We've been decorating for Christmas at the Stone House. We have four trees, one small silver tree with pink in the guest room, one vintage in the living room, one with the boys' ornaments in the sitting room,
and one in the master bedroom.
I took my old garland and wound some new holly garland through it for the stairs. It revived the old garland, then I added snowflakes, jewels and icy lights. I try to change the banister every few years.
I set up a bar in the sitting room using Hubby's vintage collection of bar ware. The garland lights are from the Ballard estate sale we went to this year. Good memories of that adventure.
Holly gave us the little vintage trailer ornament on Saturday. The trailer lights are on and this makes me smile every time I walk past it. Thanks Holly!
My shiney brite wreath had so much damage this year that we decided to begin again. Karen and I made our wreaths about ten years ago. The glue gets too dry at my house because of the wood stove. Hubby took it apart last night. I wasn't in any shape to deal with it.
There are pikes of MESS everywhere.
Last night when Hubby got home from work I was hyper ventilating, turning in circles in the kitchen, babbling and making very little sense.
The MESS makes me crazy!
I want it to look like Christmas not like someone threw up Christmas.
I want it to be beautiful, meaningful and yet fun.
And I want it NOW!
I love the part where I lay on the sofa and look at the lights and glitz. And we are not quite there.
He took one look at me and said, "I'll call Westside Pizza for dinner, open a bottle of wine and YOU sit down."
He is a good man, a level headed guy and often the voice of reason at the Stone House.
I get impatient and want it finished. I get caught up in the ending. I start out enjoying the process and then lose sight of how it should be. Honestly, I drop my basket.
I'm better this morning, took a deep breath, enjoyed my evening with Hubby and today is another day.
How is your decorating? Laid back, frantic, meaningful?
Be honest.
5 comments:
My decorating is all of the above! :) However, the bins that I haven't gotten too are hidden on the front porch where I can't see them... so I can lay on the couch and enjoy the lights!
~Chris
PS love, love, love the vintage lighted garland on the bar... too cute!
For some strange reason, I am overly concerned with whether my decor is up to snuff this year...Like who's snuff? Like there's going to be tour coming through? Like I'm going to be judged on it?
I wish I had a better sense of putting the right things together. Mostly, I just try for sentimentality, some sparkle and things that make me smile. It's cobbled together actually, but I'm not sure I'd like a carefully crafted but unsentimental display better than I do my eclectic cobble. And whatever you do, it's a lot of work, and as the years pass I like work less and less...Thank goodness for the lovely times on the couch!
PS.I love the way you put things together. I can see why people have you decorate for them!
Oh Honey!!!
I'm with Chris...hide the stuff you're not working on! Brian put everything in the bonus room and I proceeded from there...just doing one area at a time. It was wonderful! Instead of seeing mess, I saw completion...Hallelujah! I think we should have our own "group" Christmas tour. Drive around and look at each others decor...are you up for it?
Our front room (Christmas tree room) looks lovely, put together and decorated for Christmas. But the rest of the house sort of looks like my holiday boxes were emptied and then school papers, mail, fresh laundry and shoes and boots got in the way... it needs to be addressed! Your Christmas decorations are so cute!!
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