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Decorating for Christmas in the Kitchen

December 15, 2016 By stylishrevamp 2 Comments

Decorating for Christmas can be so exhausting but I really enjoy the process. I love pulling out all the decorations from years past, each ornament and decoration holds a special memory. I can spend hours reminiscing. My Kitchen Tree holds all of the handmade ornaments that my boys have made over the years and most of the ornaments that we have picked up during our travels.

One of my favorite things about this time of year is coming down in the morning when it is still pitch black outside and my tree in the kitchen is already lit. Most mornings my husband is the first one up and he lights the tree and changes the days on our countdown sign. I think the kitchen looks so warm and inviting with the white twinkling lights from the tree. It is so peaceful before the chaos of the day begins. Decorating for Christmas in the Kitchen is the first room I decorate and I wanted to share it with you today. Most of the decor you have seen before, like I have said I love using all of our things from the past with just a few new additions sprinkled in…I hope you enjoy!

This DIY Christmas Trees for sale sign is new this year. You can read more about it here.

I also added this red, metal tree collar this year and I love it. I picked it up last year after Christmas at Crate and Barrel on clearance.

This one is an oldie but a favorite. 21 years ago, exactly one week after my oldest was born my husband had to travel to Germany and a wife of his colleague sent this Santa mug home with him for me. I absolutely adore this mug. It brings back memories of that first Christmas with our first baby boy.

(Decorating with my husband’s childhood toy truck)

I picked this Christmas pillow up at Marshalls in October or early November. I am glad I did because they sold out quickly!

I made three mini wreaths for the windows this year. I always add my Kitchen Santa, along with my DIY Christmas Countdown and my hand painted NOEL letters. Sometimes I come down in the morning and NOEL has become LEON so far, no one has copped to it.

Christmas Decorating in the Kitchen

(My youngest made this pine cone Snowman several years ago in school.)

My olive tree in a Goodwill gray pot tied with Christmas ribbon.

Our Elf on the Shelf still makes an appearance every year. He appears to be better behaved than most elves we have seen. Could be that mom and dad are just too old for those antics!

Lastly, I added this DIY sign which you can read more about here.

I hope you enjoyed this quick glimpse into our Christmas Kitchen Tour for 2016. I will be back later this week to share more of our Christmas home. Thanks for stopping by…

Until Next Time,

Adding Fall Touches to your Home

October 20, 2016 By stylishrevamp Leave a Comment

Today it is all about Fall. This year I am keeping it super easy by adding simple fall touches to our home. Last year I sorted through all my decorations and donated most of the ones that did not hold special memories for me. When the boys were little they loved decorating for the Halloween. This year it is more about Fall rather than Halloween.

This simple wooden Welcome acorn is on our entryway table.

In the kitchen, I added a few pumpkins including the one my youngest made in preschool. He is now 13.

I also added a Pumpkin Fairy to my wreath. The pumpkin beside the wreath is the one my son made…out of a roll of toilet paper. He was very excited by this when he was 4 years old which makes me want to save it forever. I love the ages they all are now but sometimes I really miss that age when everything was so exciting for them.

Adding Simple Fall Touches to your Home

Next, we head to the dining room.

I made the chalkboard banner a few years ago. You can check it out here.

I added the cotton wreath to this chair for added texture. I also like the tone on tone with the chair colors of white, cream and tan that pick up the same colors in the wreath.

In the family room, I switched out my red pillow for orange pillows and I added a few pumpkins.

(Notice the greenery, yep that is my poinsettia…it is still alive. Although, I have no idea if it will turn red again!)

I like the added orange touches to this room. I will switch back to red in December and possibly add a new one to the mix! I am into throws and pillows at the moment!

The pumpkin on the end table is another favorite. My older two boys picked it out about 17 years ago. It is one I pull out each and every year. The same goes for the pumpkin below, it’s another one the older two boys picked out.

The final room I added a few Fall touches to is the Sunroom. I love this room. It is where we spend most of our time. It is just a very comfortable space.

Talk about simple, the tobacco baskets and the pig were already there. I plopped the pumpkin down with the intentions of painting it cream or white (like you see all over Pinterest) at some point but I can tell that is not going to happen. Besides I am kind of loving the pops of orange throughout the house.

That my friends wraps up our Fall Home Tour, I hope you have enjoyed this glimpse into our home.

Until Next Time,

Christmas in the City Tour

December 23, 2015 By stylishrevamp Leave a Comment

I am continuing my Christmas Home Tour with Christmas in the City. This is our Christmas in the City Village by Department 56 that we set up each year under our tree in the Sunroom. It is such a magical scene. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

We set it up in our Sunroom which is one of the most used rooms in our home. It is a cozy comfortable room that you can see here.

This is something my husband does for me and the Gman. It is a lot of work setting this scene up under the tree. He also adds his Lionel Train around the village. Again, for me it is creating memories for my boys in the story telling about our childhood Christmases. The train was a gift my husband’s father gave him and his brothers for Christmas when they were children.

The other special Christmas tradition we do is decorate our feather trees with our personalized snowmen ornaments.

It is a special way to remember each person in our family from the loved ones that are no longer with us and the new member that we have recently welcomed to the family.

