Today the Nester is hosting a Christmas Tour of Homes and I thought it might be fun to join in. I don't have much Christmas decor, but I'd love to share what we do have. Welcome to our home...
the outside is hubby's only job as far as the decorating goes (he likes blue lights and I like clear...this is our compromise)
The main tree (the boys decorate it by themselves every year) It is full of the ornaments the kids made at school. We also buy the boys a new ornament each year (something that shows something unique to that year). It's fun to put the ornaments on every year and remember the meaning behind each one of them from years past.
Remember when I said that the boys put the ornaments on the tree? See how bottom heavy the tree gets...it always so many more ornaments on the bottom half than other part of the tree. I guess it's right at their level. I love it!
This is the first year that I've had a grown-up tree to decorate just how I please. Funny thing is that I've always wanted one, but now that I have one, I think it's kind of boring...none of the ornaments have any meaning to them the way the ones on our big tree do. Don't get me wrong, I still like having a grown-up tree though. I didn't have a tree skirt for it so I used the afghan that I kept when my Grandma passed away. I think of her every time I look at the tree. 
the fireplace
the table in our living room with a few Christmas items and my ornament platter hangs on the left of it
this poor little snowman is our first casualty of the season as the bird on his hat already needs to be glued back on (the boys just can't seem to figure out that baseball is better played outside!)
the table in our entry way
this is the plate we put Santa's cookies on each year
Santa found a nice warm home on my stove top
The shelf in the hallway with a few of my favorite things...I love snowmen!
And lastly, Santa sits on the breakfast bar.Thanks for stopping by!
Merry Christmas!
7 comments:
Everything is just beautiful, you have a lovely home. Love your trees and mantle. Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas!
Your house looks great (as always!) Wish you lived closer so I could get you to decorate my house when it's finished.
Everything looks beautiful and so Christmasy....our tree is quite bottom heavy this year too :) I let the kids help me decorate and then restrained myself from "fixing" it!! Wonderful memories we can look back on someday ;)
The boys did a superb job of decorating their tree, and You did as well. I loved all of your decorations, thank you for sharing.
Sue
Just love your home!
I love snowmen too. Most of the ornaments on my grown up tree are snowmen. :o)
Everything looks great!
You can do color no sweat. I love bold colors when decorating. I have a brick red bathroom that everybody told me wouldn't work but it is beautiful! So warm and inviting. Start out small and go from there. It can always be redone if you decide you don't like it. :o)
I swear I would love to be a decorator.
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