Scandinavian Christmas decorating can create a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere in your holiday home. We all have some typical style for decorating our homes for Christmas each year, but why not try something totally new this holiday season? In the past, we have featured Scandinavian-style Christmas homes such as Beautiful Scandinavian Christmas home, Beautiful Norway home with Scandinavian interiors and School house converted into fabulous family home, where you can find some additional inspiration. We have gathered together for you a vast collection of an assortment of Scandinavian-inspired holiday interiors that will help you emulate your own Nordic Christmas.

For a classic holiday with a fresh twist, go Scandinavian with homespun touches in red, white, and wheat. Create a pleasing mix of creams, whites, silver, gold, and reds, offering a clean approach to holiday decorating. It feels fresh, yet comfortable in a way that simply modern style can struggle with.

Scandinavia is comprised of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (and usually Finland and Iceland) and thus has a wonderful European flair intertwined with deep-rooted history. There is a definite focus on nature and the use of greenery, candlelight, and handmade treasures.

Where it differs from homespun decorating is, again, the use of light colors and keeping accessories to a minimum. Simplicity is the key to carrying off a true Scandinavian decor scheme, nothing too flashy or glitzy.

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Deck the table with sprigs of green. Looking for super simple table decoration ideas? Try this: Snip branch tips from your Christmas tree (or use rosemary branches) and place one in a clear glass votive at each place. Sprinkle a handful of small vintage ornaments in silver and gold randomly down the center of the table, and ground the arrangement with a few tall candles.

Decorate a mini Christmas tree. When you put up the big tree, snip off a piece of branch (from a place that won’t be noticeable) and place it in water to create a pint-size Christmas tree for the tabletop. It could be placed in the guest room to welcome holiday visitors.

Recycled Cardboard Reindeer. Create this playful reindeer project with a couple of corrugated cardboard boxes and a handy template found here. Materials needed: cardboard boxes, scissors, pencil, craft knife, glue, large red pom pom (or just paint it red), and a black marker pen.

• Step 1 Enlarge the reindeer head, and antlers, print, and cut out.
• Step 2 Flatten your cardboard box, and place the templates on top. Trace out the patterns onto the cardboard. Cut out two heads, a large antler, and the smaller antler pieces.
• Step 3 Cut slits in all the pieces as shown on the templates. Apply glue to the slits in the large antler and slot the smaller pieces in place. When dry, attach the antlers to the two reindeer head pieces. 
• Step 4 Use a black marker pen to draw an eye on each head piece. Glue the heads together at the nose and affix a red pom pom with glue (or red paint).
• Step 5 Mount the reindeer head securely on the wall or the back of a door with picture hanging strips.
• Step 6 Add a wreath around the neck of the reindeer’s head and a collar with a jingle bell on it.

Make a scrap-wood Advent calendar. Feeling crafty? Try creating a Nordic-style tree out of small wood scraps. It would look beautiful on its own, either painted or left bare, but you can also attach small packages to turn it into an Advent calendar.