Welcome everyone to the Welcome Home Christmas Tour! My blogging buddies and I decided it would be fun to get together and take you on a Christmas tour of our homes.
If you’re anything like I am, you love taking a peek into other people’s homes. Scratch that — it sounds a little stalkerish … but you get my drift.
Christmas is my very favorite holiday, so I like to start early. Usually it’s the day after Thanksgiving, but last year we bumped it up to the weekend before Thanksgiving. This year, since I have totally over committed myself (what else is new), I had to start on a weekend where I had time … which just so happened to be the first weekend of November.
My hubby says that if we continue on at this rate, in a few years we will be starting in September. (I’m OK with that…)
Since I work from home and I’m constantly surrounded by my office, I love having my Christmas decorations up as long as possible. I figure if you go through all of the work of putting it up, you might as well enjoy it as long as you can.
This year, I started with my buffet.
I recently found this great leaded glass window that another vendor had brought into the store where I have my furniture booth (RELove All Things Shabby). I got it home and cleaned it up a bit, and decided that the perfect home for it would be over my buffet.
I brought out some of my my mercury glass and my old balusters.
I then threw in some greenery with some lights and a few ornaments for color.
Usually for Christmas, I bring out my Sugar House Village, and I might later on, but I thought I would change things up a bit. I grabbed my sequin runner that I had on my dinner table last year and laid it across my coffee table.
I then added my distressed birdcage, and I spray painted some pumpkins and gourds that I had for Halloween.
In the middle, I added this great candle holder that I picked-up over the summer at a vintage shop in Kansas City.
Then on the other side I added my apothecary jar. I added some fake snow and put in a battery-operated, light-up tree, and in front of it I have my sweet little nativity scene that I got the day after Christmas last year.
I threw in my two sparkly reindeer and voila!
I’ll have more of my Christmas decor coming up in the next two weeks so stay tuned!
Make sure you head over to see my other friends’ tours down below!
There will be new girls added everyday this week!
Monday
All Things Heart and Home , Restoration Redoux , Postcards from the Ridge , Sweet Pea
Tuesday
Girl in the Garage , Setting for Four , What Meegan Makes , Cedar Hill Farmhouse , Simply Fresh Vintage
Wednesday
Confession of a Serial DIYer , Shabby Art Boutique , Mrs. Hines’ Class , Our Southern Home
Thursday
White Lace Cottage , Artsy Chicks Rule , Fresh Idea Studio, Post Cards From the Ridge , Petticoat Junktion
Friday
Beyond the Picket Fence , House on the Way, Lilacs and Longhorns, SerendipityRefined, Unskinny Boppy
Parties I Link to:
The 36th Avenue – Adorned From Above – Be Different Act Normal – Boogieboard Cottage – Carolyn’s Homework – Cedar Hill Ranch – The Charm of Home – Chic on a Shoestring Decorating – Cindy’s Romantic Home – Common Ground – Cozy Little House – Craft-O-Maniac – Craftionary – The Crafty Blog Stalker – Cupcakes and Crinoline – Debbiedoo’s – The Dedicated House – A Delightsome Life– Design, Dining + Diapers – DIY by Design – DIY Showoff – Domestically Speaking – Elizabeth & Co. – Embracing Change – Flamingo Toes – Fluster Buster –French Country Cottage – The Frugal Girls – Funky Junk Interiors – Funky Polkadot Giraffe – Gingerly Made – Gingersnap Crafts – The Girl Creative: Project Inspire – A Glimpse Inside – Home Stories A2Z– Katherine’s Corner – Just Us Four – Live Laugh Rowe – Liz Marie Blog – Made in a Day – Making the World Cuter – Miss Mustard Seed – My Girlish Whims – My Uncommon Slice of Surburbia – Naptime Creations – Nifty Thrifty Things – Not Just a Housewife – Redoux Interiors – Romantic Home – Savvy Southern Style – Seven Thirty Three – The Shabby Nest – Simply Designing – Smart School House – Tatertots & Jello – Thirty Handmade Days – Three Mango Seeds – Today’s Creative Blog –Too Much Time on my Hands – Uncommon Designs – Under the Table and Dreaming– Whipperberry – White Lites On Wednesday –
So beautiful! I love your leaded glass window and all those gorgeous shabby chippy candle sticks! You put together a lovely welcome home my friend xo
So pretty! I love the blue and silver…it’s so serene and absolutely lovely! Have a wonderful week!
Leslie
So pretty and sparkly! Love it!
Beautiful, Shanna! Love all of your beautiful decor. 🙂
Love your Christmas décor!! The candle holder on your coffee table is gorgeous!! Also, I’m with you. I decorate earlier each year. Maybe we can start Labor Day weekend next year. LOL
Lovely home, I adore the color scheme for Christmas!
You KNOW how much I love blue and white. Your home is inviting and very comfortable at Christmastime. I am in love with your candelabra and your sweet nativity.
Thanks for sharing Shanna!
It looks so pretty and wintery, Shana! I love that window!
Oh my gosh…it’s all so beautiful Shanna!!!! Every single bit…and you know I love the colors! 🙂
Nancy
Shanna, I love the white, the turquoise, the glitter, all of it!
So pretty! Every vignette you’ve created has so much sparkle that has to look so pretty at night when your Christmas tree is on. I love the color palette that you’ve used as well. It shows you that Christmas decor doesn’t have to be only red and green.
All the blue and silver is SO pretty!! Love the window and that candle holder with the tapered candles. 🙂
And I don’t think that’s what I said those “balusters” were called 🙂
Love all your beautiful decorating ideas Shanna! I think your nativity display is my favorite part! Simply amazing!
Gorgeous! Simply gorgeous! Cant’t wait to see the rest.
Shanna,
I love everything from the balusters to the way you styled your coffee table. The glittery whites and neutrals with blue are just perfect for the holiday! Thanks for inviting us into your home!
Love all the sparkle and festive touches!! Your grouping of candles and buffet are stunning! Pinning!!
Love your beautiful buffet! Your home is so beautiful!