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Thrifty and Simple Christmas Kitchen Ideas with Cottage Style
Today, I thought it would be fun to share our simple Christmas kitchen and dining room to show you that decorating for Christmas can be easier than you think. I’m beyond excited to share today’s post with you! The kitchen is my favorite room in the house, but I’m also excited because I’m going to share the progress we’ve made on our kitchen update. You can watch me decorate our simple Christmas kitchen & dining room on YouTube HERE How to save money decorating a simple Christmas kitchen? One way I’ve found to save money while decorating for Christmas is to take decor that I use all year long and…
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Beautiful and Simple European Country Christmas Ideas | Living Room Tour
Today I’m going to share how we found the perfect blend of nostalgia and modern with cozy and charming European country Christmas ideas for the living room. You can watch the video of my European Country Christmas Ideas over on YouTube Before we begin… Decorating for Christmas has ALWAYS been something that I loved. I’m one of those who wants to skip right over Halloween and start right into the Christmas season. But this year Christmas feels much different than it ever has. If you watched the YouTube video or received my email, then you know that we are navigating life without my husband’s mom this year. I’ve started this…
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Simple & Beautiful European Cottage Christmas in the Kitchen
The kitchen is the most used room in our home, so when I pull out my European cottage Christmas decorations I try to keep it simple. I’m so excited to be joining 34 wonderful ladies for some Christmas home tours. There will be so much Christmas inspiration all week, so make sure you keep coming back to see everything. Before we get into my cottage style Christas decor ideas, I want to say thank you to my friend Kelly with The Tattered Pew for hosting this blog hop. It’s one of my favorites! If you’re here from Julie with My Wee Abode wasn’t her tiny home Christmas decor beautiful?! Thanks so much for stopping…
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9 Thrifty Christmas Decor Ideas: Beautiful European Cottage Style
I’m excited to share some thrifty Christmas decor ideas, so you can decorate beautifully this Christmas and save money for what matters most. Disclosure: There are some affiliate links below, but these are products I recommend. I won’t put anything on this page that I haven’t verified and/or personally used. This year I challenged myself to buy nothing new for Christmas as far as the Christmas decor goes. The only thing I allowed myself to buy this year were stockings. I want all my girls to know that they are MY girls regardless of how they came to be with us. So even something like a stocking that doesn’t match…
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How to Make Easy European Farmhouse Style Christmas Ornaments
Sometimes in this rat race, I call my life I can get so wrapped up in doing "all the things" and then when I look back I was so focused on the "doing" that I wasn't actually "being". This is actually part of the reason I wanted to make these Christmas ornaments so much.
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A Beautiful Christmas Breakfast Nook with Copper & Green
Sometimes it’s the most simple touches that make a room beautiful, and that’s what happened when I decorated our Christmas breakfast nook. Christmas Breakfast Nook : Evergreens One of the staples for Christmas decor is evergreens, in any of its forms. Wreaths. Swags. Garlands. Trees. They come in all shapes and sizes and the truth is, there really isn’t a right or wrong option. For instance, I hung two wreaths in the windows this year. But if you wanted to use garland over the window that would be a great option too. In fact, I feel like in most cases the two are interchangeable and it all just depends on…
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Easy Crockpot Candy | The Best Christmas Treats
If you love Christmas treats that are quick and easy, and still delicious then crockpot candy is the perfect Christmas treat for you! If you’re here from Amanda of Sincerely, Marie Designs thanks so much for coming! Don’t her cookies look amazing! My daughter took one look at her beautiful pictures and decided we need to make them. And I’m pretty excited about it because I love all things European inspired. European Christmas decor. Modern European farmhouse entryway. I’m all things European Farmhouse style over here! Why Crockpot Candy? So I’ve seen these Christmas treats for a couple of years now. But I never considered making them until this year.…
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9 Amazing Holiday Recipes You Have to Try This Year
There’s nothing like making memories while baking in the kitchen, which is why I’m so excited to share 9 delicious holiday recipes with you! Before we get to these delicious family favorite recipes I want to take a minute to say thank you to Pasha for organizing this! Every year when Christmas rolls around I get the urge to spend more time in the kitchen. This year the urge has been even stronger than usual as I’m trying to overcome some fears I have in the kitchen. I shared a little bit about these fears in my kitchen post earlier this Fall. As more time has passed and I’ve had…
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Thrifty Little Girls Christmas Bedroom | Fun and Colorful
Christmas is even more magical when you have decor in your bedroom which is why I want to share our fun and colorful girls Christmas bedroom. Magic of Christmas I loved when Mom would give us a string of Christmas lights and let us go decorate our bedroom at Christmas time. It seems really simple and in so many ways minor. But I loved it! It usually amounted to a string of lights taped to the wall near the ceiling all around the room. But isn’t it amazing how one simple string of Christmas lights can provoke so much magical Christmas spirit?! The girls have been asking for some Christmas…
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5 Beautiful Old Fashioned Christmas Decorating Ideas
An old fashioned Christmas is full of so much nostalgia and magic that I just had to decorate our house like that this year. In my recent post about how to hang garland on the stairs, I told you about the conversation my husband and I had about Christmas recently. We were talking about how there was so much nostalgia for him growing up knowing how his grandma was going to decorate for Christmas each year. That’s not to say she never added new pieces. But as a general rule, he knew how her house would look when they showed up on Christmas Eve. It made me think about my…
