I love Christmas!
Deck the halls with boughs of Holly
Fa La La La Laaaa
La Laaaa
La Laaaaa!
and
the greatest gift of all...
But...
I love the decorating.
Christmas trees...
Twinkly lights...
Presents...
And especially the children that are being really, really good because Santa is watching!
HA!
And I cannot wait to start pulling stuff out of the attic!
Because Scott will have a heart attack if I start decking the halls too early,
I decided to share with you some pictures from last year.
(And to try to feed my need to start jingling some bells!)
This year is going to be entirely different,
so it's neat to look back and see where I went with it last season.
This was our mantle last year.
I was all about warm tones,
with a more rustic feel.
And obviously the more twinkly lights, the better.
That part, I will probably never change.
Is there anything better than sitting in a quiet house,
looking at the lights?
I can remember my Mom and Dad just sitting in the living room together after they thought my brother and I were asleep.
(I would sneakily crawl down the hall and spy on them.)
And now Scott and I carry on the same tradition.
Our living room was more of the same...
Browns and wood tones.
Burgundy with gold touches.
Now that all the furniture
has pretty much been refinished...
My colors are going to be a bit different this year.
But I do love this snowman out of grapevine wreaths!
I may just have to find a place for him somewhere.
I just love how cozy and warm it looked.
I bedecked every downstairs room of our house.
Just looking at these pictures
gets me excited for Christmas!
I wonder if Scott would notice if I start hanging the garlands next week?
LOL!
Hmmm....
Might be worth a try!
(I can just blame it on the blog.)
HA!
Dream Big,
oh Laura, I am tired just thinking about how long this must have took. Even though I do the EXACT SAME THING! I don't know what it is..We only had the one Christmas tree and village scene and that was it growing up. Now Pretty much Every single room of my house has a tree...and garland...and decorations..LOL!! Can't wait to see what gorgeousness you come up with this year!
ReplyDeleteHugs
Karin
It's all sooooo gorgeous! I love the wreath snowman...I am so doing that this year...love, love, love!
ReplyDeleteI get so excited too and my husband will not pull on single box out until the day after Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteHmmm....so spill it - what are you going to do this year??!
ReplyDeletei remember these. great pics!!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!! I love the snowman wreath...wish I had a place on one of my walls to put one up this year. Can't wait to see what you do this year.
ReplyDelete~Cindy
In the meadow we can build a snowwwwmannn.
ReplyDeleteBliss
What a beautiful home you have. So happy to have found you through Cozy Inspiration :)
ReplyDeleteLaura ~ just stopped by through Cozy Inspirations and I have to say I love your blog. Your decorations last year were so comfy and cozy. Love them ~ I am your newest follower and can't wait to see what you do this year ;-)
ReplyDeleteSo glad that Brenda at Cozy Inspirations led us to you. Have to say I love your house of Christmas 2011. It is the essence of Christmas. I have a feeling though that 2012 will knock our socks off too. Now I'm going to explore more of your blog.
ReplyDeleteI completely get what you are feeling. As much as I hate to admit it, I often find myself thinking that Thanksgiving is just a meanto an end, so I can get on to Christmas! Love what you did last year, can't wait to see what you'll do this year!
ReplyDelete