Thrifting My Christmas Decor! | Easy & Affordable Holiday Decorating Ideas | Christmas Decor

Welcome to the channel. My name is Jenna and I'm a home stylist who loves to show you how you can achieve a high-end designer look. On a budget. So today we're going to hit the thrift stores and I'm going to take you through the stores with me and point out specific pieces that can really help to elevate spaces for the holiday season. I'm also going to give a ton of styling tips and decorating ideas with what we see in store and then we'll come back home and I'll show you guys a haul of everything I found and we're also going to style it together. So this video is going to be jam packed with holiday decorating inspiration. So I hope you all enjoy it and without further ado, let's go thrifting. Okay, so I'm always on the hunt for real touch greenery when I'm sourcing for the holidays, and I thought this rustic pinecone wreath was such a steal for only $6. Obviously, wreaths look great hung on doors and windows, but I personally also love to use them as centerpieces on tables. I also love to use them as decorative greenery on shelves, coffee tables, console tables, so it's great when you can find decent priced ones at the thrift store. I also usually see a ton of decorative pine cones at the thrift stores These are my go-to for a natural rustic bowl filler that feels earthy but still adds a beautiful texture to my styling. Another thing I'll do to keep that cozy woodsy element throughout my space is I'll do like a bowl full of ornaments and then I'll just layer in some pine cones with the ornaments and this just helps to soften the look a little bit and add some variety. So these smaller ones would be great for that and I also love how they have little bits of greenery throughout for some added detail. Something else that I love to keep an eye out for at the thrift stores are accent trees and these are great for spaces like kitchens bathroom countertops or console tables and a lot of times i'll find a tree with greenery that i like but the base just kind of ruins it kind of like this one i don't love that like metal base with kind of like the fake green grass so I would just pop something like this in a little rustic terracotta pot or just something like that to help elevate the look a little bit. So I'll also peek in the planter and vase section just to see if there's anything good to use and this is something that I would gravitate towards because it kind of has that french confit pot look with the handles and there's a large opening so it can fit different tree base sizes. You know just something cheap and easy to help give a little mini tree more of that designer feel. And another thing Another thing that I spotted that would be so charming for the holidays was this little black log holder with the animal claw foot detail. I just picture some firewood or logs styled in here, maybe with some greenery to soften it just to give a fireplace area that really cozy wintery vibe. Another thing that I look for every holiday season are figural candles and this was an unused ornament candle that would be a great styling accent piece. I love to use candles in wintry shapes you know things like pine cones, bells, ornaments just to style on trays and tables to give off that festive feel and complete a little styling vignette with something small and I could usually find some of these at the thrift stores. And speaking of figural accents Since I spotted this gold gold mercury glass look Christmas tree and I know that some stores sell these with like a little battery operated light in the center but this one was just open underneath so you could put a little battery operated candle or maybe some twinkle lights in it for that soft cozy glowing effect and maybe style it somewhere like on a mantle or a shelf. they also had some little mini trees that you could use for the same purpose these are great layered on a countertop or on a nightstand or just popped on shelves with decor that you already have to give it more of that festive feeling so for like five dollars or so these can be great little accent pieces to keep an eye out for Another piece that feels so classy and timeless to decorate with during the holiday season are little sleighs. Now this is actually a grapevine accent sleigh that I personally own and I love the natural feel of it with that grapevine detail. This one didn't have a price on it but I've seen lots of these woven sleds at the thrift stores lately for under $10. I also love to decorate with these by styling little ornaments and stems inside just for that collected kind of styled feel And another thing I never skip looking through are the bags. The bags make it really easy to collect a certain theme of ornaments. For example, I kept seeing the peppermint theme all over the place and you could probably collect a whole peppermint tree theme for under $50 with enough searching. I also love to look through the specialty ornaments to see if I can find any treasures. And actually I spotted this beautiful Capiz shell tree topper. Stores like Anthropologie and Williams-Sonoma sell tree toppers for much more and this one was only $2.50 and I just loved the old world vintage-y feel that it had. and another piece that had that old world feel to it was this double silver candle snuffer. the holiday time is definitely candle season and i love having these styled on trays and layered throughout my spaces just to add those finishing accent pieces that are both pretty and practical. something else that's really cheap that i spotted at the majority of thrift stores i went to were these clear ornaments that you can diy. you could just put things in here Like dried botanicals or when I was at this really cute antique. booth