Christmas Tour of Homes

It’s party time!

The Nester and Kelly are kicking off their annual Christmas Tour(s) of Homes today. I look forward to this every year. Mostly just because I’m nosy and I like seeing what the inside of other people’s houses look like :) And I figure if I’m spying on other people that way, it’s only fair for me to let them see my house, right?

So here’s our holiday home!

You may remember {or not} that last year at Christmas we basically had a hole in the wall covered with sheetrock instead of a fireplace. So I was SUPER excited to have the completed fireplace to decorate – especially the mantle!

Somewhere…can’t remember where exactly…I saw the idea to hang ornaments above the mantle and loved it! I just used fishing line and thumbtacks.

 

I used the same bronze ornaments for our “pretty” tree as I did last year.

I really wanted a tree skirt but didn’t want to cough up the money for one – my mother-in-law suggested finding some fabric and then it hit me – why not use tulle? It’s cheap, comes in all different colors, and is really soft and pretty.

And did I mention it’s cheap? Like, $.77/yard. If I would’ve thought of it sooner, I would have bought some extra to wrap around the tree as garland. Wouldn’t that be pretty? Maybe next year.

 

And here’s a nighttime shot. Super blurry. Oh well.

 

I think our dining room table centerpiece is one of my favorite spots in the house right now. I looove how it turned out!

The trees are just those grapevine trees you can get at Hobby Lobby. They’re plain brown so I used some spray paint {Rustoleum Aged Bronze for the darker ones and Krylon Caramel Latte for the lighter one} plus some glitter spray to glam them up a little. Some Dollar Store hurricanes and extra ornaments and voila! A centerpiece.

This is where I ended up putting my ginormous clearance candies. Do me a favor and pretend like you don’t see how messy my counters are. I’d like to tell you that it’s not normally that bad but the truth is, it looks that more often than I care to admit. Just keepin’ it real ;)

So there you have it! Our Christmas home.

Hope you enjoyed!