Blue & White French Country Christmas Tree

In November 2022 I turned our third bedroom into my home office for the One Room Challenge. I wanted the space to be more my style and also calm and elegant. Turning this space into a French Country Office with my favorite blue and white palette was what I settled on. The room is tucked off the main part of our home so it makes the spaces very cohesive.

When the holidays roll around, I love making this space festive with a French Country Christmas Tree that is collected, timeless, and perfectly at home beside my white bookshelves and blue desk.

It’s the only tree in my house that I don’t change very much each year. With a mix of ribbon, ornaments and vintage charm, my tree makes my office space so cozy during the holidays. If I find a new blue and white ornament that I can’t live without, it will have a home here on my tree.

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Creating the Perfect Blue and White French Country Christmas Tree

A French Country Christmas Tree doesn’t just decorate a room – it set a mood. Soft lights reflecting off blue and white ornaments create that calm, romantic feeling of a quiet French evening.

Finding the Right Christmas Tree to Fit Your Space

When adding a tree into any room in a small house, proportions matter. All the trees in my house are of the slim variety. They tuck neatly into corners without overwhelming a room. For my office, I have the 7.5′ Yorkshire Fir Slim Artificial Christmas Tree with 500 Warm White LED Lights from King of Christmas.

If you’re opting for a pre-lit tree, the lighting on it is also something to consider. While warm white lights give off the glow of candlelight (a more yellow hue), a cool white light is more of an icy true white color. They both are beautiful, but you need to decide if you want a cozy, glowing look to your tree, or you lean more to a modern, stark look. Both are beautiful in the right setting.

Choosing your Color Palette

French Country Style is timeless – think toile fabrics, crisp whites paired with gentle blues. I created that look with a combination of:

• Matte and glossy blue glass ornaments
• White glass baubles for shimmer
• DIY Chinoiserie Christmas ornaments
• DIY decoupage ornaments using blue and white toile paper napkins
• White snowflakes (a staple ornament I use every year on my trees)

This palette feels both peaceful and polished to me. It’s exactly the mood I want while I’m working during the busy holiday season.

If blue and white isn’t your favorite combination, there are other ways to capture that French Country flair:

• Soft gold and ivory for a warm, antique glow
• Cream and sage green for a subtle, garden-inspired palette
• Blush pink and linen for a romantic, Parisian cottage feel
• Muted gray and white for understated elegance
• Natural wood tones with white for a rustic farmhouse-meets-château vibe

Giving your tree your own special touch is what Christmas Magic is all about!

🌲 Holiday Helpful Hint

Carry your color palette throughout the room to create a cohesive and elegant French Country look. Repeat your tree’s colors in the wrapping paper, ribbons, and even a few tabletop accents. Those little touches make the whole space feel intentional and beautifully pulled together.

Giving a Faux Tree more Depth

Before I start hanging ornaments, I add greenery picks that are flocked and adorned with pine cones. This gives some added fullness and depth to the tree. It also adds a snow-kissed, natural look to the tree.

After the tree picks, I sometimes add garland. One year I used ribbon as garland, and I have also used strands of white beads. Last year I went without. If the idea of a garland is appealing to you, here are some other ideas:

• Chain Garland: using ribbon, toile paper, other colored paper, doilies, book pages
• Eucalyptus Garland: silver dollar or seeded
• Strings of Dried Fruit: cranberries, orange slices, apple slices
• Wooden Bead Garland: natural stained or painted
• Strings of Old Buttons: all one color or multi-colored
• Strings of Beads: glass, metal, plastic

Add Ribbon for A Soft French Flair

Ribbon is the easiest way to add a level of elegance to your tree. I use a blue plaid ribbon on my tree, but I also have thoughts of adding the following:

• Wide blue velvet ribbon layered with white linen ribbon
• Blue and white patterned ribbon with lace ribbon
• A Ralph Lauren inspired blue and green plaid ribbon

Another French Country idea is to try adding a big bow using two different ribbons tied together with long tails, and loosely weave the tails through the branches for movement and softness.

🌲 Holiday Helpful Hint

I always use wired ribbon so that I can get a pretty shape to my bows and flows. Otherwise, they look flat and droopy!

Final Thoughts

A French country Christmas tree doesn’t need to be extravagant – it just needs to feel intentional and elegant. In a smaller home or dedicated office, less is often more.

Because my office already is blue and white, this Christmas tree feels like it always belonged. Truth be told, I always hate to take it down at the end of the season. The soft glow of the twinkling lights is both romantic and cozy.

Every morning when I sit down with my coffee and open my laptop, it makes the work I do even more magical. I feel so lucky that I get to share it with you.

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Peace and Love,

If you want more Christmas Tree Inspiration, please visit my friends and see how they decorate their trees. Just click on the picture and it will take you to their home!