How to Decorate Your Bathroom For Christmas: 32 Stylish and Festive Ideas

Layer Mirror Garlands

Decorate your powder room mirror with a faux garland that you can reuse from year to year. Blogger Sarah Jane Christy draped a faux cedar garland layered with a vintage silver bead garland to complement a dark wood mirror.

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Elevate With Simple Greenery

Elevate an elegant bathroom with simple greenery. Marie Flanigan Interiors hung a wreath over the bathtub, filled a vase with branches, and placed a pair of mini trees on the floor to add understated holiday cheer to this airy space.

Tie Sconces With Ribbons

Dress up your powder room for Christmas by tying a few sprigs of greenery to your wall sconces with velvet ribbon. Stripes & Whimsy chose pale blue, then added a snowflake-edged hand towel and swapped in a white Christmas tree-shaped soap dispenser to complete the holiday makeover.

Modernize Christmas Decor

Tailor your holiday decor to your overall design style for a cohesive look. This black-and-white industrial-style bathroom from Love Create Celebrate has modern Christmas decor touches like simple greens, glass reindeer figurines, and a letter board displaying a favorite holiday movie quote.

Use Natural Tones

Use everyday items to decorate your bathroom for Christmas. Pine and Prospect Home styled the DIY reclaimed wood shelf above toilet by tucking fresh cedar stems around thrift store glass jars filled with cotton balls, cotton buds, and bath salts.

Frame a Christmas Message

If you're hosting a large group with lots of little ones over the holidays, equip your powder room with changing room amenities. Then let guests know you have them covered by hanging a framed custom sign on the wall.

Pair Greens and Pinecones

Style a wood shelf above the sink with greens and pinecones for a rustic natural feel, like this holiday bathroom from Milk and Honey Life.

Display Gingerbread Houses

Display gingerbread houses on a shelf above the toilet. Blogger Ahna Fulmer draped a hand towel with a Christmas motif over the sink and added a scented candle on top of the toilet tank to complete the holiday refresh.

Fill a Vase With Faux Greens

For a no-fuss, low-maintenance holiday feel, add faux branches to a clear vase. Then place it on a small tray in the corner of the vanity for a coastal farmhouse look.

DIY a Mirror Garland

Adorn the top of your bathroom mirror with a DIY garland for a festive look. The Merrythought decorated with a minimalist half garland of holiday branches embellished with dried orange slices for a cozy, handmade look.

Decorate Your Vanity

Decorate your bathroom vanity with Christmas tree figurines for an easy makeover. Thistlewood Farms displayed a mini forest of white tree ornaments in different sizes and finishes on this modern farmhouse vanity countertop.

Hang a Pre-Lit Wreath

Warm up a bare window with an LED-lit holiday wreath, like this inviting mountain house bathtub niche from Emily Henderson Design. Place some candles on the window sills to make it even cozier.

Try an Easy Bouquet

Hang an upside down bouquet of greens and baby's breath tied with natural twine above the sink to add understated Christmas cheer to your powder room. Leanne Ford Interiors hung these from a decorative brass hook for a vintage look.

Cluter a Trio of Trees

Plant a mini forest of Christmas trees against the wall behind a freestanding tub that won't block flow in a smaller bathroom. Decorate a leaning towel ladder with lights or ornaments.

Use an Easy Faux Pine Swag

Top a wall-mounted towel rack with faux greenery to create a festive look without shedding on the towels. Pine and Prospect Home chose a realistic pine swag to complement this neutral space.

Hang a Simple Door Wreath

Hang a Christmas wreath on the outside of the bathroom door to create a welcoming holiday feel. Thistlewood Farms decorated a plain wreath with a simple white ribbon to complement the farmhouse space.

Light the Bathtub Corner

For a romantic take on Christmas, light the area around your bathtub with a mix of pillar candles and LED lights. S.U.S.A.P added a wooden plank with a drink and a snack for the ultimate self-care bubble bath with a holiday spin.

Display Simple Green Glass

Bring in subtle holiday vibes by swapping in some green glass accents like a soap dispenser or a vase to complement gold-toned fixtures and accessories, like this powder room from blogger Ursula Carmona of Home Made By Carmona.

Style With Christmas Plants

Energize your bathroom with fresh Christmas plants and flowers. Finding Lovely added a festive note in this neutral powder room with a pot of white poinsettias in a large vase.

Add a Touch of Greenery

In a tiny space, small gestures count. Try tucking a few eucalyptus branches into a glass bottle to add a touch of holiday cheer.

Layer Wreaths Over Art

Instead of swapping out art, hang small wreaths over existing wall decor. A removable hook can be applied to the glass on framed wall art for easy installation.

Decorate the Shower Window

If your small guest bathroom includes a seldom-used shower with a window, hang a holiday wreath that won't risk getting soaked. Pine and Prospect Home hung a simple wreath tied with a white ribbon for an understated look.

Hang Up Snowflake Ornaments

Hang a pair of snowflake ornaments on the wall for a simple take on Christmas decor that can last through the rest of winter, like this modern farmhouse bathroom from Thistlewood Farms.

Put Some Holly in a Jar

For a budget-friendly take, fill a repurposed jar with bright holly branches. Finding Silver Pennies chose a vintage blue canning jar to suggest a coastal look.

Decorate the Towel Rack

For a quick and easy makeover, decorate a towel rack or peg rail. Use it to hang simple decor like a holiday sign or a small wreath, like this coastal Christmas bathroom from Fox Hollow Cottage.

Bundle Christmas Towels

Tie up spare green hand towels towels with a sprig of greenery and a pinecone to create an easy Christmas decoration for your powder room sink. Casa Watkins Living chose green hand towels to enhance the holiday vibes.

Try a Mercury Glass Garland

Decorate your bathtub area with a mercury glass garland that will reflect light without needing to be plugged in. Fox Hollow Cottage added a flocked mini tree in a rattan whale to enhance the coastal cottage vibes in this Christmas bathroom.

Try Some Simple DIY Decor

Fill out your Christmas bathroom display with DIY and repurposed objects. Thistlewood Farms paired mini faux white Christmas trees with DIY decorations made by gluing pinecones to yard sale bed springs in this farmhouse bathroom.

Hang a Eucalyptus Branch

Hang some eucalyptus from a removable hook in the shower that will add a pleasing scent as you steam away. Decorate with a bit of twine or a waterproof ribbon on top to amp up the seasonal vibes.

Add Easy Christmas Lighting

Make your bathroom feel Christmas-ready with a lighted garland hung casually in the corner that can double as a nightlight. Adding ambient light in a utilitarian space will make it feel cozy and inviting.

Fill a Tray With Pinecones

Arrange a basket or tray full of pinecones or ornaments on top of your toilet tank. Then hang a wreath over the toilet to create a focal point in your Christmas bathroom.

Favor Flocked Faux Greens

Low-maintenance faux flocked greens will add a wintry feel to your Christmas bathroom. Emily Henderson Design placed a pair of flocked mini Christmas trees on the floor next to the bathtub that echo the mountain views outside.