Join in this Christmas home tour with these nutcracker Christmas kitchen decor ideas.  Fun and festive ways to dress up your kitchen for the holidays!

Today I’m excited to continue on with our Christmas home tour! Thank-you to Marty from A Stroll Thru Life and Simply 2 Moms for putting this home tour together. There will be 30 amazing homes on tour this week, all filled with beautiful Christmas inspiration and decor ideas that you can use for your own home.  I always love seeing everyone’s different styles and designs – there’s always something new to discover! I hope you enjoy the tours as much as I do.

For those of you coming over from Southern Hospitality, thank-you so much for visiting! I’m sure you enjoyed Rhoda’s beautiful holiday home and classic Christmas decor.

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Nutcracker Christmas Kitchen Decor

Today I’m going to be sharing our Nutcracker inspired Christmas kitchen with you. It was definitely a fun space to put together and a little outside of my usual style.

No matter what your style is, I wanted to share some simple tips to help you decorate your own kitchen for Christmas. A few little touches here and there can really make a big difference in your space. And a little bit of Christmas cheer definitely makes cooking and doing dishes a bit more bearable! So… here are some of my favorite Christmas kitchen decor ideas and tips for creating a festive Chistmas kitchen:

Get Inspired.

When I’m decorating any holiday space, I always like to start off with some kind of inspiration piece, theme, or color scheme. This year, I found this cute Nutcracker cookie jar at Home Goods and knew that he would be perfect for our Christmas kitchen.

Style a tray.

Using a tray as a base for your holiday decor allows you to keep everything corralled together and creates a less cluttered look. It’s also a lot easier for cleaning! When styling a tray, look to group items together, varying the heights and depth of the pieces. A common function or color scheme will help to establish a more cohesive look.  I found the nutcracker mugs at Michaels and thought they would work well with the cookie jar for a little hot chocolate and cookie bar.

Create a hot beverage bar.

For the last couple of years I’ve been putting together a little hot beverage bar in the other corner of our kitchen. No one actually drinks coffee at our house, but we do love tea, chai, and a good steamed milk.  Our Breville milk frother makes a delicious hot chocolate or milk chai and gets well used through the winter season. I used a couple of the same nutcracker mugs, a winter house jar for tea bags, and a couple of white house salt and pepper shakers that I fill with cinnamon.

Mix functional with decorative.

If you have a smaller kitchen space or don’t like a lot of clutter, just mix in a few of your favorite Christmas decor pieces with your regular kitchen items. I added some Christmas greenery and cute nutcracker pepper shaker to our kitchen utensil tray along with a Christmas rolling pin and whisk. I also found a cute Christmas tree cutting board and wood serving tray that I stacked up in behind.

Dress up the sink.

One of the first things that I like to switch up each season is our hand soap and dish soap. There’s something about a good Christmas scent that just brings back all of those Christmas memories! The Thymes Frasier Fir is my all-time favorite Christmas scent and you can get it in hand soap, dish soap, and a multi-purpose cleaner for the kitchen. One bottle usually lasts me a couple of Christmases. If you’re looking for something a little less expensive, the Mrs. Meyers Iowa Pine is pretty good too!

Change up the artwork.

One of the easiest {and most inexpensive ways!} to add a little holiday decor to your space is to change up your artwork. Since I knew I was going with a Nutcracker theme this year, I decided to create these cute Nutcracker printables. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted so I made three different designs to choose from.

If nutcrackers aren’t your thing, I have tons of other free Christmas printables available that you can choose from. There are lots of different designs and color schemes to go with any decor. Just click here to find one you love!

Light it up.

I never give up a chance to add twinkle lights to our Christmas decor! They just make everything look prettier and more festive. Add them to a vignette or tray, place them in a bowl with ornaments for a centerpiece, or string them with a garland.

My biggest tip for lights is to look for battery operated twinkle lights that come with a timer so you don’t have to remember to turn them on and off each day. Just set them once to come on when it starts to get dark and they’ll stay on for 6 hours. It’s nice to come home to a little twinkle!

My little acrylic nutcracker lights up too!

Add some greenery.

Adding some greenery {faux or real} is a quick and easy way to dress up your space for the holidays.

If you prefer fresh greens, create a pretty Christmas centerpiece to decorate your kitchen table. This one took less than 30 minutes to put together and adds a pretty, natural element to your decor. You can find the simple tutorial HERE.

Plus, it gives one more place that you can add twinkle lights!

Add storage.

One new thing that we added to the kitchen this year, are these cabinets that divide our kitchen space from the living room. We don’t have a pantry in our kitchen so I wanted to find some extra storage for pantry staples and kitchen ware. I’ll have to show you how I organized the inside of the cabinets – it’s amazing how much they hold!

I hope you enjoyed all of our nutcracker Christmas kitchen decor and found some inspiration for your own Christmas kitchen!

More Christmas Kitchen Decor Ideas

If you’re looking for more Christmas kitchen inspiration, check out our kitchen Christmas home tours from previous years. I love switching things up each year!

• 2022 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2021 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2020 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2019 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2018 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2017 Christmas Kitchen Decor

Our Full Christmas Home Tour

Thank-you so much for touring around our kitchen! I’m so happy you have you here. Hopefully you get a chance to check out the rest of our Christmas home tour too. In case you missed it, I shared our gingerbread inspired dining room last week HERE. I still have our Christmas bedroom and living room to show you too and will have these up soon!

More Christmas Home Tours

Before you go, be sure to check out the next stop on our tour at Bungalow 47!  Jill has a gorgeous home and beautifully incorporates her vintage finds into her holiday decor. You can also find the rest of the home tours below, each with their own unique decor and style. I hope you enjoy them and feel inspired for the season.

I wish you all a magical Christmas season!

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Get ready for the holidays with these beautiful Christmas dining room decorating ideas. This gingerbread inspired decor creates a fun and festive space to enjoy throughout the season.

Welcome to our home! The Christmas home tours are always my favorite posts of the year and I’m so happy to be joining Jennifer Rizzo again for her Holiday Housewalk! There are 15 homes on the tour this year, each with their own unique style and design. There’s always so much beautiful Christmas inspiration for you. I hope you enjoy the tours as much as I do. If you would like to start the tour at the beginning, you can click on the button below!

For those of you coming over from My Sweet Savannah  – I’m so glad you’re here! I always love seeing Melaine’s home all decorated for the holidays. She adds such a gorgeous, simple touch to her spaces with lots of fun DIY projects. Her DIY gingerbread village would actually go perfect in our dining room that I’m sharing with you! If you haven’t had a chance to drop by, you can click on the button below to tour.

