Think outside the box (or rather, below the treetop) by adding starry ornaments throughout your Yuletide evergreen. In keeping with the metallic mode, the container is made from silver-sprayed twigs glued to a round pot. A splendidly decked-out concolor fir, enticing displays of cookies, and a crossed pair of linen runners painted with stars -- who knew an entire holiday universe could exist on a tabletop? Use our template to stencil your own.

Tools and Materials

• Straight-sided container
• Silver spray paint
• Floral shears
• Straight twigs
• Glue, such as Magna-Tac
• Screwdriver, screws, and wooden disk; or rocks

1. If container is not silver, spray-paint it silver. Use floral shears to cut twigs so they're 1 inch taller than container. Spray-paint twigs. Let dry.
2. Glue twigs around container.
3. To anchor tree, screw a wooden disk (cut to fit inside the container) to the bottom of the tree. Place in container. Or use rocks to anchor tree.

Round silver fiberglass pot, jamaligarden.com.

Make It Yourself

For the runners: Multi-surface pearl acrylic craft paint, in Mother of Pearl, by Martha Stewart Crafts, from michaels.com. Linen (similar to shown), graylinelinen.com. For the container: Round silver fiberglass pot, jamaligarden.com.

Get the Look

Concolor fir tree, simonsonfarms.com. Christmas tree light reflectors, in Star Design, blumchen.com. Sideboard (FK150), by Fabricus/Kastholm, from suiteny.com. Blue votive, ochre.net. Cake stands, by Astier de Villatte, from johnderian.com.