I look forward to sharing my Christmas decor with you every year and love being a part of home tours with other bloggers. I spend the morning each day peeking into other people's homes seeing all the different styles and ideas. If you have been following along and are here from Jenna's blog, Rain on a Tin Roof, Kevin and I welcome you :)
I do add a few holiday touches to other parts of my home, but my living room is definitely the space that gets the royal treatment. Last year I went with the non-traditional color, plum, and loved it. This year I went with sage and olive. I have really loved adding these colors to my home throughout the year and wanted to see what it would feel like to have a more earthy, natural vibe this Christmas.
While it doesn't translate as well on camera as I would have liked, I ADORE how it looks in person. I added white, black, and antique brass to the tree as well.
I don't have a set theme but I wanted a "home and family" kind of feeling so I added little frames with photos of our grandparents and parents when they were little on Christmas. I used keys from my childhood home and original keys from this 1938 home we live in now as ornaments. I also made houses to go with the other villages around my house.
I bought the little frame ornaments on Amazon. Mine are vertical. I noticed that they also have horizontal.
I hand painted some wrapping paper and made some wood tags.
I used the same wood village on my mantel as last year. They were a paint to make, but I am so glad I did! I painted the purple houses green to go with the new color scheme.
The snowflake art that is covering the TV I made a few years ago.
Since the tree is where the chair normally is, and the chair got moved to the window where the bench goes, the bench got moved to the the other side of the door in our "entry".
The white cabinet next to the bench is my favorite spot to put our nativity.
Thanks for sticking around! Here are the other bloggers opening up their homes to you this week. This is our Bliss is next :)
Sharing today with me are....
Tuesday
House by Hoff ** The Tattered Pew ** Clean & Scentsible
The Turquoise Home ** Rain on a Tin Roof
Stacy Risenmay ** This is Our Bliss ** Southern State of Mind
Styled with Lace ** Life is Better At Home
And sharing the rest of this week...
Monday
The Happy Housie ** Shabbyfufu ** Jenna Kate at Home
Inspiration for Moms ** We're the Joneses
Rambling Renovators ** Home Made Lovely ** My 100 Year Old Home
Maison de Cinq ** Nick + Alicia
Wednesday
Taryn Whiteaker Designs ** Just a Girl and Her Blog ** Cherished Bliss
So Much Better With Age ** Cassie Bustamante
Lemon Thistle ** The DIY Mommy ** Love Create Celebrate
The Handmade Home ** Craftberry Bush
Thursday
Grace In My Space ** Rooms For Rent ** Modern Glam
Happy Happy Nester ** Town and Country Living
Two Twenty One** Place of My Taste ** Life is a Party
Sincerely, Marie Designs ** Willow Street Interiors
Friday
Tatertots and Jello ** A Pretty Life in the Suburbs ** Maison de Pax
She Gave it a Go ** Summer Adams
Amber Tysl ** All Things With Purpose ** Cuter Tudor
Chrissy Marie Blog ** The Happy Housie
Love your choice of colour. Shows good taste. Thanks for sharing!
your tree is beautiful. I love earthy tones + family and home theme. do you mind sharing about little framed grandparents' pictures? did you frame them yourself?
I bought the little frames on amazon. They came with the chain to hang them. I just had to add the photos. I will add the link to the post :)
thank you! :)
oooh i love this! it's so unique with the green and brown palette! your mantle is stunning!
I love the green! Can you tell me how you made the little house ornaments on your tree? They are adorable!
I made them out of polymer clay and will have a tutorial up on the log soon :)
Thank you for sharing your home tour on the blog hop! I love the village on your mantel and you snowflake coverup of the tv, very clever! Merry Christmas Stacy!
I love it Stacy! Your tree is gorgeous and I love that you included all of those photos. Such a special decoration! I also LOVE those wood houses - so fun to change up the colors each year! Merry Christmas! xo
I love this Christmas tree theme! Can you sure where you found the sage ornament bulbs? I’d love to add them to my tree! Thank you so much!
I spray painted clear plastic ones from the craft store!
Gorgeous tree. I love the wooden bead garland...did you make it or buy it? If you bought it, can you share where? Thanks.
I bought a few different sizes of unfinished wood beads on amazon. Then I made different length strands (3 feet for the top, 4 feet for the next row, etc) It makes it easier to hang them if it's not on long strand. I stained them in walnut colored stain by just putting the stand directly in the stain container. Then I had a plastic tarp laid out for them to dry on.
hi-- there are no links to photo frames or to tutorial on how to make polymer clay houses, though you responded to those requests over 2 years ago...any chance you'd link those? thanks
Hey Melanie!
The frames are found here:https://amzn.to/324gtNC
For the clay ornaments I made a paper template and used a knife to cut them out. Then I baked them. I have a TIKTOK video and a youtube video.
Hi Stacy! I love how you make most things yourself. I love your tree- mind sharing where your tree was purchased and if you use string lights or it’s prelit? I’m in need of a new one and really like yours- Thanks so much!
Hi June!
I bought the tree about 10 years ago from Michael's and it is pre-lit. I really love having a pre-lit tree!
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