Christmas on the front porch 2017

I finished getting the Christmas decorating done on the front porch Sunday.  Better late then never I say.  So let's take a look and see how it turned out.

I added winter greenery to the urns and lanterns.  I also put my large Santa boots planter on the right side.

The only are area on the porch that I decorated this year is the small bench.

I also added winter greenery to the urns by my garage doors.  I also added a wreath above each door.

I thought I would share with you how long my driveway is.  As you can see we are pretty far up from the street.  You can still see some of the snow from the other day on the South side of the driveway.  With all the tall evergreen trees that we have it stays pretty shaded and the snow takes a long time to melt.

Plaid and Santa Tablescape

Here is my last Christmas tablescape in the kitchen this year.  I need to start planning for my New Years table.   I used a plaid tablecloth with my white chargers, plaid dinner plates and my 3-D Santa plates.

I used my Santa boots for a simple centerpiece.  I paired my Merry Christmas napkins with some solid red ones and placed them in each glass.

I love these Santa plates.  I also have some that is a Santa with a reindeer that are also 3-D.

The tablecloth is almost the same plaid pattern as the plates.  I was going to use some plaid napkins but I stopped myself.  Sometimes you can use too much plaid.  I removed the skates from the chandelier as they were hanging down into the boot centerpiece.

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Christmas bench on the front porch

This year I didn't get my front porch decorated as much I wanted to.  I did get my small bench by the front door done.  It is done with a woodland theme with plaids, sled with skates and of course the all popular red truck.

I brought out my old window screen from the store room and used it to somewhat hid the big pot that sits in the corner.  I thought it made a good backdrop for the sled and skates.  I think that I might paint the sled red for next year.

On the right side of the bench I used two old wooden crates, lanterns, evergreen trees, a very cute snowman, a birdhouse and of course the famous red truck.

On the bench I used my favorite wool blanket, a green pillow and my new pillow with a red truck on it.

Overall I think this corner of the porch turned out well.  I did get  my urns done that flank each side of the porch steps but the sun was in the wrong spot for me to take good pictures.  Maybe I can get some pictures of those tomorrow.

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Christmas in the living room

So here is the last of my rooms to get decorated for Christmas.  We have a two story, very large formal living room.  I haven't figured out the furniture arrangement in here yet but it is a great room to decorate for Christmas. 

I added a few touches to my ironstone collection on the hutch. The theme on this side of the room is red, green and white.

I even added some decor to the bottom of hutch.

I added a few more bottle brush trees to the camping display.

The other side of  room I have another hutch that holds more ironstone and crystal.  I used white and silver over here.

The top of the hutch I added my white Santa, reindeer and a Joy sign.

 Below the top I added a Peace sign and a winter wonderland sign.

 Frosted greenery, berries and some feather angel wings complete the look with my antique pitcher and bowl.

I added a throw, small white ice skates and my White Christmas framed mirror.

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Christmas in the family room

I went with a gold, silver and bronze theme for the family room off of the kitchen.  This room is more Tuscan so these colors match with my furniture.  First up is the fireplace mantel.

Here is how the whole fireplace area looks.

On the left side is a flower arrangement and a beaded Joy pillow.

The right side I put a glittery soldier that I got at HomeGoods this year.

I have some suitcases stacked on the floor next to the fireplace.  I added some silver and bronze large ornaments with greenery and some silver and gold feathers.

On the table on the right side of the fireplace I placed my vintage nativity set.  This was my mother's and she got this back in the 50's. It has a music box on the right side of the stable that plays  Away in a Manger.   I would like to spruce up the stable before next year.

I added a 4 1/2 foot tree in this corner of the room.  I placed it on top of the trunk to make it look taller.

I added just a few touched to the table by the tree.

More silver and bronze large ornaments were added to my tray on the coffee table.

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More Christmas in the foyer

Last weekend I finally finished all my Christmas decorating.  Today I am sharing my foyer. I love to decorate my bench for the seasons.

Here is how it looks with the staircase behind it. 

I just added a few touches to the table by the door.

I couldn't resist adding a few more items to the ledge.  I added the reindeer and the cute penguin.

Be sure to come back and see more of my Christmas decor.  I still have a few more rooms to share.

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This tablescape has gone to the dogs

I couldn't resist getting these dog gone cute plates from Pier1.  Dogs dressed up for Christmas, who knew.  I also noticed that this year HomeGoods has lots of dog decor for Christmas.  So with a few items I found there I put together this tablescape.

For the centerpiece I used a couple of doggie gift boxes, three tiered dogs and a cute snow globe that looks like a fire hydrant.

Now for the plates.  Pier 1 has this adorable set of 4 different appetizer plates with the cuties doggies on them.  This one is my favorite.

Here are the other 3 doggies. Each plates setting got a different doggie ornament and the ceramic bones are ornaments that I tied around the napkins.

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