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I have it on good authority that your house is gorgeous!
Where are your pix?
This house is just a little ole double wide out in the wilds of Missouri, but I love it here!
I've only gotten as far as the dining room (and outdoors). I'm hoping to work on the family room tonight once the kids are in bed, unfortunately we won't have the family room tree until this weekend.
I hang holiday cards & photos from the beaded garland hanging across the windows and french doors (you can't see those in these pics.)
ETA: I also need to add the train underneath the tree, along with "fake" wrapped presents & bows.
A Santa Tree...how adorable! Beautifully done decor, T.I.W.
Thanks for sharing.
Heres the other side of the living room, couldnt take a pix during the day, the light coming through the window is a bit much.
if I get the dining room done tonight, will post pix....kitchen tomorrow!
Please ignore the plants in front of the window, I keep moving the herbs around, trying to find a good home for them.
-sigh- I thought I had the candles for the German tree on the buffet, they're a special size, am going to have to try to find them in St Louis tomorrow.
Will have silver candlesticks with red candles clustered around the tree, dont have those candles, either.
Not really thinking of doing anything on the table, I think it would be a bit much.....thoughts? Its a really small area, as is this house.
Kshe95girl - you have lovely home and I didn't notice it was a double wide. Of course girl, - you know how to decorate beautifully - that is what you do! You and I have similar tastes - we like the classics with a twist and beautiful earthtones - golds and reds for Christmas, some lovely old things thrown in.
As far as the center of your table goes - I had the same problem this year even with a big dining room...every time I did something in the middle of the table, it just seemed to put the room over the top. I settlted for a large crystal footed bowl filled with greens and faux pomegranates and it seems to be enough. I'd love to have a large antique silver tray for the center of the table and I'm always looking for a nice huge one that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I saw a nice fairly plain one on eBay today that was silverplate and they wanted $450 for it which seems a bit much for silverplate. We use our table often, so whatever goes in the center needs to be able to be removed in one swoop.
I am finished decorating and will post pictures in a day or two. I have to bake today and go to a funeral tomorrow morning....but I'll try to find a few minutes for some pictures.
Merry Christmas Hugs!
I have bought candles twice in the last week and still need to find the impossible - dark red pillar candles - not Christmas red or that orangy/red...very hard to find.
Kshe95girl - you have lovely home and I didn't notice it was a double wide. Of course girl, - you know how to decorate beautifully - that is what you do! You and I have similar tastes - we like the classics with a twist and beautiful earthtones - golds and reds for Christmas, some lovely old things thrown in.
As far as the center of your table goes - I had the same problem this year even with a big dining room...every time I did something in the middle of the table, it just seemed to put the room over the top. I settlted for a large crystal footed bowl filled with greens and faux pomegranates and it seems to be enough. I'd love to have a large antique silver tray for the center of the table and I'm always looking for a nice huge one that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I saw a nice fairly plain one on eBay today that was silverplate and they wanted $450 for it which seems a bit much for silverplate. We use our table often, so whatever goes in the center needs to be able to be removed in one swoop.
I am finished decorating and will post pictures in a day or two. I have to bake today and go to a funeral tomorrow morning....but I'll try to find a few minutes for some pictures.
Merry Christmas Hugs!
I have bought candles twice in the last week and still need to find the impossible - dark red pillar candles - not Christmas red or that orangy/red...very hard to find.
Cat, they have the really dark red pillars at Wal mart, of all places, in the Christmas stuff.......the idea about a silver platter is a good idea, I have a large one I am not using, will play with that later today, after I get back from St Louis, maybe some greenery and such on it?
Thank you for the compliments on my Missouri homestead, I love being home so much, and being able to have lifelong friends and family drop in all the time, to me, that is the most important thing, being surrounded by the ones I love, its what makes a house a home to me!
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