Christmas Home Tour 2017

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Today is one of my favorite posts of the whole year!  I go all out for my Christmas decorations and I absolutely love having this blog to document it all each year.  It’s a big job putting everything up, so I often begin putting the smaller things up the week before Thanksgiving, and then we always get our main tree (always real) the day after Thanksgiving.  Since it takes so long to get everything up, I like to have it all done as early as possible so we can enjoy them for as long as possible before it’s time to take them all down.

Now, that said, many things do not change from year to year so if you’re a long time reader some of this will look familiar – the living room, our master bedroom, the kids’ rooms… I did, however, change a few things up and I also added something new this year – THE BAR CART! – and it’s my favorite part of the décor this year, hands down!

Okay, enough chit chat, let’s just let the pictures do most of the talking.

Welcome to our winter wonderland!

The front of the house didn’t change from last year, so everything looks pretty much the same… two trees flanking the front door, the lighted garland, that beautiful red wreath on the door, and wreaths with red bows on all the windows…

When you walk in the front door this is the first thing you see – the foyer and our staircase!

Looking to your right is the formal dining room.  Nothing changed in here from last year either.  I loved everything last year so much that I decided to duplicate it this year.  I like to call it my winter wonderland room!

Our living room has been decorated pretty much the exact same every year since we moved in here in 2009.  All of the decorations are just so perfect I don’t see any reason to change them.  Although next year I think I’m going to add some deco mesh to the tree to give it a bit more depth.

Moving into the kitchen, we have the table which is also decorated the same as last year.  However, the kitchen has several new changes and additions from last year.  I found that buffalo plaid Christmas banner in the Target Dollar Spot and I had to have it, but I didn’t really have a place to put it, so it’s just hanging out over the kitchen window.  I put my Joy sign on the counter where I do most of our food prep so I have something festive to look at while I’m cooking.  :o)

I also added a coffee station to accompany my new Keurig, and I decorated it with some festive Christmas mugs and paper coffee cups, also from the dollar spot.

The letter board is a new addition this year as well, and I put one of my favorite bible verses about the birth of Jesus on it.  Next to it is a yummy Cinnamon & Clove Bud candle… it is the absolute perfect scent for Christmas!  A couple of festive hand towels are draped over the stove and my Merry Mail Christmas card holder that I made last year is hanging on the door under the stairs again. 

I decided not to put out our collection of Christmas frames this year and I think I’m going to have to retire this tradition for many reasons – a) we have no place to store all of these frames, b) we have no place to set them all up anymore because the collection is getting so huge, and c) they are just such a pain to put up!  It makes me a little sad, but I’m hoping to figure out another way to showcase our old Christmas cards and possibly the kids’ old Santa pics! 

So instead of the Christmas frames, I left up all of the every day décor and I just changed out the décor on my tiered tray.

Now, to the part that we’ve all been waiting for… THE BAR CART!  Y’all, it is just my favorite!!!!  I wrapped the entire cart with a strand of white lights and it adds such a fun pop!  I left the bottles of Pellegrino along with the bottles of TJ’s ginger beer because the colors are perfect for Christmas!  I added some Goldschlager because – cinnamon – and I changed out my summer cocktails recipe book for my Festive Cocktails recipe book.  A few red glittery coasters from the Target Dollar Spot, some red and green paper straws, some candy canes, a couple of festive wine glasses, and that gorgeous red and white pom pom garland complete the top shelf.

The bottom shelf still houses our wine and wine accessories, and then I added a cute little gold sleigh and filled it with a few little fun Christmas containers that I found at Hobby Lobby. 

Christmas bar cart perfection.  <3

The guest bath doesn’t get much décor… just a couple of snowmen, a festive candle, and a festive hand soap! 

Moving upstairs there’s the master bedroom that is exactly the same as last year, and I don’t think that will ever change.  I know that I’ve told this story several times on the blog, so if you’ve already heard it bear with me.  B and I were married on December 1, 2007 so our wedding had a Christmas theme.  We had two Christmas trees in our reception area filled with these gorgeous snowflake ornaments for our guests to take as a wedding favor.  I had personalized ribbon made with our names and our wedding date, and they were strung through each of the ornaments to give them a personal feel.  We ended up having loads of the ornaments left over, so each year since I have been decorating a tree in our bedroom with them, and I can’t think of a better place to have them!

Next up is Jacob’s room… he has a red, white and blue tree to match the rest of his room.  Next year I’m thinking of adding some of his personal keepsake ornaments to his tree as well since our main tree downstairs is getting so full.

Olivia’s room is next… she has a pink, purple, and white tree and those flowers on her tree are my FAVORITE.  I’m thinking of moving some of her personal keepsake ornaments to her tree next year as well… that is if she can leave them alone and not play with them like she always does with the ornaments downstairs.  Haha.

And finally, this year I put up a tree in my office.  Since I'm not working now, I brought my tree and decorations home from work and put it up in my home office instead!  It's nice to have some twinkle lights in there since I spend so much time in there now!

Well, that about wraps it up! 

To see the house in it's regular decor and to see previous Christmas home tours as well as other holiday home tours, click here!

As always, thank you for being here!  :o)