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Ikea Margareta Christmas Tree Canvas

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UPDATE: see what I did with the canvas in another tour by clicking HERE and this is a little glimpse:

Small Space Christmas Tree Solution with Ikea Margareta Ikea Margareta Christmas Tree Canvas

I know that I’m very early with my Christmas decor. I usually start the day after Thanksgiving (I never go shopping on Black Friday) but when I stopped at Ikea I fell in love with the Ikea Margareta Fabric. My head was spinning, that’s how excited I was!

Ikea Margareta Christmas Tree Fabric

While my mom was here I started working on a little (yeah right, it’s huge) canvas.

This is what you’ll need:

• four 2x2x8 furring strips for $6.88 (2 cuts at 50″ length, 2 cuts at 72″ length)
• 2 yards of Ikea Margareta (not available anymore but you can find it HERE and HERE now)
• 1 pack (8 screws) 2 1/2″ wood screws for $1.18
• stapler (HERE) and staples
• ornament hooks (HERE)
• flat ornaments (HERE )
• If you’d like to add lights to the canvas, you can buy 14″ inch grommets (or whatever fits your bulbs), attach them to the fabric where you want the lights and stick the bulbs from a white light garland through the grommet one the back of the canvas and let the electrical cord hang out at the bottom. I opted for no lights since I want my chandelier to be the lighting focal point and another reason is that the grommets were on the pricey side. It sure would look stunning to have the canvas lit though!

You could also make an advent calendar! There are so many possibilities!

assembling a wood frame

I predrilled the holes and put the frame together with 2 screws for each connection.
stretching fabric over a wood frameThen I stapled the fabric really tight to the frame. Make sure to keep it even, so the tree looks straight.

bending Christmas hooks for Ikea Margareta fabricI bent the hook from the right side into the hook that you can see on the left side, to be able to just push them into the fabric and hang the ornaments.

silver Ikea garland

 

Lite weight ornaments work best and that’s why I used these ornaments from an old Ikea garland.

DIY Christmas wall art

 

Ikea Margareta Christmas Tree Fabric

I just pushed the hooks into the fabric with the ornaments on it.

 

FINISHED

Ikea Margareta Christmas Tree Fabric

 

 

Do you notice something else? I hope so! Haha!
I changed out the crystals on my cellula chandelier.

DIY Christmas Ornament chandelier and Ikea Margareta wall art
DIY Christmas Ornament cellula chandelier and DIY Ikea Margareta wall artChristmas cellula chandelier
Look, I can see myself in the ornament ๐Ÿ™‚
DIY Christmas cellula chandelier

DIY Christmas cellula chandelier

The star tree toper is a simple decal sticker that I cut but you can also find them online HERE.
white, grey and mixed metallics Christmas decor ideas
linear chandelier HERE or HERE | shiny silver ornaments HERE | clear glass ornaments HERE or HERE | gold ornaments HERE and HERE | similar flat ornaments on tree HERE |
Click HERE to see our 2014 Christmas Dining Room and canvas:
Christmas dining room decor with icicle chandelier and fresh greenery

I usually have a small tree in the corner instead of the boxwood topiary. I might put it somewhere else this year. Not sure yet!

What do you think? I have to take some more pictures when it is dark outside because the chandelier looks beautiful. At least that’s what I think.

Have a great weekend. I hope I’ll be done with another exciting project by Monday.

Happy Friday und guten Tag!

(Youleeya)

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Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Ideas Home Tour

Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Ideas Home Tour

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Modern European Eclectic Christmas Tree with pinecones, white stars, clear Christmas balls and white Christmas balls on a real untrimmed fir tree | blue, white and black fireplace area with leather swivel chairs

My Home Style: Christmas Tree Edition

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German Influenced Christmas Home Tour

Blue, black and white eclectic Christmas living room

Friday Favorites: My favorite faux Christmas Trees

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Our large live tabletop Christmas tree and home tour

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my favorite DIY Christmas decorations

Natural Christmas Decorations

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Our basement family room for HDC Holiday Homes

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Blue, Black and White Christmas Tour (part 2)

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How to make Christmas ornaments with macrame yarn

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  1. Mrs. DeVore says

    November 9, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    Beautiful! What a great idea for that tree, would work perfectly for my daughter who just started crawling and I’m sure will want to pull down the whole tree this year ๐Ÿ™‚ And that light fixture, how clever! Everything looks great!

