You'll NEVER believe ALL The Christmas Decor We FOUND

But do you see this price tag right here? >> How much is that? >> $500. >> Hold on. Normal normally we really try to um organize things. But last year we were in such a hurry that uh we just threw it. >> Okay. That's why I thought that whole basket was going >> look. I mean who you got to put your letters to Zana in here. This is crazy to me. I love it y'all. I love it. All right y'all. Welcome to my house. In today's video, we are diving in to go through all of our Christmas decor to see what we can reuse because as much as we like buying stuff, we like to reuse what we already got. And we've been talking a lot about this McKenzie Child's Christmas theme. So, Lauren's going to do a deep dive and show us exactly who she is, what her vibe is, so that we're up to speed on all the things. And it's going to be a lot of fun. So, come along. I'm so excited to invite you into our very blank white home and we're going to turn it into a Christmas wonderland all month long. Okay, Lauren, you're going to give us a deep dive on who the heck this lady is. >> So, I'm just going to be real honest. I don't know really who she is and I've heard of the stuff before. um but never really personally um gotten into it only because you know it can be a little pricey. Um so I do >> let's go to that Christmas section. Uh we got to see her Christmas. >> Okay. >> Interesting. This is so interesting. >> This is kind of similar to what Courtney was wanting to go for with the like ornaments. >> Yeah. >> But do you see this price tag right here? >> How much is that? 500 $500. >> Yes. So, >> okay y'all, these little trees I saw everywhere at Hobby Lobby and at Walmart. They were $20. On her website, it's $250. >> So, those trees are actually knockoffs off of a vintage tree, like the vintage ceramic trees. >> Wait, this is a knockoff of the knockoff? >> No, no, she does her own thing. But these vintage ceramic trees have been around for ever. And so the old the the actual vintage ones started coming back in style a couple years ago and so everybody started making more because the the vintage ones they're either broken or they have lots missing and they're very expensive if you find >> Okay, this is so interesting. Like she has a lot of checkered. >> A lot of her stuff does incorporate the checked pattern uh very much so. Now this I could definitely see Courtney um having. It's just >> is that $200 for one >> for a tabletop ornament? for one >> for one tabletop mug, >> y'all. I I like money, but I like money in my pocket. >> $100 for four mugs. >> I mean, each their own, but baby girls, like, what are we doing? >> I mean, I definitely, as crafters, like, we can look at this as inspiration, but this is definitely something that we can recreate. >> Yeah. So, I'm a little shook right now. I did not expect I don't know what I was expecting when I was thinking Mackenzie Childs. It definitely wasn't that. And those prices, can I just say like we just did a full video showing Lauren everything we bought. Lauren, we spent maybe a little bit more than $500. Okay. $600, $700 probably total. But I had a carload of stuff. >> Right. This is another one that Courtney was. So there we have a we were going to do a try to do this as a dupe for the front porch. Not in these colors in different colors, but this price tag $750 for this was why we were going to do a dupe. >> Why we were going to do it ourselves. >> Y'all, if some if you're out there and you're a crafter spending this kind of money, like you need to get your creative hat on. like creative like it's time to DIY. Like this is why we DIY because we want to have high-end feel. We want to have high-end look, but we don't want to spend high-end money because we value money in our pocket. We value the journey. We value the experience of getting like that is what we get our excitement satisfaction of actually completing something yourself >> and doing it for far less like far less. like it feels like you're I don't want to say like stealing, but it feels like it's such an overd deliver because you get to, you know, get your hands dirty. You get to play with the paint. You get to like dig in and then you spend very low percentage points of what even one item would be. Like that is just crazy. But you've already seen us shop. You've already seen Lauren's reaction to everything we've already bought, which this just reaffirms how good we did. >> I'm telling you. I'm telling you. That's why I was like, I can see her vision. I see where she's going. We're not going full Mackenzie Child, but we're going to I can see now why she may want to sand those Christmas tree downs and maybe do a checked on one layer and like red and stripes on the other in blue and one layer is green. I can see it. >> Yeah. But now Lauren and I are going to dig in and get inside the attic and figure out what we may want to pull down and use for this year. I already have some ideas of some things that I know are up there that I think >> you are definitely not dressed appropriately for this. >> I'm not, but that's okay. Let's go. >> Oh my gosh. Okay, y'all. You're at our house. One thing about our house is it's just like this wide open floor plan. When we bought this house, the like kitchen area, this dining room area, they didn't even have a dining room. It was a bar. It was really odd. Um, so we took out the bar. Obviously, I was like, "This house is very large and there was no place to host Thanksgiving." Like, what the point? Um, but anyway, this room is going to transform. We're so excited. So, we're heading out to the attic. This is our like mud room, laundry. This is our uh like mud room. And then you come out here and this is our garage. And then when you get out here, you will see I actually I don't know Lauren knows this. I tried to turn this attic into an office and I brought a contractor out here and everything and he's like, "Tanner, it's not big enough." So, we're going to go up here, check it out. There's lighting in there. Like, it feels like it could be an office, but they say it can't be. So, let's head up. >> Okay. >> I normally can, but I'm not having I'm having issues. There we go. >> Now you got to There you go. >> I know how to get it down, but sometimes I have issues reaching. >> Here we go, y'all. Come on up. >> This is actually I don't want to say it does. We're heading up here, but Oh god. This is literally just Christmas. >> Yeah, it's all just Christmas. >> Oh, why is it is it air conditioned in