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Updated: Apr 3, 2022 by Kris Jarrett

My 2019 Christmas Home Tour!

With the chaos of our master bathroom addition, trips to North Carolina to get our new home guest-ready for the holidays, and all of the other usual holiday busyness, “decking our halls” happened a little late this year! But I’m finally ready to invite you all inside to tour you around our Christmas home! It’s perfect timing since we got a little bit of snow overnight that makes everything glow both inside and out (I just snapped the pic below this morning!). So grab your cup of coffee, hot chocolate, or whatever you like to sip and surf with and let’s get to it…  (post includes affiliate links – full disclosure statement available {here})

The Christmas tour of our New England home!

Decorating our front door with my holiday swag is one tradition that I’ll always find time for year after year. I clip a few greenery branches from the huge tree in our front yard, berry branches from trees in the back, and add {these bells} and a big bow (this year I used {this red plaid ribbon}). Here’s my 2019 version that I put together just a few days ago:

Gorgeous holiday greenery swag with a trio of brass bells and ribbon!

You might be surprised by how simple it is to do – from start to finish it takes me only about 20 minutes. {This blog post} shows you how to put it together step by step but this year I also took some video while I was putting my swag together and have it saved to my Highlights on Instagram {here} if you’d like to see!

The room I spent the most time decorating this year is one of the spaces we spend the most time in over the holidays – our family room:

Super cozy family room decorated for Christmas!

Watching holiday movies in cozy PJs with the Christmas tree lights on is my favorite! Seriously, I think I could happily due it for days on end! This is the only Christmas tree that I put up in our house this year so I was able to steal some of the decorations (like the white poinsettias) from the blue and white tree that was in our bonus room last year. I mixed those “new” pieces in with my old standbys of my gold and silver ornaments and wide gray velvet ribbon. I also added a touch of red with {this plaid ribbon}:

A mix of wide gray velvet, red plaid, and sheer silver ribbon on our Christmas tree!

Our family room definitely has more of a traditional red and green Christmas vibe than in previous years – I’m enjoying the simple change-up! Along with the red ribbon on our Christmas tree, I bought three of {these super cute red and gray plaid pillows} and mixed them in with {these textured white pillows} and {these gray medallion pillows} that I already owned. And of course, our super cozy faux fur throw (we have {this one}) is back in the mix too!

Our Christmas tree with gray velvet and red plaid ribbon!

I also added {this pre-lit wreath} above our TV that goes on and off at the same time every day – such a great feature for something hung up high where it’s hard to reach!

The only decorations I pulled out of storage from our Christmas bins besides the ornaments this year are the little silver Christmas trees flanking our TV – I’ve had them for years (they were HomeGoods finds but you can also find similar ones {here}) and just love them. You might notice that I’ve kept my textured poufs (found {here}) in this space. I bought them about this time last year and planned to move them up to my daughter’s room after the holidays but we’ve all loved having them in here so much that they never left:

Love having these cute floor poufs!! They're great as footrests or extra seating, especially around the holidays!

All of our other family room furniture and accessories are unchanged from when I made over this room three years ago (an eternity in blogland!) – I’ll link a few of the key pieces below but you can see the full source list for this space at the end of {this post} if there’s something else you want the details on.

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Moving on to our kitchen, you’ll see some touches of red in this space too:

Our Christmas kitchen decorated with pops of red!

See {this post} for all kitchen sources

For the past few weeks I’ve been working on an off-blog project using pieces I chose from the Martha Stewart Collection at Macy’s – such cute stuff! Over the weekend I did a holiday buffet test-run using some of her serving pieces and decor – it was so much fun to put together and of course my family thinks that having a little pre-holiday buffet of yummy desserts and appetizers to snack on has been pretty sweet:

Holiday buffet of finger food set up on our kitchen island!

Cranberries add a pretty pop of red to this kitchen island holiday buffet!

