Σήμερα έχουμε μια ιδιαίτερη ανάρτηση για εσάς! Συμμετέχω σε ένα Χριστουγεννιάτικο Blog Hop μαζί με άλλους ταλαντούχους μπλόγκερς, που οργάνωσε το Hometalk.com και CountryLiving.com. Σας προσκαλώ στο σπίτι μου για να γιορτάσουμε παλιομοδίτικα Χριστούγεννα.
Όταν πρωτομπείτε μέσα βλέπετε το μαύρο μου πίνακα, όπου στολίστηκε γιορτινά από την γλυκιά μου κόρη για να δείξουμε ένα χιονισμένο χειμερινό δέντρο, κάτι που δεν έχουμε τόσο εδώ πέρα αλλά είναι μια αρχή.
Δίπλα από το μαύρο πίνακα έχω τοποθετήσει το ιπποτικό μπαούλο, το οποίο έχω κάνει ντεκουπάζ με παλιές σελίδες, όπως βλέπετε εδώ. Είμαι σίγουρη πως είπα στα ξωτικά να μην πειράζουν το μπαουλο, αλλά αυτά μάλλον κρύβονται μέσα.
Πάνω στο μπαούλο έχω ένα μικρό Χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο και ένα καλάθι όπου φυλάω τις Χριστουγεννιάτικες κάρτες. Θα σας δείξω πως έφτιαξα το μικρο δεντράκι στην επόμενη ανάρτηση μου.
Η λάμπα έχει στολιστεί με ένα στεφάνη.
Παρατηρώντας το σαλόνι έχουμε το δέντρο στην μια γωνία και πάνω από τον καναπέ υπάρχουν κάδρα ντυμένα με Χριστουγεννιάτικο άρωμα.
Πρόσθεσα μερικές παλιές Χριστουγεννιάτικες κάρτες μέσα στα κάδρα, για να τα κάνω να φαίνονται πιο παλιά και τέλος, χρησιμοποίησα καφέ χαρτί για τα ματ.
Η βιβλιοθήκη ανανεώθηκε περίπου ένα μήνα πριν όταν αναποδογύρισα τα βιβλία. Έτσι έχω έναν ουδέτερο καμβά για να απλώσω το Χριστουγεννιάτικο πνεύμα.
Ο χιονάνθρωπος μας περιμένει με ανυπομονησία για να χιονίσει!
Αυτές οι γλυκές κουκλίτσες ήταν δώρο από την μεγαλύτερη μου κόρη.
Κι άλλο κόλπο είναι να χρησιμοποιήσω παλιά κάδρα και προσθέτοντας κάρτες.
The garland was made with paper tubes for Thanksgiving. By adding some red I have transformed it into a Christmas garland.
Η γιρλάντα είναι φτιαγμένη από σωλήνες ρολά χαρτιού. Πρόσθεσα λίγο κόκκινο και το μεταμόρφωσα σε Χριστουγεννιάτικη γιρλάντα.
Κι άλλο μαύρο κάδρο με γλυκούλη Άγιο Βασίλη…μερικές φορές λιγότερο σημαίνει περισσότερο.
And the reason we are celebrating Christmas!
Και ο λόγος που γιορτάζουμε τα Χριστούγεννα.
Οι καθρέφτες έχουν στολιστεί με σπιτικά στολίδια.
Το παλιομοδιτικο Χριστουγεννιάτικο δέντρο είναι έτοιμο! Σκόπευα για α παλιό στυλ άρα χρησιμοποίησα πολύ το κόκκινο και χρυσό και για την γιρλάντα χρησιμοποίησα μια δαντελένια κορδέλα. Έκανα πολλές αλλαγές από πέρσι. Θα μιλήσω για αυτό με περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες σύντομα.
Αυτή ηταν η ξενάγηση μου. Θέλω να ευχαριστήσω όλους εσάς για την επίσκεψη σας. Ελπίζω ότι θα γυρίσετε ξανά αργότερα αυτή την εβδομάδα για να δείτε πώς έφτιαξα το μικρό δεντράκι. Εύχομαι σε όλους σας καλά Χριστούγεννα.
If you like what you see, share it with your friends, or save it on Pinterest. If you really like what you see subscribe to my blog and get my adventures twice a week in your mailbox.
Αν σας αρέσει αυτό που βλέπετε, να το μοιραστείτε με τους φίλους σας, ή να το αποθηκεύσετε στο Pinterest. Επισεις μπορείτε να εγγραφείτε στο blog μου και να λαμβάνετε τις περιπέτειες μου δύο φορές την εβδομάδα στο e-mail σας.
