{"id":8935,"date":"2021-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/whats-going-to-be-huge-this-christmas\/"},"modified":"2021-11-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T13:00:00","slug":"whats-going-to-be-huge-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/whats-going-to-be-huge-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s going to be HUGE this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can\u2019t believe it\u2019s almost Christmas, but we\u2019re getting into the festive spirit and put together the latest trends, tips, and ideas to help you transform your home and gifts.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a tough year, but we\u2019re confident that this season we\u2019ll be decorating with bright colours, recycled materials, and of course traditional favourites. All wrapped up with plenty of Christmas cheer, good wishes, and excitement for the new year.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recycled Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Have you thought about embracing a \u2018going green\u2019 for Christmas wrapping? Using fabrics, such as tea towels or Furoshiki wraps are a great way to reduce paper and purchase eco friendly items that double as a surprise gift as well. You\u2019ll be staying on-trend while supporting the environment. Because did you know that many gift-wrapping papers can\u2019t be recycled due to the dyes and shiny elements on the paper?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/xmas20wrapping.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 225px;\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>DIY Decor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>How about trying a \u2018rustic, homemade look\u2019 for Christmas this year?\u00a0 Christmas is wonderful time to get creative, hang some homemade decorations around the house.\u00a0 Using materials such as wood, feathers, pinecones, wool and even dried fruit will create a homely feel that the family can do together.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/debby-hudson-QdQEtkscDi8-unsplash.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 199px;\" \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colours of the Season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>As for Christmas colours, the experts believe that the following will be huge this Christmas; Silver will reign supreme with gold adding warmth and a few blue tones for those wanting to create a Hampton style Christmas in their homes.\u00a0 But don\u2019t forget that Christmas is also a time for joy, so why not consider a fairy-tale theme tree with lots of pinks, silver and pastels blues. If a white Christmas is on your wish list, try cooler tones and sparkles with snow coloured d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/taisiia-shestopal-no9KDhkDhGI-unsplash.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 450px;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can\u2019t believe it\u2019s almost Christmas, but we\u2019re getting into the festive spirit and put together the latest trends, tips,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-inspiration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.build.optimodesign.com.au\/manorlakes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}