French Farmhouse Vintage Christmas Dining Room

*** Hope everyone is doing well. It has been a whirlwind past 3 weeks. We closed on our new house and moved out of the rental. Then Mr. Front Porch traveled to Japan for a week while I dealt with sick kiddos. Oldest gave me a run for my money on getting well but thankfully he is now on the upswing. Seasonal allergies have hit him heard this year. Mr. Front Porch arrived home and turned right back around and left again for a week. He will be back tomorrow!:) I would love to have pics to share of the new house but with all that has been going on not alot has been happening in the picture taking scene or unpacking. Thanksgiving week though we plan on tackling a bunch! With Christmas decorating on my mind and all of our holiday down in storage till next week I have been looking back thru pics of the old house and dreaming of what this one will become. I thought that I would reshare my favorite Christmas dining room from a few years back! Enjoy and be sure to check back by. You never know when new house pics may pop up!:)***

Can you believe that Christmas is only a little over two weeks away!? I know I can not. I am almost done decking the halls, I just have the kitchen and a few things to do in the living room. Till those are completed I thought I would go ahead and share our dining room. Our dining room had a face lift back in the mid part of the year so I could not wait to see how it would look all decorated for the holidays.

Welcome to our French Farmhouse Vintage dining room! I have been blogging for almost 6 years now and I have to say this is by far my favorite Christmas dining room yet. I will be including the sources for items I used. I had a ton of questions about where I purchased things for our Christmas mantle so I figured it would be a good idea to just go ahead and include sources for the dining room.

This year I splurged and purchased new Christmas dinnerware. We used our previous ones for 13+ years so I figured a little splurge would be ok in this area. I fell head over heels for this pattern and had been hoping HomeGoods would have gotten it in after seeing a few pieces of it last year but they never did. I broke down and purchased them from Replacements.com. The pattern is  called Old British Castles in Pink by the Johnson Bros. It has been discontinued from what I read so that may explain why HomeGoods never got them in this year. I purchased four settings with the tree in the middle and then four settings without the tree so I could use them all year round if I wanted to. I just love this print! It has a vintage timeless feel. FYI I purchased the Imperfect mugs to match wanting to try and save some money. I have no idea why they are called imperfect because I can not see one thing wrong with them. Just a little tip from me to you!:) Saved me $4 a mug!

These little simple flutes are so fun. I spent an hour at HomeGoods picking some other ones out. It drove Oldest & Littliest insane because after we left there I found these at Target for just $1! The other ones went back needless to say. I just can not pass up a deal when I can achieve a look for less. 

Grain sack striped napkins I found at World Market for just $1.99 each. Love them for year round. The red chargers I purchased way back in 07 from Target right after Christmas. The box said $2.99 for a set of four. I almost donated them last year because I had never gotten them out of the box and they were taking up real estate in my Christmas bins. Glad I held on to them!

My vintage inspired Santa mugs from HomeGoods a few years back. Green Silverware I purchased from HomeGoods last year but I am still seeing them show up from time to time.

If you were following along with me last year you may remember this centerpiece. I used it in our breakfast nook for Christmas. I loved it so much and decided instead of coming up with something new for in here I would just recreate it for the dining room.

I wish I could tell you where you could purchase the base. I received so many emails about it last year but sadly I purchased it at a local Christmas shopping bizarre a few years back and it is no longer available from the vendor. 

Our skinny tree is in need of replacing but I am glad it has held on for one more year. We have had it for over 10 years now. 

The lanterns are from HomeGoods back in the earlier part of the year.

Here is where I used the other two red striped grain sack stockings. If you remember the other two I used on our mantel. I purchased these from Elizabeth's Embellishments online.

Yes, the little ceramic tree is missing some lights. I painted it a few years back with the boys. After the shop heated it and I brought it home not all of the holes were large enough for the lights. I still use it every year though and every year I still try cramming lights in the holes!;)

Did I mention how much this space just makes me smile!?

The book page wreath is a new addition. I had been wanting to make one forever it seemed. It was fairly simple and I will compose a tutorial in January for it. Be forewarned though, it takes up quite a bit of time. I spent almost four hours making this one.

Crochet napkins are from Pier One. Berry picks from quite a few years ago at Michaels. Not sure they still carry them. I use to use them in our tree.

I was in a rather crafty mood this year with Christmas and I made a jingle bell garland as well.

It is hard to get a good picture of it hanging in the windows. It looks so charming from the inside and outside.

So there you have our French Farmhouse Vintage Christmas Dining Room. Oh, before I forget and I know I will be asked, the red gingham pillows came from Ikea. The covers are something like $5 a piece and the inserts $7. Very economical!

Thank you for stopping by! Up next I believe I will be sharing our Christmas kitchen so stay tuned.

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