Christmas Dining Room

Today, I’m going to be showing you around our gingerbread house inspired Christmas dining room. If you saw our dining room last Christmas, you can see that there have been lots of changes since last year! We’ve actually done quite a few renos over this past year {that I still need to post about!} including new paint and natural hickory wood flooring throughout our main floor. Of course, once that was done, I felt our dining room needed some updating too!

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Christmas Dining Room Decorating Tips

Our dining room is actually the first room that you see when you come in our front door, so I do really like to dress it up for the holidays. It was extra fun to decorate this year since it was kind of a new space for me with all of the updated furniture. Today, I thought I would share my decorating tips for dressing up your own dining room for the holidays.

Pick a theme or color scheme.

I always pick a theme, color scheme or inspiration piece as a starting point for any room that I’m decorating. This year, this cute gingerbread house cookie jar from Pottery Barn was my inspiration for the room. {It looks like it’s sold out but there are still lots of other fun gingerbread pieces left from the collection}. I used various shades of brown throughout the room along with gold accents and lots of greenery.

I always organize our Christmas decorations by color and theme when I store them away, so it’s easy to pull things that I already have to add to the space. If you like to switch up your decor like I do, this makes such a difference!

Add a little homemade.

While I absolutely LOVE shopping for Christmas decor, I also like to add some handmade crafts to our decor. I have lots of little DIY projects mixed around the room and and on the tree. I think these cinnamon snowflake ornaments turned out so cute and they smell amazing. I hung most of them from the trees with fishing wire and added the remaining ones to the garland.

They’re super easy to make with only 4 supplies needed. I’ll post the tutorial sometime this week if you want to create some of your own. I still have one more batch that I’m going to make for the Christmas tree and plan on adding in some gingerbread men as well.

Dried oranges are another easy handmade Christmas craft that you can do. You can find the simple tutorial HERE. Use them for filler, add to greenery, make garlands, or create your own Christmas tree ornaments. They can be used for many years and just get a richer, deeper amber color over time. I used these on the tree and strung them out on the garland over the light as well.

You can even make your own coasters using thick felt and a paint pen.

Mix Holiday Items with Functional Pieces

When you’re decorating a dining room, mix in some of your favorite decor pieces with functional items. Cake stands work great to provide added height when needed and serving bowls can be used to hold napkins, towels, or other serving ware. Use serving boards for a base or stack it behind your items for added interest and color.

I spent months trying to decide on some kind of cabinet for this room and finally purchased this Hardy bar cart from Pottery Barn. It’s my favorite thing in the room and I’ve already had lots of fun styling it for a few different seasons. For Christmas I used it to hold a couple of lighted gingerbread houses, some Santa Espresso mugs, serving boards, cake stands, and then a variety of Christmas bells, ornaments and greenery.

I also really like using napkins and towels to add a nice pop of color to the space. They’re inexpensive and can always be used!

Create a hot chocolate bar or other beverage bar.

One of my favorite things to do at Christmas is to put together a hot chocolate bar. It’s so fun to come up with different themes and ways to display all of the goodies!

I found these glass tree jars in the dollar section of Target and thought they would be perfect for hot chocolate and marshmallows.

I made these custom coffee bar labels for our syrups a couple of years ago and still use them. It looks like I might need to add a gingerbread label to the collection!

Layer on the greenery.

Investing in some beautiful greenery is definitely worth it as these pieces will be used year after year. I’m really loving all of the “real touch” greenery that has come out over the past few years and I’ve been gradually adding to my collection little by little. The Afloral real touch Norfolk pine garlands tend to sell out EARLY {like often October!}, but I’ve seen them come back into stock on Amazon though for short periods of time. I’ve also purchased very similar real touch garlands at Home Sense and Home Goods, like the pine garland that’s on the buffet.

The first thing that I thought of when I saw this light fixture was that it would look fabulous draped in some greenery for Christmas. lol! I add a string of dried oranges and hung some paper snowflakes from it.

Add a tree.

There’s no better way to make your space feel like Christmas than adding a tree! It doesn’t have to be a full size tree – even a little tabletop tree or smaller floor tree will add that Christmas magic! This Christmas tree is actually still a work in progress. I still have some gingerbread ornaments that I need to make and have a few ideas for some gingerbread wrapping ideas too.

I used various brown, white and gold ornaments for the tree with these DIY orange slice ornaments.  The velvet ribbon that I used throughout the room is tied on to the branches for an extra pop of color and texture.

It’s always fun to decorate under the tree as well and get creative with your wrapping. I used some of the same velvet ribbon as the tree as well as some pretty green satin ribbon.

This little Christmas mouse is a favorite of mine and different versions of him can be found all over the house.

Light it up.

Of course, I’m saving the best thing for last – the lights! I wish I was better at photography so I could really capture how pretty it looks when everything is all lit up at night.

Nothing really beats the beauty of Christmas lights! I use the GoSund plugs for all of our Christmas lights that need to be plugged in. They’re truly a game changer! They turn on and off through an app on your phone so I can have all of our Christmas lights turned on and off in the house in just a couple of seconds. They have saved me many times from having to get out of bed in the middle of the night to unplug our Christmas lights! {NOTE: They also work for Alexa and Google Home but I haven’t actually tried it myself.}

For our battery-operated lights and candles, I try to stick with ones that have a timer, so you just have to set them once and forget about them. Most stay on for 5-6 hours and work on a 24 hour timer. I have mine set so they come on around 4:30 each night just as it gets dark.

I love all of the other lights reflecting off the glass in the cabinets..

More of Our Christmas Home Tour

Thank-you so much for joining me today! I hope you were able to get some Christmas decorating inspiration for your own home. I still have lots of Christmas decor to share with you, so I hope you follow along to see the rest of our home all decorated for Christmas. Our front porch, kitchen, living room, and master bedroom will all be up in the next week or two. Here’s a little sneak peek of our kitchen for you…

And if you’re more into neutrals, I did a classic green and white calming color scheme in our bedroom…

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Before you go, don’t forget to visit the next home on our Holiday Housewalk – Zevy Joy. I know you’ll love Annie’s beautiful, traditional home, so please drop by and say hello!

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Tour our Christmas dining room for tons of Christmas decor inspiration! Simple Christmas decorating tips to add that magical touch to your own home.

CHRISTMAS HOME TOURS

Welcome to the next room of our Christmas home tour! I’ve shown you our Christmas kitchen and Christmas living room, and today I’m sharing our festive dining room Christmas decor.

A big thank-you to Marty from A Stroll Thru Life for organizing this amazing Christmas home tour! This week, 26 bloggers are opening up their homes and sharing all of their Christmas inspiration and ideas with you. You can find all of the links at the end of the post, so be sure to check them out for more Christmas decor tips.

If you’re coming over from Decor to Adore, I’m so glad you were able to stop by. Laura always has the most nostalgic Christmas home tours with so many unique touches!