We are getting very excited to celebrate Christmas. Today is the last day of school for my youngest. Tonight we are going to finish our baking and finally tackle the GingerBread House.

Tomorrow I will be sharing a few pictures of our outside decorations.

Until Next Time,

White Kitchen Christmas Tour

December 17, 2015 By stylishrevamp 2 Comments

Today I am sharing my White Kitchen Christmas Tour instead of a Thrift Shop Thursday. I am running behind on my tours and wanted to get them in before Santa arrives. A quick shout out to my Dad…Get better soon Dad, we love you tons and miss you and mom!

Now on with the Kitchen Tour…

If I haven’t mentioned it before I will do so now, I love decorating for Christmas. I enjoy looking at all the old ornaments and decorations with all the special memories they hold and the stories they tell. I especially love the decorations that my boys made in preschool and Elementary School. I use these to decorate my kitchen tree. They are so sweet. I can’t believe I am going to say this but I miss those days!

Since I love tradition, I use the same decorations year after year and add a little something new as well.

Check out the Angel on the top of the tree. My middle son made that in preschool. He had the most artistic teacher. It still amazes me that he is a freshman in college! In the background, you can see my DIY Christmas Countdown sign. Since my husband wakes before the rest of the household, he is the one that changes the days. It is such a simple thing but it is something we all enjoy. Even though it is making me a little antsy to realize Christmas is only 8 days away.

My kitchen Santa stands next to the glass Christmas Tree candy jar that belonged to my dad’s mom. To me it’s all about the memories and I hope this is something my boys will carry with them when they start their own family one day.

My mom bought me this feather tree a long time ago. It’s one of those things that hold special memories for me. I added the vintage reindeer that I found at a consignment shop. Just another thing that reminds me of Christmas from my childhood.

I start decorating with this vintage truck last year. This was my husband’s childhood toy and I am sure it holds special memories for him.

This is a view into our family room (and a reminder that I still have not switched out my chandelier).

(The picture above is from last year but I had to share because I love this image of our Elf, Harry Frost)

Our Elf has reappeared everywhere but under the vent hood this year but there is still time! Well, that is our little tour of the kitchen, tomorrow I will share my home office and the dining room.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Kitchen Tour.

Until Next Time,

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My Sunroom Reveal using IKEA EKTORP Furniture

September 12, 2015 By stylishrevamp 2 Comments

My sunroom reveal using IKEA EKTORP furniture has been a long time in the making. I have known for quite some time exactly what I wanted, it just took awhile to pull it together. Finally, I am sharing it with you today!

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Home Office: How to Redesign a Space

June 21, 2015 By stylishrevamp 3 Comments

Today, I am finally sharing my brand new Home Office. We have been working on this office for quite some time. It all started with the Billy Bookcase. I always say this when we finish a room but this is now one of my favorite rooms!

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Home Tour on the Island- Master Bedroom

April 7, 2015 By stylishrevamp 4 Comments

Tonight I am sharing our Master Bedroom on the Island Home. This part of the home, including the attic lounge area, is not original to the house. I believe these rooms were added about 14 years ago. When the previous owners added the extra space, it created two Master Bedroom areas.

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Outside Christmas Tour

December 10, 2013 By stylishrevamp 7 Comments

Welcome to our outdoor Christmas Home Tour!

My favorite Holly Tree.

We used red and white lights on the trees, garland around the porches and wreaths on all the windows and front door.

I love how the fireplace and patio area turned out. I used clipping and inserted them into the dirt in the pots. I used magnolia branches, pine, and boxwoods.

As you can see, this is my favorite time of year!

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Christmas Home Tour

December 8, 2013 By stylishrevamp 6 Comments

Welcome to our Christmas Home Tour. Sit back with a warm drink and enjoy some of our favorite Holiday decorations. I love pulling these decorations out year after year. It brings back such lovely memories of Christmas past. We also try to add a few new touches along with some favorite vintage finds. I hope you all enjoy!

This is our family room tree. We go each year to a farm and choose the largest tree we can find. This is where Santa leaves all the gifts.

The view from upstairs… I like watching the boys look over the banister on Christmas morning!

We leave cookies and milk for Santa on this fireplace Hearth.

This is a vintage sled that my husband and I bought before we were married. I just spruced it up with some pine branches and ribbon and sprayed everything with a light dusting of snow.

I like to use some of my favorite vintage finds on the Family room Christmas tree like these Shiny Brite ornaments! I love finding vintage Holiday decorations. I also have the milk glass light bulbs that I will show you in a later post. They are one of my favorite Christmas items.

Next up is my foyer.

I put garland around the front stairs. I also add snowmen on each step. I got this idea from a dear friend that uses Nutcrackers. Thanks Debbie for the great idea!

This is the mirror by my front door. I add the large pinecone every year. I like the simplicity of it.

My tech guy Gman made the snowman in art class and my Best Friend gave me the lovely Santa for Christmas last year!

When my oldest two boys were younger, I would let them pick pick out a special Christmas decoration. My youngest still carries on this tradition. This Santa is something my middle son picked out. I added the vintage plate above in the alcove and the garland with winterberry.

Next up is my Kitchen Christmas Tree. I love this tree, it is an oldie but a goodie. I decorate this pencil tree with all the boys’ handmade ornaments and gifts from school.