Christmas Home Tour

Welcome to our home. I just love this joyful time of year, but how can it already be the last month of the year! Today I'm sharing our Christmas home tour. Let's start with the front entry gold tree. 

This year we decided to place the living room tree in our dining room since we have a curious little-one trying to undecorate our trees. I incorporated black and white plaid, red, and natural greens in our dining room this year for a fun and festive feel.

Mommy's little helper...

Heading upstairs we have a small tree with a few of Eleanor's ornaments mixed with birds and nests for a natural theme along with a little red wagon.

Thanks for stopping by today! Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas.

Here's last years Christmas Home Tour if you missed it.

Sharing at Savvy Southern Style, Dixie Delights, and Primitive and Proper.

Christmas Living Room & Mantel

Today I'm sharing the one room in our house that we spend a lot of time relaxing as a family. We gather here for TV and movie watching. On cold nights we get cozy by lighting a fire and drinking hot cocoa.

I kept the natural themed tree pretty much the same as last Christmas with grapevine branches, twigs, pine cones, burlap ribbon, and birds. 

The mantel is adorned with pine garland, magnolia leaves, driftwood, and our burlap stockings. I'm excited to add a third stocking this year for our baby girl that's due in January! I cannot wait to decorate a tree for her room next year.

This cased opening to the left leads to our foyer and front door and the door to the right leads to our nursery which is a straight shot to our master bedroom across the living room.

This is the view from the opposite side of the living room looking into the kitchen. I've enjoyed adding a little color to our overall neutral house just for the season. 

Now that I'm finished sharing our home decorated for the holidays, I'll be joining several annual Christmas Home Tours in the days ahead.

Linking to Craftberry Bush, French Country Cottage, Songbird, and The Shabby Nest.

Natural Christmas Wreath

Over the past few weeks I have been getting our house all decorated for Christmas. 

Today I'm starting off by sharing a natural wreath that I made using a plain store-bought wreath frame. I added twigs, greenery, red berries, and a burlap bow to customize it for our decor.  

Since I didn't decorate a Christmas tree for our master bedroom this year; I decided to just hang this large wreath on our mirrored doors for a festive touch.

I love the fresh and natural feel the faux wreath brings to our bedroom without having to deal with the real and natural cut greens and pine needles. 

Thanks for stopping by today. 

I'm sharing this at The Nester, Savvy Southern Style, Green Willow Pond, DIY by Design, City Farmhouse, Beyond the Picket Fence, Craftberry Bush, and French Country Cottage.

Spring Mantel

To celebrate the start of a new season that's upon us, I thought I would share the Spring Mantel at our store. It's nature inspired and all freshened up for Spring. 

The gray painted and distressed wooden pallet became the perfect backdrop for the mantel display. I used branches, logs, birds, green moss, and a succulent for a natural theme.

The folded book was so simple to make. All you need is a cover-less paperback book and five minutes to fold sections of pages... and that's it!

Sweet little birdies perched on branches.

I bought the wooden nest letters and simply painted them to coordinate with the backdrop. 

I love the aged look of this mantel in our store. It's salvaged from New Orleans and has tons of character, years of chippy paint and the curved detailed top is just gorgeous. 

Have a wonderful week!

I'm linking to Silver Pennies, Three Mango Seeds, Dwellings, Twelve O Eight, Twigg Studios, Stone Gable, Coastal Charm, A Stroll Thru Life, The Winthrop Chronicles, Not Just a Housewife, Savvy Southern Style, Green Willow Pond, Craftberry Bush, French Country Cottage, Lilypad Cottage, and Knick of Time. 

Spring Dining Room

Last month I showed you a sneak peek of our spring dining room when I shared the Spring Vignettes from around our home. 

Since then I have added more color to the dining room tablescape using bright green napkins and moss, along with nature inspired birds nest, grapevine, antlers, and speckled eggs.

I also shared the sweet story and inspiration behind these birds nest paintings, found here.

This is a great view looking into the kitchen and the breakfast nook area.

I decided to use grapevine wreaths for a more affordable option instead of chargers or place mats. I love the way they add texture to the table setting. 

This bright spring wreath was created by adding floral stems to a large grapevine wreath. So simple for such a big impact!

I used white china to help contrast against the brown branches and nests. 

Here's one last look of the dining room. 

Now that we are ready for Spring on the inside of our house, bring it on outside!

I'm linking to Three Mango Seeds, Dwellings, Twigg Studios, Silver Pennies, Twelve O Eight, A Stroll Thru Life, Savvy Southern Style, City Farmhouse, Green Willow Pond, The Style Sisters, Simply Designing with Ashley, Common Ground, Jennifer Rizzo, Craftberry Bush, The 36th Avenue, The Shabby Nest, Whipperberry, Home Stories A to Z, At The Picket Fence, and Stone Gable.