Our Christmas Dining Room – Using Green, White, and Amber

Today, I’m going to be showing you around our Christmas dining room. This year I stayed with more neutral colors with ambers and metallic touches.  It’s definitely a bit of a change from the more festive red and white Christmas decor, but I love the calm and cozy vibe that it creates.

Our dining room is the first room you see when you enter our front door, and it’s probably my favorite room to decorate for the seasons. While we don’t actually eat dinner in here very often, we’re always in the room and will have at least a few special holiday meals in here. I also use this room as my secret place to store all of my sweet treats and chocolates as there are lots of little places to stash them that the kids don’t find! lol!

Christmas Dining Room Decor Tips

If you’re looking for some Christmas decor inspiration for your own home, I thought I would share the process I go through when I decorate the space. There are definitely no hard and fast rules when it comes to Christmas decorating, but hopefully this will give you a bit of a starting point if you’re stuck {or just looking for some new ideas!}.

CHOOSE A COLOR SCHEME.

I’m always torn between the pretty netural Christmas decor and the more traditional red and white colors. Choosing a color scheme really helps me to narrow down what items I want to use in the space. This year, I wanted to create a more peaceful and relaxing space, so I went with greens and ambers and then added in other metallic touches.

Pick a Theme or Inspiration Piece.

I also find it helpful to have some kind of theme or inspiration piece that I base the room on. From this you can draw on colors, textures, and complimentary decor ides for the space.  For our dining room this year, I actually drew inspiration from two items that I used last year in our dining room – my DIY felt gingerbread man garland and this DIY amber centerpiece.

While I didn’t use the gingerbread garland in the space {it’s up in one of the kids’ rooms this year}, it did inspire this little gingerbread sideboard.  These snowflakes are faux gingerbread ornaments that I made and I think they turned out so cute! They were super easy to make and I get a nice whiff of cinnamon whenever I walk by them.

I found this sweet gingerbread man cutting board at Homesense and stacked him up behind these Christmas house cookie jars that I got at Target a few years ago.

Put together a Centerpiece.

I really loved the Christmas centerpiece I did last year with the amber glass, so I did a little variation of it this year.

Instead of the round tray, I used a longer cutting board as the base and added a couple more bottles. I like to keep my centerpieces on some kind of cutting board or tray so it can easily be removed from the table if needed.

Even during the day, the bottles have such a pretty glow when the daylight hits them.The dried oranges are from a few years ago and now have more of a rich amber color. I used these throughout the room to tie in the amber and also have some amber glasses on our beverage tray.

The best part though is always the pretty night glow!

Display Seasonal Artwork

Printables are one of the easiest ways to switch up your holiday decor and you can find many free Christmas printables to download online. If you like to use printables for the different seasons, just keep all of the prints in one frame and swap them around as the seasons change. I created some new Christmas tree printables {that I’ll be sharing with you soon!} for our dining room and kitchen table area this year.

Add a tree.

There’s no better way to make your space feel like Christmas than adding a tree! It doesn’t have to be a full size tree – even a little tabletop tree or smaller floor tree will add that Christmas magic!

I used lots of different metallic and white ornaments on the tree along with these DIY dried oranments that I made.

Try to put the oranges right by a light as they have such a pretty glow!

I always like to do a little decor under the tree as well. Those little Christmas mice are a favorite of mine and actually have one in almost every room that I decorated for Christmas.

There’s nothing better than eating dinner under the light of a Christmas tree!

Create a beverage bar.

I usually have a hot chocolate bar set up in our dining room, but we have it on a cart in our living room this year. I do still have our little beverage stand and mug ladder in the corner of the dining room though.

It’s perfect for a Christmas punch or cocktail and the extra glasses are just stored in the buffet beside it.

LIght it up!

By far, the very best part of Christmas decor is all of the lights! In addition to the tree lights, you can add candles, string lights, or other strands of Christmas lights throughout the space.

I really don’t think you can ever have too many Christmas lights!

For plug-in lights I like to use a smart plug so I can just turn them on and off from my phone. They’re so much easier than digging in behind the tree!

For our battery-operated lights and candles, I try to stick with ones that have a timer, so you just have to set them once and forget about them. Most stay on for 5-6 hours and work on a 24 hour timer. I have mine set so they come on around 4:30 each night just as it gets dark.

I’m not sure why the lights feel so magical, but it definitely brings that Christmas spirit!

Well that wraps up my home tour from today! If you would like to see more of our Christmas home tour, you can find our Christmas kitchen here…

… and our Christmas living room here…

I still have a few more spaces to share with you too, so be sure to check back! Here’s a little sneak at our bedroom all decorated for Christmas…

Thank-you so much for dropping by today! I hope you found some Christmas decor ideas that you can use in your own home. If you’re new to the blog and would like to stay in touch, you can always find me here…

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The Christmas home tours will continue again tomorrow starting over at Citrine Living. I know you’ll love Tamara’s beautiful home and elegant Christmas decor.

Christmas Home Tour Line-Up

I hope you’re able to take some time to check out some of the other beautiful homes on tour with me this week. Each one has its’ own unique style and design, so there’s definitely something for everyone!

Monday, December 5th

A Stroll Thru Life / StoneGable / Thrifty and Chic / Southern Home and Hospitality / Worthing Court

Tuesday, December 6th

Our Southern Home / This is our Bliss / The Stonybrook House / A Pretty Life In The Suburbs
Up To Date Interiors / Shiplap and Shells

Wednesday December 7th

Whispering Pines Homestead / Calypso in the Country / White Arrows Home / Designing Vibes
Decor to Adore / Clean and Scentsible.

Thursday December 8th

CitrineLiving / Pasha is Home / County Road 407 / Simply2Moms
Southern State of Mind / Chalking Up Success

Friday December 9th

Hymns and Verses / Eleanor Rose Home / Dimples and Tangles

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Add some pretty kitchen Christmas decor to your home with these simple seasonal touches. Tour around this green and white Christmas kitchen to help get you inspired!

Christmas Home Tours

Today I’m teaming up with Krista from The Happy Housie and joining in her holiday home tour. There are 15 homes on display over the next two days and I’m always excited to see all of the incredibly inspiring tours that my friends are sharing. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

If you’re coming over from Confessions of a Serial DIYer, welcome! Christy is so talented and always has the best DIY projects. Be sure to drop by and say hello if you missed it!

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Christmas Kitchen Decor

Today I’m going to be showing you our Christmas kitchen decor and sharing a few simple ways that you can add that seasonal touch to your own kitchen. It’s amazing how just a few little additions can make such a big impact!  Over the years, I’ve developed a simple routine for adding our seasonal decor in the kitchen. Even though I change up the details each year, my thought process behind it all still generally stays the same.  So… here are some simple ways to add some Christmas magic to your kitchen space.

