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Monday, December 19, 2011

Christmas House Tour

Hello everyone!
I hope you're all enjoying this last week till Christmas. Hopefully you  have your shopping, baking and decorating done and can now kick back and enjoy the festivities! Lol.
Sorry I'm so late with this post but had some issues to contend with so....

Welcome to my house tour!.


My tree has been up for a month now and Is done in whites and neutrals.



I've hung faux garland this year as I couldn't find any real greenery that was thick enough and didn't cost an arm and a leg!



This is my mantel in the evening with the lights on.
I made the stockings  and embellished each one according to personalities along with  our initials.
You can read more about the mantel here.



These Christmas buckets flank either side of the fireplace. To see more pics you can go here.




I love pinecones!
I've used them everywhere this year, I even hung them from the curtain rods ( seen this in a couple of magazines and loved it), I also filled my baskets with them.



Had to have some touches of real cedar here and there, the scent is part of Christmas.




Here is the tree without the lights on. Love the green and white together. 





I love glass and have used this collection of glass candle holders from PB
 to dress up the breakfast nook table.



These are the little jugs/creamers I added to my garland. They go so well with my ironstone.
You can read about them here.




For the dining room mantel I used some peach pointsettias and birch lit up with little LCD lights I got from IKEA, they were only a buck a set! There are 3 sets wrapped around the birch and it looks so pretty in the evenings.





I really like the look of a lit tree shining through a front window so I bought this little guy and added some lights, a few little balls and wrapped the base in burlap.
My dining room table was a great find a couple years ago. It will be my spring project to strip off all her shine and orangey stain.



How gorgeous is birch with twinkle lights!!



Here is a little peek at the main floor powder room. I just added a little bit of red to add some Christmas colour.



I sewed up some of my 5 minute cushion covers (It can become addictive it's so easy!) out of this lovely taupe coloured toile. It goes well with the linen and burlap cushions  that are in the room.

I hope you enjoyed my little Christmas tour.
I still have a little bit of Christmas in the bedrooms to show you, hopefully I'll get that done before Christmas arrives! Lol
Blessing to you!

I'll be linking up with:

Nesting Place Christmas tour of Homes

UndertheTableandDreaming

The Inspired Room
BNOTP
A bowl full of lemons
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Nifty thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
White Wednesday @ Faded Charm
WUW@ Savvy Southern Style
Common Ground





46 comments:

  1. What a beautiful Christmas tour
    compliments
    hugs
    Mari

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  2. So beautiful Kim...I could just move right in! I love the pinecones hanging in the window...cute idea! Can't wait to see the bedrooms now! ~Deb~

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  3. white Christmas decorations for a white cozy house, what a great idea! I love your Christmas tour, an advance present for all of us. Cool, beautiful and breath-taking!

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  4. So pretty! I'm a whites and neutrals girl too!

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  5. Kim,
    Your home is just stunning and so my style! Thank you for sharing it with me. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  6. color changing led christmas lights save energy and burn bright. They are available in colors varying from warm white to red and blue. Multi colored lights are also available.

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  7. Your Christmas decor is lovely once again...this is the time last year that I discovered your blog....Great style & inspiration...come over for a visit to our holiday home...xo, Mariaelena

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  8. just lovely :) you have done amazingly beautiful work :) and made it look so effortless le xox

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  9. Oh, this tour was beautiful. Your style is so fresh and calm. I love the natural elements. Merry Christmas.

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  10. Unbelievably beautiful...so serene, so lovely. I love your style! Pinned :)

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  11. beautiful! just classic and clean and fresh - ahhhhhh! xoxo

    www.northerncottage.blogspot.com

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  12. It all looks so pretty...I love the peach poinsettias with the pale blue on the wall. That dining table looks fabulous form the little peek you gave us. I bet it will be gorgeous once you get your hands on it.

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  13. Thank you for inviting us into your home! So pretty and restful...LOVE EVERYTHING you've done! I'd love to know where you got your chairs from with your dinning table and also the paint colors you used in your home! BEAUTIFUL!

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  14. Kim your home looks absolutely beautiful! I love all your Christmas touches especially the garland and pine cones hanging from your windows! Merry Christmas! Martina

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  15. I was so excited when I saw your post come up! You really do the prettiest Christmas decorating in all of blogland! I just love everything!!!

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  16. Your house looks absolutely beautiful! I love it all, especially the pinecones!

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  17. you have such a beautiful home. So nice to meet you just found your lovely blog and so happy I did. I have enjoyed looking around and I'm now following you, if you find a spare minute hope you visit me sometime and follow back if you like. Sending you special wishes for a very Merry Christmas Day and look forward to keeping in touch in 2012.