in Merchant Square, they had this adorable ornament with vintage book pages ripped up inside, which I really loved. I thought you could even do this with maybe old sheet music or something like that. And speaking of Merchant Square, this was actually my next stop. And this is more curated vintage where someone's already done the sourcing for you. So you pay a little bit more of a premium, but it can be really fun to get to go through some of this holiday inspiration. For example, I love this little display of rusty ornaments in this box with all of the faux cedar stems. I just love how collected and natural this feels. And $27 for the entire box was pretty good in my opinion. Another vintage decor staple, that I love are sleds. These can be great to stack presents on. You can stand them up next to an entryway outside. You can also prop them up next to a fireplace and hang a wreath from them. I have one that I got last year and I can't wait to style it again this year. I also thought $40 for each sled was really reasonable, especially at an antique store and I just loved all of the aging on the wood and the character that these have. Something else that's perfect for the holidays and hosting season are these little collapsible trays and I think that these are the cutest thing especially for appetizers. This one was $26 and it folds up like this which looks super beautiful just as is with those little cutout details but then you can unfold it so it's great for traveling or if you're bringing something to a party like little appetizers or desserts. Okay, so before we get into the vintage haul and styling session, I wanted to share with you all some of like... My go-to capsule like foundational pieces that I like to use in my holiday decorating. These are so perfect for mixing in with the vintage pieces and these pieces are from Quince who is the sponsor of today's video and I wanted to share a little haul with you guys. So the first thing that I got are these European wide hem linen napkins. Quince's European linen is definitely my recommendation when it comes to table linens for the holidays. They are truly my go-to for sourcing my napkins and all of my tablecloths. Right now they have so many good color options to fit whatever holiday color scheme that you have in your space. There's a beautiful burgundy, they have some gingham patterns, and I personally gravitate towards the chocolate brown. I just feel like it's so rich and earthy. And linen is such a high quality material, so when you have pieces like this that your guests are directly going to be interacting with, it really just helps to elevate the experience. I also love to use these for serving as well. I'll usually just place one of these in a bowl If I'm serving something like rolls. or bread or desserts and it helps to keep them warm and also just elevates the aesthetic as well. And then next I got this balsam fir candle and Quince does an outstanding job with their candles and the scents are very luxurious smelling. Like this smells like your quintessential luxury spruce needle scent. It is what you think of when you think of a holiday candle. It just smells like you're walking through a Christmas tree farm. These also make great hostess gifts so they offer a two pack which is what I got so I can give one as a gift. And then I also got this beautiful silk blend pillow cover, and the variations in the weave just really give off that organic, natural feel that I love. And this is a blend of silk and cotton, so it feels very natural, and also this is a new arrival, so they have several different patterns. I opted for the desert stripe pattern, and I just love the warmth that this is going to add to our space for the holidays. And Quince is one of my favorite ways to get high-quality essentials for less, because They work directly with the manufacturer. They cut out the middleman. So you're able to get things like high quality leather, European linen, organic cotton, cashmere, all of that good stuff without the brand markup. So if you also want to score high quality home decor and wardrobe essentials this season, you can download the Quince app for app exclusive offers, or you can go to quince.com slash Jenna for free shipping and 365 day returns. And also very exciting, Quince is now available. Okay, so we have a lot of really good standout items in this haul, and the first thing that And that may be one of my favorites for the price are. These beautiful candle shades. Now this kind of like cut glass one was $3.99 and then this little pinecone one was $4.99. So these are so affordable but they're such an easy way to elevate a candle and almost make it like a beautiful light fixture. And because both of these kind of have a textured glass detail, the flame just looks really beautiful, kind of diffused through that textured glass. It creates a really glowy, cozy effect, which is perfect for the holidays. So obviously these were under $5 and I've actually seen a similar candle cloche on Williams Sonoma for like $60. So a great way to get a designer look at the thrift store. And obviously these are both a little bit different. I like the one that has like the holiday theming with the beautiful kind of like rustic pine cones and branches on it but I also love the cut glass one because it can be used during any time of year and this is such an easy way to make a very impactful centerpiece on a table. You know it kind of creates this cozy lighting moment that smells good with the candle and I like it for a centerpiece on a table especially during the holidays when you're having conversations and you want something lower but still impactful. I think that these are such a great thing to keep an eye out for at the thrift stores. Okay so this The