Style a tray.

I always like to start off with some kind of Christmas display that sets the color scheme and overall feel for the rest of the kitchen. The far corner of our kitchen works well for this as it keeps things out of the way while still being a focal point when you walk in the room. This year I chose a green and white color scheme and kind of have a bit of a Christmas tree theme going. I also used some dried orange slices to add a bit of a color pop {you can find the easy DIY here}.

Using a tray for a base helps to keep everything corralled together and makes things feel a little more put together. It also makes it easier for cleaning the counters when needed!

Add faux branches or greenery.

If you want to add a quick seasonal touch, just place some faux winter branches or greenery to a vase or bowl. I used faux juniper cedar branches in the kitchen this year.

The large stems were from Target and I picked up a bunch of smaller juniper sprays on Amazon. Using the same greenery throughout your space will help to tie everything together

Mix functional with decorative.

If you have a small kitchen or just don’t like a lot of clutter, mix in a few of your favorite Christmas decor pieces with your regular kitchen items. I added a couple of Christmas trees and an extra kitchen towel to our kitchen utensil tray along with a Christmas rolling pin and wooden spoon. I also found a cute Christmas tree cutting board that I stacked up in behind.

Dress up the sink.

It may be weird, but I always like dressing up the sink for the holidays. Switching up our hand and dish soap scents always seems to signal the start of a new season.

Gather all of your sink essentials together on a tray or cutting board. I picked up this pretty Christmas bowl for just a few dollars at Marshalls for our kitchen scrub brush. The dish soap and hand soap bottles were from Grove Collaborative.

Switch up your artwork.

A simple frame with some holiday artwork is one of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to add a seasonal touch to your space. I have tons of free Christmas printables on the blog – there’s something for every color scheme and style!

I used this Merry Little Christmas print this year, but here’s a little sneak peek at one of the new Christmas tree prints that I’m using in our dining room.

On the other side of the room, I also used my North Pole Cookie Co. sign. This one comes in lots of different colors and I finally got a chance to use the green!

Create a beverage bar.

Although no one here drinks coffee, I still like to have a hot beverage bar for our teas, hot chocolate, and chai. I purchased this milk frother about a year ago and I love it! I often have a steamed milk in the evening or make chai lattes. It also makes the best hot chocolate. If you’re looking for coffee bar labels {like the chai label} you can find them HERE.

Add some fresh greens.

We no longer get a real Christmas tree, but I still like to try to add some fresh greens in other places of our home. I love this centerpiece of Christmas greens and a variety of white flowers.

Light it up!

I don’t think I have any room in our house without twinkle lights! They just make everything look prettier! I always use the battery operated twinkle lights that come with a timer so I don’t have to remember to turn them on and off each day. I just set them once to come on when it starts to get dark and they stay on for 6 hours.

More of our Christmas Home Tour

If you’d like to see more of our Christmas home, you can see our Christmas living room tour here.

Later this week, I’ll also be sharing the rest of our home tour. Here’s a little peek of our Christmas bedroom…

… and dining room, so be sure to check back!

For more Christmas kitchen decor ideas, you can see some of my previous Christmas kitchen home tours here:

• 2021 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2020 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2019 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2018 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2017 Christmas Kitchen Decor

And that wraps things up! I hope you enjoyed the tour and feel inspired to add a little Christmas magic to your own home. If you’e new around here, I’d love to stay in touch! You can subscribe to my email over on the sidebar to be notified of new posts or you can always find me here…

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Before you leave, be sure to visit Norma’s gorgeous home over at Paint Me Pink. I absolutely love her style and she always has the most beautiful photography.

More Christmas Home Tours

For more Christmas inspiration, check out all of these beautiful Christmas home tours below. Just click on the link to go directly to the post!

Sharing on Tuesday

The Happy Housie / Rambling Renovators / This is Simplicite / Modern Glam

Life is a Party / Confessions of a Serial DIYer / Clean & Scentsible / Paint Me Pink

Sharing Wednesday…

The Happy Housie / Life is Better at Home / Dans le Lakehouse / Deeply Southern Home

She Gave it a Go / This is our Bliss / Inspiration for Moms

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Create a cozy and relaxing holiday home with these simple Christmas living room decor ideas. This green and white Christmas living room tour will help to inspire you for the season!

2022 Holiday Housewalk

Are you ready to start decking your halls? If you’re looking for some unique Christmas decor inspiration, you’re going to love Jennifer Rizzo’s Holiday Housewalk!  There are 20 gorgeous homes on the tour this year, each with their own unique style and design.

If you’d like to start the housewalk from the beginning, grab a mug of hot cocoa and start over at Jennifer Rizzo. I know you’ll love her beautiful artistic and creative touches!

For those of you coming over from Zevy Joy– welcome! I’m so glad you could drop by. I hope you’ve been enjoying all of the tours and Annie’s beautiful home.

Living Room Christmas Decor Ideas

Today, I’m thrilled to invite you into our home to share some Christmas living room decor ideas with you! I absolutely LOVE decorating for Christmas, and aways have fun switching up our decor each year. While there are never any hard and fast rules when it comes to Christmas decorating, I thought I would share some of my favorite ways to create a cozy and relaxing holiday living room.

Choose a color scheme.

Having a color scheme helps to give you a starting place for your holiday decor. This year, I decided to go with greens and whites and I love the cozy, relaxed vibe.  I also added some metallic tones and champagne ribbon for some extra warmth.

Add cozy textures.

Layer on blankets and pillows in coordinating colors to create a cozy and relaxing space. Place extra blankets into a basket,  drape them on a blanket ladder, or toss them over a chair or sofa.

Our new little kitten, Leo, enjoys the blankets too!

Dress up the tree.

Decorating the tree is always one of my favorite things to do! We actually have three trees in our home {we have another one in the bedroom and dining room that I’ll be showing you soon!} and I like to switch around the ornaments each year. I decorate quite early in the season, so I start off with the decorating and then we add our family decorations together as it gets closer to Christmas.

Usually I weave in wired ribbon on the tree, but this year I used this champagne colored satin ribbon and just tied it directly to the brnaches.. I really like the draping look of the ribbon – especially when the lights are on.

Bring in a little glam.

Add some sparkle with metallics, mercury glass, amber glass or other pretty items. I have been wanting to get some vintage brass bells for years now and can never seem to find them. These ones from Amazon are so pretty and reasonably priced.

I’ve also had these vintage style reindeer stocking hangers for years and they are one of my favorite Christmas pieces.

Adding ornaments to bowls or baskets is another easy way to bring in the glam. Add a few sprigs of greenery and some lights for an extra pretty touch.

Create a focal point with your mantel.

