Hi Friends! I’m so excited to share some glimpse’s into our living room with you today, part of the Seasons of Home | Holiday Decorating Series. In case you missed it over the weekend, we put our NEW Christmas tree up, and it is just stunning. There is one other staple in my Christmas decor that has to be up in order for it really feel like Christmas in our living room. Can you guess what it is?
I’m so excited to share our new Christmas tree with you today. If you’ve seen some of our Christmas tours from past years we had a beautiful flocked tree. This year I am changing things up and went with the most realistic looking faux tree you’ve ever seen! Seriously, she is a beaut!
As I’ve been decorating my own house for Christmas, and browsing stores and the internet, there are definitely some things that catch my eye. Some seasonal favorites I see year after year, and of course some new holiday decor that comes out each year. Even though you may not have already started decorating your home for Christmas ( I like to get a head start), I wanted to share with you some of my favorite Christmas decor that I love.
Hello Friends! And welcome any new friends, if you are visiting from another blog participating in todays Christmas tablescape tour. Honestly whenever the word tablescape is in the title, I get a little giddy. We are back for another round of Seasons of Home Holiday Decor, and this time sharing our Christmas tablescapes. Last week we all shared our Christmas kitchens, and there was so much inspiration, I just want to bake Christmas cookies now, lol. I will actually be sharing a few different holiday table looks over the next couple weeks, so for todays Christmas tablescape I went a little more casual with my decor, and I can’t wait for you to see!
Hi Friends!!
I have some pretty exciting news to share with you today. Umm sort of like, pinch me, dream come true kind of news. I feel like I’ve been keeping this secret for ever! Well for 1 year, and now I can share it with you and I’m so excited!!
I know that we haven’t hit Thanksgiving yet, and so for some it may seem a bit early, but in an attempt to offer inspiration before you start decorating for Christmas this year, I wanted to share a bit of Christmas decorating I did in our kitchen over the weekend! If you heart is pounding just at reading the word Christmas than I encourage you to check out my Thanksgiving table HERE, or my DIY Pumpkin Centerpiece HERE, just to calm your nerves a bit, and reassure you I haven’t totally skipped over Thanksgiving. I will say that I’m excited to start sprinkling in some Christmas here and there around our house. Once Halloween is over, it’s fair game in this house, and I will tell you my kids are just as excited as I am to start seeing Christmas decorations pop up. Honestly they are thrilled, and just seeing their excitement over “tiny trees” and our “little nativity” mixed in with our “thanksgiving turkey” all exclamations from my son and daughter, just makes the season all the more merrier.
I had never really taken photos of our home at night before, so I really wasn’t sure what to expect, but I love how cozy everything feels with the warm glow of the candles and white lights.
I always like to look for gift wrap that feels one-of-a-kind, and sweet embellishments that make my gifts that much more exciting to open! Who doesn’t?! When I create my tablescapes I always aim for each place setting to feel inviting and special to welcome each guest. I take the same philosophy when it comes to wrapping gifts.
I never used to care that much about our entryway before. I will admit, in our early days of decorating our home, I would only focus on the main area we would spend our time in, the living room. And while that’s totally fine for us who spend everyday in our home, I realized I left my guests feeling a bit uninvited until they finally made it into our living room. Our very first apartment was a typical new englander, and we had the second floor, however to enter our house you would come in on the main floor into an entryway, and then climb a giant flight of stairs to a tiny hallway and then enter into our living room. That gave our guests about 25 steps of cold, undecorated, not-cared-about space as my first impression. Yikes! Well thankfully I’ve learned …..