11 creative Christmas tree solutions – Melania Trump, eat your heart out
- From ones you can grow in a pot all year round to using books, planks or upcycled materials in the shape of a tree, anything goes
- We’ve got you covered on the maddest choices on the market
As the Trumps celebrate their second Christmas in the White House, Melania Trump has unveiled another unusual festive home makeover.
In 2017, she created a frosty scene of twigs; this year she chose to deck the halls with a forest of imposing crimson that Twitter users quickly likened to the red robes worn in dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale.
With her propensity for unconventional and, some might say, disturbing adornments, media-shy Melania has sparked speculation she is trying to send a message about life as America’s first lady; others say she is simply trying to do something a bit different and break the presidential tradition of conventional green firs.
What Melania’s interior decor ideas show is that the Christmas decorating canvas is more open to creative solutions than ever. Here are some other unusual Christmas trends you might spot this year.
1. Bare minimal branches
With the trend for waste reduction and careful consumption, a cluttered home is possibly the least fashionable look of the moment. Even the most well-maintained, artfully decorated trees only look good until their needles start dropping.
Whether it’s two triangular boards slotted together, a ladder painted white and wrapped with lights, or wooden planks styled to look like a tree – such as Australian company One Two Tree’s rotating plywood decoration – minimalism at Christmas does not have to be cold or unfestive.
