Nap time is the best, especially when your kiddo is exhausted from all the Christmas excitement! Seriously, I think he will sleep for about three hours. Jesse and I are enjoying some lovely quiet time; he's watching a Christmas movie while I'm having a little coffee (new cup from Santa!) and catching up on my blog. Life is good, folks! :)
Since it's Christmas and all, I thought I'd share some of the festive decor from around our house. I strive to keep the decorations tightly edited so they don't overwhelm our petite house.
![bertoia chair with faux lamb skin and christmas lights bertoia chair with faux lamb skin and christmas lights](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMZjAnaXzqtUxdyHqimK1BlKoAmm2CFuE1WRxt1sip6_WR_rxlQxkGwQYX6-VUwcs_gLrIf3-VccfwR8FgCh8xdUXA0pl4G-h9UDZ4R2H3Hb_cpTB4FxIPVF-kMziKg486wjDOd0TuApv/s1600/lights+700.jpg)
This year, I picked up some white lights on white cording from Target and used them to frame the window at the end of the "Hallway to Nowhere." I love seeing this when I come home in the evening; it's warm and festive but kinda chic, no? Sorry about the bike poking into the picture, but um, we live here.
![bertoia chair with faux lamb skin and christmas lights bertoia chair with faux lamb skin and christmas lights](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsi2dfFbNGGtorHGjMGcDHi0xfaebGqiyNMJ09sKehU4LQoS3RZzZ7JVWMHDqfP7ZHGRgTr42sBfZkjZVhcNHIuCBVoSMqPpLsL_JilZLMZxmhMaDoNRTwRrB6o1kBcvfh5HhxfM_cRBbC/s1600/hallway+700.jpg)
For me, the most exciting part of decorating this year was having a pseudo mantle to hang stockings on! I bought the snowflake stocking hangers at Michaels several years ago and haven't had a place to put them. Of course, since I finally had a place to hang stockings, I couldn't resist making my own. I only managed to get two of them finished but when I make the other two, I plan to take photos and put together a tutorial.
![christmas stockings with red pom poms and vintage inspired fabric christmas stockings with red pom poms and vintage inspired fabric](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1uKi4TwGNJg_on6SEwFueDNQMO6RYsRJ97hMS89kJv8ILXmI7wv7Ew-m6yDfqKkuK-GhQmOH7_-w9AqrtYQ0cyTYGkEv6oTGg2YI5GhfkBd5nHDz2exRP4VQghg7knDJZeOCS_EdYght/s1600/mantle+wide+700.jpg)
![christmas stockings with red pom poms and vintage inspired fabric christmas stockings with red pom poms and vintage inspired fabric](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHynyQF7mXh_j_xVTW_8KMX_9KSk9whI3dJxUTPOSPHY3tN_KsousJFRdTBsyWZTXp2XcDTeV6mTaTnri9BDVFXsINk0vxu7Vy1md_bI7IGhKBlIRYZlxIcWe8iWPgHZAkQF9GTbgOEwDQ/s1600/stockings+700.jpg)
![christmas stockings with red pom poms and vintage inspired fabric christmas stockings with red pom poms and vintage inspired fabric](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_3pSVT1gpZ-1qhx-4w_kQeKMRZcTFcHWhayc_1gANqgtAopkDDcyNqRS_IqR5QAQHZx3Hjkrc1W-UZU5DL8s66dUC_8WQ3-iobIIwssQYEZ7t900RP_FZ-F6kLMzvPaMaUWSJMdqPtjv/s1600/stocking+detail+700.jpg)
Getting our tree up this year was a bit of an adventure. First, we cut down a lovely seven foot fir tree at our friend's farm. Then, we brought it home, set it up, and decorated it. Perfect. The next day, when I arrived home from work, our entire house smelled like cat pee! And we don't own a cat! It was definitely the tree. So, we un-decorated that sucker as quickly as possible and hauled it outside. We weren't in the mood to cut down another tree, so we said, "meh" and put up a borrowed faux one.
![black white and silver Christmas tree black white and silver Christmas tree](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK41Z0X8vLInm9soSd9IbU-J-UVeyGVBRaEqQ5XjdDQmW2gCxP7CBXcD1SkJSevDKxq-wtWHnmN9d-qlQcKw4mXP-o81lkrWw11PjzbvC9b8EiM7Pq6V0uKEFx7TSmiyutW_3vQ0HD9VeE/s1600/tree.jpg)
I also wanted to illustrate what a nerd I am by telling the story of the ornament shown above. When I was seventeen, I went on a class trip to Europe. In Germany, while my friends were going crazy over Birkenstocks, I purchased a couple of delicate, hand blown glass Christmas ornaments. It may have seemed odd, but I'm glad I was thinking ahead.
![black white and silver Christmas tree black white and silver Christmas tree](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSMfi9NBy-CW6qeY0CedcUZJ3QXCmEEkXWjX1m-Nk7ltGQXkTikCE5pGQ-Jl3PHCjvZhsYoVUhG_Z9Ts_VrsRi6hQzBrbmbYibymrYGOZEZ9Q82I_WoMvBx-w2N3VK51j0lFdQdKwxwFd/s1600/ornament+detail+700.jpg)
A Christmas tradition that Jesse and I started several years ago is picking out a hand blown ornament at a local artist coop. The clear ornament that looks like a bubble was my pick this year.
I put a small tree in B's room and let him decorate it with all the non-breakable ornaments. He is absolutely thrilled with "his tree" and and loves to show it to guests. I think this will be a new tradition!
![kid friendly Christmas tree kid friendly Christmas tree](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gyO3xfZoAx39jSA430EHwpfk_vpOVpbAcFgZD9KoDce-X-qxGEfe2ArdDEgW480Q3cKxh69w5rduXwCLCFM3X6FpMz4yhLrW5W1yRw0evBJpyY1L8QAUDU-Arh5qy1G_scOvN4tZcBS7/s1600/B%2527s+Tree+Detail+700.jpg)
Lastly, since gift wrapping has always been a point of pride with me, I wanted to include a picture. I found a roll of paper table covering in the party section at Tuesday Morning and it worked great as wrapping paper. The string is red wool and the tag is a key label - those are kinda hard to write on neatly, by the way!
![chic black and white wrapping paper with red wool string chic black and white wrapping paper with red wool string](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DCmvqkzoW0AJ6xAz32DZ020IGZXowZzClqghwsXJviYVgBOFIJMy8qNKQN-6aZakd_F4FvCMpAocdNF4qAeR3A-UzUKT4GN2PyXQJMRER82NgpwzWbfwmHSag4rOMF_WVEmVoloGnbct/s1600/package+detail+700.jpg)
So, that's the Holiday decor around our house this year. I'm finishing this just in time, because our kiddo is up and my coffee is cold!
Merry Christmas!
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