• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • MEET CHRISTY & AMY
    • IF YOU’RE NEW HERE…
    • WORK WITH US
    • 11 MAGNOLIA LANE 101
    • DISCLOSURE + PRIVACY (the fine print)
    • BEST OF 11 MAGNOLIA LANE
  • TOUR OUR HOMES
    • TOUR OUR HOMES
    • CHRISTY’S MAGNOLIA COTTAGE
    • CHRISTY’S MCC HOUSE
    • Christy’s Stuttgart Flat
    • Amy’s Virginia Craftsman Home Tour
    • AMY’S VIRGINIA CRAFTSMAN Building Process
    • HOLIDAY HOME TOUR SERIES
  • CELEBRATIONS
    • EVENTS + ENTERTAINING
    • GIFTS
    • HOLIDAYS
    • RECIPES
  • HOME
    • CLEANING
    • DECORATING
    • ORGANIZING
    • ROOM BY ROOM
      • BATHROOMS
      • BEDROOMS
      • CLOSETS
      • CRAFT ROOMS + OFFICES
      • DINING ROOMS
      • KIDS’ ROOMS
      • KITCHENS
      • LAUNDRY ROOMS
      • LIVING + GREAT ROOMS
      • OTHER SPACES
      • PANTRIES
      • PLAYROOMS + BONUS ROOMS
      • PORCHES + OUTDOOR SPACES
    • TIPS
  • SHOP
    • SHOP OUR INSTAGRAM
    • SHOP OUR AMAZON STORE
    • FRIDAY FAVORITE FINDS
  • PROJECTS
    • CRAFTS
    • DIY PROJECTS + TUTORIALS
    • FURNITURE
    • PRINTABLES
    • WINDOWS, DOORS, + WALLS
  • LIFE
    • FRIDAY FREE FOR ALL
    • HEALTH
    • SIMPLY ON SUNDAY
  • TRAVEL
  • CONTACT
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest

11 Magnolia Lane

Sharing our easy DIYs, decorating, entertaining and more!

Holiday Tour of Homes-Amy’s House

December 1, 2021 By Amy 1 Comment

This Post Contains Affiliate Links

47 shares

Welcome everyone to Day Three of the Holiday Tour of Homes. Yesterday Christy shared her beautiful apartment in Germany and today is my day to show off our holiday decor. Today’s theme is Living Rooms, which is where we always have what I consider to be our ‘main’ tree. For those of you coming over from Amanda at Sincerely Marie Designs, welcome! You can read more about the two of us and the history of our blog, 11 Magnolia Lane here. We’ve been at this for over ten years and have countless homes and decor styles in our archives, not to mention plenty of holiday decorating posts.

holiday home tour button

Each year we co-host this tour with Jenny from Evolution of Style, though she does most of the heavy lifting to organize our group, we are so appreciative of that! I will include all the links to the other tour participants at the end of the post so you can visit them all, there is always so much holiday decor inspiration on this tour.

I confess to being a big holiday decorator, it’s something that always brings me joy. I even have contributed photos of our holiday home to our local lifestyle magazine for the last several years, and typically I do multiple trees throughout our home. This year I have not quite risen to that same level as we traveled for Thanksgiving this year so I didn’t have as much time in November to decorate. Also, each year I seem to feel a different inclination towards how to decorate. Last year in the craziness of the pandemic I went very traditional with reds, greens and tartans (see that here) but this year I felt like I wanted something simpler and calmer. In this room I focused on earthy greens, sparkling gold and brass accents along with a creamy, neutral base. I feel like it’s soothing and festive at the same time.

In true blogger fashion, I was working on this decor up until the last minute, and will probably continue to tweak the tree and mantel for a few more weeks. My daughter is very proficient at making videos, so she helped me put together some video of our home this year who prefer that to photos, you can click below to see it.

This is our main living area, it’s right off our kitchen so one large tree is sufficient in here. We have a 9′ Prince Flocked from King of Christmas. It makes a statement but it is also a large, full tree so it takes a lot of decor. I used what I already had and only bought a few inexpensive green ornaments this year along with battery-operated candles, I like the vintage feel.

I waited to see whether I wanted to add ribbon to the tree this year, I typically add loops of ribbon to fill out our tree, but this year in keeping with a simpler feel I left it off this year. Instead I relied on some inexpensive beaded garlands (which I have been searching for more of) I looped across the branches. I mixed mercury glass ornaments with green glass balls, candles, tree picks and a few family treasures to complete the tree and so far I am not missing the ribbon.

I used garlands I already had on hand to decorate our mantel, our TV is hung over our fireplace which doesn’t leave much space to decorate. I just mixed some inexpensive garlands together with some greenery picks and wired it all together. The stockings came from HomeGoods over the years, I tied some green and white striped ribbon (a Lucketts market find) on for color.

Earlier this year I moved my antique corner cabinet to this room from our dining room, so this was the first year I decorated it in this space. I added tinsel trees to the top along with a velvet leaf garland and ribbon, also found at the Lucketts holiday market over the years.

I plan to add a fresh garland on our stairs but I have learned that one would likely not make it to Christmas if I put it up this far ahead. In the meantime I used a faux boxwood garland with some satin ribbon, I plan to run a second post (hopefully next week) with more photos of our kitchen and dining room and I’ll try to share some updated pictures of the stairs then.

The wrapping paper from Rifle Paper Co. helped decide my decorating color scheme this year, I love their selection of pretty paper, and the green and gold was perfect.

I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season. This year more than ever, having time with family, appreciating our blessings and focusing on the true gift of Christmas (Jesus) is more meaningful than ever. I wish you all the best and I thank you for taking the time to visit us again this year.

