An Easy Christmas Centerpiece

Since painting up my long wood box a few months ago, I've enjoyed decorating it for Fall and now for Christmas!  

I didn't re-create the wheel from my Fall centerpiece, but just substituted Christmas items and greens instead of pumpkins and moss. Like my Christmas Dough Bowl, this is an easy project to do at home if you have a long planter box or old tool caddy.

Once again, I started with a thick base of greenery (Fraser fir trimmings) and filled up the box to the top and let some of the greenery hang over the sides.  Depending how deep your box is, it helps to use some filler like floral foam or plastic grocery bags underneath the greenery to help build the height.  

After I get the greenery in place, I tuck the larger items in that I plan to use in the arrangement (large mercury glass candle and oversize mercury glass ornaments)...

After placing the larger items in the greenery, I just keep tucking and placing the items I want to use from large to small until I get the look I'm happy with.  I love to pop in some tall candles to add some height here and there...

Since my dining room has pale blue silk curtains, I chose to use silver and blue glass ornaments and white and silver pine cones for most of the filler.  I also added some fresh magnolia leaves and sprigs of cedar to mix up the greenery a bit...

There you have it... an easy and fresh Christmas centerpiece!  (Note:  you'll want to keep the greens from drying out before Christmas by lightly spritzing them with water or lining the box in plastic and tucking the greens into water-soaked floral foam.)

My dining room was kept pretty simple this year, but I did add a few more Christmas touches like some fresh wreaths on the windows...

    and some cute bottle brush trees on my dining room cabinet...

All my dining room needs now is company for Christmas and some delicious food!

Kristen

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