    • Julia Konya says

      November 9, 2012 at 12:24 pm

      Thanks! I’m sure this fabric will be very popular this Christmas

  2. Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says

    November 9, 2012 at 5:50 pm

    i LOVE this, julia! what a great idea! especially for apartment dwellers or people who don’t have the room for a tree. how cool- the light is awesome, too!

    • Julia Konya says

      November 9, 2012 at 7:40 pm

      Thanks. I also thought that it would be great for apartment dwellers.

  3. the cape on the corner says

    November 9, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    first of all, that chandelier is like those bubble ones i’ve been coveting…and this is just with ornaments? crazy! and i LOVE how dimensional you made that tree fabric. another super good idea!

    • Julia Konya says

      November 9, 2012 at 7:41 pm

      Thank you!

  4. Caitlin @ Desert Domicile says

    November 9, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    Amazing! Simply amazing. What a great idea for people who don’t have room for a full tree! Oh and your chandelier is great too! ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Julia Konya says

      November 9, 2012 at 7:43 pm

      Thanks Caitlin. I certainly have room for a tree. I think I have 5 or 6 every year, lol, plus this canvas tree now. I know, I overdo Christmas.

  5. Sammy ~ Renew Redo says

    November 9, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    OMG! I love this idea! I so want to do this now. You never cease to amaze.
    : )

    Smiles!
    Sammy ~ Renew Redo

    • Julia Konya says

      November 9, 2012 at 9:26 pm

      ๐Ÿ˜‰ haha ๐Ÿ˜‰ Thanks Sammy

  6. Karen Bates says

    November 12, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    WOW!!!! I love the canvas tree…just what I need…no stringing lights! ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Julia Konya says

      November 12, 2012 at 8:16 pm

      Thanks Karen

  7. Runspud says

    November 15, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    It’s 5:47am and I’m on the treadmill worrying how and when I can get to ikea today to get the fabric because I LOVE your project! Thank you for sharing!!!!

    • Julia Konya says

      November 15, 2012 at 1:21 pm

      Thanks! Good luck with your Ikea trip!

  8. Runspud says

    November 15, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    It’s 5:47am and I’m on the treadmill worrying how and when I can get to ikea today to get the fabric because I LOVE your project! Thank you for sharing!!!!

  9. DIY Show Off says

    November 21, 2012 at 2:05 am

    GORGEOUS, Julia! What a cute idea! The canvas tree by itself if fabulous but adding ornaments is awesome! I love it! Your chandelier is soooo pretty too! Beautiful job! Thank you so much for sharing! I’m going to include this in this week’s highlights. ๐Ÿ˜‰

    • Julia Konya says

      November 21, 2012 at 2:26 am

      Thanks Roeshel! You are the sweetest!

  10. Object of Maya*ffection says

    November 26, 2012 at 5:56 am

    What a FAB idea!! I love the lighting too!!

    • Julia Konya says

      November 28, 2012 at 12:26 am

      Thank you so much!

  11. David says

    November 28, 2012 at 8:00 am

    Very nice, but i have a question. Maybe i’m just a little confused. 6 screws for 4 connections?

    THX

    • Julia Konya says

      November 28, 2012 at 11:29 am

      OMG, lol…you are right! I meant to say 8! I’ll change it. All these people and nobody caught the mistake.
      Thanks ๐Ÿ˜‰

    • Julia Konya says

      November 29, 2012 at 11:40 am

      Thanks and good luck with your project!

    • David says

      November 29, 2012 at 6:59 am

      No problem. Will definetely try tu build this beautiful piece!

