Christmas 2014

Well I started my Christmas decorating early and ended late. We took a trip and I came home in a full blown flare up. I was only able to do a very minimal amount each day. I ended up scaling back my plans considerably. I'm  grateful that I was able to accomplish what I did.The struggle was real folks, I'm late for every holiday link up but better late then never! So here's my living room and dining room dressed up a little for Christmas!

I used my tabletop tree again this year and placed it in a wine crate that I wrapped in the same birch wrapping paper that I used for my dollar store candles makeover. The cute fawn pillow was a H&M Home purchase.

 I bought faux fur from the fabric store with the intention of making fur pillows, nope didn't happen, so I just draped the fabric over the back of my chair and called it a fur throw.

I put my dollar store Christmas house on the floor under my mora clock. I just like the way it looks with the tree and the clock.

Just another view of the sitting area, you can see my sad little paper whites struggling along. I just am not good with growing things indoors.My armoire will be moved to my bedroom someday and a DIY Trumeau will go behind my as yet unfinished settee.

A fast coffee table vignette using bottle brush trees purchased from Target, some trees that I bleached and flocked a couple of years ago, my snowy dollar store village and a thrift store bowl filled with mercury glass ornaments, feathers and a few sprigs of greenery.

 Here's a close up of the wine crate wrapped in the birch paper and my white deer that started out a bright turquoise, it was a pretty color but the glitter was atrocious.  I applied a coat of  gesso to the turquoise glitter and then two coats of antique white paint, a light coat of snowy glitter and I liked it much better.

 I ordered paper script ribbon from Decor Steals, it kind of reminded me of bark so I added it to the tree.It kind of ties in with the birch candles and planter.

I only used birds, nest, ribbon and icicles on the tree. Oh I also added white faux hydrangeas deep in the branches.

This is the vignette that I created on my buffet. I ordered the download for the print from  Dear Lillie and had an engineer print made at Staples. The standing deer started out life the same as the one next to the tree. It got the same makeover.The sitting deer is a new purchase from Target.

A few close ups of the buffet vignette. The ice skates were made last year.

The repainted deer

I set the table using my mom's china, my everyday flatware and chargers that I purchased years ago from the dollar store.

The arrangement is a combination of real and faux greenery placed in a silver thrifted bowl.

  The  candle holders are all thrift store finds and the goblets were bought from the dollar store years ago. The vintage tablecloth was a Goodwill purchase a few years ago. It's tattered and mended in spots but I still love it.

 Thanks for stopping by, I hope everyone has a blessed holiday season. Linking up late at these fun parties.

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