Hi friends, welcome back and come on in! I’m kicking off the holiday season from home. This post pairs well with a pine or cinnamon scented candle, warm beverage, and “It’s Beginning to look a lot like Christmas” playing in the background. I started decorating on November 7th and it took me two days this year, I had more decorations than I realized! I tend to buy new things in January when they are on sale, so by the time it’s November, I’ve already forgotten what I got. It’s a nice surprise for me! We also picked up a few things on our trips this year, and they always make the season more special.
My entry table got another tree this year, I forgot that I ordered the tall one. There are candles inside that glow at night.
Our new accent wall makes our tree and decorations look even more festive this year! I’m going to need a new tree soon because I’m running out of room for ornaments. Ours is 7.5 feet, so maybe one year there will be a 9 foot tree in my tour. If you are buying a new tree, I would not recommend a pre-lit one because after a few years all the lights top working but it’s very difficult to take them off the tree. I learned that the hard way the past few years when they stopped working and I had to go out and get some light strands and light the tree myself anyway.
Our new ornaments this year from Florence, Rome, Positano, Ravello, Switzerland, and the Catskills.
Jon’s parents brought us this nativity scene all the way from their trip to Israel last year. It is handmade from olive wood and such a special souvenir.
As you can see, I really like the silver Christmas trees.
I’ve got a new peppermint pillow my mom secretly stowed away in my suitcase after I decorated their house.
The living room decorations.
Our Christmas Coffee station. On tap is Starbuck’s Holiday Blend.
Our advent calendars, I will say the chocolate in the Trader Joe’s advent calendars is not good, but you can’t beat the price of $1.29.
My Santa collection is growing exponentially.
I found the Santa on left in Florence although he was not handmade there, I still love him. The other Santa was handmade in Switzerland and we found him at the gift shop at First Mountain. He was very easy to bring home!
My favorite Christmas mugs are from Anthropologie. I’ve got no shortage of festive mugs and plates 🙂
I got a cute new charcuterie board I’ll be using all winter long. I even got little matching appetizer plates.
Jon and I picked out a few things for the office at Target this year. I really like how it’s festive but also understated. Jon is on video calls a lot so we had to keep it professional.
Our bathroom has a few little festive touches.
I love this little tree in our room. We could NOT get it apart after the holidays, even my dad tried and he couldn’t do it. We never use the bathtub in our second bathroom so that’s where we kept it all year. You have to be creative in NYC 🙂
If you’re wondering how I store everything, we have a holiday closet 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed this holiday tour!
