People Are Decorating Christmas Trees with Flowers as a Gorgeous Alternative to Traditional Trimmings

Photo source: Design Love Fest; Photo credit: Ivan Solis

This year, it seems that flowers are a fantastic alternative to typical Christmas tree decor. With a little color and planning, people are transforming their spruce plant into tall, colorful bouquets. The added blooms provide an unexpected and beautiful touch to the dark green branches. This fresh and natural aesthetic is a contemporary take on the glass bulbs and tinsel we're so used to seeing, proving that unconventional furnishings can reinvigorate holiday traditions.

If you're interested in trimming your own floral Christmas tree, a couple of tutorials will help you get started. Martha Stewart and Design Love Fest have created DIYs that'll show you the tools (both suggest faux blooms), process, and inspiration for your tree. Ultimately though, the choices in colors, flowers, and arrangements are yours, and these plants can be decorated to fit your design scheme and taste. Check out some other gorgeous floral Christmas trees, below.

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Photo source: Design Love Fest; Photo credit: Ivan Solis

Photo source: Martha Stewart; Photo credit: Katya De Grunwald

Photo source: Classy Clutter

Photo source: Courier-Post; Photo credit: Kyle Grantham

Photo source: Delia Creates

Photo credit: @kaffefassettbeauty

Photo source: My Domaine; Photo credit: Phil Sanchez

Photo source: Country Living

Photo source: Country Living

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled "Embroidered Life" that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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