After Christmas Decorating...

Well, the Christmas decorations are down at my house and everything has been deep-cleaned. We are moving into our new house in a couple of months so I am struggling with whether or not to pull out a lot of decorative accessories or keep things to a minimum, since I will have to pack it up again anyway!

My mom and I were talking over Christmas about how this time of year can be kind of hard for decorating. She wants to keep it looking wintery in her house without it looking like Christmas. Anyone have any good, simple, winter decorating ideas that aren't cheesy looking?

On another note, I think I am going to tackle a small bookcase for my son's room this week and a hutch that was rescued from my in-laws old beach house that was destroyed in a hurricane. That hutch needs A LOT of work...pics to come!!!

We're Still Here!

Just wanted to send out a quick update to let everyone (ok, really just the handful of people that MAY read our blog) that we will be putting up some new posts this week now that the Christmas season is winding down! So stay tuned for some remodeling projects done on a dime!

Sara's House at Christmas!

You've seen my mom's house at Christmas here, so now it is time to take a look at my Christmas decorations! Since my living and dining areas are one room there are not quite as many rooms to decorate and our house is small, so here goes...

First we will start in the kitchen...The sink and a small part of the counter were really the only spots to decorate in here, because we have very little counterspace in our galley kitchen! The ornament hanging from the mirror over the sink says "hope" and I found it at Wal-Mart for $1! I found another one that says "peace" and I hung it in front of another mirror that you will see shortly- I think they are so cute!

Now, into the living room...

I now see that the swags above my entries are soooo not level...nice...

The "Peace" ornament is hanging in front of the mirror above...

We don't have a mantle so I had to get creative and hang our stockings from the console table by the tree...
Now the dining table and foyer...


This is the mirror on the wall above the dining table - for the life of me I couldn't get a good picture without the flash so it looks awful in this pic!



So, in a nutshell that is it. Next year in our new house there will be a lot more to decorate and I will have more than one tree! I can't wait! Hope you enjoyed the tour!


I am linking this post to all of the same parties that my mom's post is linked to... click here and you can see all of the linky parties we are a part of at the bottom of that post!

Sara

Wanda's House at Christmas!

Well, it's time for the Christmas Tour and my house is all decorated! Let's start in the kitchen...



I painted these Santas many years ago, but they are classic and get displayed every year. This year they are in a hutch in my kitchen...

The kitchen tree - I put old cross-stitched ornaments on it...

Here are some small touches on the kitchen counter...
Now, on into the dining room...
Next up is the foyer...the tree is done in white and crystal...and white accents in the bookcase...
And last, but not least, the living room...the tree is done in traditional colors but this year I added in lime green ornaments...




Merry Christmas to all!!! We are on tour with The Nester this year! Go check it out!
Also linking up to the Holiday House Tour at hookedonhouses.net

and Home for the Holidays over at Southern Hospitality - go check out all of the beautiful homes!


And one more link over at Holiday Linky Friday at The Inspired Room!


Wanda