Ready, Set, Decorate! The Ultimate Guide to Decorating Your Shopfront for Christmas in 24 Hours
How can you, as a business owner, impress your customers and increase your sales this Christmas in just 24 hours?
By decorating your storefront in a cheery, holiday-friendly way that highlights your positive vibes and joyful atmosphere.
Despite all the ‘cancelling’ going on nowadays, one thing is for sure: rejoicing in the Christmas spirit is not cancelled. In fact, your clients are probably anxious for something to get their minds off the pandemic and steer their focus towards food, family, and fun. Can you blame them? Decorating for Christmas doesn’t have to be time-consuming. You can go from no decorations to Christmas galore like that.
Keep reading to see how you can bring the festivities to your shop in as little as one day!
Embrace Lights, Tinsel, and Garland
String lights are a fantastic way to get your shop noticed as it sparkles and shines into the evening hours.
You can choose from a variety of colours, such as white, green and red, blue, or a rainbow of lights, depending on your tastes. Place them around doorframes, along the walls, and anywhere else your shop has space. Placing lights is quick and easy.
Tinsel is a no-brainer!
It’s been a Xmas tradition since it was first used in Germany in the 1600s. Tinsel can come in a variety of colours, too, or you can go for silver as a homage to its original form: shredded silver. Simply take a moment to place it on your Christmas trees for some flashiness.
Garland can go anywhere as a wreath on the front door, trailing along the countertops, or framing the doorway.
Anywhere there’s an inanimate object, consider adding any of these three materials to truly get your customers (and employees!) in the holiday spirit.
These decorations take little-to-no time to add around your shopfront and are especially effective. They’re easy to implement in a matter of moments and get noticed right away.
Focus on the Christmas Tree
Perhaps the most important Christmas decoration of them all is the Christmas tree.
If you’d like something low maintenance, you can choose an artificial tree that’s easy to move around and pack up when you’re done with it. Faux trees are also quickly placed anywhere of your choosing for a swift decoration.
If you’d like something more authentic—and that comes with that delicious piney smell—choose a real Christmas tree.
Make sure it’s got something on it: strings of popcorn, shiny ornaments, and of course, your tinsel! You can even put faux presents underneath it to complete the look. As with everything on this list, it takes almost no time to make a Christmas tree look bright.
But what if you don’t have time to hunt for real Christmas trees? That brings us to our next point…
Consider Hiring a Decorator for 24-Hour Turnaround
All these decorations sound great—but what if you’re overwhelmed by the process of seeking out, buying, and decorating?
With the busyness of the holiday season and longer store hours, decorating your shopfront may seem an impossible task, but it doesn’t have to be.
The answer for busy shop owners is simple: commercial Christmas tree hire. That means you can rent your Christmas tree of choice, have it delivered and set-up within a day, and your shop is already looking more festive within minutes. Place the tree indoors or outdoors, have it pre-decorated or not—it’s all up to you.
At the same time, you can consider ordering your Christmas decorations, too. Two birds, one stone! Within 24 hours, your shop goes from blah to cheerful, joyous, and bright.
Enjoy This Festive Season!
This Christmas, it’s time for you to show up for your customers in a joyful way. The bonus is: it doesn’t have to take long at all. Give your clients a place to shop that’s fun, cheerful, and inspiring, and they’ll never forget the positivity you brought to your space—and their lives, too.
