• Quaint decorations are suitable for a country-themed Christmas.christmas image by Horticulture from Fotolia.com
  
  With all the options you have when decorating your home for the holidays, choosing a theme may be difficult. It is important, though, that you choose a cohesive design scheme that is reflected in different ways throughout the home. For example, when decorating for a country-themed Christmas, you should focus on natural and traditional design elements that evoke a sense of homemade kitsch.
  
  

Natural Focus

• Decorating using items found in nature gives your home a woodsy, old-fashioned appeal. When decorating for Christmas, this means finding seasonal aspects of nature that you can bring into the home. For example, string together a garland of pine cones to hang above a door frame or on the mantle. People commonly associate apples and pears with the Christmas season, so keep them on display---display apples in a festive holiday bowl, and attach miniature pears and other small fruits to wreaths. Place cinnamon sticks strategically throughout the house to not only make a decorative statement, but also provide a warm and inviting scent.
  
  

Decorating the Tree

• To give a Christmas tree a country feeling, focus on old traditions rather than new inventions. Blinking colored lights and fancy ornaments are relatively modern inventions, so avoid them in favor of something more classic. For example, string popcorn with a needle and thread instead of using tinsel and garland. Hang candy canes from the branches and decorate the tree with gingham bows and ribbon. Making your own ornaments out of baked cinnamon applesauce makes for a nostalgic look and an aromatic tree.
  
  

Colors

• Using simple, traditional color schemes can make your home feel as rustic as a holiday ski lodge. Checkered reds and blacks, for example, evoke images of lumberjacks and other heavily layered men trudging through the backwoods snow. Mix these with whites and deep, lush greens---rather than more modern-looking pastels---to create a consistent color scheme in everything from the tree skirt to the tablecloth.
  
  

Accessories

• Country-themed Christmases are relatively popular, making it easy for you to accessorize your home with quaint decorations. Candles, hand-painted wooden signs, whittled snowmen and ceramic Santas are just a few decorations that lend a feeling of the homemade and old-fashioned to your home at the holidays.