I thought I'd share a bit of the personal decorating I do at my place around the holidays. (I'll post a few pix today and some more tomorrow.) I don't go all out anymore, no big live tree anymore. I do a kind of quiet decorating, tucked in here and there, which works very nicely for Rocky and me. I love looking in on some of the blogs and seeing all the remarkable decorating bloggers do in their own homes - it is absolutely magical. And the tablescapes, oh my goodness. There's a lot of beautiful design joy being spread about this time of year. Fun to read about, fun to view. When it comes to Christmas decorations, I never get tired of seeing what everyone else is doing. Never get tired of listening to my favorite
Christmas carols, especially by the Boston Pops.
- The first little 'tree' is the one I always place in my living room. I've just noticed that Rocky squished the pillow in the chair - oh well, it gives it that 'lived-in' quality I like.
- The 'Merry Christmas' sign hanging over the French veterinary poster is made of wood. I like it so much I leave it up all year round in my entryway.
- The little glitter snowman resides on my kitchen bookshelf this Christmas. I usually just put him wherever a corner needs a little sprucing up.
- The little tree in the Raggedy Ann bucket is my kitchen tree.
- The next pix is my mantle. Obviously I do not believe that 'less is more'. To me, more is more. Ha!
- I always keep the gold framed picture of my late parents on the mantle. It looks nice tucked in among the greenery and my white dove.
- Close-up of dove and 'bird's nest'.
- I've had the Nativity creche for many years. It's very modern-looking, kind of Scandinavian. (I think that's where it comes from.) I've never seen another like it.
- Greenery on a living room bookshelf.
