Christmas House Tour: Family Room

My family room at the back of the house is a lot of red and yellow,
so this is where all my old red and green Christmas things live during the holidays!

 
Quilts and pillows.

The red checked curtains look like they were put up just for the season!


Nutcrackers and Christmas books!


Snowmen and snow globes!

This year I had a 4 and 6 year old helping with the decorating,

thus, some interesting placement of things!

Santas on shelves!

Santa with his horse!

Even Santa on a picnic basket!

Merry Christmas Links:

Christmas House Tour: Dining Room

This year I decided to go with black and white for the dining room
in honor of my new black light fixture and newly painted black chairs.

White quilt, black tray with white cyclamen flowers, black and white napkins.

White candles in hurricanes, tied with black and white fabric and stars.

And little wreaths tied onto the head chairs with black and white ribbon.






On the Welsh dresser, I went with a simple nativity inside a cloche
and silver vases with white candles.





The other side of the room also gets a little Christmas flair.

Once I started to set the table for Christmas dinner, I decided to change 

the white quilt and traded it out for a black and white tablecloth:

 More food-friendly!

I also decided to add a bit of color with the red napkins.

And this was the first year we did a kid's table:

Links this week:

Time to Deck Those Halls!

Just a few shots to get started.

I always start with the mantel.

And continue with the living room, saving the tree for last.

The entrance is really part of the living room.

Moving on to the dining room.

New mercury glass vases this year.

Love my paper stars!

And, finally, the tree.