Create a Christmas Treat Cart.

For the past couple of years, I’ve put together a little Christmas treat/hot chocolate cart. It holds all of our favorite Christmas favorites and is perfect for Christmas movie nights.  It has everything we need for making chocolate and holds Christmas cookies, chocolates and other treats. Bonus, that it can be rolled wherever we need it!

Add a touch of whimsy.

It’s always fun to add a touch of whimsy and nostalgia to your seasonal decor.  I have a little collection of Christmas mice that I have displayed throughout the house.

I also love this cute little reindeer that hangs out with the presents under the tree.

Light it up.

Of course, the best part of any Christmas decor is the lights! I won’t say how long it took me to redo the lights on our tree this year, but I do think it was worth it in the end! I string our lights up and down each branch instead of just wrapping them around the tree and it creates such a pretty glow with lots of depth.

If only I could capture how pretty it is on camera – it just never looks the same as it does in real life. lol!

Well that wraps up our Christmas living room tour! I still have a lot more Christmas inspiration to share with you though so I hope you check back next week for the rest of the Christmas room tours. I still have our dining room…

…kitchen…

….and bedroom to show you.

Thank-you again for dropping by! I hope you were able to get some Christmas inspiration for your own home. If you’e new around here, I’d love to stay in touch! You can subscribe to my email over on the sidebar to be notified of new posts or you can always find me here…

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Before you go, don’t forget to visit the last house on the tour – Kindred Vintage! I’m sure you’ll absolutely love Susan’s beautiful Victorian farmhouse.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and hope you’re able to take some time this holiday season to relax and enjoy.

If you’re still looking for more Christmas inspiration, you can find my Holiday Housewalk tours from previous years here…

2020 Holiday Housewalk

2021 Holiday Housewalk

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This Christmas home tour will help get you into the Christmas spirit and provide lots of Christmas decor inspiration that you can use in your own home!

Christmas Home Tour

Every year, I like to look back on our previous seasonal decor to get an idea of the direction I want to go for the current year. It really gets me excited for the Christmas season and helps to get those Christmas decor ideas flowing! I love switching up our decor each year and coming up with different ways to use items that we already have.

I’m definitely not a minimalist when it comes to Christmas decor. I love the lights and all of the different styles and color schemes. From classic red and white to neutral tones and pretty metallics or flocked trees to real trees, to green trees – there’s really not much that I don’t like!

So… before I get started on our Christmas decor from this year, I thought I would recap all of our Christmas room tours from last year. It’s kind of fun to see what stays, what gets changed, and what ends up going from year to year. You can click on any of the rooms to get further information and lots more photos and inspiration for each space. I hope you enjoy it!

Christmas Porch

I had more of a vintage feel to our front porch last year using some vintage sleds and flocked trees for a snowy look.

I’m still going to be using some fresh greenery this year but it will be more of a classic Christmas-style.  The sleds might just have to come inside!

SEE MORE OF THE VINTAGE CHRISTMAS PORCH HERE.

Christmas Front Entry

A few Christmas touches to your front entry always makes for a warm welcome for guests and a happy way to come home! I went with a Merry red and white theme for our front entry way last year.

I actually made a few decor changes to the front entry this year that I haven’t had a chance to show you yet, so I was excited to decorate the space this year. I went a little more muted with some pretty Christmas touces.

SEE MORE OF THE CHRISTMAS FRONT ENTRY HERE.

Chistmas Dining Room

I loved the green and white dining room so much from last year, that it inspired me to add more green to our home this year!

This DIY felt gingerbread garland was one of my favorite proects last year, and I used it as inspiration for another space this year.

The Christmas tree in this room is always my favorite one to decorate. It’s the first thing you see when you come through the front door and you can pretty much see it from every room on our main floor. I added some more metallics this year, but kept a lot of aspects of the tree the same.

Last year was the first time I used amber glass in our Christmas decor, and it will definitely be back this year {with a little twist!}. Dried oranges also go perfectly with the amber glass and the Christmas lights almost make them glow.

SEE MORE OF OUR GREEN AND WHITE CHRISTMAS DINING ROOM HERE.

Christmas Kitchen

I went full on with the red and white Christmas decor in our kitchen last year. I have a little Santa mug and accessories collection  that started it all. They’re a fun mix of functional and cute Christmas decor!

I’ve also had this racoon tea pot and mug collection for years that I always like to display.

If you love the red and white decor, this Rudolph’s Milk and Cookie Co. sign goes with pretty much anything. I used it in the kitchen last year and in our dining room the year before.

Christmas Living Room

I carried the red and white into our living room as well.

I’m always a sucker for sweet Christmas animals and found this cute Christmas mouse at HomeSense. They add a little touch of nostalgia.

I kept the mantel more neutral with snowflakes, pom poms, and my DIY air-dry stars. And, of course, the stockings were hung by the chimney with care.

It was definitely a well-used space for watching all of those Christmas movies!

We even had a portable hot chocolate bar cart on hand.

Christmas Bedroom

Last year was the first year that I totally decorated our bedroom and I loved it!

I even had my own chocolate advent calendar.

We finally finished off the rest of the updates to this room this year, and I can’t wait to show you how it looks now! {HINT: I went with a totally different color scheme}.

My favorite thing about decorating our bedroom for Christmas was having another tree! I actually left it up in there until February as I just couldn’t bring myself to pack it away.

MORE CHRISTMAS BEDROOM DECOR HERE.

So that wraps up the recap of last year’s Christmas home tour. I hope this gives you some motivation and inspiration for your own Christmas decor! Even if you’re not a blogger, I highly recommend taking photos of your decor. It’s fun to look back on and will help you out with next year’s decor. Happy Christmas decorating!

And don’t forget to come back later this week for the start of this year’s Christmas room tours. I have three amazing Christmas home tours lined up that you won’t want to miss!

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Simple and pretty fall decor for the kitchen. Lots of easy tips that anyone can do to create a beautiful fall kitchen of their own. 

Fall Decor for the Kitchen

I have a pretty simple system for switching up our season decor in the season. Just a few switches, can make everything feel fresh and new! If you look back on previous fall kitchen home tours, you can see that I generally follow the same steps each year and just try to use what I have in different ways. Today, I thought I would share some of my favorite items to add that fall touch to our kitchen.

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Faux Florals or Stems

I love a good faux floral and am always on the lookout for a pretty stem or branch! They definitely bring that seasonal touch and add so much warmth and texture to your space.  Don’t be afraid to cut up your branches if needed to better accommodate your space. The orange berries that I used throughout the kitchen came from just a couple of large stems and work great to fill in any bare spots in any fall display.

Fall Linens.

Adding kitchen towels, a table cloth or runner, napkins, or other linens in fall colors or patterns is one of the easiest ways to add a pop of color to your kitchen.

