Winter Window Décor Ideas for the Holidays

The best part of winter? For many of us, it’s the chance to decorate our homes for the holidays! Christmas trees, colorful lights, and festive ornaments on the dining room table make this season fun for the entire family, even if it’s very chilly outside.

Your home’s windows are the perfect places to showcase your holiday spirit, especially if you have your eye on the unofficial “Best Decorated Home on the Block” award. To help get you started, here are some of our favorite holiday window decorating ideas.

Hang a Christmas garland

You can’t go wrong with garland as a winter window decoration. Fun fact: you can hang garlands on your windows and your front door, not just the latter.

Best situated in the middle of windows with space to spare, like Window World 6000 Series Windows or the center panes of bay or bow windows, garlands are easy, effective ways to start your home’s in-season facelift.

Or make a dried citrus garland of your own

Traditional garlands are classic window and door décor for the holidays, but they’re also not the most original ideas. Why not flex your creativity with a DIY garland?

To add even more imagination to the mix, craft a garland with greenery and dried orange slices. Dried citrus is seasonal for winter, so it looks particularly fitting around kitchen windows. Plus, orange compliments green very well – it’s a thematically appropriate and aesthetically pleasing holiday decorating idea for your window.

Light a few candles

As the days grow shorter and the evening comes quicker and quicker, you might be tempted to light a few candles throughout the house. That light might look amazing in your windows, too.

So, why not set up some candles along your windowsills? It’s a great way to bring the illumination of holiday cheer to anyone who walks by and give your home that soft, warm ambiance we all appreciate at the same time. Or use flameless electric candles for a similar effect with the convenience of automatic timers and no need to monitor for fire safety.

A little greenery never goes amiss

Winter has its own natural splendor you might want to display in your home’s windows. In addition to your other holiday window decorations, we recommend putting sprigs of rosemary or pine here and there. These simple green touches bring a bit of winter inside without making things chilly, and they’ll give your home a nice, fresh, seasonal scent – what’s not to like?

Create a winter window box

If you dare to go outside in the middle of the Asheville winter, you can dress up your window boxes. Your yearly blooms might look less than stellar, but you don’t have to wait ‘till spring to spruce the box up.

For example, you can plant winter-friendly species like Gaultheria procumbens or Erica carnea, both of which do well in cold temperatures. Aside from that, think about filling your window box with small seasonal blooms, little Santas and elves, or any other decorative baubles you might want to display.

Place your Christmas tree wisely

Of course, the most important Christmas decoration of all – the tree! – can do wonders for your windows.

Place your Christmas tree somewhere your family can enjoy it and your neighbors can see it. For example, many homeowners place their trees in front of the big living room window, particularly if it’s a picture window. A bay window also works wonders to display your tree from three different angles.

The overall idea? Your Christmas tree is a dazzling decoration for any window it sits behind, so pick that window wisely!

Go simple with holiday stickers

Your local holiday or arts and crafts store likely has these in spades. Simple, easy to use, and easy to remove, holiday stickers feature subjects ranging from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and snowmen to Christmas presents or snowflakes. Stick a few on your windows to decorate for the holidays quickly, or have your kids place their favorite stickers haphazardly across them to add a little creative chaos to your décor.

Don’t forget glimmering lights!

You have glowing lights for your tree, but what about the windows? A few strings framing your home’s front windows, for example, could perfectly complement the tree framed in the center of your living room, plus make your home stand out in the neighborhood.

Or hang holiday ornaments

Your tree isn’t the only place you can hang your favorite family ornaments. With a few detachable hooks or strings, you can hang several below the top edges of your windows. This is a great winter window decorating idea if you’ve collected more ornaments than you have space for on your tree (it’s a big problem for some of us!).

If you like, you can even decorate your winter windows with themes – one might have Santa-themed ornaments, for instance, while another may have ornaments with family photos hanging around it. Experiment and see what looks best for your home.

Replace your curtains with festive alternatives

Your windows may already have decorative curtains that both accentuate their styles and let you control light flow. With the holiday season, though, they might no longer fit your home’s interior décor.

The fix? Swap them out for temporary festive curtains. Think green or red curtains with white trim or curtains that have Christmas-themed designs sewn onto their surfaces. See what you can find at your local holiday store, or simply pick curtains that have wintery colors to give your windows a decorative look, even when the curtains are closed.

Make sure your windows are ready for decorating

All these holiday window decorating ideas are best used with windows that keep your home warm and comfortable all winter long. If your windows are drafty or too thin, your décor picks might not stick or work very well, and you might need to take those decorations off to plug up leaks or fix window damage.

That’s why it’s a good idea to visit Window World of Asheville sooner rather than later. With our selection of energy-efficient windows and expertise, we can help prep your home for the winter and your favorite window decorations. Request a quote today or call our showroom at (828) 684-6334 to learn more.