Better Homes & Gardens Christmas Ideas

Christmas Ideas magazine inspires and connects readers who are passionate about decorating their homes for Christmas. Filled with the latest trends, beautiful home tours, and budget-friendly project ideas, there's something to help everyone create their best holiday experience. Christmas Ideas gives readers the confidence to move from dreaming to doing and make the most of the magical season.

Better Homes and Gardens

From the Editor

Trim with Flair • Start with greenery, then layer on ornaments, garland, and soft elements to re-create this classic-meets-modern aesthetic in your home.

In Good Company • Crafting, baking, building, collecting. These mavens of creation bring yuletide treasures to life throughout the holiday season.

All Is Bright • Illuminate the holidays with handmade decor crafted from yarn, cardboard, and upcycled supplies.

Once Upon a Christmas • OUT WITH THE NEW AND IN WITH THE OLD. TIMELESS, ONE-OF-A-KIND TREASURES DAZZLE IN THIS FAMILY’S COZY LIBRARY-TURNED-MUSIC ROOM.

Merry Making • Cozy knits and textured wool transform into wreaths, door decor, and ornaments using just a few items you may already have on hand.

Glitter & Gold • Flirty, feminine, and fun. The winsome holiday decorations in one family’s home showcase a creative mom’s urge to delight her growing daughters.

A Claus for Celebration • For one family of four, whose Indiana home is far from cookie-cutter, Christmas is still classic—just curated, cozy, and completely their own.

Holiday Cheer by the Yard • Adorn your mantel or bedeck your doorway with handmade garlands. These projects use simple household items and basic crafts store supplies that will have you snipping, painting, and threading your way to a happier holiday.

Wrapped in Cheer • For this homeowner and decorator, the magic of Christmas lives in the details—layers of ribbon, shimmering satin bows, and a twinkling tree in every room.

Evergreen Memories • When a pro party planner’s child has a birthday that falls just before Christmas, she must deck the halls! Consider this your invite to a tree-rifically themed holiday party that celebrates the season—and a December-born kid.

Timeless Tidings • Shades of red and green—plus plenty of Christmas cheer—shine through this young family’s North Carolina home.

Oh So Marble-ous • Visions of candy-color swirls dance in stylist Jennifer DeCleene’s head, so she swathes her home with papers and ribbons in the playful pattern for Christmas.

Three Bases, Three Styles • A trifecta of craft essentials—papier-mâché cones and ornaments and wire wreath forms—creates the foundation for oh-so-tempting trimmings in three charming decorating themes.

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