I also added a touch of Christmas to our kitchen door that leads out to the garage – it’s the one that we come and go through constantly so I thought it would be fun to place a beautiful wreath on the inside of the door where we can see and appreciate it. I chose {this wreath} c/o Etsy shop Style the Seasons – I LOVE the plaid ribbon and think the greenery looks so real! I’ve gotten several questions on Instagram about whether my wreath hanger scratches my door – I actually put thin adhesive felt like {this} on the back side of my wreath hanger and that seems to do the trick:

A Christmas wreath with plaid bow and bells and bells on a rope door hanger are perfect for decorating the door we go in and out of every day!

The most gorgeous Christmas wreath!

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m a sucker for anything with bells! Along with the jingle bells on my wreath, I added the cutest grouping of rope-hung bells to the door knob – the exact set I bought is no longer available but they’re very similar to {this bell set}.

Moving on to our guest room… Jeff and I have actually been sleeping here for the past month because our master bedroom has been so cold due to the bathroom construction going on. So I decided to dress our temporary space up just a bit! I simply added a pretty poinsettia to {this round beaded bedside tray} and swapped the mirror that’s usually above the bed with a wreath covered in twinkle lights:

Loving this blue and white bedding! Those pillows are gorgeous!!

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Hope was a little confused at first (she’s totally a creature of habit) but she soon decided that as long as she’s still with her mama, all is good:

Not sure which I love more - the blue and white pillows or the plaid dog pjs!

And yes, she has pajamas to wear when it gets really cold (you can see from her bare little legs that she’s lost a lot of her fur so she actually gets cold super easily). And yes, I have the matching human version. (And yes, I know it’s totally ridiculous – ha!)

I dressed up our guest bathroom too! I simply layered a wreath over the mirror above the toilet (I hung the wreath on the mirror with a Command hook and then used double sided tape to stick the ribbon to the mirror), added  Christmas towels and some cute white LED houses (my exact little houses are no longer available but {these} are super similar):

Super cute bathroom decorated for Christmas with Christmas houses and a wreath layered over the mirror!

See {this post} for our guest bathroom sources

The best part is how it glows at night since the Christmas houses and the little silver Christmas tree have LED lights:

Love this bathroom with the cutest Christmas decorations added for a nighttime glow!!

If you’re wondering about how I decorated our fireplace/mantel for Christmas this year… I didn’t! I actually shipped our stockings and some mantel decor down to NC and will be decorating the mantel in that house later this month so stay tuned!

We’re going to be splitting our time between Connecticut and North Carolina over the holidays and while our NC house is still VERY bare, I made a few visits in the past two months to set up two of the three bedrooms so everyone at least has a decent bed to sleep in! I’m loving the direction that my girls’ room is going in – there’s still work to be done but it already feels like a cozy, happy space:

The sweetest girls room decorated for Christmas - love the two twin beds!

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Neither of my daughters have seen this room in person since I decorated it but after seeing the pics I took while there, my oldest daughter asked if we could leave the tree in their room year-round. I like how she thinks 🙂

Thanks so much for touring around our Christmas home with me! I’ll still be doing a little bit of decorating here and there over the next two weeks (my front porch planters are next on my to-do list!) so be sure you’re following over on Instagram {here} where I’ll be sharing any new additions. And if you’re still looking for a few holiday gift ideas and you haven’t already seen it – check out my Christmas Wish List Gift Ideas post {here}. It was my birthday yesterday and Jeff was smart and bought me several things off of my own wish list in that post including a new pair of {these favorite PJs}, {these CozyChic joggers}, and {these new gray UGGs}  – it’s pretty much the coziest present trio ever so of course I love it!

I hope you all are enjoying a wonderful holiday season!

XOXO,

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  1. Calypso in the Country says

    December 11, 2019 at 9:22 am

    Beautiful tour, Kris! I always love your front door – perfect way to welcome guests. Your family room looks so festive yet cozy and I am loving all the red… It just makes everything feel so happy. Hope looks adorable in those cute jammies. Thanks for the lovely tour!
    Cheers!
    Shelley

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:47 pm

      Shelley thank you so much and hope 2020 is treating you well!

