Christmas Decor 2010

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Almost done decorating for Christmas! We put up our tree late Saturday morning! Probably wasn’t the best idea because Cooper loved the tree soo much, he wouldn’t take a proper nap. How could I forget  how exciting Christmas can be for a young one!?!  He kept calling for his Christmas tree. So far hasn’t been touching the ornaments (that much) but he does insist on holding our hands and bringing us into the sitting room to show us the Christmas tree. I think he loves it.

So this year my color scheme is a bit different. I always do a blue & silver version, but this year I added a sparkly lime green to the mix and brought out more turquoise. Here’s the scheme:

color scheme I pulled out our old square wreath. I wanted to change things up a little bit so I gave it a makeover!

Here’s the before!

before

And here’s the AFTER! I added a few blue ornaments on top & spray painted it silver!

AFTER!

I also draped some green beading around it and hung a green snowflake from it.

new life to my old wreath

I’m pretty happy with how it turned out! Hooray for spray paint!  While I was outside spraying, I found a really huge branch from our pine tree laying in the needles. I sprayed it! And some pine cones too! Suddenly, I found my inspiration for my mantle! The only annoying part is that for the rest of the day, I had a sore arm from spray painting! What gives?

the mantle

I love seeing the reflection of the tree in the mirror. There’s Coop playing with his cars!

from the side

I also sprayed a few clusters for pine needles for the mantle. My silver birds felt right at home!

sprayed

I sprayed this smaller branch and hung some ornaments from it. I really like looking at it!

branch

I filled up the clock with some of our sparkly ornaments.

the clock

While I was decorating, I realized my print from Lisa Congdon fit in perfectly! Hooray for that.

And here we are head on. Hello! I really like the flow of the decorations.

hello!

Just below the mantle is Cooper’s faux tree! We thought it would help distract him from touching the big one!

coop's tree

So far it’s working! Here’s the view of our tree from the couch. Our stockings are perfect for the color scheme.

view from the living room

In between the living room & sitting room (where the tree is) I decorated the top of the bookshelf.

all lined up

I got a few new ornaments from Target that fit in perfectly with the colors.

new ornament

All the ornaments on the tree this year are plastic so we don’t run into any problems 😉

coop checking it out

The spirit of Christmas has filled our house!!

Happy Holidays, friends!

  • maggy@threemanycooks

    gorgeous! you have such an eye for design.

  • Yazmena

    Simply beautiful. You have wonderful taste. Now would you mind coming over and doing my place please? =P

  • Tomeka

    You’re home looks festive and I love your choice in color scheme! Fabulous!

  • Laura Belle

    WOW! Your tree looks magical and so inviting. I love it! Well done lady.

  • Stefany

    Your decorations are absolutely stunning!! I love them 🙂

  • christine

    Lady, you done good.
    And I love the idea of a baby tree for the kiddo. I may have to try that!

  • kim

    Love, love, love. All the silver is fabulous – not tacky!

  • michelle @ The Domestic Mama

    Oooo! I love it~ I went for the plastic myself, 3 yr olds don’t go well with breakables! I love your color theme, you have awesome taste. I wish I had you to poke around Target with! 😉

  • Janet

    I love what you did! It looks gorgeous. I always love seeing what you do for the holidays – you’ve got such a knack for decorating!

  • Jessica

    Omg, could Cooper be any cuter?!? The first pic is adorable. Love how all the decor works together and the branches are genius. 🙂

  • Erica

    Your decorations look beautiful!

  • Erica

    I love your son’s little tree! My kids have their own little trees in their rooms as well and they adore them.

  • erinlucy

    your house looks so pretty! i would love a white tree this year, it looks so fresh and cool. we’ve been holding off on putting up our tree because i think milo’s little grabby hands will just pull everything down!

  • Vanessa

    Loveeee lime green 🙂

  • laura

    wow – everything looks so beautiful! i especially love all of your candlesticks. 🙂

  • deon

    WOW… You did it again. I have been waiting to see what you were going to do this year. I LOVE it… You have such a great eye for design. Laughing out Loud about your arm hurting from spray painting… It was worth it!

    Cheers and Happy Holidays,
    Deon

  • Joy

    WOW! Beautifully decorated! I love EVERYTHING you did, and I adore the color scheme. You put my non-festive abode to shame. :p

  • Jane M

    LOVE LOVE LOVE your photos! So festive and such pretty pretty colors! Love your website.

  • Potato Chops and Boneless Chicken

    Love the blue and silver décor. Nice departure from the ubiquitous red and green decorations everywhere. You little fella looks so fascinated. Got to love the magic of Christmas. Happy Holidays.

  • retro sweets

    How clever! a smaller tree for Coop? Awesome. I hope we can do that with dogs. They bit off our christmas tree lights and now I have to buy another set.

    Anyway, I love the silver pine cones and the bird. love love love the color schemes! Its so unique. Merry Christmas! 🙂

  • Jessica

    Dang, your living room and decorations look like they’re straight out of a magazine! I never thought a white tree could look so good. Love those blues and greens together! Also, Cooper is so cute in his lil’ snowman PJs. 🙂

  • whitneybee

    Blue and silver are my favorite colors for the holidays, but I LOVE the addition of the green! It almost makes me want to dig my silver tree out of storage, but with a kitten in the house, that’s not gonna happen this year!

  • Katie W

    I LOVE the green addition! I want to come live at your house for Christmas!

  • Adrianna from A Cozy Kitchen

    I LOVE the wreath. I showed it to my Mama and she’s now in the process of copying it and putting it on their front door. Love the white xmas tree, too. They usually look tacky, but not yours!

  • Dana

    It looks just wonderful Tracy! As usual, I could use some mantle inspiration. We’ve had the same faux branches for years and they are looking a little tired. I love the look of all you did. My boys are in love with our tree too and we have tried the “touch with one finger” rule but it doesn’t work all that well.

    • Tracy

      One finger touch is a good rule. I might have to institute that. My neighbor taught me the “one piece of popcorn” at a time trick! Her kids still to this day do it. Happy Holidays, friend!!! And thank you!

  • Elli Davis

    You left me speechless, really. I am absolutely amazed. Honestly, this is one of the best (Christmas) decorated places I have ever seen in my life. Wow, you are fantastic! Funny that I could not imagine how a home could possibly look Christmassy without the typical red/green/golden decor. Well, I definitely can now. Love it!

  • lookwhaticando

    wow!!!!!!!!!!!
    Your place is gorgeous….I love all the colors…the walls are so beautiful.
    I love it alllllll!!!!!!!!!

  • Marisol Perry

    I LOVE the wreath. I showed it to my Mama and she’s now in the process of copying it and putting it on their front door. Love the white xmas tree, too. They usually look tacky, but not yours!

  • Kirill

    It is magnificent! Directly pleases an eye

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  • Eva

    I love your first picture of your son in front of the tree. It is so cute and modern looking. I love the colors.

  • Travel Insurance

    Beautiful tree… i love the white. At night it must just be so gourgeous

  • retainingwallsatl

    I finally cleared off my Winter mantle decoration. I liked how it didn’t SCREAM Christmas, so I kept it up longer than usual. I showed it to my Mama and she’s now in the process of copying it and putting it on their front door. Love the white Xmas tree, too. They usually look tacky, but not yours. I could use some mantle inspiration. We’ve had the same faux branches for years and they are looking a little tired. I love the look of all you did.

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