cinnamon sticks on gift tags…………at least your getting some use out of it.

It needs a ‘swag’ of greenery behind it, and some twinkly fairy lights

LucyAnna5

It needs a ‘swag’ of greenery behind it, and some twinkly fairy lights

Yes, I agree.

You need some red berries …….

I’d put some lights along the mantle, then some more fir cones. ( can be bought on a string).

As above, it just needs a little colour. Maybe some holly and fairy lights. Warm lights rather than bright white would be better.

Ok. Going out to buy another swag with green and lots of red berries.

IVe got some little golden lights to dot all over it.

3 Candles in glass jars with fir cones look pretty. Something like this.

I agree Lathyrus brown & orange just takes me back to the late 70’s!

Mind you your wallpaper is ‘busy’ with leaves on a cream background. Not sure what you could put on your mantle to show/compete. Possibly some faux festive greenery to complement the backdrop with cream candles and a pop of red (berries/ribbon!) might work well.

Yes throw it out. It would just depress me!
I suppose it’s meant as ‘autumnal’ rather than ‘Christmas’?

It depends what look you’re after I suppose!

And definitely yes to soft tiny white lights as mentioned upthread.

Lathyrus3, you'll have a lovely lot of bits & pieces there if you carefully take it apart. Quite a few little bundles or single whole fruits could have a thin red velvet ribbon bow added then hung from branches or garlands. They will look very festive & homely placed beside a white candle too. A few sprigs of rosemary if you've any will be lovely with them. Happy Christmas fiddling

Loving those pretty lantern candles J52, beautiful!

You can buy fake holly berries which are quite realistic (and some that are obviously fake) which I've found useful when I can't find berried holly. Your garland looks quite good really but I understand why you find it a disappointment.
I'm lucky, I live in the country and can go foraging for natural additions, like rose hips and ivy, but I love some of the candle ideas suggested.

LauraNorderr

LucyAnna5

It needs a ‘swag’ of greenery behind it, and some twinkly fairy lights

Yes, I agree.

Yup.

I’ve given up🙄 Simebody will buy it in the charity shop and do something fabulous with it.

I don’t know why I haven’t learned that I have no artistic talent whatsoever 😂

Back to cards on the mantelpiece.

Thanks for the ideas. It’s me, not you😬