My 2021 Christmas Home Tour

Welcome to my 2021 Christmas Home Tour!  This year, I followed my husband's suggestion and chose to decorate the Christmas Tree in red and white!  I'm absolutely THRILLED with the result.  The whole house looks so festive and cheery with the bright red.  I love the way the red pops against all the white walls.  And I think the red adds a Scandinavian flair to my 120+ year old home.  I usually change the colors of the tree every year, but I'm loving this so much I think it will be a keeper

Now you're probably wondering "How can she afford to change her decorations every year?"  Easy peasy!  I wait till AFTER Christmas when ornaments and ribbon are 75% off.  If you have the basics (gold, silver or white), then you can just change the color by buying a cheap tub of colorful ornaments after Christmas. Ribbon too is usually greatly marked down after Christmas.  I know the selection dwindles fast, especially if it's a trendy color, but you might be surprised with what you will find.

For this year's tree, I bought the red ribbon and red ornaments after Christmas two years ago but never used them.  I already owned all the white ornaments and berries.  The only items I purchased were two new spools of white ribbon because I gave all my white ribbon away to a friend to use in her son's wedding.

I have a staircase in this room, so I used the same colors I did in the tree for the staircase garland.

Looking at these photos, I probably could have added more red.  Hmm, maybe after Christmas I'll see if there are any red florals on sale.

In the corner at the base of the stairs, I have a metal stand where I added a wire white star, a "Joy" decoration, a pretty pair of white skates ornament, and a white floral pick.

The living room where the tree is looks into the dining room.  I continued the red and white color scheme here as well.

I love how the chandelier turned out:  very Scandinavian looking.  Aren't the red bows the cutest finishing touch?

To create this look, I tied a simple red bow from every light bulb. For the base of the chandelier,  I filled it with greenery then I added red bulbs, berries, and more red ribbon.  I also added white berries and florals and finished the whole chandelier with a dusting of flocking.

I wrapped the doorway to the dining room in garland dripping with red and white florals and ornaments.  I also flocked the garland.  There is a swag on the doorway between the living room and dining room.  For the piano I placed Christmas photos of our most recent Christmas photo shoot (post coming soon) and my Christmas tiered tray.  On the dining room table I laid red placemats and a bowl filled with red and gold ornaments.

On the dining hutch, I did something new this year.  I hand made my own nativity scene using a shoe box and toilet paper rolls.  I will do a craft post on this nativity scene on Tuesday and you will see more close up pictures then.

On top of the other dining hutch, I placed more greenery, with a "Noel" and angel figure.  Inside the hutch is our Christmas china.

The rest of the house is decorated exactly the same as last years, so I didn't bother taking all new photos.  If you missed last year's post and want to see the rest of the house decorated for Christmas, check out this post HERE!

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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