Και τώρα αρχίζει η διασκέδαση. Κοιτάξτε κάτω και θα δείτε άλλες ”Στο Σπίτι για τα Χριστούγεννα” ιδέες, επισκεφτείτε το Hometalk.com και το CountryLiving.com και χρησιμοποιήσετε το hashtag #HomeforChristmas για να βρείτε όλες αυτές τις ιδέες σε ένα μέρος.
Επίσης θα σας αρέσει:
Mary, your home looks so beautiful. I love how you have decorated your tree and all of the pops of red through out your home. Have a wonderful evening. ~ Stacy
Thank you so much Stacy. I try to make it cozy and warm on a budget while keeping the spirit of the past alive. Happy Holidays.
Thanks so much for sharing your home tour for the holidays,I can see it’s filled with love and family- what a beautiful thing for Christmas! Absolutely loved your daughter’s big Christmas tree too! Merry Christmas XO – Wendi
Wendi everyone seems to love that chalkboard. It’s a good thing I got her to do it when she was in a good mood otherwise who knows what I’d have on my wall… she being the youngest and most tempermental. Merry Christmas to you and yours. XO
Wow! I love your Christmas decor and the fact that you carry the Christmas Spirit in your heart the whole year though! I loved the holiday tour and you are so brave to tackle this project! I can see all the thought and work that went into getting your home ready! I want to come nestle in your holiday home!!! xx
Behind the scenes. It was a marathon weekend rush job. I knew what I wanted to show, I just had to get rid of all the extra clutter. In the end it was really good for me because I was able to organize much of my mess and move it out of the house. I can never relax fully when I have boxes all over the place. Thanks for your sweet comments. xx
Mary, your home looks cozy and festive. Thank you for sharing your holiday tour @Vintage Charm!
So glad you were able to drop by Cecilia. I’ll be seeing you next week.
I love your new chalkboard Mary with the Snowy scene your daughter drew and great suggestion to put Christmas card in picture frames. I will definitely have to try that:). I hope you are having a wonderful week and take care, Tara
Thanks Tara. You too enjoy your lovely home and the holidays and stay away from Navy paint! 😉
It looks lovely, Mary! I adore your idea of putting greeting cards in frames… so simple and so genius. Love all of it. 🙂
Thanks Sarah Eliza. There is so much you can do with cards, put them in Frames, display them on shelves or even in a basket. Some of them are so beautiful like artwork.
What an amazing Christmas decoration Mary! You went all the way! Love your house with all the little details here and there! How creative was of you to flip the books? Crazy but it worked! Thanks for sharing, beautiful!
Thanks Ntina. It was crazy then but I’ happy now, because if I still had the books the other way we would have chaos!! Thank you sweet friend for your kind words.
I am an old-fashioned kind of girl, so this all feels like home to me! 🙂 Thanks for welcoming me in. Stopping by from The Alder Collective!
So glad to have you visit Elizabeth! Sit down I’ll get you some hot cocoa and light the fireplace. Maybe if I finish it I’ll be able to post about that one too. Happy Holidays.
Mary,
Your home looks beautiful, warm and welcoming. The perfect place to celebrate with family and friends. I love all your touches with the Christmas cards in the frames to your cute little tree sitting on the fabulous trunk. Thank you for sharing with us at Brag About It! Wishing you and your family all the joy of the Holiday Season!
~Laurie
Thank you Laurie. It is always a pleasure having you visit. And as you can see I always try to repurpose items in order to decorate. Being true to my blog! Happy Holidays!
such cute Xmas decor. I love the chalkboard!
Thank you Amy. I originally put it there to disuade my kids from leaving finger prints. But now I really love it, it adds dimension to the room.
Thanks Mary, for sharing your beautiful Christmas trees and decor at Cooking and Crafting with J&J!
Thank you Julie for dropping by my home to visit.
I love your old fashioned Christmas. The little tree on the trunk is so cute! Thank you for joining Home Sweet Home!
Thank you so m uch Sherry. That little tree has been such a big hit for me. I guess I’ll have to come up with more ideas using pots Happy Holidays!
Old-fashioned or not, your home is so festive, warm and beautiful Mary! Thank you for sharing your Holiday Home at the 12 days of Christmas Blogger Tour Link Party! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thank you so much Vel. I believe a home should be comfortable above all else, and we have to work with what we have. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Mary I’ve featured your lovely warm post at Five Star Frou-Frou this week. Thanks for your support this year, and Merry Christmas! Love, Mimi xxx
Awww, thank you so much Mimi! I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and I will be there next year to share lots more. xoxo
Your holiday home is lovely Mary – wishing you a very happy holiday and time to enjoy it!
