Today we present you twenty-five great ideas to decorate terraces and balconies with Christmas decorations. Make your home shine from the outside by inviting you to spend unforgettable evenings with family and friends in a pleasant atmosphere full of light and color also on the terrace, sure that your guests will be delighted.
A Christmas and natural exterior
To begin, remember that the Nordic style, as well as the rustic or even vintage, are a trend. Go for a natural decoration, with few colorful touches, if what you want is a subtle and elegant effect. You can opt, for example, for pine branches that cover the entire railing; And is there something more Christmas than this tree? If you want, to complement it, you can opt for natural decoration based on pineapples or pieces of wood.
Garlands with balls for the happiest
A garland can work, but the truth is that most, love Christmas balls full of color. Do not hesitate, use these pine garlands decorating them with endless balls of a thousand colors. Bet on the bright ones, which outdoors will capture the sun’s rays during the day, and at night they will look like small stars on your balcony.
Christmas candles that create an atmosphere
Candles are always a good resource to decorate outdoors. At Christmas too. Buy candles of different sizes and place them on your terrace or balcony to mark certain corners. You can use glasses or glass jars to place them or insert them in a little more sophisticated elements such as chandeliers or lantern-type candle holders. Creating a still life with different heights in your candle holders, adding candles of different sizes and thicknesses, will help you configure a very special corner.
A Christmas symbol, the star
Although the symbols of Christmas are many, lately, in the snapshots posted on the net, as well as in the images of various decoration magazines, Christmas stars have an absolute prominence. On this occasion, they go from being small decorative elements to becoming the absolute center of attention. Yes, it is possible to decorate with large stars by placing them on your terrace or balcony, either in the form of an alternative crown or the typical paper stars that can be hung from any branch or plant.
Outdoor Christmas wreaths
Christmas wreaths are also very recurrent on these dates. There are traditional ones, those that in addition to the green needles of a fir tree incorporate balls, bows, and various ornaments, in red tones, as tradition indicates. However, you can also try your luck with other types of more natural crowns, leaving out all elements of color and decoration and betting on a much more neutral and simple Christmas.
Lights for all tastes
Although candles always create a cozy atmosphere, at Christmas garlands of lights are always welcome. In addition to filling your railing with a strip of led lights, you can opt for light curtains, which are seen so much lately. They will be used to decorate windows and passageways, for example.
Decorate terraces with Christmas decorations
In specialized stores, there are special Christmas decorations for the outside or to be hung from windows and stairs, so it is not very difficult to decorate terraces with all kinds of Christmas decorations and lights. To achieve a certain order we can choose two or three shades on which our Christmas decoration will be based, in this way we will avoid overloading the environment with too many colors and we will achieve an elegant and modern look.
Decorate terraces with Christmas bells
Christmas is undoubtedly a celebration in which we can use many shiny elements, so do not hesitate to use gold and silver. Christmas baubles with shiny finishes and lots of glitters are perfect for catching the eye of passersby and highlighting your balcony from the rest.
Christmas garlands for terraces
In the image we see above, a very original Christmas decoration design appears since the garlands have bright balls of cold colors. It is a combination of quite current and modern tones that, in addition to combining wonderfully with the metal structure of the terrace, is really great decoration.
Hanging snowflakes with lights
In any case, the Christmas decoration for the exterior must shine a lot and be noticed at night, so we must not forget to place some Christmas lights on the railings, door frames, windows, etc. We can find all kinds of modern design pendant lamps and Christmas lights on the market, although we can also make our own such as these original wooden snowflakes that hang from the ceiling.