This post was most recently updated on January 1st, 2020Over the past week, I’ve been in my Christmas decorating ‘Happy Place’….
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Christmas Home Tours
A collection of blog posts on A Pop of Pretty's Christmas home tours, including Red Plaid Cottage Christmas Decorating Tour, Winter Wonderland Christmas Decorating Tour, Navy Blue and Silver Christmas Decorating Tour, All White Christmas Decorating Tour, and more. Includes tips and ideas for Christmas entertaining ideas and Christmas DIY Christmas projects like how to decorate a Christmas tree, how to put ribbon on a Christmas tree, how to decorate a Christmas mantel how to make a Christmas wreath and more, as featured in well known media like Women's Day and Cottages & Bungalows.
Frosty Blue Holiday Tablescape
This post was most recently updated on January 1st, 2020Happy November, you guys! And you know what that means, right?…
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Holiday ‘House Tour’: A Gold and White Christmas
Did you catch my post about our gold and white Christmas tree the other day? I’ve also added some other gold and white Christmas decorating touches around the house. This year’s Christmas decorating is a little more glam than usual!
Gold and White Christmas Decor: The Foyer
I hesitate to call this a Holiday House Tour like some of those you’ll see on other decorating blogs this time of year. Have you seen some of those? Wowsa, soooo beautiful, and so thorough! (If you follow me on Facebook, I’ve been sharing some of my faves over there.)
The thing is, photographing a holiday house tour requires a tidy home and well, mine, just isn’t! (Yet?). (You see my 2012 holiday house tour here and my 2011 holiday house tour here). Keepin’ it real: there’s still some random Christmas decorating bins and bags hanging out in the corners, along with the regular daily stuff that 3 kids leave behind. So to spare you from all that, I’ve just photographed some of the little pops of Christmas you’ll find around our home.
In the foyer, you’ll find our new white deer head hanging in a big green wreath (more on styling this guy in another post!), with some gold polka dot ribbon. The foyer table has a little white tree decked out in gold and light blue beaded garlands. READ MORE
Our Gold and White Christmas Tree {Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas}
The idea of a gold and white Christmas tree has been on my mind for awhile now. I’ve been crushing on gold and white decor this year (see Sold on Gold), and there’s no better time to indulge in gold than at Christmas!
Call me crazy, but just about every year, I edit my tree colors. You can see how I manage to change my Christmas tree color scheme affordably over here. In that blog post, I explained that the thing I love best about Christmas decorating is the chance to be creative. Our Christmas tree never looks exactly the same because I enjoy the process of mixing things up. READ MORE HERE
Red & Aqua Cheerful Christmas Table
This post was most recently updated on September 22nd, 2019Back in early October, in the midst of Canadian Thanksgiving and…
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Holiday Home Tour 2012
OK, so I *think* I’m done with the Christmas decorating. When it comes to seasonal decorating, I have a slight problem, in case you haven’t noticed by now. I have to make a full stop; otherwise, I could keep going until the 25th! But then I’d have way too much to take down later. Plus, I have to move on to a million other things on my Christmas to-do list. Like, for example, I haven’t wrapped a thing yet. Nodda. I like decorating so much more than wrapping.
So tonight, to procrastinate on the wrapping a little longer ;-), I thought I’d pull together a summary of all the random Christmas decorating blog posts that I’ve shared over the past month. In the home decor blogging world, that kind of blog post is usually called a “Holiday Home Tour”. That label is a little misleading in my case. I am only going to show you the areas of my home that are presentable at the moment. Unlike a real home tour, I’m going to shield you from the mess of Christmas bins (and glitter) that still needs to be put away!
The Porch
Our front porch is decorated with real greenery, white lights and traditional Christmas colors. I usually stick to red out there because it’s such a festive color, and is easily seen from a distance. For the first time in a decade, I also used some gold in my Christmas decor this year.
The gold and red polka dot ribbon that I used is traditional, but fun. I’m a big fan of polka dots!
Earlier in the month, I posted a tutorial on how to makeover an old artificial wreath, and create the look of real greenery using just a few sprigs of cedar.
The Tree
Our Christmas tree sits right in the center of our open concept Living Room / Kitchen area. For the first time, I decorated a 100% neutral Christmas tree this year, using champagne, white / cream and chocolate brown.
I also gave a little Christmas decorating tip / tutorial on how I added ribbon to my Christmas tree, which was a little different than in previous years. Last year, my tutorial on how to decorate a Christmas mantel (including how to add ribbon to a Christmas mantel) was really popular, so I thought this might be helpful too!
Our 100% neutral tree only lasted a few days! “Neutral”became “bleu-tral” when I added a pop of muted blue to the tree. It still feels pretty neutral, but the touch of blue blends so much better with the room.
