Holiday Open House–Amy’s House

Welcome to Day 2 of our 3rd Annual Holiday Open House. Yesterday, Christy kicked us off with her pretty new home in North Carolina and now today is my day to share our home decked out for the holidays! As part of our series each day until December 20th we’ll have a new guest blogger sharing their beautiful holiday decor. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! And, we have a giveaway for a holiday gift basket filled with treats for YOU–so be sure to read to the very end so you can enter!

 

 

Welcome everyone, to our holiday home!

We’ve completed many projects in our home over the last year which made decorating much more enjoyable. I love the holidays, and creating a space for our family and guests to enjoy all the gifts of the season has been a pleasure.

 

 

I have already shown off our new flocked tree, it now greets you when you enter the house. I can’t begin this tour off with any outdoor decor shots as the weather has been rainy and miserable all week, so I focused on my inside decorating as much as possible. We’ll get to the outside one day soon…when it’s warmer– and dry!

 

 

{Sources: Flocked Tree-Hayneedle | Paper Garland–Pottery Barn  | ornaments–At Home}

Our family room is the center of our house so we’ll start there.  At the last minute, I decided against using the red and tartan plaid I usually decorate within this space and instead went with grays and silvers, I find it more peaceful and it flows better with the rest of our house.

 

 

 

I always have to use boxwood wreaths even with their short lifespan, nothing compares to the fresh greenery.

 

 

 

 

{Sources: bench, stockings HomeGoods | Mirror-Kirklands |  Rug–Ballard Designs}

 

 

 

{SOURCES: basket, lantern, pillows- Homegoods |  print- Lindsay Letters  | plaid throw -Target | coffee table – Pottery Barn}

Behind our couch you can see our newly made-over kitchen and breakfast room, so we’ll head in there next.

 

 

 

 

 

I hang a fresh garland over the windows each year. This is is the view from our kitchen sink, and I spend a lot of time there, so it’s nice to have something pretty to look at.

 

 

I literally whipped up the “Joyeaux Noel” sign, tutorial to come.

 

This sweet advent calendar is my favorite with its tiny muslin bags with stamped numbers hanging from little clothespins. It decorates our hot chocolate bar–for sure a holiday essential!

 

 

We’re big Elf  {the movie} fans, so his quote {from Lindsay Letters} makes me smile every time I walk by it.

 

 

Last winter we took the doors off this closet and made it a mudroom, so this space also got a little fun holiday decor.

 

 

 

And this girl wasn’t going to miss a chance to be featured. The advantage of having a silver lab is she color-coordinates nicely 🙂

{SOURCES: rug, dog food tin, sign, pillow– HomeGoods  |  Boots-Nordstroms |  Baskets–Container Store}

 

Heading back to the kitchen, the stained shelves we DIY’d always get decked out for each season. All the red I didn’t use in the family room showed up here!

{Oh Holy Night Printable Sign available HERE}

 

 

And here is the rest of the kitchen.

{Sources: stand–Ballard Designs  |  “Wish” mug and “Bon Appetit” bowls–HomeGoods | Snowman Mugs–Crate & Barrel  |

Around the corner from the kitchen is our Dining Room, I already showed it decorated HERE last month.

 

It’s been updated a bit since then since we’ve been entertaining, and the tree is now in our foyer.

 

 

 

 

 

{Sources: glitter garland–Pottery Barn | bust, small tree–AT Home | decorative shell–Amazon | sign, candle, glass–HomeGoods  | large glitter tree-Old Lucketts Store | Chandelier–Horchow   | paper confetti mats–here}

 

Finally, I rarely show this room on the blog because it still needs to be “done”, at least in my world. This project is on the list for early next year, but I was inspired by this red woodland Pottery Barn print to add some holiday decor in our Master Bedroom this year.

 

 

One thing led to another and I changed out all our usual bedding for the “Sweet Dreams” pillows and duvet from our Guest Room, and I added a boxwood wreath above the bed. It’s a nice change that seems cozy and fitting for this time of year.

{Sources: bench, lamps, wood box–HomeGoods | Woodland Pillow Sham–Pottery Barn | Pintuck Duvet–Target }

 

I found this antique armoire at an estate sale, though I had to hire movers just to get it up the stairs, it’s that heavy. The drawers inside hold wrapping paper inside {and a TV}, so at this time of year it’s put to good use, I open it up and have everything I need to wrap stored inside.

 

I still have to finish up the decorations in my kids’ rooms, so I’ll add those pictures in; after all these photos, my camera seems to have called it quits, I think I wore it out! As soon as I can get it squared away I’ll add a few more images in this post. In the meantime, we have so much more holiday inspiration coming from our guest hostesses over the next several weeks.

 

And, while you are here be sure to enter our giveaway {you can enter daily} for this gift basket. We wanted to give away something just for you–especially to pamper yourself with this holiday– as our way of saying thank you for reading.  This beautiful gift basket from Southern Grown Vintage {actually it’s a darling crate, wouldn’t it be fun to decorate with that next year?} could be yours, just enter to win using the widget below.

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Here is the whole Holiday Open House schedule so be sure to check in daily!

 

Happy Holidays everyone!

 

XO,

{sharing at Jennifer Rizzo’s Holiday House Walk Link Party}

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