Whether you are adorning your home with large live trees or prefer natural greenery and garland hung throughout the rooms, the ornaments and decorations you use on these classic holiday elements will inspire the rest of your seasonal dcor. For this reason, it is important to select a beautiful color palette and unique motif then hang your new baubles mindfully. When searching for the best items for your home, remember to maintain an eye for scale and select ornaments that work with the height and thickness of your tree as well as the size of the room. Also assess branch length and thickness prior to hanging. This will ensure that those heavier breakable ornaments do not fall and shatter if hung on a branch unable to take the weight. This is especially true when using a live tree. Oftentimes those branches are not as durable as wire encased artificial varieties. If you are decorating on a budget and must purchase inexpensive Christmas trees on sale, remember to fill in the gaps of sparse branches with seasonal floral and garland prior to hanging your ornaments.