Never WAS into it. The look is simple and uncluttered, exactly the opposite of my gift-wrapping taste! ;^) I see this kind of wrap in minimalist white lofts, under a metallic tree or else a very underdecorated (Scandinavian) live one. I prefer more glitz and dazzle in my very few wrapped gifts... I like holograpic papers, foils, colorful prints (but not cutely ones), bright ribbons, maybe sparkly tie-ons...

But everyone is different...

I love this look. So much. But I think this year I will be using the Trader Joe's Christmas brown paper bags as wrapping paper. So incredibly cute!

I love it! I think this look is really nostalgic of times when packages meant more than spam mail and online shopping. I may use kraft paper, but I think I'll stamp it or something for a little added detail.

I wrap gifts like this. I use Kraft paper and green/red/white yarn, writing recipient names directly onto the paper with a Sharpie. My tree is definitely not minimalist, and the brown paper packages look amazing underneath. (If I do say so myself!)

I enjoy this look but with splashes of coloured thread and ribbon all over it. For the kids I still do the crazy printed gifts though.

I use this, but only because I'm too cheap to buy paper. I save up Trader Joes and Whole foods brown bags and flip them inside out. It only works on smaller gifts though unless you are willing to tape multiple bags together.

I didn't love it until I saw that my sister had her little kids coloring all over the paper first, designing their own wrapping paper. It looked so great under the tree! The crayon added enough color to make it less plain, and then the gifts were tied up with red and white baker's twine.

I save grocery bags or paper from packaging and I use it because it is better for the environment. I tie it up with bits of ribbon, twine and string that I've saved throughout the year. Everyone always knows which package is from me.

I have actually done this every holiday season for at least a decade. I get recycled postal paper at our local mailing center, and that stuff is CHEAP and very thick, so you get nice crisp lines and a ton of paper it per roll.

Over the years, I've experimented with different wrapping techniques, just plain ribbon, adding fresh pine sprigs, glitter, even gluing candy canes or Hanukkah gelt to the paper. You can even get a sharpie and draw all over it to customize it. So much more interesting than printed paper and so much cheaper.

I love it. It's simple and can be dressed up, a great a way to reuse paper bags, and it's easy on the eyes. I see so many gaudy, ugly, bright and tacky wrapping paper fiascos and it makes me wonder why anyone would want to detract from the wonderful gift under it!

I'm looking forward to wrapping everything in kraft paper this year with different plaid ribbons. The simplicity of plain paper can't be beat.

At our house it's kind of a thing - you save whatever you've got and wrap presents in that. That didn't happen until we all moved out and my brothers in particular didn't see the need to use wrapping paper.

One brother uses the brown paper bags he gets at the grocery store, and the other uses newspaper. I didn't move out until after last Christmas, so I'll likely be doing the brown paper bag thing this year.

About once or twice a year I get a delivery from Amazon that comes wrapped up in massive quantities (and I mean LOTS) of brown paper. It's all crumpled and huge and unwieldy. I unroll it, smooth it, and put it aside for Christmas. I like old fashioned red grosgrain Christmas ribbon with it. This year I think I'm going to stamp people's names on them. They never look like anyone else's Xmas packages in our family and I save a bundle on wrapping!

Same here, been doing this for 10+ yrs as well & it's become a tradition. My dd & I have a wrapping session on a Fri evening with paper, scissors & glue gun. Then Sat afternoon, we make popcorn & hot chocolate, pop in a Christmas movie & get to work embellishing the brown paper packages. Each embellishment is a work of art in itself & often tailored to suit the recipient.

The sky's the limit here. We've used ribbon, twine, markers, acrylic paint, stamps, glitter, yard clippings (small pine cones, pinecone 'flowers', acorns, sprigs of pine, holly or rosemary, sweetgum balls, seed pods, paper, fabric, feathers, the list goes on....) If you can imagine it you can do it. We use the 'unexpected' as well....those net bags produce is sometimes packaged in make great bows Or snip off the top & bottom & slip the pkg into the remaining 'tube' for some graphic pattern.

My mother-in-law is definitely in the glitzy, over-the-top package decoration camp, including making massive, poofy bows with wired ribbon. It makes for a very festive look under the tree, so I save every one of the bows she sends us and reuse them with simple kraft paper and saved Christmas cards. It's a nice marriage of minimalism and excess, plus cheap and environmentally neutral to boot.

I love wrapping with brown paper! I get it from shopping bags.

Ribbon gives it a festive touch. The New Yorker provides fodder for decoration -- I cut the letters of the person's name out of the magazine and glue it to the paper. A couple times I've even cut out whole words and composed impromptu 'found' poems!!

Discerning, I'm going to steal your net bag as bows idea if that's okay with you.

Love it!

Brown wrapping paper is a great way to wrap your presents this year. Plus brown craft paper is also easy to recycle. I didn't know this, but most traditional wrapping paper is non-recyclable. We all should do our part to produce less waste. This year consider looking for alternative ways to wrap your gifts. If you need some ideas, check out my post called Take the Wrapping Paper Out of Christmas: http://www.hlminteriordesign.com/wrapping-paper-out-of-christmas/. I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Holiday season.

Okay, cute yes, but boring! I like my parcels to be loud, bright, cheerful and shiny with lots of baubles, ribbons, and bows. Austerity is for later.