Decorating an Apartment Living Room for Christmas

Decorating for Christmas can be stressful when you live in an apartment, but it can also be inspiring and FUN. I’ll show you how I used a gold, white, and maroon theme to decorate my living room in my small San Diego apartment for Christmas this year!

Ya see, it’s a common misconception to think that if you live in a smaller apartment, that you can’t decorate all cute for the holidays. And I used to think the same thing!

So what if you have to squeeze your bookshelf over by the front door so that you have a place for your real Christmas Tree.

So what if you are practically sitting IN your Christmas Tree while sitting at your desk working.

As long as it makes you happy, decorate away. And be PROUD!

I am sooo excited to share with you my fun and festive Christmas decorated living room! I hope you love it as much as I do!

My living room is probably a little trickier to decorate then yours is too. Since my living room is all Sunflower year round, I have to work with my regular sunflower decor, gallery wall, and rug.

It’s just not feasible to completely UNdecorate before Christmas, so I just work with it the best I can. Although I am considering getting a littttleeeeee bit more of a neutral rug for year round. I am kind of “over it”.

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Let’s Decorate an Apartment Living Room for Christmas

I may not have a fireplace and mantle, but I’ve got a TV stand so that does the trick. I am actually thinking of investing in one of those electric fireplace and mantles, does anyone have one? I wonder if they are worth it?

The gold and maroon felt ball garland and the greenery and pine cones are both from Home Goods. And you can make your TV a “frame TV” with a simple YouTube video!

Just search “Vintage Santa Television Art” or whatever kind of art you want, and play it on your TV. This “video” is 8 hours long so it just stays up all day and it REALLY makes the Christmas vibes!

You can search ANYTHING to match your decor. “Candyland Christmas Art”, “Disney Christmas”, you get the point.

These absolutely GORGEOUS resin gold Christmas Trees were gifted to me by one of my crafty friends, Amanda, and they are quite possibly my very fave piece of Christmas decor.

And of course the Bedspring Santa was made my ME!

This little Santa was rescued from my local Thrift Shop. He may go into retirement next year to make room for something new.

Every year I transform my coffee table centerpiece into a Christmas-y one. I add some gold ornament bulbs, and a winter sled and candle that I made for the 2023 Countdown to Craftmas. I think it is the perfect piece for this basket.

This entire end table is my “Made By Me” section and I love love LOVE it! I etched that Christmas Mirror myself, and you can find the blog tutorial for that here.

The Wood Block Christmas Tree was made from all thrifted materials and you can find that tutorial here.

The Folded Book Christmas Tree is one of my very faves, we made it in my subscription group, The CRafterparty, but I remade it for a YouTube video as well, and you can find that tutorial here.

Lastly, the Mini Flat Vintage Santa Rolling Pin was yet another tutorial from last year that you can find here.

Over to my bookshelf area where our stockings are hug with care. This was the theme I went with last year, all gold and white (and a touch of leopard), but this year I mixed in some darker red and even touches of green.

Almost everything you see here is from HomeGoods and I got it all in one foul swoop last year. The Leopard Print Santa, the Gold and White Snowman, Gold and White Christmas Tree, the Gold and White Angel, the Gold Merry Christmas Sign, the Snowflake Stocking Holders and the Gold Heart Glasses.

The only things I made was the little Reindeer Snow Globe (for Countdown to Craftmas 2023), I thrifted the angel candy jar on the left and added mini ornament bulbs and gold glitter pine cones.

I put a vintage Santa print in the little gold heart frame for an added touch.

The tan stockings are from good ‘ole Walmart, I got those new last year for the boys and retired their childhood stockings (saved them of course!)

And I’m not sure where my stocking came from to be honest, it was given to me somewhere along the way.

I am loving the added touches of dark red this year, and even a smidge of green too.

This Thrifted Hand Painted Snowman Lamp doesn’t necessarily match the rest of my living room decor, but I absolutely HAD to display it this year!

Then again, none of the Christmas decor on my desk really goes along with the rest of the room. This is where I keep all my traditional nostalgic pieces that I have from my childhood, that have been passed down from my Mom.

Those Santas on the top have been around since before my Dad passed away, so before 1987!

And of course our Christmas Tree! I included a picture at night, because with the window behind it, it’s very hard to get a decent picture during the day.

We do a traditional memory tree, nothing themed or fancy. We love it and we love that it’s a REAL tree, it smells Oh SO Good!

And that’s it! Our apartment living room all decorated for Christmas. I am actually writing this blog on 12/26, so it will be time to take it all down soon and start fresh for the New Year. Cheers!

Are you going to decorate an apartment living room for Christmas? Heck, are you going to decorate ANY living room fro Christmas? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s, Decorating and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

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Until Next Time…

Stay Crafty San Diego!

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