Decking The Halls

I hope that everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving! We staid at home and enjoyed a quiet day. Not really much different from our normal Thanksgiving to be honest. I know that for some of you this year may have looked completely different but I hope that everyone found some joy in the day. 

With Thanksgiving behind us it is time for decking the halls. I started a few weeks ago and have been dragging my feet to finish. 

I am determined to finish most of it today though!

Vintage Inspired Christmas Mantel 2019

The plan was to share our breakfast nook Christmas tablescape next but after I took pics of our Christmas mantel this afternoon I just could not resist sharing!

Our mantel this year is just full of vintagey ,cottagey charm y'all!

Christmas Foyer

The past few days have been overcast so it was hard to take really good pics but I figured I would just go ahead and share.

Christmas In The Bedroom

I have one area in our home that is officially ready for the holidays.

It is one of my most favorite spots in our home.

A Crewel Christmas

Every Christmas I pull out one of my most favorite vintage finds.

Christmas Past-Playing Catch Up

I felt totally ahead of the game this year with Christmas decorating. I started pulling things together little by little weeks ago. By the end of last week though I could tell I was going to get knocked down but I kept pushing thru. I was able to get a few things done and started on our Christmas porch over the weekend. By Sunday night that was it. It caught up with me! Every time the weather changes for the seasons I get bronchitis. I thankfully am on the upswing I think. Today I am going to try and get pics of one area I have managed to get completed so stay tuned. 

I can not believe this will be our third Christmas at the new house. How does that even seem possible!?

DIY Christmas Projects For Your Porch-Bouncy Ball Ornament & Fence Board Sign

Farmhouse Christmas Living Room Inspiration-2014

Yesterday I shared one of my most favorite Christmas mantels from back in 2014. Today I thought that I would go ahead and share the rest of the space as well. The tree that year I think was my favorite tree thus far. I think that I am going to try and recreate it next year the best I can. We no longer have the same tree so we shall see. 

Welcome to our Christmas living room!

French Country Farmhouse Christmas Mantel From Years Past

I know a lot of us are gearing up to deck the halls so I decided that I would revisit some of my older holiday decor in the upcoming week. I know that not every one has been around from years past and would not necessarily think to go back 4-5 years to look for Christmas decorating inspiration. Today I am sharing one of my utmost favorite mantels from the 2014 holiday season. Included are also links to other fabulous blogs with inspiration all their own. 

For our mantel I decided to carry on my French Farmhouse style but added some vintage touches as well.

I used a similar frame to last years for the mantel focal point. 

Begining of Holiday Decorating- Clearance Christmas Trees

Over the past week Mr. Front Porch has been out of the country. While he was away I guess you could say this mouse played. LOL. I have been very busy with multiple projects that all had to be complete for holiday decorating. The first was to bring out the trees. Right after Christmas last year I took advantage of online clearance deals and ordered two new trees.

Farmhouse Christmas Kitchen 2017

Happy New Year everybody! We are two weeks in and I have been busy taken down all of the holiday decor.

French Country Farmhouse Christmas Mantel & Living Room 2017

I feel ahead of the game this year in sharing our holiday home. I honestly end up waiting till the very last minute to snap pics because I am still fussing around with things. Not this year! So come on in and see our Christmas mantel and living room for 2017!

French Country Farmhouse Christmas Dining Room 2017

Welcome! Please come in to see our Christmas dining room. This is the first year I have decorated the dining room for Christmas. 

A Winter Wonderland in Texas-2017 Surprise Snowfall

It has been an exciting time here. Old Man Winter decided to grace us with a surprise snowfall! We have not had snow since 2009.

Vintage Inspired Farmhouse Christmas Tree-2017

Our Christmas tree changes every year and though it changes I always try to use some of the same elements. You can see each of our trees from 2010-2014 in this post. Our 2015 tree can be seen here and it is actually the same tree I have up in our master bedroom this year. Our tree last year was a new one. I had fun using all the bottle brush trees on it.

French Country Farmhouse Christmas Bedroom

I am so excited to be sharing the first of our holiday home with y'all! Last year at this time I was still busy unpacking and had most of holiday still in storage. This year I was able to go all out compared to last year. 

Christmas Inspiration- Vignettes

Can you believe it is November 1!!?? Now that it is November I know a lot of us are going to be busy looking for decorating inspiration so we can start start decking the halls. Today I thought that I would share a few of my favorite Christmas vignettes from years past. 

Christmas Inspiration

Well I tell ya Mother Nature has graced us with some beyond beautiful fall weather. Last night we sat outside enjoying Christmas movies on Hallmark and making S'mores over the fire pit. This morning we woke up to it being 40. I can not remember it ever being this cold out in October since we have moved to Texas and I am loving it! Wish it would stick around. Today marks 1 year since we closed on the new house. I can NOT believe how fast time is flying by!!

Speaking of fall I finished up the last of the fall decorating this past week. I shared our fall dining room here  and our fall porch here I shared a little while back so if you missed them be sure to click on over.

Yesterday I went on the hunt across town for a mirror for our master bathroom. I ended up at three different stores though I only needed to go to one. I couldn't resist stopping at them all. I found some wonderful Christmas decor I thought that I would share with y'all. 

Farmhouse Christmas Porch 2016

I am sure everyone is busy with last minute shopping and wrapping. I know I have some wrapping to get to but before that I wanted to share our Christmas porch with y'all. I kept things fairly simple this year so not to stress out while still unpacking. 

Farmhouse Christmas Tree 2016- The Candy Cane Forest

 As I mentioned in our Christmas mantel reveal I tried to limit digging thru our holiday bins this year. I used mostly what I had collected over the past few months which was Ric-Rac Ribbon and Jingle Bell Garland. I placed it on the tree and decided that I was going to take it all off and start over because I was not loving it. One morning before school Littlest said hey mom I really like the tree. I was like what!? I told him I was not feeling it and he said well I love it mom. That started the quest of me completing the tree that I had started.