  12. aussiebeachgirl says

    December 1, 2012 at 5:33 am

    You are so clever! I can’t believe that I walked right past this fabric last week at Ikea! Boo hoo, me. I can now officially claim how ripped off we Aussies are, by comparison, by Ikea! Holey Moley…one metre here sets us back by AU$9.99, whereas it only costs you guys US$13.99 for TWO yards!!! And the friggin’ stuff comes from Indonesia – just around the corner. No wonder the fight for Aussie justice with Ikea goes on. I guess it’s down to population numbers to keep the costs down. (Place another boo hoo here!) Anyhoo, I totally heart what you’ve done with that fabric and I’m going to be making another trip back there just to get some! ๐Ÿ˜‰ Thanks heaps for your uber cool tutorial. Btw, your Xmas tree is perfectly imperfect, just the way it is, and I HEART it. mwah Hx

    • Julia Konya says

      December 1, 2012 at 11:41 am

      Thanks so much!
      I can’t believe how expensive it is! Somebody from Perth, Australia just wrote me an email desperately looking for this fabric. She wanted me to list it on ebay so she could buy it. The shipping for that isn’t really affordable either.

  13. aussiebeachgirl says

    December 1, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Oh wow! How dreadful for her. Ikea, here in Brisbane (Queensland), stocks it so if she wants to contact me, by all means pass on my email to her. I’ll see what I can do for her. It’s cheers, heather ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Julia Konya says

      December 1, 2012 at 5:38 pm

      Oh, I will! Thank you!

    • aussiebeachgirl says

      December 2, 2012 at 2:12 am

      You’re very welcome, J! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything as beautiful as your light feature…it has the WOW factor a gazillion times over! Hx

    • Julia Konya says

      December 2, 2012 at 2:19 am

      Aww thank you so much!

  14. Edysmig says

    December 6, 2012 at 3:19 am

    Where did you get your chandelier? I love it!!!

    • Julia Konya says

      December 6, 2012 at 12:14 pm

      Thanks, the chandelier is from Germany but you can get it in the US too just not for THAT cheap!

    • Edysmig says

      December 6, 2012 at 2:39 pm

      Where can I get it? Could you give me more informations? It would look just perfect in my dining room!
      I love your website! You are so gifted!!! Thank you for sharing your great ideas!

    • Edysmig says

      December 6, 2012 at 9:38 pm

      Thank you so much! Happy Holidays to you and your family!

  15. [email protected] says

    December 7, 2012 at 3:56 am

    Fabulous!

    • Julia Konya says

      December 7, 2012 at 12:01 pm

      Thank you Karen!

      • Brenda says

        November 23, 2015 at 10:08 pm

        Hi Julia, I’ve just ordered the fabric from eBay ($60!), and am wondering about the frame. Did you fine the frame is stable enough, or would you add an additional cross-bar? Also, how did you hang it? Attach wire across or some other way. I love the tree, but my skill is limited (I wish I had great tools and know-how!). Thank you!

        • Julia says

          November 24, 2015 at 5:49 am

          Mine was fine without the cross-bar but would certainly have made it more stable and I used two nails on the top where the top of the frame could rest on to hang the canvas.

  16. Tanya Halligan says

    December 8, 2012 at 10:07 pm

    Simply amazing, an excellent idea and beautifully done. Would you mind if I re blogged this post on my design blogsspot

    • Julia Konya says

      December 9, 2012 at 4:57 am

      Sure and thanks Tanya!

  17. Shannon Nora says

    December 13, 2012 at 3:00 am

    Love yours! It is so classy! I did something similar, but used a curtain rod and felt decorations. Thanks so much for showing us how you did it. Love your chandelier too.

    • Julia Konya says

      December 27, 2012 at 1:16 am

      I’ll have to check it out, Shannon.

  18. New Every Morning says

    December 27, 2012 at 1:09 am

    Brilliant! I LOVE it!

    • Julia Konya says

      December 27, 2012 at 1:16 am

      Thank you!

  19. Anonymous says

    January 7, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    Love the tree so much I got one. Two Questions: (1) Are you going to leave it up all year, or dismantle it, or what?

    (2) Are you going to add more bling to it, since only the top 1/2 is decorated?

