Christmas in the kitchen

I like adding touches of red in the kitchen.  I think it goes well with the gray granite and stainless steel. 
This is a little vintage vingette in the corner of the counter.  Say that ten times fast!

Red beads strung in front of the kitchen window.

 

Another countertop decoration

I tied red fabric to the backs of the kitchen chairs and placed these trees in a tray on the table.

It all makes for a fun, festive kitchen.

Some Christmas on this Blog

I'm pretty tired of looking at that mermaid every time I get on my blog.  I've got to post something just to be rid of her!  I've been enjoying taking virtual tours of Christmas homes on other blogs, so I thought I'd give a little virtual tour here at Small-N-Simple Things.    So here goes:

 These are items on my kitchen hutch.  I bleached the bottle brush trees, but they're not NEARLY as cute as the ones my mom made, she glittered and glitzed hers.  The ornaments in the bowl came from goodwill and some of them are mercury glass, I really like them.

 Some of my white dishes and silver.

This is something I saw on Pinterest and re-created because I had everything for it.  A wooden box filled with greenery, lights, wooden logs and pine cones.  It sits in front of the fireplace since it's too warm to build a fire.

 

Here it is lit up at night.

This is a tinsel tree I got at a yard sale for $3.  I'm not sure why I bought it, I just liked how it looked old.

This is our actual Christmas Tree.  The one I bought at a second hand store last year for $10 and flocked myself.  It's looking pretty sad.  My girls really wanted to get a real tree but I told them let's give this one more year and we'll get a real one next year.

Here's the old door with a fresh wreath and the BELIEVE garland I made last year.

And the mantle.   Not too different from last year.

So that is a little of my home dressed up for Christmas.  I'll show more later when there is better light for taking pictures.

My Christmas House

I took a little break there for a while.  I've had my house decorated since a couple of days after Thanksgiving, but between traveling and appointments (why are all our dentist appointments in December?) and Christmas shopping, I've neglected my blog.  So here are my Christmas decorations this year.
Come in and enjoy the tour

Let's go into the family room.  Movie watching, wii playing, cozy fire.  Here's my mantle.  I made the Believe sign this year and used what I already had.

 I love these gold glittery reindeer candletick holders.

Emily made these music page flowers this year.  So pretty.

This is my $10 thrift store tree.  I love real trees but it just didn't happen this year, so I found this little cutie and flocked it with paint and glitter.

It's very sparkly.

a fresh wreath still gives us the christmas tree smell

 basket collection on the armoire

Come in to the living room. 

A wintery scene, candlesticks, glittery pinecones, gold balls.

pottery barn banner from mom with vintage tags

my book page wreath on an old window gets some christmas joy

 a little pop of color in the room

My favorite nativity

Let's go into the kitchen where santa is everywhere

cute trio of santas

Now I think it's time to curl up on the couch with this little guy.

Merry Christmas and thanks for stopping by!