2017 Christmas Dwelling Identify Tour Business Office 1: Porch Together With Living Room

It's inaugural off to await a lot similar Christmas! I've been busy decking the halls in addition to am thence thrilled to portion my Porch in addition to Living Room for Part 1 of my Christmas Home Tour amongst y'all today.

I desire to start off past times thanking Marty of Life Love Larson, welcome! I'm thence glad you're here! Andrea's classic, chic trend is a joy to get got inward in addition to I know y'all enjoyed her Christmas tour.

If you're a novel reader, allow me get got a minute to innovate myself. I'm a married adult woman in addition to mom of 2 teens- a man child in addition to a girl- living inward Edmond, Oklahoma (I'm a proud born in addition to raised Okie!). My married adult man is a Southern Baptist Minister, in addition to although I get got a marking inward Education in addition to taught third marking inward the early on years of our marriage, since having children I get got stayed domicile to tending for them. Although I get got no grooming in addition to consider it but a hobby, I've ever had a dear for decorating in addition to started blogging virtually our domicile over half dozen years ago. You'll apace run across that I dear color, mixing patterns, in addition to making over odd pieces, many of which are 2d hand. It's also readily apparent that I exhibit no restraint inward my Christmas decorating... afterwards all, we're celebrating the biggest birthday of them all!

So, curl upward inward a comfy chair amongst a warm drinkable in addition to bask our virtual domicile tour today. Let's start at the front end porch!

s inaugural off to await a lot similar Christmas 2017 CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR PART 1: PORCH AND LIVING ROOM

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The existent boss or thence here... he has a twin blood brother that's non equally inclined to sit down nevertheless for the camera. He agreed to strike a pretty pose afterwards hearing my son's bribe of a slice of ham for a snack... ;)

Every twelvemonth I get got 1 or both of the kids in addition to caput out to a wooded expanse behind our house. The cedar is abundant in addition to I cutting a wheelbarrow total to cart dorsum to the draw of piece of job solid in addition to role hither in addition to there. This twelvemonth I also picked upward some complimentary fresh tree clippings from Lowe's in addition to Home Depot to mix inward amongst the cedar, our automobile smelled heavenly piece nosotros were transporting the fresh greenery! To brand the swag, I gathered several stems of cedar in addition to pino in addition to wrapped them tightly together amongst a pipage cleaner. I strung some mirrored balls in addition to a bell together in addition to looped those inward the pipage cleaner too, in addition to thence tied it all amongst a pretty bow in addition to hung amongst this hook.

Front Door Makeover

I hang these oversized ornaments on the porch every year, but this twelvemonth added a star pendant. The glow is thence pretty at nighttime in addition to I dear the shape in addition to texture it adds. I bought 4 to a greater extent than to larn across the dorsum of our patio too, can't hold back to larn those up! The Merry Christmas sign is from Hobby Lobby, see it hither styled over my mantel. My married adult man wasn't thrilled to drill into the brick to hang it thence I tied a ribbon to the dorsum in addition to looped it over the porch light.

Black Urns (hand embellished amongst this paint) || Lantern Set (similar here or here) || Moravian Star Illuminated Pendant here or here || Red Pants || Similar Blouse || Leopard Boots (Almost identical bargain version here!) || Green Earrings || Gold Watch

Next, come upward on inside! We get got an opened upward flooring programme thence the front end door opens correct into the Entry, Dining Room, in addition to Living Room. There are a lot of photos, thence I'm but going to continue placidity in addition to allow y'all scroll.

I'm actually loving my DIY flocked tree peculiarly amongst all of the colored ornaments, thence glad I went for it!

We get got several special nativity sets that get got been given to us or that we've collected from or thence the world. The tiny ready displayed on the pedestal is from Mexico, in addition to the olive woods ready was given to us past times my husband's parents when they visited Bethlehem in addition to the Holy Land.

They also gave us this gorgeous ready from Myanmar. I ready it upward on a thrifted cake pedestal in addition to surrounded the pieces amongst some fresh greens. It wasn't showing upward amongst with the dark backs of the bookshelves, thence I flora a slice of my daughter's artwork from school, popped it inward a frame, in addition to propped it behind the nativity. Now it's thence much prettier against the low-cal background.

I dear sprinkling chalkboards or thence for the holidays- this 1 has the lyrics to I rescued that gorgeous vintage breast from the trash???)

Bamboo Console Table || Green Ottoman Makeover

*See Part 2 of this year's tour here*

*See Part iii of this year's tour here*

Want to a greater extent than Christmas decorating inspiration? Check out my domicile tours from final year!

Living in addition to Dining Room

Kitchen, Breakfast Nook, in addition to Powder Bath

Porch in addition to Entry

Master Bedroom

Thank y'all thence much for stopping past times today! Next on the tour, watch Cristina at Remodelando La Casa. She loves a popular of color equally much equally I do, I'm excited to larn some adept ideas from her tour. Be certain to cheque out the residuum of these tours this week, too.