Less than 2 weeks for Christmas! I was tempted this year to decorate early, but stuck to our family tradition of decorating on the weekend of Thanksgiving! There's this fun time-lapse that we did when we decorated, and it has been up on my Instagram. Sadly Instagram doesn't allow us to share the video with music, for copyright issues! But a detailed decor post was sue on the blog! I must say, I really enjoy this time of the year! Especially the views in my own living room! When the lights are turned on in the tree and on the mantle when the fire is burning in the fireplace, and I am sipping on some hot chocolate r maybe even some mulled wine!
Let's talk decor, shall we! So we have a 6-foot tree which is probably on its way to retirement soon! Our tree is pre-lit with multi-colored light and I think I need clear white lights on my tree. When it comes to colors, every ear, I think I am going to do something more trendy, but every year I come back to the traditional color scheme! For instance, last year, I wanted to do peacock colors, like teals, and blues, and silvers. And this year, I was tempted to go the pink route! Even if I don't the full route of a 6 feet new pink tree, I was thinking more on the line of pink and purple decor! But then I stuck to my favorites, red, green, and metallic! There's this odd charm about this color scheme!
Since we have an open floor plan, I decorate our tree, mantle, our dining space, and our kitchen table, as they are all connected! I love adding elements and accents in the color scheme I choose to bring cohesiveness to our whole living space downstairs! And we decorate our front yard with lights! We have slowly added to our collection of outdoor light decor.
Let's start with our dining space! We have a raw edge table and a raw edge buffet! And we have wallpaper in this space. I have added bottle brush trees, along with holiday candles from Rae Dunn, a tinsel deer, some cute quotes, and loads of fairy lights! I am a huge Rae Dunn fan if you didn't know that already! I have kept some elements on decor which are there all year round, and swapped out others for some holiday spirit! I will come back to the tablescape later in this post!
Let's talk about the tree, shall we! I don't have a tree topper and every year, I make something from the sprigs and stalks that I have in stock! Love how the gold sprigs catch the light. I had done a similar topper last year, and it was so good, felt good to repeat. After I had fluffed every branch of the tree, I started off my decor with my gold deco mesh. I used two rolls of deco mesh to go around the 6-foot tree! Then I used two different kinds of ribbons to drape the tree further. Seasonal springs/branches go in next. I added in my ornaments inside the tree so that when I sit back and look, I don't see gaps in my trees. Next was the turn of my largest ornaments, and then my special ornaments, and so on!
Plaid blankets and crochet blankets offer a play of textures to my festive pillows in red and white. The idea was to coordinate the cushions with the stockings for my children which were red and white!
I am often asked as to how do I holiday decor with a dog! The trick is if your dog is trained and is introduced to the tree in a proper way, then it all gets better. For instance the first tree we decorated when we got Blaze was when he was 10 weeks old. We got his crate close to where we were decorating so that he could see what we were doing. He practiced a lot of "Leave It," and by the next Christmas he had figured out that if he didn't mess with the tree, he would get teats as a reward! and ow he poses with the holiday decor when mom takes pictures for the blog!
For the centerpiece of our coffee table, I used a gold bowl, and added in pine cones, we have scavenged together in our neighborhood! In previous years, I have added in a candle with it too, but skipped it this year!
For the mantle, I started off with what was originally a flocked garland, but now is not! The lights go in next. I have two sets of lights, one normal and one LED twinkling set. Then go in the money pieces, like the two Christmas trees, the fairy, the nutcracker, the snowman, and of course Santa! I added pinecones and ornaments in clusters. The stockings are hung last!
Coming back to the tablescape for the formal dining table! Tying in with the tinsel deer on the buffet, I added in a steel/metallic deer on the table as my focal point. Bottle brush trees on one side, and a red car with a Christmas tree on it, completed the simple center piece!
Last but not the least, is our kitchen table! I have a small jewelry tray, which is silver/steel! I had added pumpkins to it in Fall, if you remember. I swapped the pumpkins for shiny ornaments, this time!
It's time to head outdoors, to our front yard! From candy canes to a deer, and gift boxes, we have quite the mix!
Hope you enjoyed this virtual tour of our home! Wishing all of you a very happy holiday season!
