Christmas is coming! This time of year is full of magic and stress—from buying gifts for family and friends, to baking treats with your children, to whipping up costumes for the Christmas Pageant.
Through all the hustle and bustle, what you need is a festive yet calming home base. Yet with all the garish Christmas decor options available, it may feel difficult to find Christmas wall art that’s simple, beautiful, and a gentle reminder of the true reason for the season.
At Cherie Kay, we believe in the power of timeless, beautiful wall art to elevate your home and create a welcoming space. That’s why we’re dedicated to providing you with quality, handcrafted Christmas wall art.
Today, we’ll discuss Christmas wall art—how to choose it, style it, and achieve your desired look.
Table of Contents
- Matching Wall Art to the Size, Scale, and Decor Style of Your Room
- Top Three Wall Art Ideas
- Where to Find High-Quality Handcrafted Christmas Wall Art
Summary: Christmas Wall Art
- When choosing Christmas wall art, coordinate it with the size and scale of your room—larger pieces in larger rooms, smaller pieces on smaller wall spaces, delicate frames in rooms with delicate furniture, and heavy or ornate frames in rooms with large statement furniture pieces.
- You have many festive wall art options, including winter landscape art, word art, and vintage or whimsical prints.
- Finding high-quality Christmas wall art online can be a challenge, but one option is Cherie Kay, particularly if you’re looking for a company dedicated to quality and excellent customer service.
Matching Wall Art to the Size, Scale, and Decor Style of Your Room
When decorating your home with Christmas wall art, you have two primary hurdles:
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Choosing art that you like
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Styling art in a way that fits your home
Let’s talk about the second point first, since it can help inform the first. Before you search for art that speaks to you, how can you ensure it will fit well in your home and look nice?
Think About Focal Points
When people enter the room, where are their eyes drawn?
With Christmas decor specifically, the wall art is often not the focus of a room. In your living room or family room, the focal point will be the Christmas tree. In other rooms, the focal point may be the candle-lit dining room table, the hearth, or the stairway banister draped in garlands.
In these rooms, choose smaller or more understated wall art so you don’t overwhelm the room. However, a large, eye-catching Christmas print may be appropriate in a room where you’re hoping to add a focal point.
Think About Wall Scale
Getting the scale right matters when it comes to choosing wall art. In general, larger pieces go well in open spaces with larger walls, while smaller or medium-sized pieces work well in smaller rooms. Similarly, vertically-stacked prints can complement rooms with high ceilings, while low-ceilinged rooms look better with horizontal prints.
When placing art above furniture, follow the 2/3 rule—your art should be about two-thirds the width of the piece of furniture underneath.
Think About Furniture Type
In rooms with bulky, substantial furniture (like deep sofas or large wooden pieces), choose artwork with presence—larger frames, bold colors, or wide mats. On the other hand, if your room has light, airy furniture, opt for slimmer frames, minimalist prints, or sets of smaller coordinated pieces that won’t visually overwhelm the space.
Alternatively, you may want to play around with mixing it up—for example, if your delicate furniture doesn’t have much presence, a substantial art piece in a large frame may provide a needed focal point.
Think About Your Home Decor Style
While Christmas is a great time to add seasonal decor, you don’t want your wall art to clash with the furniture pieces and general style of your home. Here are some tips for choosing pieces that work with your home’s style:
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If you love
traditional style and vintage pieces,
vintage prints are a great wall art choice. One great way to get a traditional look is to decorate with classic Christmas colors like red, green, and gold, but choose darker, more muted tones. You can also add flair to simple art, such as black-and-white word art, by putting it in festive gold frames.
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If you prefer
minimalist style, go with black-and-white prints or word art, silhouettes, Scandinavian winter scenes, or abstract pieces with soft neutrals.
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For a
rustic or
farmhouse look, think wood frames, distressed finishes, vintage-style typography, and natural subjects like pine branches, deer, or snowy barns.
- Finally, for a whimsical, family-friendly look, go with bright colors, playful nativity figures, animal illustrations, and cheerful quote art.
With these things in mind, you should have some idea of the sizes and styles of Christmas wall art that might work well in your home.
Now, let’s take some time to look at a few Christmas wall art ideas.
Top Three Wall Art Ideas
Although there are many styles of Christmas wall art to choose from, here are a few of our favorites.
Idea 1: Winter Landscape Art
Christmas heralds the beginning of winter, with its culture of slowing down, bundling up, lighting candles, and cherishing gratefulness for the beauty of creation and precious time with your loved ones. Celebrate this aspect of the season with winter landscape art.
Picture it: a hushed forest. Towering evergreen trees rise in front of you, laden with bright, white snow that reflects the dim light into something cozy and ethereal. Maybe you see a snug cabin in the distance with warm, glowing windows. Perhaps a red cardinal flies from branch to branch, a blast of red against the white snow. Or maybe you see a lone horse and rider, trudging through the wilderness.
Pick the winter landscape scene that best fits that feeling—coziness, joy, beauty—and give it a place of honor. Make it the focal point of a room, or place it opposite your Christmas tree, paralleling the stately evergreen look while adding some needed calm beauty.
The best part? You can keep this art up all winter, long after all the presents have been opened and the twinkling Christmas lights have been taken down—a constant reminder that Hope is here through this cold season, because Christ has come.
Idea 2: Inspiring Word Art
Christmas decor can lean colorful and tacky, and while festivity is wonderful, sometimes a simple message is what you need to center your mind on what’s important and prevent your decor from turning into an overstimulating mess.
Think of a simple wooden frame with sheet music for Silent Night or Joy to the World. There, in black and white, are a million memories of Christmasses past, when you stood with lighted candles and joyfully sang about the incarnation.
Word art can encompass whatever you wish—a simple “Merry Christmas,” a Biblical quote such as “For unto us a child is born,” or a beautiful line from a favorite carol, such as “A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices.” Simple words hold deep meaning and fill your heart with song, hope, praise, and memory.
Idea 3: Vintage and Whimsical Prints
Children on a snowy hillside, red-cheeked, bundled in scarves and mittens. Some are speeding down the hill on sleds, while others wait eagerly.
A soft light glows from a snowy church, decked in greenery and red ribbons, as happy families gather.
A girl in a red dress sings a Christmas carol to the birds and bunnies of the forest.
A loving mother lays her newborn baby in a manger, while sheep and cows look on in awe.
What Christmas imagery has deep meaning for you, sparking memories, joy, anticipation? Look for whimsical art that resonates with you in this way. Whether it’s vintage prints, Nordic art, or minimalist interpretations, look for prints that are whimsical, charming, and fit your personal style.
Where to Find High-Quality Handcrafted Christmas Wall Art
Christmas wall art is sold in many stores, both brick-and-mortar and online. However, in-person options are limited, and online options can feel hit-or-miss. Sometimes you’ll end up with something excellent, while other times, your art feels flimsy and mass-produced. These days, the market is flooded with art that looks good at first glance but, upon closer inspection, turns out to be AI-generated and poorly done.
Here at Cherie Kay, we believe in high-quality, handcrafted home decor. Our Christmas wall art is carefully curated, because we know that you don’t want to hang just anything in your home—you want beautiful, sturdy pieces that speak to your soul.
Our Christmas wall art offerings include:
Besides our Christmas wall art, we offer many other kinds of wall art, such as:
We know that you want to create a beautiful home for your family, and we’d love to answer any questions you may have about our handcrafted wall art. Feel free to reach out today—we look forward to hearing from you!