As an added bonus, they’re functional too! Display them by your kitchen sink, hang them from the oven, or roll them up to use in a pretty fall vignette.

Fall Scents

I absolutely love all of the different smells of fall. Cinnamon, apple, pumpkin spice, nutmeg – there are so many amazing fall scents! There are a number of ways that you can add those delicious fall scents to your kitchen. One of the first things I do at the start of each season, is to switch up our dish and hand soaps to a fresh season scent.

You can also light a fall candle, make up some simmering fall potpourri, or take some time to do a little fall baking!

Free Printables

Printables are a quick and inexpensive way to add some fall decor the kitchen {or any other space!}. They’re also a great starting point if you’re trying to decide on a color scheme or mood for your space. To make it easy to switch them out each season, just store the prints in the photo frame and rotate them around. I created this “Fall Is Proof that Change Is Beautiful” printable a couple of years and love the more muted colors.

I also have a ton of other free fall printables available in a variety of styles and colors. You can find them all HERE including this Hand Picked Farm Fresh Pumpkin sign. There’s something for everyone!

Trays

Trays help to corral similar items together and help to make your space look less cluttered. Use them to hold your functional kitchen items and add a few fall touches to create a pretty display.

The trays also make it easier to move all of the items around to clean underneath them and get rid of any crumbs or other kitchen debris.

Seasonal Kitchen Items

Since space is generally at a prime in the kitchen, I love finding functional kitchen items that double as seasonal decor.

The owl cookie jar, pumpkin tureens and little pumpkin pie plates can all be used as intended or used for extra storage fo other items such as linens, small kitchen utensils, seasonal cookie cutters, fall treats, or other items.

Beverage Bar

I kind of have an obsession with creating little seasonal beverage bars and actually have a few different ones that I put together this year. You can do a coffee bar, hot beverage bar, apple cider bar, or whatever you like!

This one is for our frothed spiced chai {and other steamed milk drinks} and teas. The tea bags are all stored in the pumpkin and any other items that we need that aren’t in the tray {i.e. sugar and additional mugs} are just in the cupboard above. The tea kettle is directly in the cupboard below, so everything is easily accessible in one place.

I purchased the milk frother last year and use it all the time in the cooler months for steamed milk drinks and hot chocolate. It definitely takes the drinks up a level!

I also made some free printable coffee bar labels {like the one on the chai} that you could use for any coffee bar or other hot beverage station.

Twinkle Lights

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know how much I love my twinkle lights! I like to use them all year round, but they always feel extra cozy as the days start to get shorter.  Twinkle lights can be added to a fall vignette, beverage bar, above your kitchen cabinets, or anywhere else that you want a little glow!

It’s kind of hard to appreciate the lights during the day but they’re so welcoming when the sun goes starts to go down. I also used some lights on our fall beverage bar cart that I’ll be sharing later in the week.

Fall Centerpiece

Lastly, I like to create some kind of simple seasonal centerpiece for our table. I got the linen table runner new this year from H&M Home and added a wood cutting board and large white vase for some pretty fall eucalyptus stems.

Using a tray or cutting board helps to ground your centerpiece on the table and, if you have a more involved centerpiece, makes it easier to take on and off the table.

Favorite Places to Purchase Fall Decor

I don’t have a lot of links to my seasonal decor items as many of them were purchased years ago, but if you have any questions about anything specific, I can always share where I purchased it. I thought it would be helpful, however, to talk about where I like to shop and what I look for. That way, you can find your own items that you love!

HomeSense {or HomeGoods/Marshalls/TJ Maxx}

There are lots of unique seasonal items so it’s always fun to shop here. I also find it’s the best place to find inexpensive linens.

H&M Home

There aren’t a lot of brick and mortar stores that carry the home decor line, but check out their online site. I always love their items and they generally have really great prices. I especially like to purchase pillow covers and pillow inserts here as they can be purchased individually so you can just get what you need.

Affloral

One of my favorite places for faux florals. I did purchase the terracotta eucalyptus leaves from here this year.

Decor Steals

I love this online site for unique home decor pieces.

Michaels

They often have some cute seasonal decor items and I always like to look here for faux florals and greenery. I do find that the regular priced items are on the expensive side, so I do always try to buy when items are on sale or if I have a coupon.

Pottery Barn/Crate and Barrel

If you’re looking for more of a splurge, these stores always have beautiful seasonal decor. Even if you don’t purchase, they can be a great source of inspiration! I like to check out their end of season sales as they often have really heavily discounted items.

If you have any local garden centres, many of them will get in some really cool seasonal decor items as well. I’ve found some of my favorite finds at some of our local garden centres. I have also found some great pieces at Superstore, which is a Canadian grocery store. I guess it just goes to show, that you can find seasonal decor almost anywhere, so be sure to keep your eyes open for that perfect find!

More Fall Decor for the Kitchen

If you’re still looking for more fall decor ideas for the kitchen, you can find some of my previous fall kitchen home tours here…

• 2021 Fall Kitchen
• 2020 Fall Kitchen
• 2019 Fall Kitchen
• 2018 Fall Kitchen
• 2017 Fall Kitchen

I hope you enjoyed the tour and found some inspiration to add a little fall touch to your own kitchen!

More Fall Decor Ideas

For more fall decor and DIY ideas, check out these posts…

The Best Free Fall Printables

Fall Beverage Bar

Apple Cider Fall Tray

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If you’re looking for fall decor inspiration, these cozy fall home decor ideas are sure to please! Lots of simple fall ideas for every room of your home.

Fall Home Tours

Hello, hello! It’s been a while since I’ve done any blogging, but I’m so excited to be back for the fall season! I’m jumping right in today and joining Marty from A Stroll Thru Life for her annual fall home tours. There are over 30 bloggers joining in on the tours, so there will be tons of fall inspiration for you!

If you’re coming over from White Arrows Home, welcome! I’m sure you enjoyed Kristin’s tour of her beautiful log home in The Northwoods. She has so many unique finds and pretty seasonal touches!

Our Fall Home

While I’m always sad for summer to end, I absolutely love decorating for fall! Fall decor is totally my jam – I love the muted fall tones, natural elements, and cozy textures.

I usually have our home decorated for fall by the Labor Day weekend, but I’m a little slow this year due to a flood that started in our laundry room over the summer. I was expecting that our hardwood floors would be getting replaced around this time, so I thought that I might have to skip the fall decor this year.  Unfortunately, it turns out that getting our floors replaced through insurance is not a fast process, and may still be a few months out. At least now I can decorate for fall!

