I decorate other people's homes for Christmas. I'll put absolutely anything on a tree and charge my clients at least $1,800 for the privilege.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maxine White, 45, a specialist Christmas consultant at The Christmas Decorators. It has been edited for length and clarity.
A lot of our designs are bespoke, so we'll spend several months building or commissioning specialist pieces. My minimum price for decorating a residential home is £1,500 . That's just for a standard scheme with a single tree, decorations, garlands, and light displays. Our lights are commercial-grade, so they're a lot brighter than anything you'd find on the high street.My fee includes all the decorations — but my clients usually add in some sentimental items of their own.
After that, I'll honestly put anything on a tree. I hang lanterns, bird cages, feathers, flowers, mirrors, and big lumps of wood. I'm always looking for unique items when I go for walks.I don't have any specialist tools for decorating people's homes. It's just me and my hands. When I'm decorating for a family, I decorate the base of the tree myself, and then I let the children put on some more sentimental decorations with their parents.When it comes to festive decoration, there's nothing I wouldn't be willing to try. One Christmas, a woman commissioned me to arrange some baubles in the shape of golden lions, in honor of her husband's racehorse — which was called Golden Lion.
My clients all love Christmas so they like to go all out. One of them has five Christmas trees inside her home — and they're all completely unique to match the décor and color scheme of each room.
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