    Thanks!

    • Julia Konya says

      January 7, 2013 at 8:01 pm

      I took it down after Christmas and will put it back up next year.
      And it’s only half decorated in the one photo. In the rest of the photos it is completely done. Next year I might add something else.

  20. Anonymous says

    January 23, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    OK, I was able to nab one of 3 remaining Ikea Christmas trees from Amazon a couple weeks ago. It was pricey, at $25, but free shipping and I don’t have to obsess about it for the next year. Now I have to figure out what to do with it!

    Am thinking of sewing on random antique various colored buttons on it.

    Couple questions: (1) Have you washed yours at all? My friend said if I wash it, it’ll lose its sheen & also it’ll fray at the edges. (2) Did you remove your furring strips so you can just store it for the year?

    Thankee!

    • Julia Konya says

      January 23, 2013 at 6:23 pm

      Hi, I have washed cut fabric from Ikea before and it worked just fine. The edges didn’t fray a lot.
      And yes, I did take the picture apart so I could store it.
      The idea with the antique buttons sounds great.

    • Anonymous says

      January 24, 2013 at 4:18 pm

      Thanks….I find myself coming back most every day to visit your brilliant site.

      Love your striped curtains, too. Oh, and your dining room chandelier. Will let you know how my project comes along.

      I have to post as anonymous as I don’t know how to create an account. I live at Lake Tahoe, NV.

    • Julia Konya says

      January 24, 2013 at 5:50 pm

      Aww thanks for liking my blog ๐Ÿ™‚
      You just have to get a free google account and you can get a message with your name and picture if you want to.

  21. Heart Vintage Design says

    February 1, 2013 at 11:53 pm

    Love this!

    • Julia Konya says

      February 2, 2013 at 12:07 am

      Thank you!

  22. Sarah says

    November 8, 2013 at 11:09 am

    Hello there, found your site, somehow, but LOVE this. I live in the Netherlands now so I seriously begged my mom who lives in the states to ebay and send me this fabric asap. I now have it and am so excited to make this but I want to add the lights as you suggested. I can’t seem to find a single example of how to do it online. Do you have any suggestions for adding the grommets and lights as I really don’t want to ruin my treasured fabric. haha. Thank you!

    • Julia Konya says

      November 8, 2013 at 11:45 am

      Hi Sarah, nice to meet you. They don’t sell this fabric at Ikea in Europe? I’m so surprised! I bought some grommets last week and will play around with it. The trick is to finding the right size. If I figure it out I will post it.
      You can already put it on a frame though and I would definitely put some liner (something thicker like felt) stretched under the fabric to avoid it from being see through.
      Hope that helps.

    • Sarah says

      November 8, 2013 at 5:26 pm

      They have a new style this Christmas which has a weird white wash over it, almost like the photo was over exposed. Just doesn’t look as good in my opinion.

      So happy that you are trying first. Please do let me know if you figure out sizes. And if at all possible can you tell in metric units as well, you know living in Europe and all (but I am sure as you are from Germany you understand ;)) Also will look for a cheap fabric to line it with, good idea!

    • Anonymous says

      December 10, 2013 at 1:11 pm

      I believe the one they’ve produced this year will glow in the dark. That’s what the weird finish is, which I definitely wouldn’t wash.
      I bought three of the regular one on eBay: one for me, my sister & sister-in-law. I’m hesitant to wash it before sew or staple it.

  23. Jeanine says

    November 3, 2014 at 2:56 am

    This year, they carry a similar fabric with name “Vinter” in the Maryland US Ikea store for $4.99 per yard (you do have to buy 2 yards). I just picked it up this weekend and am so excited to try this beautiful project in 2014!

  24. Mary says

    February 1, 2015 at 4:06 pm

    Seriously…does any one have one of these tree fabrics to sell??? Would love to buy it…

    • Julia says

      February 2, 2015 at 6:17 am

      You can sometimes find it on ebay. Unfortunately I don’t have any to sell. I did buy some extra and sold it on ebay but it’s all gone. Sorry

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