Cozy Fall Home Decor Ideas

Before I decorate each year, I always like to look back at what I did in previous years. It really helps to get me excited for the new season and allows me to think about how I can re-use my decor pieces in different ways. So… today I’m going to be putting all of last year’s fall decor ideas into one big fall home tour. I hope it provides you with lots of simple and easy ways to incorporate some cozy fall decor into your own home. Let’s get started!

Fall Front Porch

There’s nothing like coming home to a warm and cozy front porch. As the nights start to get darker earlier, I love having a little glow on the front porch to welcome guests.

Last year, our fall porch included lots of natural elements and traditional fall colors. Mums, pumpkins, fall leaves and hay bales all added pretty pops of color and texture to create a warm and welcoming look.

And my favorite part of the porch was that beautiful night glow! Use string lights {or Christmas lights!}, outdoor candles, lanterns, or lighted trees to brighten up your space

FOR MORE FALL FRONT PORCH DETAILS CLICK HERE.

Fall Dining Room

Our dining room is the first main room you see when you come in our front door and is usually the first space that I decorate for the seasons.

I often start with the centerpiece for my dining room decor inspiration. This nature-inspired centerpiece was one of my favorites and served as the color inspiration for the rest of the room.

I also like to set up some kind of seasonal beverage bar or snack bar in our dining room and have done lots of fun different set-ups over the years including an apple cider bar and this fall hot beverage bar. Last year, I made some new free coffee bar labels and put together this cute beverage bar.

These air dry clay leaves were one of my favorite DIYs from last year and I love the detail they had to a simple set of string lights.

FOR MORE FALL DINING ROOM DETAILS CLICK HERE.

Fall Kitchen

Next up is the kitchen! Since the kitchen countertops are prime real estate, I try to incorporate our fall decor in functional ways as much as possible.

I always have fun dressing up our sink for the different seasons. A new dish towel, some fall scented dish and hand soap, and a few fall stems add that perfect fall touch and make it so much nicer to do dishes!

To keep things looking tidy and uncluttered, I like to use trays to corral any decor items together. And adding some twinkle lights always makes things prettier!

I like to switch up my artwork from season to season, and have a ton of free fall printables that I have created over the years. They’re pretty much the easiest way to add some seasonal decor! You can find them all HERE.

FOR MORE FALL KITCHEN DECOR IDEAS CLICK HERE.

Fall Family Room

Our family room is right off of our kitchen and dining space. I added lots of warm fall colors, cozy blankets, and pretty fall florals to create an inviting space to cuddle up in on those cooler fall nights.

The battery operated taper candles  on the mantel turn on and off with a remote control so they’re easy to use and add that light glow with our fireplace.

I also like to add some seasonal candles or diffuse some fall scents to really create that fall feeling!

FOR MORE FALL FAMILY ROOM DECOR CLICK HERE.

Fall Bedroom

Last year was the first year I decorated our bedroom for fall and I will definitely be doing it again. I loved how warm and cozy it was!

There are lots of easy and inexpensive ways to add some coziness to your space using candles, fall scents, and textured bedding, pillows, or throws.

It creates such a relaxing space to unwind each night before bed.

And don’t forget to add those lights!

Thank-you so much for touring around with me today! I hope you enjoyed our fall home tour and found some ideas that you can use in your own home. It’s amazing how just a few simple touches can bring in that seasonal coziness! If you’re new to the blog and would like to stay in touch, you can always find me here…

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The tours continue tomorrow morning over at Decor to Adore. Laura always has the best ideas for creating beautiful seasonal decor on a budget!

More Fall Home Tours

For more fall home decor ideas, be sure to check out these posts. There will be new posts added each day this week, so be sure to check back!

Monday Fall Home Tours

A Stroll Thru Life / The Stonybrook House / StoneGable / Shiplap and Shells
White Arrows Home / Clean and Scentsible.

Tuesday Fall Home Tours

Decor to Adore / Simply2Moms / 11 Magnolia Lane / Calypso in the Country
Country Road 407 / Pink Peppermint Design

Wednesday Fall Home Tours

Whispering Pines Homestead / Cuckoo4Design / Southern State of Mind
This is Our Bliss / Thrifty and Chic

Thursday Fall Home Tours

Our Southern Home / Southern Hospitality / Hymns and Verses / Worthing Court
Southern Home and Hospitality / Remodelando la Casa

Friday Fall Home Tours

Pasha is Home / CitrineLiving / Quarters One / Up to Date Interiors
A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

More Fall Decor Ideas

If you’re still looking for more fall decor ideas, you may enjoy these posts…

Lighted Fall Pumpkin Basket

Harvest Moon Fall Tablescape

Pumpkin Season Free Fall Printable

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Check out these pretty summer kitchen decor ideas with a happy pop of orange. Simple tips to brighten up your space for summer!

Summer Seasonal Simplicity Series

Welcome back to another week of the summer seasonal simplicity series! Each week my blogging friends and I are sharing a variety of summer ideas to inspire you for the season. From DIY ideas to delicious summer recipes and pretty outdoor spaces, there’s something for everyone. This week we’re opening up our homes for some beautiful summer home tours. There are lots of simple summer decor tips and ideas for you, so be sure to check out all of the tours at the end of the post. Happy touring!

Summer Home Tour

I started off our summer home tour last week with our summer dining room.  It’s the first room you see when you walk in the house and the first place that I start decorating with each new season.

I went with blues and whites in here with pops of fresh and faux greenery.  It’s one of my favorite color combos!

For our kitchen, however, I thought I would change things up a little bit. While it’s nice sticking with your favorites, sometimes a little change of color is all that’s needed!

Summer Kitchen Decor

Welcome to our summer kitchen! Today I thought I would share some simple styling tips for easy summer kitchen decor. I actually didn’t change up a lot of things, but a few little touches here and there can still make it feel fresh.

Start off fresh.

I find that the change of seasons is always a good reminder to do some of those extra deep cleaning tasks that always get put off. Since you’re moving things around anyways, it’s the perfect time to get into all of those corners and surfaces that are usually covered up. I always start by putting away any old seasonal items that I know I won’t be using and then taking down all of the other items so I can completely wipe down shelves, counters, and other surfaces. Wash down cupboards, dust off the tops of cabinets and give your appliances a little extra love!

Pick an inspiration piece.

I always like to start my seasonal decor with some kind of inspiration piece. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy – it could be a tea towel, some artwork, or, in my case, some tangerine branches!

I found these at Target and loved the little pop of orange. It’ s not really a color that I’ve used before, but it’s kind of bright and happy – kind of like summer!

Add some artwork.

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know how much I love creating printables! Changing up artwork is one of the easiest ways to add a little seasonal touch to your home. Whether you swap out a piece of art on the wall, or just switch out a photo frame, it only takes a few minutes. To make it even easier, keep the prints in the back of the picture frames and just rotate them around when a new holiday or season hits.

