Christmas Tour 2023

 

I was so excited to decorate the lake house for Christmas this year. It was our first time to put our Christmas décor in this space, and I just wanted to see how it would all fit! I spent last Christmas downsizing some of our decorations in hopes that we could create a look that really fit this space. Because our space is so narrow, we did take advantage of a sale to get two very skinny trees to serve as our family trees, and I’m hopeful they will last as many years as my first skinny tree! (I got it before Ryan and I were married, so I’m guessing it’s around 15 years old now, and it’s still doing great!)

            Today I thought I’d give you a tour of our home for this Christmas!

Here is our Names of Jesus tree. (This is the 15 year old tree!) I put it in the dining room this year. Looks perfect in the front window! 

I have a few other decorations scattered around the dining room, too!

Those wreaths hung in our sunroom when we lived in Kokomo, and in the years since, I put them on kitchen cabinets. They don't really fit well in this kitchen, so I put them here instead. I like it! 

My favorite Christmas art - a print done by Brent Vernon. 

Just a little extra...

I didn't put anything in our guest room/office/Lexi's room this year. Since that room is in transition, I just left it alone. I have big plans for next year, though!

Our bedroom turned out really cute, I thought. We got the "big tree" back in our Kokomo days, and it's the perfect size in this room.

The Christmas tree farm we started in the Kokomo sunroom has lived on our headboard the last several years, and this year is no different. Well, the only difference is our fairy lights stopped working, so we'll have to get a new strand for next year. Still cute, though!

And here are a few more gems scattered about the room:

Our kitchen isn't huge, so I just have this little corner in there. Gingerbread themed!

Ryan hung our stockings on the stairway this year, and I love how it looks.

(I have ideas for sprucing up the garland there next year, but I also love this year.)

We have a little shelf in the stairwell, and Ryan did a great job adding lights to the decorations I put there. (The shelf was made by one of our WillowBridge tenants.)

Found the perfect spot for the mistletoe!

I kept the bathroom decor pretty simple. This is Ryan's bathroom. I painted that canvas at a class with a friend a few years ago. I'm no artist, but I celebrate that it's recognizable. The trees and snowman were my gifts from my roommate Angela, back in 2010, shortly before she passed away.

I put these simple pieces in my bathroom:

Here are some of the pieces scattered around our living room:

Look what's back!!! We haven't had a place to hang it since our Kokomo house, but it's back now!!

This tree painting was the project at my mom's 80th birthday party - cookies and canvas themed. 

And here are the living room trees. The first pictures are from before the ornaments went up - and then after! 

It's cozy in ways that delight my heart. I am grateful to spend the Christmas season enjoying these sights!