11 Magnolia Lane Holiday Open House with This is Happiness

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Hi there!  I’m Becky from This Is Happiness and I’m so honored to be part of the Holiday Open House that Amy and Christy have put together.  I love everything about the holidays.  From the pretty décor to the family gatherings, it’s all so wonderful.  I love the cozy feeling of our home when it’s filled with lights, garland, wreaths and ribbons all in preparation of celebrating Christmas.  So to be able to share my holiday home tour with you all is really special.

 
The mudroom and study/piano room are the first rooms you see when you enter our home from the garage or the front door, so I added a little Christmas cheer to each of those spaces.  I usually like to write a one world message in the center of my wreath.  Last year it was “joy” and this year with all the violent attacks recently “peace” quickly came to mind.

 
In the dining room I set the table with natural color chargers, simple white dinner plates and these darling dessert plates I found last year at Marshalls.  You can see the sweet deer in the picture above.  They came as a set of four, each with a different design.  I love them!  For the center of the table, I used fresh garland and this rustic planter which I filled it with small presents.  I continued the blue color in here as well with the blue striped napkins.

Moving on to the kitchen, I really kept it the most simple in here.  A small Christmas tree, mini wreath and cocoa station add a few festive touches.

 
For the breakfast room I added a couple of live boxwood wreaths on the shutters and a few holly berry clippings in the center.

 
And finally our Christmas tree.  It’s such a wonderful feeling relaxing at the end of the day near the soft white glow from this tree.  As for decorating our tree, I like keeping it simple.  We put all our ornaments on the tree from the homemade ones to the more expensive blown glass ones.  The kids love seeing the ones they made or were given, and I love the memories each one holds as we unwrap them.  I think it’s so pretty and a little more special with them all together.

You can get a better look at my beautiful Minted Artwork on the mantel.  It tied in so perfect with my home style and décor.
 

 
Someone else loves the Christmas tree too.  My little shadow was by my side with every space I decorated and then joined me while I photographed too 🙂
 

Christy from 11 Magnolia Lane

Amy from 11 Magnolia Lane

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XO,