    Always Wendy

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  18. Kim it was worth the wait... Everything is absolutely Beautiful.....Merry Christmas to you and your family

    Pattie

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  19. your home is always beautiful- but i love all the natural touches you added for christmas.... it really looks magazine worthy.

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  20. Put the kettle on Kim....I'm on my way over!!!!! love,love love...love your decor..what a warm and cozy home you have,maybe I will stay for dinner!?!?!? Merry Christams to you and your family! x0x0

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  21. Absolutely beautiful Kim, those peach poinsettias are beautiful with your color scheme.

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  22. Everything in your house is so pretty all dressed up! May you have a very Merry Christmas!
    XO
    Kristin

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  23. I found your blog through my sisters blog (Savvy Southern Style) on Wow-us-Wednesdays last week. I fell in love with your Christmas mantel. I love your style! That's such a cute idea to hang pinecones from ribbon like that. Your tree is pretty too. Thanks for all the eye candy and inspiration!

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  24. Everything is so beautiful, Kim. So happy to be able to go on a little tour.

    Blessings and Merry Christmas. Amy

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  25. Absolutely GORGEOUS! So elegant and fresh! Your home tour has opened my eyes to so many possibilities outside the traditional red & green color scheme and thematic decorations. I swooned when I saw those peach poinsettias - and the small creamers in the garland are genius! Thank you so much for sharing your Christmas decor! Merry Christmas!!

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  26. Thank you for the tour. Everything is so pretty and festive.

    Visiting from Nifty Thrifty Tuesday.

    Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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  27. Kim,
    Your house looks lovely! I love all the greenery with the white!

    And that chamber pot with tp in the bathroom ~ clever! I have one that I bought to put in the dining room until my oldest son told me it was an antique toilet! I've never known what to do with it. Thanks for the idea!

    Merry Christmas!

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  28. Kim your home is elegant and inviting. I am loving the colors you chose. I love what you did with the ironstone. I would love for you link this amazing post to our Whats' It Wednesday linky party. Hope you can join us.

    Paula
    ivyandelephants.blogspot.com

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  29. Your house truly is one of the most beautiful and charming I've seen. Every picture looks like something straight out of a magazine! Do you have a professional interior design background? I want you to come over and re-do my house! lol Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  30. Your house is so beautifully decorated for the holidays! All the pictures of your home is incredibily gorgeous. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  31. Your home is gorgeous decorated for the holidays. Love all the green and white and the natural items. I used lots of pine cones this year, too. Love them. I am still loving that garland across your hutch with the white creamers.

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  32. Kim, your home becomes more and more beautiful every time I see it! Your decorations are so pretty! Merry Christmas!

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  33. Enjoyed the tour! Very beautiful. May God bless you this Christmas season and May he bless you above and beyond all you can ask or imagine this new year.
    Debbie

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  34. Your home is just beautiful. I love seeing all of the white. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.

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  35. I do love these colors for Christmas... I'd have to start all over again if I tried it, though! Gorgeous tour :)

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  36. Your house is so pretty for the season! So well put together. I love all the greens with the white, and the natural elements and neutral colors. I'm crazy about those toile pillows too! Happy New Year!

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  37. I love everything you did for Christmas! You did such a beautiful job! I've saved all the photos and will use Them for inspiration for next year.

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  38. What a beautiful "natural" decorating style. Your house is beautiful. I too love Iron Stone. I would love to decorate in white woodwork like you, but I have a hubby who refuses to let me paint the woodwork in our 1940's bungalow. Go figure. ;)
    Happy New Year to you are yours. Cant wait to see what you have in store for us now.
    Stephanie

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  39. BRAVO! BRAVO!!!! i love your style, and how you make it happen.

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  40. I LOVE your blog and pictures of your BEAUTIFUL home! Thank you so much for sharing your passions with us and inspiring me.

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  41. What a beautiful and decorative house! It feels so warm and cozy ahhhhhh. Thanks so much for sharing! If you have a chance, please check out/follow my new blog. It would mean the world to me if you did. Thanks so much in advance!!!

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  42. Kim! So great meeting and talking to you tonight! Your blog is lovely... I knew it was you as soon as I saw the Christmas tree! If you get twitter my username is @afarq.

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  43. Hope you had a fantastic holiday. I adore your beautiful blog and I and lots of others hope your doing well and will be back very soon.

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  44. i already commented but i have to say this is my dream christmas setting...

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Thank you all so much for taking the time to leave a comment! Ilove reading each and every one.
Kim