The (Almost) Complete Christmas Tour

We need a little Christmas...and it's here! Right here in Shafferland! 

This year we had to reinvent all our trees, because we're in a new space, and nothing is laid out quite the same. That was okay with me, because it kind of made everything feel new again! It took us three days to get it all assembled, but it's up now, and we love the way it turned out. It is so delightfully cozy and warm. 

Want a little tour?

Let's start in the guest room. This year that room got a makeover (into the Anne of Green Gables room) so I did have to get a few new things for it. In years past, our tree in that room has always been decked out in red, black, and silver, because that was the color scheme of the decor. Now the room is blue/green/purple/turquoise, so I purchased a few new ornaments and ribbons and added them to the same little white tree we've used in the guest room before. I still don't have a tree skirt, so ignore its naked little bottom, but the rest of the tree is cute! We perched it up on the dresser so it can be seen through the window.

I tried to tie in a few fun, sparkly, color coordinated ties around the room, even though I don't think we are expecting any company throughout the holidays this year.

I forgot until I unpacked the tubs that I'd gotten a little stable for my nativity. It made me quite happy!

Down the hall in the office, I put the same little flocked tree we got for the office last year! I added all the gold ornaments and ribbon, and it fits perfectly in the tiny space. It will make my writing times quite delightful!

I added some ornaments in a basket and a couple of our framed Christmas cards to the office, too, just to round out the decor. We don't have very much space left in that room to decorate beyond this, but this works! 

You could sort of see it in the office tree picture, but across the hall in the guest bath is my little ceramic tree that Mom painted back in the 80s when she did ceramics. These are back in style now, you know. :) 

There isn't much space in that bathroom, so the little ceramic tree is it for that room!

When we lived in Kokomo, I put the tall skinny pencil tree in the kitchen window (which was the full length window visible from the road) and decked it out with all my s'more and gingerbread ornaments and red balls, too. Our kitchen in our apartment isn't really great for a tree, so we shoved some furniture around to make room for a tree in the dining area. I actually used the tree we used to have in our bedroom (a little shorter and wider) and put all the s'more ornaments on it. They fit nicely!

I love where it sits - in full view of my spot on the couch! And then on the buffet beside it, we added a few little pieces:

And then...our kitchen!! We had gotten these wreaths for our sun porch last year, but they're PERFECT fits for the kitchen here!

A few snowballs in the cloche jar and cake plate...and some mistletoe over the sink! I can see this from my couch perch too, and I just love it.

I put these little figurines by the coffee pot: these were my former roommate, Angela's. Can you believe this December marks nine years since she passed away? I think of her with such joy and gratitude every time I see these little decorations. (Ignore the timer. I forgot to crop it out!)

The tall skinny tree that used to be in the kitchen window is now the main living room tree - and keeper of all the ornaments that tell the story of our adventures together. Usually we put those on the live tree, but some of the ornaments are pretty heavy, and the live tree branches don't always hold them well, so we decided to switch things up again. This tree is filled with almost 90 ornaments now, and oh how many memories they represent!

We have our stockings and some Christmas day pictures all around the tree - and the fireplace channel runs strong around here! (Whenever Hallmark movies are off, this is on!)

This bottom ornament is one of the new ones we got this year to represent Abby's entrance into the family!

This year we'll get a live tree and put all our Names of Jesus ornaments on it, and it will go in our coffee nook, but we won't get it until later this week, so that's the reason this is only an ALMOST complete tour. 

Our bedroom doesn't have room for a tree, but we were able to put all our little tree farm trees in there! They were our decorations on our sun porch last year, but between a corner and the headboard, they all worked perfectly in our bedroom! I adored how it turned out.

We even put a little bit of decor on our "porch."

And with that, our Christmas is complete...almost.

It all fits in different ways, but it all fits perfectly, and we love our little Christmas corner!