A Peek At My Holiday Decorating Plans

Measurements come first here, because a good-looking piece in the wrong spot still fails. I know it's pretty early to be thinking about Christmas decorating (I usually don't start mine until around Thanksgiving) but if there was ever a year that I was ready to bring on the Christmas magic, it's this one! My holiday decor is always a mix of traditional elements that I re-use year after year plus some new finds. I thought I'd share a room by room peek into my already-scheming-about-the-holidays head to hopefully get your wheels turning too! (post includes some affiliate links; full disclosure statement is available {here})

Our Holiday Family Room

The past two years I set up our Christmas tree at the front of our family room and I loved it since we got to appreciate our glowing Christmas tree lights while hanging out and watching TV. So that same location is going to go on repeat for this year:

Christmas 2018

Christmas 2019

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One new thing I'm planning to do is flock my tree! The household has been wanting a flocked tree for our family room but didn't want to spend the money since I already have a polished tree (mine is {this finished 6.5′ Noble Fir tree}) but flocking the one I already have would be really inexpensive. Who knows, I may wimp out but I ordered {this flocking powder} and will share how it goes! As far as a color scheme, my plan is a mix of silver and gold metallics like I did two years ago…

with the additions of some soft matte green and plaid into the mix:

Sources:Silver Christmas tree collar  |  Large green, bronze, & silver ornaments  |  Green & gold wired ribbon  |  Green & gray plaid ribbon  |  Faux magnolia flowers  |  Capiz star tree topper  |  White tassel pillow cover  |  Green velvet pillow cover  |  Antelope tassel pillow cover

I also have a finished new tree topper – The household has been wanting one that lights up but hadn't found what I had in mind until I stumbled upon {this capiz star tree topper} – It is worth taking the time to see it on top of my tree:

Our Living Room Fireplace

For our living room fireplace mantel, The plan is to reuse a lot of the holiday decor pieces The household has had for the last few years:

The household has used these same stockings for years and simply change them up with new ribbon every year – it gives them a whole new look without much money ( I used {this 2″ velvet ribbon} in dark grey last year):

I'll also probably reuse {these brass hurricanes} (I have a pair in each size) that I filled with two of {these 6″ x 6″ pillar candles} in white for the large hurricane and two of {these 4″ x 4.5″ pillar candles} for the small hurricanes. For greenery, I used two of {these eucalyptus garlands} and intermingled some magnolia leaves, sparkly ornaments, frosted pinecones, and frosted blueberries throughout. Just like with the stockings, I'm planning to use the same garlands but change things up with new add-ons that I intermingle throughout them. I'd also love to work in {this pretty wood bead garland} that I bought last year.

And while I'm not doing much holiday decorating for our NC home, I did get four of {these darling stockings} with red & white ribbon and the cutest little pocket – I'm totally smitten:

Our Floating Wood Shelves

I'll be adding small things here and there to smaller rooms in the house, including on our bathroom floating shelves. I'll be swapping out the springy tangerine tree for one of these three options (I still haven't decided… which is your kept?):

Sources:Option 1 (Pre-lit birch tree)  |  Option 2 (Frosted tree with pinecones)  |  Option 3 (Bottlebrush tree)
(Source for shelves and all other shelf accessories are in {this post})

I'm also going to change out my butterfly art print for a more seasonal one – right now {this polished watercolor print} is my top contender:

Our Bonus Room Christmas Decor

Two years ago I added a second tree in our upstairs bonus room outside of the girls' rooms that had a blue and white theme just like the rest of the space:

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This 7.5′ frosted fraser fir found {here} will be on repeat for the most part including the same ornaments (Balsam Hill's midnight frost ornaments and winter wishes frosted ornaments) and {this same woven tree collar}:

but I'll be mixing in some fun new ribbon including {this blue, white, & gray plaid}:

and possibly {this polka dot ribbon} too.

I also have a few new sheer ribbon options to use on both of our Christmas trees (I like to decorate our trees with a mix of sheers and solids) including these four beauties:

Sources from left to right: Sheer silver stripes  |  Sheer gold plaid  |  Sheer gold mini dot  |  Sheer silver lattice

Our Front Door Christmas Decor

My front door is a spot where The household has always gone traditional and done the same thing every year since moving in. The household has always clipped greenery from the ginormous tree in our front yard, berry branches from our back yard, and added {these bells} (currently out of stock) and some ribbon for a quick and easy door dec!

Sadly the huge tree evergreen in our front yard that I clip my greenery from was struck by lightning earlier this year:

I was home when it happened and didn't know where the lightning hit but never felt our house shake that hard before so knew it was crazy close! It actually even turned our well water orange for a few days because the close hit shook up the sediment at the bottom of it – so nuts! A few months later I noticed the tree was turning brown so had an arborist out who said he could see a split in the tree all the way down to the trunk from lightning and it would eventually fall if we didn't remove it. So sadly, we had to take it down which means that The plan is to have to get creative with what I clip from this year…

I might stick with the gold bells I have and love but since the loss of our tree is forcing me to change things up, I'm considering using {these finished woven bells} for something new:

So that's where things are at! I wanted to start deciding on my decor early because shipping on some things is taking FOREVER lately but it will be a bit before I start. I'll be sure to share my progress as my decorating gets into full swing!

XOXO,