Very Merry Christmas Home Tour: Part 1

Welcome! I'm so excited for this holiday season! If you are my regular reader, you are in for a treat today! Today starts the Very Merry Christmas Home Tour hosted by the very lovely, Carrie, from Lovely Etc. At the end of my post, you'll find links to more tours today, and tours for the rest of the week! Plus, you'll also get a chance to enter a giveaway...like a HUGE giveway! So, be sure to check that out at the bottom too :)

Christmas is obviously the best season (besides the cold weather that comes with it), so it pains me that Christmas decor is only around in our house for barely a month. My husband has put his foot down on the whole not decorating thing until Thanksgiving...which is a total bummer. So, needless to say, I had to work my little bum off to get all this decor up in enough time for this first part of my home tour :) Be sure to check back next week for part 2!

Let's get this tour started, shall we? And let the photo overload commence! :)

 Welcome to our entryway. I usually hang garland from the stair rail, but this year I decided to try something a little different by hanging it on the bottom. I'm on the fence about it, but for now, this is it :) 

 You can barely see them in the pictures, but on the railing I have little stick snowflakes hanging. I also usually hang wreaths here, but decided to change it up a bit again with these.

 As for the little sitting area, I just added layers and layers of pillows. You can never have too many pillows! Trust me, it's a joke that runs in our family about how many pillows can be spotted in each room. It's like when you are done counting, you see another one. Seriously ;)

 Here's our entryway from another angle; one of my favorite views in our house. I used to hate the natural color of our door and railing, but have come to love it especially with how it pops against the white board and batten.

 Now onto the next room! Here's our front room. From this angle, just a few changes were made to the side table, and my new faux cotton stem wreath was hung on the oversized chalkboard.

 And here's my favorite corner. I decided that I needed to try a flocked tree this year. I want to flock our main one, but after doing this one, decided against it. These things are messy! Ohhh, but they look so pretty though. At least I'll get my flocked tree fix with this little one for now.

 I kept the ornaments really simple, just using varying types of silver balls.

We'll see how many actually stay on the tree with a toddler and a crawling baby around. Not to worry too much though, I learned my lesson the hard way and only buy shatter proof balls now just in case.

 Now for my 'mantel'. The whole reason for making this faux fireplace was for Christmas and to hang stockings. I have a mantel in our living room, but really thought this room would look so cute with one in it too! I have to admit though, just as the fireplace is obviously none-functional, the stockings too are just for show...

 ...and hung by tape :)

 Here's a wider view of the room. I also switched out the rug. I love the rug that was in here originally, but wanted to try this one and am loving how it looks!

And here's another quick angle of the entryway and my front room as we finish this part of the tour :)

Alright, now for the giveaway! We are giving away $500 Paypal cash! Seriously!! Be sure to enter below :)

Be sure to enter the $500 giveaway!
 

Don't forget to visit the rest of the homes on the tour - there are some amazing homes here! Up next, is Ashley from Bigger than the Three of Us. You'll LOVE her home! Plus, catch a sneak peak from the photos below and follow the links to see everyone's homes in the tour.

Monday

Lovely Etc.

Thrifty and Chic

Bigger than the Three of Us

Tuesday

One Krieger Chick

All Things With Purpose

The Happy Housie

Blue I Style

Little Red Brick House

Wednesday

Southern State of Mind

Seeking Lavender Lane

Designing Vibes

The Tale of an Ugly House

Domicile 37

Thursday

Like a Saturday

It All Started With Paint

Little House of Four

Boxy Colonial

The Turquoise Home

Friday

A House Full of Sunshine

Making it in the Mountains

View from the Fridge

Casa Watkins

Shabby Grace Blog