A Mini Christmas Home Tour

Greetings lovely friends & readers

Warning ...very photo heavy post - apologies in advance  (I have made collages of photos to try & condense them up a bit)

As promised, here is a mini-home-tour-of-sorts to show you my festive decorating.  Our home is a humble 3-bedroom house & this year I've decorated the deck, kitchen, dining area & lounge. 

The decking table is one of my favourite areas ... walk up the steps & onto our large covered outdoor deck.   Yesterday Sid & I hung some beaded garland from the wrought iron candlelabra.

 

Mum's potted red geranium is flowering away merrily.  My entry is through glass French doors but I still manage to hang a wreath on them.

And into the kitchen we go .....................

I have a small galley style kitchen that leads directly into the dining room in an L-shape.  On the end of my bench, a small festive display on my egg crate.  Lean into your screen & take a big sniff of my citrus potpourri - it sure smells good 💛

 On the other corner of my bench I have just tucked some festive bits into things ... after all this is a well used area, not just for display.

I like to hang little christmassy bits from my cupboard door handles - just tuck them in here & there - a bit of cheer 💗

And directly into the dining area we go ... my vintage sewing table down the end has a large christmas display on it using my tiered tray

Lots of handmade creations here ..........

Remember to click on any of the photos to enlarge them

Along the wall to the right .................

I have wound fairy lights all through my plants on the fireplace hearth but they have decided today they are not going to work unless I stand there manually holding the switch wire 😐

This fire gets used nearly 6 months of the year - the reason it is in the dining room is because once-upon-a-time, this room used to be the Lounge.

The top of the dining room mantle 

My Advent angel made in * this post * & my Country Friends Christmas angel made in * this post *

A small round table in the corner with my knitted ornaments tree on it - I have not added to this as yet but I had grand intentions to this year (that somehow flew out the window) 😉

 

My vintage kauri dresser that often features on my blog. Mostly op-shopped china with some festive berries added.

A small display of bottle brush trees on top, thrifted transferware & Yes - I did sew tiny Santa hats for my miniature bears last Christmas 😯

And then through in to the Lounge we go ............  

Vintage typewriter on my antique Oak tea wagon & a prim display on my spindle-leg American Oak table.

Of all my displays, this top right one is one of my favourites - vintage feather tree with rustic & prim Santas & felt stockings - LoVe it

My fireplace - one of my absolute favourite areas to decorate.  This fire surround is faux - you can read all about it * here *.  Love, love decorating this area for the seasons.

Keeping it traditional in my colour scheme.  These ornaments are all gathered/purchased when I spent 20 years working in a Gift Shop. 

Beside the fire surround is my Gothic Mirror - stockings all gifted from friends.  The Tilda Father Christmas was made * here *

Little displays of toy vignettes that I tell myself are for the grandchildren but really they are for the grown up child Granny that lives here - Yours truly 😉

Under the tree I put my vintage wagon filled with mine & The Mr's old teddies ... the parcels are just empty boxes wrapped up.  

You can read about my red car table in *this post*  - this area looks beautiful at night all lit up.

Beside the red car table is another round occasional table where I display my pomanders - I have tucked festive bits into here.

Opposite this is my Oak secretary desk - a small display on the top of this - again, just bits tucked into china 

My "Mum corner" ... Mums oak table, canteen of cutlery, verses, glass trinket box & her reading glasses.  💕

A comfy chair display (mainy for Madam Pip) 😉 & a small primitive table beside this.  You can read about creating Prim Mousie * here *.

Phew - well done friends, if you've made it this far.  To be honest I didn't even show quite a bit of it - too many photos as it was.  Yesterday I had Sid for the day & he had so much fun adding his dinosaurs to my "deer table" ... you can read about creating this in * this post *

As this is my last post before Christmas day I want to wish you all a most wonderful festive season & to thank you all with all my heart, for your support & encouragement throughout the year - it really does warm my soul & I have made some wonderful friendships through my blog.

Remember during the coming days ... be kind to yourselves & to one another,  🎄

Sending you much love & friendship across the miles,

Julie, Blackie, Pippi, Little One x0x0x0  ❤❤❤