Puttering Around the House: Christmas Edition

It’s the week earlier than Christmas, and whereas the to-do checklist all the time feels lengthy this time of yr, I’m excited for subsequent week. And I’ve managed to search out a couple of small pockets of time for my very favourite exercise…puttering.

I like to brighten for Christmas in phases—including wintery touches (just like the winter desk and chandelier I shared right here), a little bit of greenery, some lights—then slowly constructing from there as Christmas approaches or as I’m impressed.

An excessive amount of change simply overwhelms me! My aim in each season is to keep up my sense of peace, so one of the best ways I do know to do this is to go at my very own tempo and do solely what evokes me once I’m impressed to do it!

How my dwelling feels and the way I really feel in it issues deeply to me. Although I’ve shared my dwelling on-line for practically 20 years now, I by no means embellish my dwelling prefer it’s a showplace. It’s our sanctuary.

I’m a real homebody at coronary heart, so I like puttering—making somewhat tweak right here, somewhat change there, in ways in which work for us in our on a regular basis life and honor the season we’re in.

As we speak I’m sharing a couple of little glimpses at what I’ve performed round the home currently with some new easy Christmas touches added. I’ll share extra photographs for our “Christmas tour” within the coming week, and I’ll have our annual Christmas video up after Christmas too (so I can embody a couple of real-life vacation moments, too —our children and grandbabies will all be right here and I can’t wait!).

In case you’re feeling overwhelmed, or somewhat disenchanted by belongings you hoped to do that season or couldn’t do, I filmed a pre-Christmas pep discuss this week for fellow Homebodies in my Homebody group referred to as “Simply As a result of You Can, Doesn’t Imply You Ought to.” This little mantra has inspired me in some ways this season, so I believe this video can be an encouragement to you, too! It additionally features a few moments from my dwelling this week. Yow will discover that—and a lot extra—proper right here.

I’d like to have you ever be part of us in The HomeBody Home for our digital Wintering for Homebodies retreat and for the brand new The Room Recipe Workshop that begins in January! Extra to return on that.

By the way in which, earlier than I share extra, is anybody else nonetheless reward purchasing? I’ve a couple of items left to get! Yow will discover my Final Minute Present concepts HERE (with issues our household has and loves!).

I had already styled this for Christmas, however our mixture of plates is all the time altering and I simply added somewhat vintage wintery creamer I’ve had for years.

Sources: Dish Set on Rack // Inexperienced Floral Plates and Bowls on again // Related White Homes // Extra Related White Homes // Oval Cabbage Platter // Blue and White Teapot at Prime

I set out our blue and white nativity scene–the rationale for the season!

Extra Sources: Nativity Scene additionally obtainable right here // Paper Bushes // Pleated Lampshade

Final week I received impressed so as to add a couple of sprigs of festive pink berries to my Christmas chandelier which was already adorned with the cedar garland and plaid ribbon I added earlier than Thanksgiving.

We put our garland up on the porch lately (with actual evergreens from Costco) and hung up our stars! It’s so magical to see them dancing within the wind. They’re pleasure bringers for certain!

I shared extra of the porch and our entrance door right here on this submit final week.

I received our staircase garland up and added black and white striped ribbon and our gold star garland. Easy however charming.

I made a decision to convey our brass bunny and fox bowls over to the mantel and added copper string lights for additional glow. Our blue velvet stockings are hung now (it appears the canines aren’t taken with them this yr, so they’re leaving them alone!). And I added these darling needlepoint Santa stockings we’ve had for years. I additionally hung our fairly painted shells with the stockings (not proven right here however I’ll have the pics in my Christmas tour).

(Velvet stockings are unavailable proper now however I received them right here // discover related needlepoint Santa stockings right here)

These flameless votive candles are on a timer so they arrive on routinely when it begins getting darkish out and I’ve been having fun with turning on the string lights once I come downstairs early within the the morning for additional coziness.

In case you missed it, I shared all of the mantel particulars right here.

I’ll have extra photographs and concepts to share subsequent week for our Christmas tour!

Thanks for stopping by for my Christmas Puttering! 🙂

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