Thank you so much Susan. Wishing you the best of holidays in your beautiful and snowy neck of the woods.
Lots of festive ideas here! Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday!
Thanks for dropping by and have a Happy Holiday Donna!
Mary, I love all of the vintage touches! And, the chalkboard art is amazing! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the fan favorites at the Sunday Showcase from the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link so you can check out your feature. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/12/the-sunday-showcase-from-make-it-pretty_14.html I hope the weeks ahead are merry and bright for you and your loved ones. Have a glorious day! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Thank you Kathryn, you have just made my week! I wish you too a very Merry Christmas!
Hi Mary,
Thanks for showing us around your home for Christmas! I love looking at Christmas decor and seeing how others adorn their homes. Thanks for partying with us at Talented Tuesday.
Cheers,
AJ
Thanks so much for joining me AJ. It was my first time showing my living room and I was a bit nervous but I guess all turned out well.
Wow, what a lovely Christmas home you have! I also love the round up of beautiful Christmas décor ideas! I pinned your entry! Thank you so much for sharing at my craft party on Thursday! Would love to see your newest posts this week, which starts at 7pm EST.
Denise thanks so much for your sweet compliments. I try to look at it as a work in progress. Even now I am still adding to the decor because I’ve got so many ideas buzzing in my head.
Mary – you are paying so much attention to so much detail. You really are going all out for the Holidays. I’m sure your kids enjoy all the decorations, too. 🙂
Ilka, this is all for me!! I love Christmas time, and making the house all cozy. I also like to play the nutcracker to get in the Christmas spirit. The kids have to put up with me! Lol!!
Wow, this looks so beautiful. I love the blackboard wall right when you walk in, it’s a great focal point. Also, what a great tip to turn the books backward for a neutral background I never thought of that. Thank you for sharing at Welcome Home Wednesday, we’d love to have you back again!
Thanks Sam. That wall has made such a big impact in my home. It was such a boring wall before, and now it grabs you as soon as you walk in. Best thing I ever did! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays.
It is so fun and festive and you certainly achieved your goal of making a beautiful vintage Christmas!
You have some great ideas. Love your chalkboard and framing older Christmas cards. And…thanks for visiting me too. Merry Christmas, Sheila
Sheila I love visiting your blog, you are so full of great ideas and your house is full of interesting and beautiful things. Merry Christmas!
Mary your home looks beautiful for the holidays! I like all the little details here and there, the cards in the frames and that you added red to your garland makes it look so festive! Your tree is so special with all your lovely ornaments! It looks cozy and inviting, I’d love to come and visit you!!!
Thank you sweet friend!! I would love for you to be able to visit and we can sit together and have some coffee together… I’ll even make some Greek coffee for you, double strength.
I love your home tour, Mary! What really caught my eye was your creative way you stacked your bookshelves and that gorgeous chalkboard art! Swooning! Such a fun tour!
Donna that was me in the corner begging my daughter to draw the chalkboard art… This blog is a family affair. Thanks for hopping on over.
It’s all so gorgeous especially that amazing trunk…did you decoupage it yourself?
Yes Sacha that was my doing. It was in such bad shape and I didn’t want to get rid of it so I transformed it. If you’d like to see it here is the link, and the story behind it.
https://www.theboondocksblog.com/home/the-chivalrous-trunk
Everything is so festive. Love the ornaments and your tree is adorably beautiful… but your trunk makeover still has me swooning! It’s my favorite part of the entire room. 🙂
I have to agree with you on this one Robin. I’m also really happy with the flipped books. The room is already packed enough it didn’t need more noise from the books.
Everything is looking so festive. LOVE the chalkboard!!
Thank you Betsy. It serves a double purpose, now my kids don’t touch the wall so it stays clean!
Mary, your house is beautifully decorated with lots of great ideas. I’m hosting my own Christmas tour, but I’m thinking I somehow missed this one with Hometalk. Sometimes I get so busy, I skim through my emails and this is what happens. I really like your idea of framing some older Christmas cards. There’s some that are just too pretty and I find myself keeping them.
Carol, I also keep too much and am trying to find ways to repurpose it around the house instead of having it in storage. It’s one way to keep us from getting bored with our decor.
Where to begin Mary? Right off, when I think back to your post, the closing picture of your bookcase with candles/lights just summarizes so well the feeling I took away of your home…Cozy and comforting with oodles of family memories and family contributions…just the way a home at Christmas time should look.
The idea of repurposing past Christmas cards…brilliant.
So easy to envision your family settling down to enjoy all that the holidays offer us in your lovely and cozy home.
Thanks for giving us a peek!
Kisses, Lynn
Thank you for your sweet compliments friend. That is exactly how I want my home to be, comfortable for the family. And to be surrounded my objects that have some sort of meaning.