next piece also kind of goes with layering the lighting detail. I found this set of tabletop lit birch trees and these were $5.50 each and they actually still have like a little price tag on it they said $18.93 they're probably from like a little boutique or something and I've actually seen Pottery Barn and other designer stores sell similar lit birch trees. I thought that these would be so cute to layer on a dining table and what I'm actually going to do with these is kind of utilize a tip that I gave you guys in the shop the shop with me portion, I think when you have something like like this and the base isn't so beautiful. It's really important to hide that and kind of disguise it with maybe some planters that you have left over from the spring season and you can just pop these in something like a little terracotta planter and then fill it with moss or in my case I'm going to use some rustic pine cones. You know I also showed you that the thrift stores are usually full of pine cones so just filling the bowl with something rustic and natural like that really helps to soften it and make it feel a little bit more elevated and designer. So what I. What I liked about these specifically was they had a timer, so I can just pop the batteries in here and put the timer on, and then every day around dusk, these will light up, which is so perfect, and I have actually seen some of these at the thrift store that are a little bit more cheap, and they don't have the timer, so I was very excited to find ones with a timer. I think they sell these actually online still, but I really like that they add that really cozy, romantic element to a tablescape. They kind of bring in that natural detail, even though they are just made out of plastic, I feel like the birch tree kind of is reminiscent of bringing the outdoors in, especially when you layer it with things like a little planter and pine cones or moss. It just helps to give your table that like really natural, rustic feel, which I love. Okay, so as I mentioned in the shop with me portion, I found a lot of little accent trees and I love to pick these up for places like countertops or shelves. So I scored this little accent tray. This guy was $7.99 and I didn't hate the base. I actually kind of liked that there was a crack here because I feel like that gives it more of like that rustic look. So I didn't hate the wood base. I think this would be totally fine on its own, but you guys know me. I think just going one step further and putting this in like a little container or a terracotta pot, something like a utensil crock or a little little something to give it more of that styled feel. So I'm just going to use this on our kitchen countertop. I figured it would be the perfect size and you know if there's awkward space in between your container and whatever pot you have or whatever tree you have you can easily just fill that with some Spanish moss and that helps to give your styling a more natural feel but I really like the coloring of the green on this. It kind of had that bluish faded sprucey color that I feel like you naturally see in nature and this looked very lifelike to me especially for eight dollars. I felt like it'd be the perfect little accent piece to use in our kitchen moving forward. Also it would be great popped on a console table you know on a little bench on a bathroom countertop lots of places this can go so a very versatile piece for eight bucks. Okay so if you've been following the channel for a couple of years you know that I I am obsessed with sugared fruit when it comes to seasonal decorating. I think it just kind of has that nostalgic feel to it and adds a little bit of glitz on something that kind of appears natural. So I found these beautiful sugared fruits and I think these are my favorite ones that I've found to date just because of the coloring. We have a lot of natural browns in our living space and then also when I decorate for the holidays, if you guys have been following for several years, you know burgundy is like my go-to color and my go-to accent color. So I loved that the pears were burgundy. and that the pomegranates were brown. I actually found these by searching through the bags. So the bags actually had these like little mini wreaths and that's what the pomegranates and pears were attached to. So I just pulled them off and then I also found a little box that had one of the larger pears and one of the larger pomegranates. I searched through the rest of the store for any more but that was all I was able to find. But once I grouped everything together It gave me like the. Perfect amount of pear and pomegranate bowl filler. These just fit into my space so perfectly and I loved the little natural looking stems on the pomegranates. I just thought that that was such a sweet detail. And another tip that I have when you're styling bowl filler, whether it's ornaments, pine cones, sugared fruit, is just to pop in a little faux stem. It can be real as well, but I'll just pop that in with my bowl filler to kind of soften it and give it more of that natural feel. So that little pop in of greenery really makes a difference in my opinion so yeah very good find with the neutral and burgundy color bowl filler okay so as I kind of started mentioning in the shop with me I feel like there's so many other ways to use wreaths during the holidays than just hanging them on a door Really beautiful kind of like rustic looking olive so I found this and cranberry wreath. Now this guy was $5.99. It still has the original price tag on it and it said it was $80. And what I wanted to show you all with this wreath specifically is how you can very easily just change the tone of artwork that might have a summery feel or just might not have the feel that you're