Welcome to my holiday home! For those of you who are new here, my family moved from Ohio to Connecticut, where we live in an old Cape Cod-style home that we’re slowly renovating and making our own. This year for Christmas, I wanted to decorate in a classic New England style with traditional colors of red and green, plenty of plaid, and lots of natural elements. Ready to come take a tour? (post includes affiliate links – see my full disclosure statement {here})
The greenery swag on our front door has become a bit of a tradition since moving into our home. It’s a quick and easy door dec I make from greenery and berry branches clipped from our yard along with {these amazing bells}:
See my post on our Christmas swag for the step-by-step tutorial for creating it.
Flanking our front door are two of {these large urns} filled with greenery along with two sets of {these black lanterns} that light the way:
Let’s head inside! If you’re a sweet tooth like me, I’ve got you covered because I’ve set up my trio of apothecary jars on our foyer chest and filled them with yummy holiday treats:
The iced gingerbread men from Trader Joe’s are my favorite!
Check out my post on decorating with apothecary jars for ideas on using them year-round!
My HomeGoods elephant always gets a new necklace depending on this season – for Christmas this year it’s a simple red and white herringbone bow:
Ready to have a seat around our dining table?
You’ll recognize many of the same elements from my post on fall decor ideas. I kept the black and white buffalo check runner (similar to {this runner}), woven chargers, and black and gold rimmed dinner plates. I added new side plates (the owl is my favorite but there are four different designs around the table), a new centerpiece, and some pomegranate placecards:
The pomegranate placecards were made by simply writing guests’ names on real pomegranates with a white paint pen like {this one}. A red and white ribbon tying each set of silverware adds some festive color.
For the floral arrangements for our dining table centerpiece, I combined some white flowers, red berry branches, and eucalyptus (all from Trader Joe’s) in {my favorite vases}.
In between them is a wood basket I found at Round Top filled with glass and metallic ornaments and small pinecones:
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Each of the dining room side chairs has a small star anise wreath tied to the back of it. Check out my post on star anise wreaths for the step by step of how to create your own.
Our chandelier is decorated with some simple jingle bells tied onto each candle with ribbon:
Moving a little further down the hall, you’ll find our powder room – the stenciled walls are one of my all-time favorite DIYs (see my post on our budget bathroom remodel for details). The addition of some ribbon to the sconces and a small poinsettia make it holiday ready for our guests!
I also added touches of red and green to our living room with holly and red berries placed in glass vases inside a pair of old riding boots:
And I turned an everyday pillow into a Christmas pillow with the simple addition of ribbon to make it look like a wrapped present:
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