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Our Christmas home tour starts with a tall, skinny, (somewhat) sparse tree. {Here are all our lumberjacks - I see one lost his shoe!}
I'm calling this years' tree 'Paul Pfeiffer' since he reminds me of Kevin Arnold's pal from the Wonder Years. See the resemblance? Both a little awkward but they mean well. :)
As with all of my styling projects I took a cue from the main focus, (in this case, the tree), and let that dictate the rest of the holiday decorating. Our tree is really simple this year, and simple is just what my soul needed. So I looked around at some Scandinavian inspiration and went forward!
Scandinavian style defined: A mixture of the the right amount of light and color. It is the convergence of functionality and shape. It often intermixes old and new with a little bit of irony. (source)
This is my home base - As much as I love and am influenced by so many different styles, (bohemian and mid-century, especially), I tend to blend styles together in a very Scandinavian inspired way. So while I was decorating our home for this Christmas season, it was my intention to keep things as simple and cozy as possible, but also special at the same time. Let's look around!
Front Entrance
I shared the easy deets on this faux succulent wreath a couple weeks ago, and you might recognize these rustic homemade pillar candle holders from this post!
Living Room
This little musical train going around was a gift from my grandparents years ago and has entranced the kids every year since they could stand up to watch it!
The little wooden O-J-Y train was a Christmas craft fair purchase before our first married Christmas together almost 10 years ago. I had prayed we'd have little ones to enjoy it one day, and now they sure do. :)
Paul Pheiffer, in all his glory.
One tree. With all our old, collected, and homemade ornaments. That's all I need.
Dining Room
This is the first time I'm sharing our 'new' table here! I sanded down our dark stained World Market Garner Extension table in good faith that the natural wood underneath would be 10 times better for our space! It's such a fun contrast to our pipe shelves, (I can't believe we just built those exactly a year ago! Feels like they've been there forever).
You'd better watch where you stand around here or you might get a smooch!
A few pheasant feathers from A.C. Moore add a little more dimension and 'bulk' to our boxwood garland.
Simple centerpiece with a festive surprise inside.
I didn't use a lot of red this year, but these berries peeking out are one of my favorite things in the whole room!
Kitchen
This isn't a huge kitchen and quickly gets overwhelmed with dinner prep and dishes. The whispy wreath that echos a few feathers from the dining room garland and the simple green plaid dishtowel are the sweetest little whispers of Christmas without over-filling the space.
Master Bedroom
While I don't add much, I do enjoy bringing a little Christmas to the bedrooms. These trees add a healthy dose of holiday cheer given their small size!
This room got a fun makeover right at the beginning of this year, after I had packed up all the holiday decor from Christmas 2014! The Cutting Edge Stencil's 'FUJI' stencil has been on the wall almost one year and still makes this room feel so fresh and fun! Details on stenciling this wall here.
One of my favorite decorating tricks that I just discovered this year, (from our pals Cassie and Sarah at Sweet Clover Barn), is covering accent chair seats with small rugs - especially ones with fringe on the end!
Colin and Mason's Room
(ages 6 and 4)
More of their room here.
Shire's Room
(age 6)
More of her room here.
Last year's magazine tree plus some foam trees she decorated from the Target $1 spot add a jolly little touch to her bookshelf!
That's it, folks! I'm sharing our holiday home tour in adoring memory of Matt's grandfather, Carl Snavely. He slipped away peacefully this past week to go be with Jesus and we will be celebrating his amazing life with family and friends this weekend. As a family it was our little tradition to go visit him and Grandma up in PA between Thanksgiving and Christmas. During our visit we would all bundle up and Grandpa would walk us through the charming downtown Lititz, where they lived all their life. Christmas there is pure magic. And Grandpa wanted to be sure we got a taste, every single year. So this little tour, though simple and far from magical, is for him. A small taste of Christmas, to you and yours.
Grandpa playing marbles last year with Mason, our youngest.
Thank you so much for coming by. It's a pleasure to celebrate with you this precious time of year and Christ's most treasured gift. I pray that time will move slowly for us all during this busy time so that we can enjoy those we treasure to the fullest.
