This has to be my most favorite month of the year! It holds the most wonderful time of the year and it's best time for decorating a girl can ask for! I went home over the weekend and my parents had moved into the new house- at least partially. There are plenty of boxes left to be unpacked, but we got the most important ones unpacked first: THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!
We have a beach themed Christmas this year and everything turned out so beautifully! We went to Callahan's and bought a bunch of starfish and sand dollars to put all over the tree and living room. We also stocked up on 75% off beachy ornaments last year during the after Christmas sales and put them to good use this year!
We also decorated the mantel with burlap stockings, garland, starfish, ornaments, and lights. It was so cozy in there with the fire going! We glammed-up the stockings later with some cute little gold bows!
The blue jeweled starfish is one of my favorite ornaments on the tree! My mom walked the beach last year and collected seashells, she put little hooks in them to hang on the tree. We also added turquoise and gold ornaments for a sea and sand feel.
We have seashell garland wrapped all around the tree and sand dollars hanging on some branches. Mom DIY'd some starfish and glued some twine in a loop on them to hang on the tree!
I found a box of Christmas decorations in the garage and it consisted of our Christmas pictures we put out every year. Mom found some trays and we put the pictures and a mini tree on the trays on the island in the kitchen! It turned out so cute.
One of my favorites!
We ended the holiday decorating on the porch with garland wrapped banisters and a wreath on the front door! But, that's not where all of the decorating stopped.
Dad put together the new bar stools for mom! They look so good. The island is so big and spacious too! I'm loving the bead board. Ahh, the wonders of a new house.
Mom scored some really cute curtains at Kirkland's on a great sale! This is the dining room- well eventually it will be. We're waiting to come across a farm table to put in the space. The curtains are throughout the living room, office space, and dining room!
After almost a year of selling a house and building a new one, a pretty good collection of throw pillows has been gathered. It's a good thing because:
1. Mom and dad purchased a new couch on Black Friday and we had the pillows to match!
2. We will never have to worry about buying throw pillows ever, ever again.
A throw pillow closet has been assembled. Now, to unpack the rest of the them.
Lastly, we decorated the bathrooms! All thanks to TJ Maxx! They have the fluffiest rugs and I got an adorable fabric shower curtain on sale for $10!
Obviously, a matching hamper was a must!
Rugs for mom and dad's bathroom were purchased as well! A matching one was put in the guest bathroom and I love the pattern.
I can't wait to see what else mom does with the place. No decorations have been put on the walls yet, but it's only a matter of time before mama gets a hammer in her hand! I hope you all are just as excited about the impending holidays as I am. I can't wait to wrap some presents and put them under the tree!
