Welcome to my home for the Holiday Housewalk. Last year I went with kind of Victorian/Little Women/1930’s vibes and this year I decided to go with more nostalgic and vintage Christmas decorating. This year I wanted to have some fun color and fun elements that felt more whimsical. I included things like a paper chain, retro ceramic Christmas houses and even some decor saved from my own childhood. It really brought me some happiness this year to see all of the fun things that brought back such warm memories. Click here to go back to the main housewalk page to see all of the homes.
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Tour Of The Living Room
Let’s start off my Christmas home tour in the living room. This year I added fun things to my decor like the paper chain on my mantel. It was so easy to make and I love how the pop of color looks. You can see how to make one for yourself here.
On the top of the mantel I’ve added my retro ceramic painted Christmas houses. I bought these a few years ago at a thrift store and have been waiting to pull these out. This year seemed like the perfect opportunity! They are all really fun colors and seem kind if Mid-century. I placed them around some vintage ceramic pine trees that I’ve picked up here and there. If you love vintage-inspired Christmas original art and handmade goods, make sure to check out this years collection: Christmas Memories.
On the Christmas tree, which is my favorite so far from Balsam Hill (and my kid’s hate because it’s “too skinny”), I added the collection of Shiny Brite ornaments I inherited from my aunt. On the end of each branch is a tied velvet bow. I love the color and the simplicity.
On the couch I have a pillow I just picked up from World Market. I love embroidery and this one was so pretty with the green fabric and red Peace on Earth lettering. It’s the sweetest little accent to my many, many couch cushions. lol.
On the coffee table a collection of wooden trees. I love the organic element of the wood. Some of them I bought a few years ago from Anthropologie. They had candles in them that are long gone, but I really love the shape and size of them and look so good clustered together.
Dining Room Tour-Decorated for Christmas
From. here we’ll head into the dining room. I dressed up our Mid-century hutch this year. These popcorn hanging decorations are from my childhood. They’ve been packed away and I decided it was finally time to bring them out. I was lucky that there were two wreaths so I could hang one on each sliding glass panel.
Inside of the case I put some things I love. A tiny box of Shiny Brite ornaments. The ornaments are plain but I really love the box. A sweet Christmas angel, and a few Santa mugs. I have quite the collection of those and use them all over.
On top of the hutch are my brass swan collection and a vintage oil painting. I really love them and keep them up there most of the year, just adding to them at the holidays with art and the little tree.
Christmas Kitchen Tour
In the kitchen I have a fun grouping of garlands over the kitchen window. One is a strung bauble garland of ornaments of different sizes.
The other is a tulle pom pom garland and Nutcracker garland combo from my store. It’s so cute, you can find a shopping link at the end of the post.
I always love adding a little Christmas to my windowsill. These little bottle brush trees, a mini-vintage Putz house and a set of snowman salt and pepper shakers create a winter time diorama that is so fun to look out over when I’m doing the dishes, especially when there is snow on the ground.
On top of our little pantry is a Vintage Santa cut out from my childhood next to some newer Santa mugs. I love how well they go together.
I also have some mugs by our coffee station. It’s where we moved our fridge from earlier this year and it became the perfect spot for our coffee. The backdrop is a project, a felt wall banner, is from my book Creatively Christmas. It’s one of my favorite projects from the book still.
I hope you loved my Christmas home tour, thank you so much for joining us! You can find and shop some of the items here featured on my tour: Shop the post
Next head over to Jennifer Z’s lovely vintage house at Town and Country Living!
