How Your Favorite HGTV Stars Decorate For The Holidays

Decking the halls is a fun yearly process and yet another chance to express your design style in your home. But every once in a while, a little inspiration can help you take your holiday decor up a notch. Luckily, some of HGTV's biggest stars — who certainly know a thing or two about decorating — have been happy to share how they make their houses home for the holidays.

From David Bromstad's over-the-top setups to the Napier's sentimentally-driven style, the network's designers curate a diverse mix of holiday looks. Some opt for subdued, neutral colors while others lean into big and bold hues. However, each design professional uses the festive season to show off their creativity and what the time of year means to them. Luckily, you can borrow their ideas to up the festive feel in your own home as well.

Joanna Gaines is known for her iconic takes on classic styles, and her Christmas decor is no different. Using traditional color palettes and refined designs, she blends whimsy and poshness in a way that appeals to both kids and adults. She explained this on her blog, "For as much as I anticipate the nostalgia of tradition that comes with the holidays, I also love to lean into the celebratory side of the season by dressing things up a bit with a more sophisticated and elevated style."

The design guru uses greenery to add festive touches throughout her home, including putting up multiple Christmas trees with varying styles. The family's main tree features a nostalgic red and green color palette and leans into memories and personalized touches. To fulfill her love for monochromatic looks, Gaines puts up a tree with white and silver ornaments in their bedroom. She even allows her kids to have trees in their own rooms. For example, their son Crew's room featured one with kid-friendly decorations like felt ornaments and garland.

Luckily, it's super-easy to get inspired by the icon's holiday style, thanks to her multiple decor lines. You can purchase a versatile garland from her collection at Target to drape across the mantle or frame your doorways. Or, put up multiple trees and browse Magnolia's selection of ornaments to curate a unique look for each one. The key here is making your space feel warm, cozy, and inviting.

It's no secret that David Bromstad loves color and bold design statements. So when it comes to holiday decor, it's no surprise that the designer goes big and bright. He wrote on his Instagram post, "The love of over the top Christmas decor came directly [from] our mom and dad. It must be in the genes too cause it's just not normal but we sure do love it. We love it cause there [is] so much creativity involved, but it creates an experience for people to enjoy and it simply makes them happy."

Bromstad fills his home with lots of trees, creating a whimsical woodland-like scene. He also adds touches like endearing gnomes and cozy textiles. By using nearly every surface, he fills his home with immersive Christmas cheer.

Even if you're decorating a small space for the holidays, you can turn to foliage. Pencil-shaped options like GoFlame's Set of 3 Pre-Lit Artificial Christmas Trees have a small footprint, but a big impact. Decor in compact sizes like Apipi Christmas Gnome Decorations allow you to add pops of cheer everywhere from the mantle to your tabletop. To make the most of your vertical surfaces, use a Command Strip Variety Pack to hang everything from Christmas cards to small, brightly-colored gift-wrapped boxes. To keep the whole look from getting too overwhelming, stick with a cohesive color scheme. You can opt for something traditional like Bromstad's red and green look, go more muted with black and white, or bring on the glam with silver and gold.

Emily Henderson has a playful and unique style that she cheerfully injects into family-friendly spaces, including her own. So, to keep her holiday look kid-friendly, she opts for lots of color and fun touches. She explained on her blog, "As you can see it's a bit Scandi (driven by that Schoolhouse Blanket and stockings that I'm obsessed with), still playful (a lot of color, especially the red on the tree) with some more stylized moments adding in dark mauves, aubergines, teals and blues."

Even though the color palette is a different take on the traditional holiday hues, Henderson keeps it authentic and grounds it with lots of greenery. She keeps the look stylish by mixing and matching pillow covers, ribbons, and stockings in the same hues. Then, she adds personal touches like framed holiday photos and family ornaments.

To fill your space with holiday-worthy jewel tones, look for fabrics that are ideal for the season. Plaids, faux fur, and velvety ribbons in teals, emerald greens, and mauves are all posh yet cozy. Take your current throw pillows and swap out the covers for ones like Miulee's Velvet Pillow Covers in teal and mossy green for the season. Then, use Preboun's Vintage-Inspired Set of Velvet Ribbon to adorn curtain rods, banisters, and gifts throughout your space to tie it all together.

"Fixer to Fabulous" stars Dave and Jenny Marrs are a family-oriented design duo, and their Christmas decor reflects their values. They keep it simple by using mementos like photos and cards to make the season special. The two also prefer to keep their Christmas tree uncomplicated, but meaningful, as well. Jenny told AY Magazine, "I used to try to make the tree really pretty, and I cared about that. And now, I really don't care. I just want it to be a fun time that we spend together." Dave agreed, saying, "Let it be a reflection of you and your family."

This extends to the rest of their decor, with simple swags of greenery and toned-down pieces throughout the home. Jenny explained on her Instagram that she values a "less glitzy and photo-worthy" approach. Instead, she focuses on spending time with her kids and just being present with her family.

