HOME TOUR

Yes I am posting a holiday home tour in January. And you want to know why? I actually go back and look at my holiday posts as I contemplate new holiday decorating ideas the following year. It’s like online journaling. And since we actually have all of our holiday decorations up still (our wild tree is very alive), it still feels fitting. When it is so cold and snowy you don’t want to say goodbye to the twinkle. You all can humor me on this post.

CHRISTMAS IN THE FAMILY ROOM

Our first Christmas with the new wood ceiling! I couldn’t love it anymore. It has significantly upped the “cozy” factor in our room. This was a design decision that took me two years to finally commit too, multiple visits to the shop to get the staining right and boy am I glad I worked up the courage. Our wild tree, filled with vintage ornaments, is “momma’s tree.”

CHRISTMAS IN THE KITCHEN

And our first year with a faintly blue at trimmed ceiling. 2025 will go down as the “year of the ceiling” in my book. This year I opted for a countertop tree, decorated with straw stars and vintage ornaments in that Target Vase I can’t get enough of. I put a pretty sea green velvet ribbon through the backs of my counter stools and tucked in a delicate snowflake ornament. The garland over our stove with the velvet ribbons and grapevine is my favorite yet. I’m thinking next year will just be a repeat of this year.

A PLAYROOM FILLED WITH CHRISTMAS FUN

There’s something about a nostalgia tree to ring in the holiday season. Matt’s grandmother’s tree skirt, different colors of thin velvet ribbons and all the cute, homemade toilet paper roll ornaments you can find. I did tuck some beloved spun cotton ornaments from a small shop in Italy that I started collecting. I order a few each year. It could be the favorite tree just because of the little hands who play here.

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season! As we walk through the inevitable ups and downs of a New Year, may you find peace, be comforted by moments of great joy and know you have infinite worth in the eyes of a Heavenly Father, no matter what other voices may be speaking into your life. Don’t tolerate those voices! And even though it is January, I hope you enjoyed little glimpses of our holiday home.