How much does it cost to have someone decorate your Christmas tree?

With Portico, Porch & Tree starts at $2,500 and The Whole Home at $3,500, January takedown included. A tree on its own is custom: we call you to talk about the room and the tree, then your designer sends your design and price. Height, ornaments and whether we bring the tree all change the job.

Do you bring the ornaments and lights?

Yes. A coordinated set of lights, ribbon, picks and ornaments in your palette comes with the service, and we work your own family ornaments into the front of the tree.

Can you supply the tree?

Yes. We can bring a lit tree, set it up and decorate it. Your designer prices it into your design once we know the room and the height you want. Real trees are quoted too.

How long does tree decorating take?

About two hours for a 7 to 9 foot tree, less for a small one. A porch and tree together is a half day.

Do you decorate real trees?

Yes, as long as it is in the stand and watered the day before so the branches have settled. In South Florida we usually recommend artificial because real trees dry out fast in a warm house.

Do you take the tree down?

Yes. January takedown is included: ornaments boxed and labeled, lights coiled, the tree bagged or put out for pickup.

Christmas Tree Decorating Service

A professionally decorated Christmas tree is mostly about three things most people skip: the lights go on first and deep into the branches, the ribbon goes on second and runs through the tree rather than around it, and the ornaments are placed by size and color so nothing fights. It takes us about two hours for a seven to nine foot tree. It takes most families a full evening and an argument.

Portico Seasonal decorates trees as part of a custom Christmas or on their own, in homes across South Florida, metro Atlanta and New York City. The tree can be yours, already standing, or we can source and deliver one.

Christmas tree decorating prices

Porch & Tree, from $2,500. The Front Porch plus your main tree, designed to one palette so the street and the living room match.
The Whole Home, from $3,500. Porch, tree, staircase, mantel and dining table together.
A tree on its own. Custom, priced for your tree. Your tree decorated, or a lit tree we bring and set up.

Every price includes design, setup, travel and the January takedown. Christmas is custom, so we call you to talk about the room and the tree, then your designer sends your design and price. Trees over 9 feet, flocked trees and homes with several trees are all welcome.

What is included

Design to your room. We look at the wall color, the mantel, your existing decor and the porch if we are doing that too, and pick a palette. Traditional, evergreen and cream, all white, metallic, or built around ornaments you already own.
Lights. Warm white LED unless you want color, wrapped trunk-out on every major branch so the tree glows from inside, on a timer or a smart plug.
Ribbon and picks. Wired ribbon woven through the tree, plus florals, berries or picks that give the tree depth.
Ornaments. A coordinated set in three sizes placed for balance, plus a topper. Your family ornaments go on last, in the front, where they belong.
Tree skirt or collar and a cleanup of every needle and box before we leave.

Using your own ornaments

Most of our tree clients have a box of ornaments that matter: the kids' school ones, the ones from a grandmother, the one from the year they bought the house. We build the tree around them. The lights, ribbon and filler ornaments we bring are there to make the tree full and balanced; your pieces go in the places that get seen. Tell us on the call and have the box out on the day.

Real or artificial

In South Florida an artificial tree is the practical answer: real trees arrive from North Carolina already a week cut, and a warm house dries them fast. Atlanta and New York clients split about evenly. We decorate either. For real trees we ask that it be in the stand and watered the day before so the branches have dropped; for artificial, that it be assembled and the branches fluffed, or add 30 minutes and we do it.

Timing

Trees go in from the week after Thanksgiving through December 20, usually the same visit as the porch. If the tree is a stand-alone booking we schedule weekday afternoons and most Saturdays. January takedown is included and covers the tree and the porch together: ornaments boxed and labeled, lights coiled, the artificial tree bagged or the real one out to the curb on your pickup day.

Mantels, staircases and the rest of the house

If the tree is being done, mantel garland, staircase garland, the entry console and a dining tablescape are easy to add on the same visit and usually make the house feel finished. Tell us what you want and your designer prices it into your design. The holiday decorating service page walks through how the whole home comes together, and the cost page explains our starting prices.

Leave your name, phone and city and we call you within one business day to talk about your tree. If you have photos of your porch and the rooms, text them to 954-787-4963 (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut: 646-969-3495) before the call. Or call 954-787-4963 in Florida, 404-795-7268 in Atlanta, 646-969-3495 in New York. We decorate trees across Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade, metro Atlanta and New York City.