How To Make Your Home Cozy For Christmas: Top DIY Decor Tips From Creator Emily Welch | Happily TV

A popular interior design creator whose Christmas trends regularly go viral has shared her top tips for creating the ultimate DIY cozy Christmas decor aesthetic. Emily Welch, from Omaha, Nebraska, has racked up more than 700,000 followers across her social media channels @emilywelchstyle, with viewers loving her holiday decorating and DIY tips. During the festive period, Emily, a self-described Christmas obsessive, shared her advice to achieve the perfect cozy interior – which she started working on as soon as her calendar hit November 1. Many of these tips are linked back to Emily's youth. As a child of the 90s, she recommends using the likes of reds and burgundies where possible, creating a warm, cozy feeling of nostalgia that wouldn't look out of place in a Home Alone or Nancy Meyers movie. This can also be achieved by using the likes of flameless candles in window sills and on shelves – a tip she included in one of the compilation videos on her channels. Christmas lovers are also encouraged to add the likes of mini wreaths on their cabinets, place garlands in their doors and windows, and to share festive treats that make a home feel extremely seasonal and cozy. When it comes to textures, Emily thinks the likes of velvets and wools will always be associated with a cozy Christmas – as are twinkle lights and faux greenery. She said she would also encourage anyone to try DIY, big or small, with little things such as paper chains and homemade bows being a simple but effective starting point. And, lastly, more is more. Emily feels you can never have enough festive ornaments for Christmas – a collection which she said can be built up over the years, so people can always have a burst of nostalgia when they take them out of storage each festive season.