My Christmas Home Tour

Happy December! I can't believe I'm even saying that. I feel like it went straight from July to December this year. It's crazy how the older you get, the quicker time flies. My mom thinks that time is actually getting shorter....I'm not sure about that :) Anyway. Since it's December, that means it's time for my holiday home tour! If you check out the bottom of the post, I also have links to more home tours from other awesome bloggers. There's 35 of us this year...that's a lot of inspiration!

Up first is our entry way. I absolutely love our staircase and how the living room peaks through the arch. I made it pretty simple this year by just stringing garland and putting wreaths where they mean the banister. Nothing too crazy.

 And here's the living room. I went back and forth a ton on the decor for the tree. It's actually silver and white, but all you see is white :) I strung some beaded garland for the first time ever. I'm still not sure about it, but it's kind of stuck there now lol.

 I also decided to do something a little different and add a "Merry Christmas" in wood letters. I was hoping to get larger letters, but you have no idea how hard it is to find all the letters you need to spell Merry Christmas.

As for the mantel, I feel like this is the most simple Christmas mantel I have ever done. These are the lanterns that I found at Home Depot for like $10 each at their end of Summer clearance. I did have the wreath just hanging by itself, but it looked too small, so I added a frame behind it which tied the whole thing together perfectly.

 As for the dining room. Truth be told, it has sat untouched since last Christmas...well, since after Christmas (I didn't have the Christmas decor still up :) ). I just haven't decorated it for months and months, so I wasn't feeling much inspiration to do anything more to it. But, I figured it would be nice eating on a cute festive table and not one that just had randomness on it. This is probably the cleanest my dining room has been since last Christmas also :/

 I have had these hanging pine cones for years now. I usually put them on on the stairs, but decided to hang them from the light to add a little 'height'. I'm definitely not used to having such a low tablescape, so the pine cones were perfect to shorten the empty space. I was sure that the hubs would say something negative about them, but he surprised me and actually liked them hanging from the light. Figures :)

 I had a ton of mason jars left over from the babes 1st birthday party earlier this year, so I put them to good use and lined them all up between some garland.

 I placed salt in them and then tea lights. They'll look gorgeous all lit up at night :) The 'runner' they are on is just made from cedar planks painted white. It gives it a nice rustic look.

Now for my front room. I had so much fun decorating this room this year. I was going for a ski chalet type look. All nice and white and cozy with lots of plush textures. I made sure to use my faux sheep skins where ever I could. These things are only $10 at Ikea :) I also brought in other textures through the pillows.

 This is my little "Charlie Brown tree". It's the perfect size to add a great outdoorsy Christmas type atmosphere to the room. And I'm loving this pillow :) It makes me happy how furry it is lol.

 I decided to go one step further this year than any other year and actually 'decorate' our guest bath. I never do this. But, I thought the newness of it deserved something special. Nothing big, just a wreath and some flowers.

And there you go! I'll be sure to share some of the projects later on with you, like that "Noel" sign in the front room.

Here are the other home tours from Monday, Tuesday and today. They'll be going all week! To catch all of them, just click here.

A House Full of Sunshine

Lovely Etc.

Bigger Than The Three of Us

May Richer Fuller Be

Paper and Fox

Delineate Your Dwelling

All Things With Purpose

Tiny Sidekick

A Prudent Life

Life on Virginia Street

Place of My Taste

Restless Arrow

House by Hoff

 

3 Little Greenwoods

Thrifty and Chic

Gingerly Made

Blue I Style

Southern State of Mind

Addicted to DIY