Tips for Decorating Small Spaces During the Holidays

Tips for Decorating Small Spaces During the Holidays

Friday, December 18, 2015

Welcome back to day 8 of my 12 Days of NYC Christmas series! We're going to take a step back from the hustle and bustle of showing you the city and instead show you around my studio. Because what's more New York than paying an absurd amount of money for a small shoebox apartment? 

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Now I haven't shown my apartment in foreverrr so there are just a few fun changes in store. To refresh your memory, you can check out my entire apartment tour here on the blog and here on YouTube!

BEDDING // Pottery Barn: Monogram Duvet / LL Bean: Gingham Sheets c/o / Pottery Barn: Monogram Pillows / Pillows: Red Cable Knit Pillow - Red Pillow Shams - White Fluffy Pillows - Ornament Pillow - Poinsettia Pillow (all similar)

SIDE TABLES // Wayfair: Side Table c/o / Ralph Lauren: Lamps / Table Books: Preppy - Flip Flop Fly Ball - The Fashion Book / Dwell Studio: Gold Elephant / Nate Berkus: Gold Elephant Catchall / Etsy: @ Sign / Essie: Nail Polish / Inter Design: Sunglass Holder / Lunares: Gold Giraffe Trinket Tray

HUNTER BOOTS: Black Gloss / Navy Original / Red Gloss / Yellow Tour Packable

FURNITURE: // Ikea: Ottomanst / Ikea: Storage Bed (similar)

WINDOWSILL // Lamp Lust: Mini Christmas Tree / Container Store: Red Polka Dot Wrapping - Plaid Wrapping - Red Glitter Wrapping / PicWrap: 2016 Eye Mask / Amazon: Tinsel

WALL ACCESSORIES // Ikea: Mirror / Amazon: String of Lights

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And a little bit of hosting decor for you....

Mark and Graham: Plaid Napkins // Antler Napkin Cuffs // Plaid Dessert Plates // Gold Silverware // Plaid Wine Bags // Elk Bottle Opener all c/o

This is the first year that I've ever really decorated for the holidays. Most of the time I just skip it because I go home for Christmas and never seem to be able to enjoy the festive decor. But this year I decided to really go all out and I started decorating November 1st haha. Call me crazy but I have to really get it in!

It's really really hard to decorate such a small space for the holidays so I thought I could share my 5 favorite tips of my own for you:

1. Swap Out The Pillows: This was the first thing I did this year and it really makes such a difference! Just by simply getting some new festive pillows, the place totally changed and it felt like I was officially in party mode.

2. Get a Mini Tree: You don't need a huge tree to get in the holiday spirit! This mini one was great for all I needed. What's best is it came pre-lit, pre-decorated and all put together. I just fluffed it up a little, added a bow topper and we were ready to go!

3. Festive Table Top: Maybe you don't have enough space in your apartment for real holiday decor so the next best thing is the table top and barware. It's always good to have a couple sets of everything so this is when I break out my plaid and gold sets-- they're perfect for Thanksgiving AND Christmas! Mark and Graham has the best stuff for this!

4. Wrap Presents Early: Maybe you're not an early shopper like I am, but if you are: wrap your presents early! You don't want them just lying around anyway. I wrap them to really spruce up the place: fashion and function! I'm thankful enough to have a large windowsill so they were able to be nicely displayed there. I'm thinking that'll be my new festive spot in the apartment.

5. Get Some Lights: This is probably the best thing I've bought for my place. These lights are to DIE for. They're only $17 and they're amazinggggg. You just string them along anywhere in your apartment and it's instantly more festive. I think I'm probably going to keep these up all year round they're that pretty!

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Photos: Alexandra Wolf

• See Day 1: The Lotte New York Palace
• See Day 2: The Peninsula New York
• See Day 3: The Plaza
• See Day 4: Holiday Clothing Haul

• See Day 5: Serendipity 3
• See Day 6: Ice Skating in Central Park
• See Day 7: Rolf's