Do you have a Christmas village? Would you like some tips on how to display it in your home? Let me show you how to style a Christmas village in a china cabinet!
Don’t have a china cabinet, that’s no problem. You can use the same principles for a hutch, bookshelves, open wall shelves, a buffet, or a console table!
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I love to incorporate a Christmas village into my holiday decor!
If you don’t have one, I have some great news…
You can make one!
And it costs a lot less than buying one from a store!
You can get all the details here!
Now, let’s talk tips on how to display your Christmas village!
How to style a Christmas village
I have seven easy tips to help you style a fabulous-looking Christmas village!
Let’s decorate!
1) Start with a clean slate
Remove everything from your china cabinet or whatever space you are using.
Sit everything on your table and place similar items near each other.
2) Place houses on shelves
Decide which homes will go on each shelf.
Vary the height of each house on each shelf.
3) Elevate small houses
Put your smaller houses on a stack of plates, books, or
A cake plate to add interest to your display!
4) Tuck dishes between houses
Replace your dishes in the cabinet and tuck them in between the houses.
5) incorporate bottle brush trees
Bottlebrush trees look perfect when placed around the houses.
They add texture and help fill in dead space between the dishes and houses.
6) embellish with wood figurines
I found these cute nutcrackers at the Target dollar spot!
They had snowmen too!
7) Add deer
A few weeks later, I found these white deer there too!
Thank you, Target dollar spot, for knowing what I needed for my Christmas village display!
DIY Updates to the Christmas Village
I thought you might enjoy seeing how my Christmas village has evolved over the last three years.
2020
We started with three paper mache houses. I painted them white and added gold glitter to the roofs.
Then, I added some white ceramic houses and displayed them in my china cabinet.
Did you notice my china cabinet is still brown?
2021
The following year, I purchased two more sets of paper mache houses and painted them to match.
I displayed the village on bookshelves in my living room.
I embellished the houses with DIY wreaths and trees made from pinecones. You can see the DIY project here.
2022
This year I decided to display my village in the china cabinet.
The theme for my dining room Christmas decor is “Tis the season to sparkle.”
So, I added a little sparkle to the houses by replacing the pine cone pieces with gold tinsel!
I used gold pipe cleaners to make wreaths and tinsel to adorn the doors and windows.
Next, I spray-painted the nutcrackers gold and the snowmen white.
The gold bottlebrush trees are new. I purchased them from Walmart.
Now that you know my seven easy tips to style an amazing Christmas village are you ready to decorate?
Let me know in the comments below, I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
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Blessings, Donna and Rich
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More Christmas Inspiration
Want to see more Christmas decor and DIY posts? Check out the links below!
- How to Make Your Own Christmas Village
- Tips to Help You Decorate for Christmas
- How to Add a Little Christmas to Your Kitchen
- Welcome Holiday Guests with a Festive Front Porch
- Tis’ the Season Nightime Home Tour
Get The Look
No time or interest in making a village yourself! Here are some similar items I found for your convenience!
- Porcelain Tabletop Christmas Figurine Boxed Set
- Corrugated Paper Cottage Houses
- White Glitter 12 inch Porcelain LED Christmas Figurines
- Mini Christmas Trees Bottle Brush Trees
- Artificial Mini Christmas Sisal Snow Frost Trees
- Waverly Inspirations Chalk Paint, White
- Bulk Package of Natural Pinecones
- Paper Mache Houses
- Elmer’s Craft Bond Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive
- Spectra Glitter Sparkling Crystals
- French Fleur De Lis LYS Finial Large and Small Cast Iron Decor
- Pre-lit Christmas Wreath with Pine Cones
- Realyn 75 inch Bookcase
- Fake Bottle Brush Small Pine Snow Frosted Trees
- Farmhouse Decor Tin Houses
- Christmas Wooden Unfinished Nutcracker Figurines
- Christmas Reindeer Figurines
- Unfinished Wood Christmas Tree Snowman
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This looks beautiful! I love the mix of old treasured pieces with your white houses! And of course I love the addition of the pinecones.
Thanks, Elizabeth! Aren’t the pine cones fun! It amazes me that you can give the village a whole different look with small touches like that! Have a great day, Donna
What a pretty display of houses, Donna!! Those deer are so cute…I am really into deer this season too!! Thanks for all the helpful tips on styling these houses and for linking at Home Imagined!!
Thanks so much, Rachel! Glad you enjoyed the post! Target dollar spot for the win with the deer!!
I am so glad you came to the Home Imagined party today to show off your adorable white Christmas village. I love how you set it up. The little deers and trees, so cute! Great Job my friend.
Thank you, Meagan! It was so fun to set up this year! The trees and deer add so much to the look! Have a great week!
This looks so classic and beautiful, great styling.
Thank you, Rachel! I had so much fun putting it together!
This is so beautiful Donna! I love the way the gold glitter adds such a pretty sparkle to your ironstone collection. The bottle brush trees and the little deer take totally take it over the top. It’s all fabulous! Hugs, CoCo
Thanks, CoCo, it’s taken me three years to get my village to a place where I love it! I guess persistence pays off, lol!! And you’re right, the bottle brush trees and deer make it look so special!
I love the neutral look with a little glitter. This could work on past Christmas too.
Thank you, Rosemary! I love the neutral look too!
This is styled so beautifully Donna! Great job, I really like the tradition of a Christmas village.
Thank you, Maria! I enjoyed making it and styling it a bit differently each year! Happy Day!
These turned out beautiful and your cabinet looks so pretty!
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Thank you, Cindy! I love how they look in the china cabinet too!