      Reply
  2. Paula says

    December 11, 2019 at 9:50 am

    Your touches of Christmas are beautiful Kris! I agree with your girls. They should keep that gorgeous tree up year round. Happy Belated Birthday! Mine was yesterday too, however, I have a lot of years on you 🙂 I should have known you were my sign. No wonder I always admire your decor. We have very similar taste! Merry Christmas to you & yours!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:48 pm

      Thank you so much Paula – we Sagittarius gals need to stick together! 🙂 Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and start to 2020!

      Reply
  3. Shannon Raley says

    December 11, 2019 at 10:01 am

    Your house is absolutely beautiful!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:48 pm

      Thank you so much Shannon!

      Reply
  4. Anonymous says

    December 11, 2019 at 11:22 am

    Happy belated birthday!Everything looks beautiful. I love all the red touches in the house. It makes everything feel so happy! Merry Christmas!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:49 pm

      Thank you so much! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

      Reply
  5. Sue Horn says

    December 11, 2019 at 11:26 am

    Love your HOMES! Thanks for the tour! Your girls are so lucky to have a talented MOM! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

    Reply
    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:50 pm

      Sue, you’re too sweet! Thank you and happy new year! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Carolyn Savage says

    December 11, 2019 at 11:48 am

    I would a tutorial on how you add the ribbon vertically onto your tree. Lovely!!!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:51 pm

      I do it just like my friend Kelley – she has a great tutorial on her blog here: https://kelleynan.com/how-to-decorate-a-christmas-tree-with-ribbon/

      Reply
  7. Jackie says

    December 11, 2019 at 12:53 pm

    Dear Kris,
    First of all, Merry Christmas from Albuquerque!
    Want you to know your blog is the only one I take the time to read! I love everything you have done with your home. You’ve inspired this lady of the 90’s to pare it back and let quit making my house look like Hobby Lobby threw up in it!
    You’re family room tree inspired me to get rid of my red and green tree of over 20 years. I now have a beautiful flocked tree and I love it!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:52 pm

      Jackie I LOVE and appreciate your comment so much! Thank you! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that 2020 is treating you well!

      Reply
  8. cassie bustamante says

    December 11, 2019 at 2:09 pm

    your home looks just beautiful, kris! love the wreath above your bed!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:52 pm

      Thank you Cassie!!

      Reply
  9. Kerri says

    December 11, 2019 at 2:18 pm

    Everything looks so beautiful and festive! I am hard pressed to pick a favourite spot, but I would say your family room looks like the perfect place for a Christmas Movie watching marathon, which is also my favorite thing to do over the holidays! Your girls new room is stunning! Love those twin beds!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:53 pm

      Thank you so much Kerri! Yes, hours of time were lost sucked into that couch watching movies over the holidays – it was heaven! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

      Reply
  10. Karen B. says

    December 11, 2019 at 6:57 pm

    Kris,
    I love the Christmas touches you’ve made to both the New England house and the N. Carolina girls’ room. I didn’t realize the distance between your current home and new home was so doable. I confess while I kind of know where N. Carolina is on the U.S. map, as a California girl where it takes an hour to get a relatively short distance due to traffic, I think everything is kind of far away here! haha.
    Have a wonderful Christmas in both houses. 🙂

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:54 pm

      It’s quite a drive between the two houses (11 hours) but we make the haul if we’re going to be there for a week or more. For shorter trips, we’re lucky that there’s a quick direct flight! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Karen!!

      Reply
  11. Carly says

    December 14, 2019 at 7:51 am

    Beautiful!!!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 20, 2020 at 12:55 pm

      Thank you! Happy new year!

      Reply
  12. Lorie Pinge says

    December 24, 2019 at 10:25 am

    I am in awe with every top-notch decor idea everywhere at your house – I will be sure to revisit your post time and time again to marvel at all the loveliness – Thank you for sharing and Peace to you and your loved ones at this Christmas time!

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    • Kris Jarrett says

      January 13, 2020 at 10:06 pm

      That’s so super sweet Lorie – thank you! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and happy new year!

      Reply

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