The next stop on our tour today is the home of Sara from Sincerely, Sara D., she always has creative and beautiful decor. Here are all the homes on the tour this week~

Monday, November 29th (Front Porch/Outdoor Spaces) Southern Hospitality | A Blissful Nest | Most Lovely Things | Cindy Hattersley Design | Shine Your Light   Tuesday, November 30th (Entries/Dining Rooms) 11 Magnolia Lane | Sincerely Marie Designs | The Pink Clutch Blog | Summer Adams | Home by Heidi | Classic Casual Home    Wednesday, December 1st (Living Rooms/Dens) Sincerely Marie Designs | 11 Magnolia Lane | Sincerely Sara D | This is Our Bliss | Thrifty Decor Chick | Dimples and Tangles   Thursday, December 2nd (Kitchens/Laundry Rooms/Misc.) Evolution of Style | Sincerely Marie Designs | A Stroll Thru Life | Pink Peppermint Design | Setting for Four | Citrine Living   Friday, December 3rd (Master Bedroom/Kid’s Rooms) Quarters One | Just a Girl | Postcards from the Ridge | Decor Adventures | A Stroll Thru Life | County Road 407    

XO,

small-amy-new-headshot-summer-2016-2 copy
icon-facebook-1icon-instagram-1icon-pinterest-1icon-twitter-1
We promise to never sell your email information. Our posts contain affiliate links.  If you make a purchase after clicking on these links, we will earn a small commission, which helps to keep our content free.  You don’t pay a cent more than you would otherwise, since that would be tacky! Please see our full disclosure policy here.

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE THESE POSTS... :

Holiday Home Tour 2022 {Amy's Foyer + Living ...
Holiday Inspiration and All About our Christm...
2021 Holiday Tour of Homes-Day 1 {Porches + O...
Holiday Loft + Mudroom (Amy's House)

Filed Under: Amy New House Build, Christmas, Holiday Home Tour Series, HOLIDAYS, Holidays, Home Tours, Winter Tagged With: christmas tree, Holiday Home Tour

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Shand says

    December 1, 2021 at 11:56 am

    I love, love all the natural colors…just gorgeous as always!!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Lowest prices. Straight Teeth,

•Don’t Miss A Thing!!•

•Do You Know Jesus?•

•Featured In•

Holiday Gift Ideas

Footer

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Copyright © 2023 · 11 Magnolia Lane· Blog Design by Little Blue Deer
Privacy Policy

11 MAGNOLIA LANE IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE AMAZON SERVICES LLC ASSOCIATES PROGRAM, AN AFFILIATE ADVERTISING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR US TO EARN ADVERTISING FEES BY ADVERTISING AND LINKING TO AMAZON.COM AND AFFILIATED SITES. AS AN AMAZON ASSOCIATE, WE EARN FROM QUALIFYING PURCHASES. WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN SEVERAL OTHER AFFILIATE PROGRAMS; THIS INCOME ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF YOUR USER EXPERIENCE AND KEEPS OUR CONTENT FREE. WHEN YOU PURCHASE THROUGH ANY OF OUR AFFILIATE LINKS, WE EARN A SMALL COMMISSION AND YOU DON’T PAY A CENT MORE THAN YOU WOULD OTHERWISE; THAT WOULD BE TACKY!   READ OUR FULL PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE POLICY {HERE}.
  ©11 Magnolia Lane 2019. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s authors and/or owners is strictly prohibited. Please email us at admin@11magnolialane.com for more information.

  • MEET CHRISTY & AMY
    • IF YOU’RE NEW HERE…
    • WORK WITH US
    • 11 MAGNOLIA LANE 101
    • DISCLOSURE + PRIVACY (the fine print)
    • BEST OF 11 MAGNOLIA LANE
    • Back
  • TOUR OUR HOMES
    • TOUR OUR HOMES
    • CHRISTY’S MAGNOLIA COTTAGE
    • CHRISTY’S MCC HOUSE
    • AMY’S NEW HOME BUILD
    • HOLIDAY HOME TOUR SERIES
    • SPRING HOME TOUR SERIES
    • Back
  • CELEBRATIONS
    • EVENTS + ENTERTAINING
    • GIFTS
    • HOLIDAYS
    • RECIPES
    • Back
  • HOME
    • CLEANING
    • DECORATING
    • ORGANIZING
    • ROOM BY ROOM
      • BATHROOMS
      • BEDROOMS
      • CLOSETS
      • CRAFT ROOMS + OFFICES
      • DINING ROOMS
      • KIDS’ ROOMS
      • KITCHENS
      • LAUNDRY ROOMS
      • LIVING + GREAT ROOMS
      • OTHER SPACES
      • PANTRIES
      • PLAYROOMS + BONUS ROOMS
      • PORCHES + OUTDOOR SPACES
      • Back
    • TIPS
    • Back
  • SHOP
    • SHOP OUR INSTAGRAM
    • SHOP OUR AMAZON STORE
    • FRIDAY FAVORITE FINDS
    • 11 ML ETSY SHOP
    • 11ML ORGANIZING SHOP
    • Back
  • PROJECTS
    • CRAFTS
    • DIY PROJECTS + TUTORIALS
    • FURNITURE
    • PRINTABLES
    • WINDOWS, DOORS, + WALLS
    • Back
  • LIFE
    • FRIDAY FREE FOR ALL
    • HEALTH
    • SIMPLY ON SUNDAY
    • TRAVEL
    • Back
  • CONTACT
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
47 shares