Saturday, December 11, 2010

There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays!

I had zero motivation to decorate for the holidays. Usually I put up the Christmas decorations during Thanksgiving weekend, but I was out car shopping. Honestly, I put it off for awhile because the thought of dragging out the boxes and bringing up all those memories of a life I don't have anymore, depressed the heck out of me. I started small with my knick knacks before dragging out the tree.
Here's a picture of the liquor cabinet decor. A small gold Christmas tree, Yankee Candle, nativity set, hurricane vase with red and gold ball ornaments, and Christmas cards. It's a lot going on for such a small space, but I have to work with what I got!This "Let It Snow" snowmen trio sits to the left of the liquor cabinet. I bought it at Walgreens a few years ago and the cool feature of this piece is that it has scarecrows on the back for fall decor.

Originally I thought this garland was going to look silly (I tried to hand a lighted leaf garland in the same place for fall...TACKY). I think the mistletoe ball hanging in the middle nicely finishes this area.
I love this PEACE sign. It's another drugstore bargain and it fills out this wall beautifully.

The china hutch is always my favorite furniture piece to decorate. I kept it simple: 2 snowflake ornaments hanging off the doors, 2 Glade holiday scented candles, a hand-painted Santa's sleigh with pinecones, a hand-painted Christmas tree, and a snowmen couple figurine.

Here's a close up of the snowflakes, my Dollar Store bargains, that I have hanging on the hutch and also off the lamps throughout the apartment.

Finally, the Christmas tree--complete with one of my cats, Braley, butting in for some camera time. Please ignore the hideous vertical blinds in the background--one of the joys of apartment living. I'm so happy with how the tree turned out this year. I didn't obsess over where every ornament should be placed. I just put the ornaments up and I'm loving the haphazard, full look of the tree. Now I just need some presents to put under the tree, but for right now, my cats are happy to have a new place to nap.

Happy Holidays everyone!

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