Thanksgiving is traditionally the time when we begin to decorate our homes for the holiday season.

Here are some great tips to give your home an added touch of style this year.

Fireplace Mantels - If you're lucky enough to have a fireplace in your home, tastefully and safely decorating the mantel can create a wonderful focal point for your seasonal decorating.

Ornaments - Don't just leave them for the tree. Use them around your living spaces to give a touch of class and extend the theme throughout your rooms.

Create Multiple Centerpieces - Use tinsel, miniature trees and ornaments to create festive points of interest in prominent areas.

Windows - Tastefully placing garlands or wreaths in windows helps to spread the cheer and create a relatively unusual point of interest that also conveys to the exterior of the home.

Lights - Again don't just limit them to your tree. There are so many great LED options these days, many of which run on batteries, meaning that you don't have to worry about using too many electrical sockets.

Use Metallics - Silver and Gold gift wrapping and ornaments help you to create a co-ordinated design and sophisticated mood.

Symmetry - This is very popular among the more obsessively tidy holiday decorators, but it also affords a sense of design logic and lines that are easy on the eye. Making sure things are evenly spaced also promotes a more economical style, lending credence to the idea that less can be more.

Create Warmth - If your home is predominantly white or light colored, tasteful application of, for example, red throws, pillows and ornaments can provide accents that make your living spaces more warm and inviting in sync with the season.

Go Vintage - If you have old furniture in storage or your attic, such as a much loved rocking chair, consider putting it to work for the holidays as a comforting and cozy reminder of holiday seasons past

Berries - Berry wreaths and garlands can provide understated color and elegance to many areas of your home that would benefit from a subtle seasonal lift.