I created these tangerine art printables to go with the tangerine branches that I bought. There are 6 free printables designs available. You can download your favorites HERE.

Organize on trays.

Keeping similar items grouped together on trays makes them appear less cluttered and provides easy access to those items that you use regularly.  You can use anything that you may already have – trays, cake stands, cutting boards.  Not only do the trays catch any drips and messes, but they also make it really easy to remove a  bulk load of items for cleaning the counter underneath.

I always like to switch out our seasonal cookbooks and keep a few of my favorites out on the counter for easy access. It serves as a good reminder to use them and adds a little pop of color too!

Create a seasonal display.

Kitchen counter space can be prime real estate, but it is nice to carve out at least one area that you can create a seasonal vignette. I use this space at the end of our kitchen counter as it’s the least used counter space and kind of out of the way from where we would do our prep work.

I used a mix of functional pieces and decor items in this display. The faux greenery adds a nice pop of color, but can easily be removed when I need to use the items.

In keeping with the tangerine theme, I added some mandarin oranges to the display. You could always use faux fruit too, but this way I’m reminded to eat my fruit!

Dress up the sink.

All you need is a couple of minutes to create a cute and functional sink display.

For our sink display, I used a cake stand for our dish soap and hand soap. I even swapped out the dish and hand soap to a tangerine scent! {this smells SO good!}. The little white jar is actually a fruit fly trap and it works amazing! {you can get the recipe HERE}. You can’t go wrong with a cute AND functional display!

Put together a centerpiece.

It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, but I think a centerpiece just completes the kitchen. If you don’t have anything specific for a centerpiece, simply grouping a few favorite items together onto a tray works great.

White lillies are one of my favorite flowers and I love how long they last. These ones were just from Costco and we’ve had them for almost two weeks.

I hope you enjoyed our summer kitchen decor and are inspired to add a few summer touches around your own home!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a wonderful summer!

More Summer Home Tours

Need more summer decor inspiration? Some of my friends have joined me to share their summer decorating ideas with you. You can visit their full article by clicking on the links below the images.

The Happy Housie / Maison de Cinq / Clean and Scentsible

My Sweet Savannah / She Gave it a Go
Rambling Renovators / Paint Me Pink

Tatertots and Jello / Zevy Joy / Joanna Anastasia

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Cozy up your bedroom for the holidays with these pretty Christmas bedroom decor ideas. Simple ways to add that festive touch!

Our Christmas Bedroom Decor

I’m continuing on with our Christmas home tour today and showing you around our master bedroom. I kept things fairly simple in here, but I sure do love the changes!

Decorating your bedroom might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Christmas decor, but I highly recommend it! There’s nothing better than having a magical, cozy space to relax in when you need an escape from all of the holiday hustle and bustle.

How to Create a Cozy Christmas Bedroom

Decorating your bedroom for Christmas doesn’t have to involve a lot of effort – even just a few seasonal touches can make a big difference! If you’re looking to create a bit more of a festive feeling in your bedroom, here are some tips to help you out.

Add some festive colors.

While you can really use any color scheme you like for your Christmas decor, there’s nothing more festive than adding a little red! I do find that red can be a little overwhelming if there is too much of it, so I like to stick with just a few pops of color here and there. I added a long lumbar pillow to our bed {in a cozy sweater material}, my advent calendar doll, and some red ribbon to the tree.

Create a pretty Christmas vignette.

A dresser or side table is the perfect place to add a pretty seasonal touch in your bedroom space.

I like to start with fairly neutral pieces that can be used throughout the year and then just switch up a few elements with more seasonal decor. If you look at our dresser from our summer bedroom tour, you can see that the majority of the display is the same. I just switched up the faux stems, added the winter trees, and layered on the leaf twinkle lights and pinecone garland.

Cozy up your bedding.

There’s nothing better than snuggling up in bed with some Netflix and twinkling Christmas lights. Switch up your comforter or duvet to a heavier weight, add some extra blankets or quilts, or layer on some extra pillows for a more luxurious feeling.

For a cozier sleep, change up your regular sheets for some flannel ones. It’s always fun to add a seasonal pattern too! I found these cute reindeer sheets at Superstore and they were a relatively inexpensive way to dress up the bed for Christmas.

Our bed is actually a storage bed so the whole mattress system lifts up with full storage underneath. We keep all of our extra bedding, off-season bedding and pillows under it, so everything stays close and can be changes up as needed. {NOTE: If you’re looking for a bed storage system, check the weight of the mattress. We were told there were no limitations on weight, however, our mattress ended up being too heavy for the hydraulics to work properly and the bed will only stay up if someone is holding it.}

Toss a pillow.

Pillows are a great way to add texture, color, and coziness to your bedroom. I always start with neutral pillows as my base and then just switch up a few of the pillows each season. The three large, white Euro pillows stay year-round and then I just switch up the pillow cases on the king sized pillows and add a matching accent pillow to the front. I love this cozy, red sweater pillow that I found at HomeSense!

Trim a tree.

We bought a tree for our bedroom last year and I will never go back! I just love having a pretty Christmas tree to stare at when I’m trying to wind down before bed. It’s in the perfect spot to see the lights as we’re lying in bed. I wish I could get a better photo of the tree but it’s so hard to photograph with all of the windows around it. I promise it’s prettier in real life!

Although I kept the tree pretty neutral with the ornaments, I did add some red velvet ribbon for that little punch of red to tie in with the rest of the room.

Turn on the glow.

You can never forget the lights when it comes to Christmas decor! A strand of lights can really be hung almost anywhere and adds such a pretty glow at night! String them along your headboard, over your dresser or light up a tree!

Add some Christmas scents.

There are so many amazing scents associated with Christmas – from spices like cinnamon, gingerbread and vanilla, to more woodsy scents like fresh cut pine or other greenery.

Whether you like a lot of scent or just a hint, there are a number of ways that you can add that touch of Christmas to your bedroom. Diffusers, linen sprays, or candles are all perfect for the bedroom and can be layered to achieve your desired scent level and custom scent. My very favorite scent for Christmas is the Thymes Frasier Fir and I always buy at least 1 or 2 items each Christmas. Not only does it smell amazing, but they also have such pretty container options!

Have some fun!

Who says advent calendars are just for kids? I found this advent calendar doll a number of years ago at HomeSense and I loved it! I knew that my boys wouldn’t want her so I bought it for myself. She gets filled with chocolates {maybe multiple times!} and it’s the perfect bed time treat.

Well, there you go! I hope you enjoyed the tour and take a little time to add some Christmas decor to your bedroom just for you!

More Christmas Home Decor

To see more of our Christmas home tour, check out these posts…

Festive Christmas Kitchen Decor

Green and White Dining Room Decor

Hot Chocolate Bar Cart

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