going for for the holidays. So for example, the photo behind me, it's a very summery scene of the desert with like the sun and I kind of want to just change the look of it for the holidays, but I don't want to swap it out. I don't want to buy new artwork. I want to keep it there, but I just kind of want to subdue it with something natural that festive for the winter season. So I'm just going to put a little nail right above it and then hang the wreath over the artwork. And this is just such an easy way to utilize a wreath to kind of add some festive detail to a space and tone down maybe something that feels summery or not holiday-ish without having to change the entire look of your artwork. So good find with this one. Okay. So like I mentioned before, the holidays are candle season. So I found these really beautiful Taper candle holders that are in the shape of angels and these are silver I believe. They're very heavy so they feel high quality and I like things like this that are a little bit more subtle when it comes to their theming but still feel festive and they're made out of more classic timeless materials and then to go with them I found this set of kind of creamy white taper candles for $3.99. So I'm going to kind of style these together in more of a casual way and I'm just going to pop these in a little crock maybe with some holiday stems styled in there to soften it and then that way it kind of gives this casual inviting feeling like you can just swap out the candle. There's plenty here to kind of Spread throughout the room and it's a great way to layer my space and make it feel used and lived in. Kind of gives it a more casually styled feel. So the larger angel was 5.99 and then the small one was 3.99 and then the pack of taper candles was four bucks. So really good deal for all of this. Really helps to elevate our mantel area and just gives it that festive feeling while still feeling very classic and timeless at the same time. Okay, so this next piece was such a good find. I scored this little jingle bell garland for $4.99 and this was originally from Crate and Barrel and what I love about this specifically is the rustic quality of the little jingle bells themselves and personally for me a little detail that's kind of almost a theme throughout my holiday decorating are bells. I just love that pop of antique metallic finish. I think it looks really Really beautiful. And worn, an old world, and I cannot get enough of it when it comes to my space, especially mixing together natural elements with more of like that metallic finish. I think that it's a really beautiful juxtaposition. So I think these mixed in a bowl, maybe with some pine cones or some branches or just kind of strung throughout a garland will really give that nice contrast and kind of glitzy feel to my space while still having it feel very organic and natural. Okay, so something that I am constantly keeping an eye out for are those sugared fruit accent pieces. So... I found this beautiful little kind of like berry and apple sugared fruited tree. Now, this guy was $4.99, and to me, this kind of reminds me of the cranberry ones that they sell on Pottery Barn. I've also seen other sugar-fruited trees on designer sites for much, much more, so I felt like this had a very elevated look to it. The only thing that I didn't love was the base of the tree. You know, it's okay, but I think we can do better, so we're gonna pop it in a a little terracotta pot. I think this is going to be such a beautiful little accent piece. I love that this is a tree. You know, I find a lot of bowl filler and a lot of ornaments that are the sugared fruit detail, but I've never seen a tree at the thrift store before. So I was really excited to find this. So yeah, this is a very versatile layering accent piece that I can use throughout my space for a little punch of color. And again, that sugared fruit detail just adds a little bit A little bit of glitz. Let's take a look. still kind of feels natural Let's take a look. and you know I love the mix of fruit with a little Let's take a look. Let's take a look. Let's take a look. apples pomegranates and pears so definitely a good thrift store find. So next these two pieces kind of go together. I scored these really beautiful kind of like rustic Taper candle holders. These were $3.99 each and I loved kind of the red color of the clay and the rustic glaze that these had. So not only will these be perfect for the holiday season but I can use them year round. But I'm going to kind of show you how I'm going to zhuzh them up a little bit and make them more holiday themed. And I'm going to pair one of these with this little cranberry wreath. I scored this for $3.49 and I'm just going to layer that right on top and then And to soften that even more and add a little punch of green. I'm going to go in our backyard and maybe trim some sprigs of rosemary and just layer that in and then I'll pop the taper candle on top and this right here just kind of feels like a decor piece within itself. You know, you could pop this on a nightstand for some little bedtime reading. This could go on a coffee table, on a mantle, just be a little styling piece on a dining setup or in a kitchen. Very very versatile and just something you can do with like a little mini wreath. All right everyone that about wraps up this video. I hope you all enjoyed it. If you did please don't forget to give this video a thumbs up. It really does help to support my channel and make sure that you are subscribed because I have so much more holiday decorating content that I'm so excited to share with you all. We got some decorate with me's. We got some new budget-friendly decor pieces that you do not want to miss. 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