To create a tree that reflects your family's love, mix and match sets of Wooden Photo Frame Ornaments in cozy patterns like plaid and greenery. Then, fill them with photos printed in grayscale for a cohesive look. To sprinkle a little Christmas cheer in other areas, use simple garlands and comforting decor like this Winter White Village by Mark Feldstein & Associates. These accents are perfect for soaking up the season without distracting from a calm, memory-making vibe.

Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus aren't afraid to take design risks. And for their Christmas decor, they think outside the box and opt for bricks — LEGO bricks that is. The two blend bright and vibrant holiday shades with strategically placed LEGO builds. Brent said in an Instagram reel, "The living room is where so many important family memories happen, and it's important for us that our decor always feels comforting. And you can see how the LEGO bricks add just enough magic."

The couple mixes things up by opting for a bold, non-traditional holiday color scheme in lieu of the traditional red and green. Their tree's palette of pinks, teals, and blues is echoed in the tabletops and textiles within the space. The bright hues play off the traditional greenery for a modern look.

To create your own fresh and festive scene, add pops of color to traditional decor pieces like pine garland and wreaths. Coordinated options, like the Every Day is Christmas Shatterproof Ornament Set, take the guesswork out of creating a color scheme. To add a playful vibe, assemble seasonal sets like Lego's Christmas Tree and Wreath Holiday Bundle to set on tabletops or hang on walls. If you're not into the building bricks, other toys like Lincoln Logs or Lite-Brites can add a similar magical vibe.

Christina Hall loves injecting effortlessly chic designs into a variety of spaces, and that goes for her Christmas decor as well. Hall uses a mix of neutrals for a classy holiday vibe. As she said on her Amazon stream, "This year we're doing, like, a lot of greenery ... and a lot of blacks, some whites, and some natural tones."

The star's tree is neutral yet inviting. Ornaments in patterns like black and white gingham strike the perfect blend of comfort and sophistication. Hall fills out the tree with lots of white, silver, and gold, making it look right at home in her airy interior.

To get a similar neutral look, start with a set like FlameFlash's Ornament Set in Gold and White to create a foundational color scheme for your tree. Then, add cohesive stems for layers of texture and Phedrew's Black and White Buffalo Plaid Ornaments for subtle contrast. For surfaces like your mantle, add simple touches of whimsy using Lenwen's Pack of Mini Bottle Brush Trees, recommended by Hall herself.

Cole and Chelsea DeBoer create a holiday look that's family-friendly and sophisticated using intense hues that are softened with greenery and wood tones. During a YouTube tour of their holiday home, Chelsea explained, "I like to mix and match all the ornaments. The inspiration for our color palette this year was just natural tones. Lots of natural greens, browns ... just like really bring the outdoors in and kind of feel like foresty vibes."

The result is a woodland-inspired look that blends raw wood pieces and luxe fabrics like velvet and faux fur. The family puts up a pair of trees in their living room, anchored by clever Christmas tree base alternatives built by Cole. Their contrasting holiday decor echoes the rest of their interior's aesthetic, making it look right at home in the space.

If you'd like to create a similar look, textiles like faux fur stockings and throws will add instant warmth to your space. Then, adorn your tree with bulbs like this 16-piece Set of Velvet Christmas Ornaments and simple white lights. To soften the look, juxtapose the luxe textures with rustic pieces like this Wooden Reindeer Statue.

Jasmine Roth blends tradition with keeping things new and fresh by slightly switching up her holiday decor each year. So, while she has some seasonal staples, she mixes up their placement for a new look. Roth explained on her blog, "Regardless of the main design theme I'm going within any given year, I have pieces that are always in use — one of my favorites being the framed Christmas tree painting by Ripe Designs you can see on my kitchen shelving in both photos above."

The star's style subtly changes each year, whether it be switching from colorful stems to simple greenery or swapping her front door garland for a porch tree. Her daughter's birth spurred an evolving tree that went from simple to full of personality. Now, the family is adding more memory-based and personal ornaments to their collection.

Not only does this give your home sentimental vibes, but it can help you decorate for Christmas on a budget. Making small tweaks can switch up the whole look and invigorate the pieces you've owned for years. Consider hanging your go-to front door wreath elsewhere in your home (like above your fireplace) for a fresh look. Or, use seasonal foliage like greenery stems and poinsettias in different colors for a low-cost way to create a new look.

Ben and Erin Napier are masters at creating welcoming vibes, a skill that shines when it comes to the Christmas tree. The couple showed Jenna Bush Hager how they use simple satin ribbons to create a cute and homey touch by tying pieces on the ends of their tree's branches each year. During the Today segment on YouTube, Ben explained, "When we do them at home, we just let them drape."

Erin also told the host about her love of meaningful ornaments. She said, "I think every tree has to have the sentimental, and these are my favorite, the old world style." The Napier family tree is adorned with a variety of ornaments, both vintage-inspired and modern, showing off their interests.

If you want to steal the Napier's ribbon tradition, you can tailor it to your holiday color scheme. If you'd like a warm look like the couple's, purchase spools in a monochromatic color scheme like this 6-roll Burnt Orange Satin Ribbon Assortment. Or, to get a nostalgic vibe reminiscent of the tinsel of the past, opt for a metallic option like Molshine's Silver Organza Ribbons. Then, collect ornaments full of meaning and fill your tree with your personalities.