Mary, thank you for the Christmas Hometalk tour!! You did a beautiful job decorating for Christmas!! I love the idea of framing your Christmas cards!! Those little dolls are so sweet, and the ornaments on the mirror are awesome!! I can’t wait to see a close-up of the ornaments. 🙂
I’m so happy that you could visit me dear friend. When you come over next time we’ll repurpose old things I have in the basement together. The bottomless pit basement! 😉
Mary, yours is a truly cozy home. Love the Merry Christmas drawing your daughter did in your new chalkboard and all the homemade details you have around the house. Adding Christmas cards into frames is a brilliant idea and they look lovely.
Thanks for sharing your home
Pili thanks for all your wishes and all your support. I’m so glad to have you ladies with me on this spectacular journey.
The blackboard corner is beautiful Mary! I love it!
Thanks Zografia, I had to beg my daughter to draw it. Weather they like it or not everyone helps mom with the blog… Hahaha!
Fabulously cozy, Mary and super festive!
Thanks Kim, above all else it should be cozy for winter. Now I have to work on the fireplace.
Mary, Your home looks so warm and welcoming. I especially like how you decorated the mirrors. The shelf look great all decorated for Christmas.
Debra thanks so much friend. I always want everyone to feel warm and cozy, especially during Christmas time. And the shelves were rescued in the knick of time, because if I had left them as before it wouldl have looked like a kaleidoscope in here.
Thanks for the lovely tour! Everything looks beautiful.
Thank you Virginia for dropping by and visiting.
Oh My Goodness what fun photos, I love all that you have done with your decorating, cute touches with the ribbon.
Thanks for linking on http://ohmyheartsiegirl.com/heartsie-girls-wordless-wednesday-44/
Karren thank you for your sweet comment and for stopping by my Christmas tour.
I enjoy decorating for Christmas. Thank you for sharing yours. I like your trunk!
I too love this time of the year,. It’s like the house gets all dolled up in its finest. Thanks Debbie for the visit and your sweet compliment.
Your home looks fantastic! I am still so in love with your chalkboard wall! And with the lights off and the tree and the lanterns all lit up it looks so warm and cozy!
Thanks so much Celeste. That’s the way I like it best too. Recently we’ve been having power outages at night , because this is Greece, and I’ve been taking the opportunity to light a bunch of tealights. It’s magical in here.
Hello my new friend in Greece! Thank you for finding our blog and writing such wonderful comments. I will write more soon and add your blog to my reading list and become a regular here. ( I noticed that you read Poppy Views, but have you also discovered Olympia in Corinth who writes Things and Thoughts or Susan not far from Olympia who writes Greeker than the Greeks?) Love your blog and so very nice to meet you. Hugs, Jackie
Jackie I see that I have a lot of catching up to do. We are definitely keeping in touch. And I’ll also check out these other wonderful bloggers. Its a pleasure to meet you. xoxo
Mary I love your decorations especially the pine cone as the remind me of Christmas when I was little. Thank you for sharing on #overthemoon ,have a great week.
Thank you Jennifer, I have always incorperated pinecones into my winter decor. It’s just not winter with out them.
I love how decorated your fabulous chalkboard for the holidays Mary. Yes please to your adorable little snowman! Pinned to share 🙂
Thanks my friend. The chalkboard was the result of my little one’s labor. So we have her to thank for that. And I know you are partial to snow! 😉
You sweet daughter is very talented, Mary! I love that snowy tree she drew. And your home looks so cozy.
Jas, that’s what it’s all about for me, relaxing and being warm and cozy in the wintertime.
I love all the clever ideas you shared here! There are so many, but to name a few, the tubes for the garland that doubled from the Thanksgiving decoration and I am so impressed with the idea of turning the books backwards! Can’t wait to see more.
Thanks Carrie, since I’ve started blogging I’ve turned my house into one giant experiment. But I’m loving every minute of it. My husband jokes that he never knows what he’ll come home to.
Mary,
It’s all so pretty, I love how you framed the vintage cards!
Your tree is beautiful! And I love your nativity scene and you are right, it is the reason we are celebrating Christmas!
I love what you did with your trunk, it looks amazing with the pages on it, I love old trunks! We have one that belonged to my husbands grandfather that we have to re-do.
Your chalkboard looks so pretty too!
Have a wonderful week!! Hugs, Kimberley
Kimberly, in years past I had to put some sort of fabric over the trunk because it was in such bad shape. This is the first year that it really shines in the room. I’m so glad I took the plunge and redid it. You should try it too, it’s not hard just do it in installments. You too have a great week Hugs back!