This year we are hosting a casual Christmas dinner for 12 family members in 666sq ft. with no dining area. Wish us luck!
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CHRISTMAS DECOR 2018 - our living room
This year we are hosting a casual Christmas dinner for 12 family members in 666sq ft. with no dining area. Wish us luck!
EASY CHRISTMAS CENTER PIECE - using a pie plate
I created this center piece in a few minutes with things I had around the house and a hand full of cut cedar.
NO MANTLE FOR STOCKINGS? - alternative ideas
We don't have a mantle to hang stockings from. I have been asked for ideas where or how to hang stockings for those without a mantle like us. Here are some of my solutions over the years.
10 CHRISTMAS VILLAGES I ADORE - with blog links
I just adore looking at little Christmas villages. One day I will find some neighbors for my triple peaked house but for now I am just going to be an admirer. Please enjoy these 10 unique little house displays and DIY builds I have included below.
HOLIDAY HOME TOUR 2018 - christmas bedroom
I have done some very traditional Christmas decor in our main living space but I want to share my favorite room, our bedroom and how I decorated it this year.
FAVORITE CHRISTMAS PICTURES
THANKS TO PINTEREST
Pinterest is great to get ideas
for the holidays. Everything
from decorating your homes
inside and out right down to
games to play with your family
from decorating your homes
inside and out right down to
games to play with your family
on Christmas day.
CHRISTMAS DECOR 2015 - vignettes
Over the last while we have
had one wind storm after
another and as a result
there have been a ton of
power and utility outages
all over the area. We have
endured a few of these
outages and I find myself ..
CHRISTMAS VILLAGES and DISPLAYS - cloches, mantles, and more
I use to have a large village with a
bridge, street lights and tons of little
bottle brush trees. I also had lots of
little people to walk the streets and
fence lines in my village. It is great
when children get to enjoy Christmas
villages so a few years ago I past
everything on to my nephews to
enjoy. They even got the train.
CHRISTMAS DECOR 2014 - decorating the bedroom
Our Christmas bed this year definitely has a starry night
feeling to it, which for the
holidays is a lot of fun.
CHRISTMAS DECOR 2014 - decorating with burlap
This is day two of the Christmas décor for 2014 and it's all about
our Christmas tree. I hope you enjoy looking around our cozy home for the holidays.
SANTA'S MAGIC KEY - christmas tutorial
The Christmas season has arrived and we started by
making a special little gift to send to George's
Grand-daughters, Santa's Magic Key. When I was
their age my house had a small chimney that went
into a wood stove and I worried Santa would not be
able to deliver our presents.
THE 7-UP CHRISTMAS TREE
This year I put my Christmas tree in a vintage 7-UP crate. Our tree is a gorgeous faux blue spruce
4 ft tall tree. I bought it years ago from The Bay in downtown Vancouver.
Below left you can see the tree is just being set up and started to get decorated.
Below right all the lights are strung and the tree is all trimmed.
When your family is young and you have children running around the house Christmas is very much
about them. And this includes decorating for Christmas too. You trim the tree with the kids and each
ornament you put on the tree brings back memories of past holidays. Once the kids have moved out
and are setting up their own homes and their own trees it's time to decorate for yourselves. For some
it is a very hard concept but just like anything in life you must teach yourselves to do.
Start out with the thought "I get to decorate the way I want"
And try to start early in the season so you have many days and nights to enjoy your hard work.
My house does not get Christmasified in a day, one area gets worked on each day over a week.
As each area starts to glitter with lights it spurs me on to want to do a little more somewhere else in our home.
Decorating for yourself to enjoy is just as important as decorating for your family to enjoy.
CHRISTMAS KITCHEN DECOR - decorating my cupboard doors
I find it hard to fit Christmas decorations into my small kitchen so I went looking for inspiration this year. I found wreaths hung on cabinets which I adored but this felt too big for my little space still.
SECRET TO AN AMAZING CHRISTMAS BED & FOUR LETTER WORDS
Over the head of the bed is a vintage window hung on the studs with "D" hangers. For the holidays I decorated the window and did an amazing themed bedding I want to share .....
RED BERRY DECOR - christmas decorating
For the holidays this year our front door was adorned with a cute pair of decorative skates, I found at the grocery store!
PINK CHRISTMAS TREE - holiday decor
There was no plan to have a pink Christmas tree this year but somehow it happened anyway.
SHEET MUSIC WREATH - tutorial
Over the weekend a friend and I spend some time building her a sheet music wreath to hang over her mantle.
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