Holiday Home Tour 2020

 I didn't intentionally decorate the house a bit different than normal this year but that is what ended up happening.  Between finding a new home for our tree under the balcony and having downsized a bunch of our decorations from last year I was forced to change things up. 

I just have a few little touches in each room now and it makes decorating and packing away the decorations so much easier. 

In our dining room I just put out our standard tablecloth with the winter mason jars the boys and I made several years ago.  I added a cute little elf to the top of my basket holder. 

I put together a candle and potpourri centerpiece for the formal living room's coffee table. 

We put our village on a card table near the fireplace this year.  It's the first time we used the card table for our village and we have plans to not only add a few more pieces to the village but to build a whole Styrofoam base for it for next year (Ian suggested this as a project he could tackle and I love the idea).

The mantle stayed the same as the past few years and I do just love how classic and simple it is. 

Just kiddy corner to the fireplace and card table we placed our tree under the balcony this year instead of in front of our windows.  It fits rather perfectly between the two doorways.

I had a blogger ask me how I got those ribbons cascading down the tree to stay in place so I wanted to give a quick little look at that.  First I loop three really long ribbons over the top of the tree and all the way down to the bottom. 

Then I make sure they are somewhat evenly spaced around it, like this:

Then since our tree topper has a handy little clip I use that to hold them all in place around the center of the tree. 

Then I fuss a bit with the ribbons until I'm happy with how they look.

On the balcony over the tree I strung some garland and made a few matching bows with ribbon I had left from our tree. 

I wasn't really sure what to do with my dwindling collection of snowmen and thought that a few of them looked rather adorable on my new plant stand. 

We have one last talking plush Santa left over that I just can't part with. He reads The Night Before Christmas Story and I like to think that maybe someday my grandkids will get a kick out of him.  He sits in a corner of the room on top of an old popcorn tin. 

I really loved how the front entryway turned out.  I added a lit wreath above the bench along with a cozy blanket & pillow on top, with a set of light up snowmen alongside. 

I put my grandmother's sled front and center near our stairs and wrapped our garland a bit differently this year using some pretty ribbons/ bows to hold it in place. 

I have kept my old childhood stocking for years since my grandmother  (or maybe it was my great grandmother?) made it for me but I never actually put it out before and realized I really should.  I found the perfect spot on the inside of our front door. 

Back in the formal living room I put out a few snowmen and assorted Christmas bric-a-brac on our bookcase and end tables.

The slate tile my sister painted looks great by the glow of the glittery candles.

In our kitchen I put out a cute little window sign with a fun little Santa rug in front of the sink.

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