Friday, November 30, 2018

christmas in the living room


I spent most of last week hurrying about, trying to get the house in order for this year's Holiday Home Tour, a charity event here in town. It was a lot of work - my favourite kind of work - but a lot, nevertheless. We cut down and decorated four trees, I made garland for the stairs, set the table, wrapped gifts, arranged flowers and tried my best to keep everything tidy. Saturday saw 250 people come through the homes, and the event was a huge success. I loved meeting some of you who came out, and George stole the show. He entertained all the ladies walking past from his bassinet, all smiles and wide eyes. We even made the local papers!

On one hand, it was nice to know that come December, everything would be finished so I could enjoy the month. But on the other hand, I kind of missed taking my time transforming the house. Though nothing is stopping me from adding bit of Christmas here and there still.

Anyway, here are quite a few photos of the room. It looks similar to previous years, mostly because this is what I'm drawn to. I did, however, add a few hints of blue and green to mix!



Our trees are all cut in the wild on a neighboring farm near my grandparents' farm. We can go in and select trees to help space out others, which helps prevent overcrowding. They are never perfect, but I love the look of them.



It's a fairly sparse tree, so I keep it simple with white lights and my favourite ornaments. The mercury glass feels so traditional, and sparkles beautifully from the twinkle lights.


I keep the rest of the room quite simple, with just some fresh greens here and there.


I love that you can see the wreaths from the windows outside. We have them on all the windows around the original stone house. (I'll post a photo.) I also love that you can see the tree from outside, as it's in front of the window.





I always love the hints of blue in the Cedar Berry and Juniper. The ribbon picks up the blues and green from these boughs perfectly.


And an assortment of blue pots planted with bulbs on the coffee table, another inspiration for the hints of blue.


I loved this pretty dusty blue ribbon.


And I love the classic navy and moss green velvet ribbon. The pretty tags and wrapping paper are from Everyday Occasions. I will post in more detail on those later, as it's one of my favourite parts of the season, as well as the other rooms.

40 comments:

  1. Your home was breathtakingly beautiful, Maria... and everyone on the house tour so appreciated the opportunity to tour through this local historic gem. Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us! I know how much work this was for you and our house tour committee would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your participation. We'll soon know how much was raised in funds, and we'll let you know as soon as we know. But in the meantime, we wanted you to know that the tour participants all totally enjoyed the day and despite the drizzly weather their spirits were shiny and bright... thanks to wonderful hosts like YOU!

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  2. I love the elegance and simplicity of your decorating style. Everything appears so clean and bright and festive. The touches of blue and green warm up all the white. I am sure those on the house tour felt the beauty and warmth of your lovely home. Hope to see more photos of the house tour.

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