It’s that time of year.
I can just smell the cedar, fir, and cinnamon in the air.
Merry Christmas, y’all.
Our halls are (mostly) decked, and yes, it’s the 14th and I’m still going.
We’re not going crazy, but we’re definitely putting a subtle touch in each room. I’ve also spent much of the month purging our messes to make room for more come the 25th.
I really, desperately, wanted our Christmas decor to fit in with the rest of our home, and I wanted to pull out less.
And, I’ve always wanted all all white, silver, & gold tree. It was my year!! Matt totally agreed because he was all over simplistic and bringing out less. I only pulled out our white and metallic ornaments, and added in a few more finishing details.
I used pieces of vintage sheet music and book pages to fill in. The kids truly enjoy stacking all the ornaments on top of each other.
It’s their Christmas favorite.
But I’m not complaining.
I like the help too much.
Here’s a tip for you: buy one roll of garland or ribbon you love (I bought Ballard’s Document Brown) and cut it into several lengths to create swags of garland rather than wrapping the entire tree.
Big money saver, equally big impact.
The fam and I had a blast putting up the tree and all its trimmings.
Even if the ornaments feel a little claustrophobic.
*linking to Sarah’s Holiday Home Party. Can’t wait to see all the fabulous trees!!
Beautiful! I love all the ornaments. The more the merrier, right? Simply beautiful.
I think your tree is beautiful!
Gorgeous tree. I especially like the stacked ornaments 🙂 My boys ‘re-style’ our tree daily *sigh* but hey Christmas is all about them and they’re rather good at ornament placement.
Shaunna I love your tree!! I have all silver and white this year
but I really love the gold added ~ I love your little helper touches too 🙂
color palette..yes
bringing out less..yes
smell of cinnamon & fir…priceless:)
your heart shows in your Christmas decor..beauty
xo:)
I can smell it now. Ahhh. Beautiful.
Love the tree – and really love seeing the open floor plan to your dining room. It makes me love that room even more!
Beautiful! And you can always gradually shift an ornament or two around… 🙂
This is beautiful! I’m already thinking of what I want to do next year!
Merry Christmas!
Bullfrogs and Bulldogs
Love the ‘less is more’ approach and the monochromatic tree. So true about the swagging, a much more even look and a heck of a lot of savings-thanks!
I love it! So pretty! I also love trees with a lot of metallics or just monochrome (like all blue or all red). This is gorgeous!
It.looks.gorgeous. This was not my year for the tree, so I’m definitely enjoying everyone else’s! 🙂
Beautiful tree! Cherish these days when little hands decorate not so perfect trees. Perfect homes without little hands helping to decorate are not nearly as festive and sweet. You have a great family and a beautiful home. God bless you and yours!
I love that webby gold ribbon- gorgeous tree!
It’s perfectly wonderful! :O)
It’s beautiful! I opted to go for a less sophisticated tree this year as well. I went with white, silver and gold too with some burlap ribbon. Can’t wait to see more of your Christmas decor.
The tree is just lovely. I did the same this year, forsaking my reds and blues for a nature colored tree. So restful to look at. You have such great style sense. Have a lovely weekend, Pam
What a vision of beauty!
It looks absolutely gorgeous! I love all of the touches!
Simply and completely Gorgeous! A glass of wine, or eggnog by that tree and all is well. 🙂 Blessed Holidays!