Christmas at My House

I lived in a little ranch house before we bought this house and Christmas decorating was a cramped affair.  There was no good place for a Christmas tree, so it had to be tall and skinny to stuff into the corner and even then we had to move tables or chairs to storage to make room for that.  I had to put all my regular little decorating things in boxes to make room for the Santas too.  Now that I have room again, I am out of control--I put two big trees in my living room and a smaller in the music room and even decked out little trees for the dining room and kitchen.  It is also so nice to just add my Santas to the shelves, room for everything!

Here is a little photo tour.  The first room off the front entry is the music room, where we have a kind of 1950s tree with big colored bulbs and antique reflectors.  My girls were rehearsing with the dog running around when I took this picture.  Anna ducked behind Grace just as I took it.

      

Back in the corner is an early corner cupboard that I repainted, and it is home to the Christmas farm every year.

this little vignette is also in the music room

Next room is my living room and here we put a tree with all white lights and blue and white ornaments in the window on one side of the room.

the other side of the room hosts a huge tree with all my favorite German glass ornaments, antiques and special gift ornaments from friends.

the bookshelves are so much fun to decorate.

Next, we enter the dining room, where this little tree is my favorite of them all

I love it so much, I gave it a closeup.  All the ornaments are tiny little antique Shiny Brites.

I love these giant ornaments and wish I knew where to get more.

I love blue and white china, perfect for tiny trees.

I put a tiny wreath on the big china cupboard.

I always love my antique horse, but he is especially festive this time of year.

One more little tree full of Shiny Brites is in the kitchen.

I have this bitty little sink over my real farmhouse sink, and it gets decorated too.

Mr Rabbit always gets a little holiday necklace.

Saltglaze snowmen hang out on the spice chest.