here? >> No, Tanner. >> Here. >> Oh, wow. We really just uh stuffed it in here. Last year we did No, Normally we try to Okay, hold on. >> Go ahead. >> Hold on. Normal normally we really try to um organize things, but last year we were in such a hurry that uh we just threw it. We really did just throw it up here. Okay. Cool. >> Oh no. Oh, lost the tree. >> No, it just goes together like that. I do think those need to go down. I think those are going to be used. Okay, >> for sure. Um, the other things that I was thinking about, this is going, no doubt about it. We got this at the thrift store last year. >> Love. >> Yeah, we got this at the thrift store. We stood in line actually to get that at the store. >> Embarrassing. >> I can't help it. Um, another thing that I do think goes with the theme that I knew was up here are these guys. I think these guys would definitely go with the theme. And then And what is in all these bags? >> So there are a lot >> the garland. >> There is a lot of garland in this bag in in these bags. So we have and we have them labeled. So this is the stairs garland. >> Okay. Is that Kevin? Can I throw this down? >> Yes, you can throw that down. >> Of course it would get stuck. Of course it would get stuck. Oh no. You have to. This is Tanner's first time throwing stuff down out of the attic. It's okay. >> Somehow I always miss this. >> This is normally a me and Courtney thing. >> This is normally me and Courtney. >> Yes, that's window garland. >> Okay, here's some more window garland here. So, one thing that we normally always do, and actually, let me turn you back around. Um, normally it looks better than this, but I want to show you. We try to keep things separated by theme. So, we try to keep things separated by theme. This one was a year that they did black and white and sage, which we have all of that here. This was a year, and this is kind of what I was thinking. So, this is going to be more of like a whimsy red, white, cream box here. This is a very neutral amber um and gold box here. Um but we try to keep things kind of separated by boxes um depending on theme. And then what we'll do, and sometimes we're not really great at it, but what we'll do is we're like, "Okay, we know in the neutral box we have ornaments like these guys that could go with this year. So, we'll come to the neutral box and we'll grab them." Or these that could go with this year's theme. So, that is how we kind of keep it organized and how we are able to find what we need. realize where it's at and then go from there. Like I doubt we'll get anything from the black and white box this year. I don't think that's the move. But I do think that there are This is just a random um like you can see this is just a random supply box to be real honest right here. So yeah, now it's just time for us to kind of more so go through these boxes and find what is going to work this year and kind of make it a new box. So let's go from there. So I think I'm just going to go ahead and grab everything from this red box here. There are some things like I don't know. We'll we'll take it down. There are some also some bottle brush trees in here, some ribbon. Like this is not going to go. I don't I don't think this is the vibe this year. I don't know. Maybe it is. I'll just leave it in there. Um that is not the vibe. This is just a red painted um piece of wood from with the wood pile from Hobby Lobby. More than likely, we will take this off and we'll redo this and this can be reused for shelf decor. Okay. I think the red pillows will work. >> Yeah, I think we'll go with the red pillows for sure. U the those are the orange ones are fall. No, no, no. There's There's wood. >> Oh, okay. There's more. >> Do we think these are making it for for this year? >> No. I don't I don't know. I love I love them. I love them, but I don't know. >> They may I don't know. That's This is why I kind of need Courtney here sometimes. We did also keep the um paper stars that we did last year. We kept them. I don't know that they're going to be reused. So, I will set them over here for right now. These also need to go down. Here are just some more stockings. Gold metal bells. Those are big. This is the bottom of a tree, but I don't know where the tree is at. So, this needs to go down. You said Courtney wasn't wanting to do a lot of wood this year, but do you >> I don't know if she wanted like you said like do you reuse our wood? >> I kind of like these. >> Maybe we'll >> Let's bring them down. >> Let's bring them use all of them. >> Okay. Well, they're heavy. >> Look at these little Look at this red. >> Yeah, we're bringing it for sure. >> Okay. >> These are heavy. I'm just letting you know. >> Oh my word. >> Yeah, you have to kind of put it in front of you and walk down. I have a very specific way I put those in here. Just so you all are aware. Normally, it's me and Courtney getting this stuff down. So, I'm actually very happy that we have Tanner here helping us today. Here are some more. Oh, here is a great here's a little great thing. A great little trick. We bought these bells um from Hobby Lobby or Amazon, I can't remember, just in a large pack unfinished. We love creating um like taking a wooden bowl or a dough bowl or some kind of like decorative dish and adding the bells in the dish or just kind of like sprinkling them on the shelf for a shelf filler. Great little hack and it adds a touch of gold wherever you need it. So, I love doing that. Grab you some some little bells. I don't think that this is going to be used this year. This is the Merry Christmas sign that we made last year with the gold HTV. Um, I love it. I just don't think it fits the vibe this year, but we're not getting rid of it because we could repaint this later and put a different design on it or we could repaint it this year. It really just depends. But as of right now, this one is not going downstairs. We're going to leave it up here for right now. Oh, here are some red berries and some greenery. [Music] Having things organized and going through them and kind of having an idea of what you have and what you don't have is really going to be the key to creating that magical Christmas and not having to break the bank every year doing it. >> I love this large pot. >> I also love that large pot. And I think that I mean I don't know that Courtney would want to paint that, but that would want to be an easy one to paint. >> Yeah. >> If that's something she wanted to do. >> Yeah. >> Um definitely. Has she said anything about the tree skirt? I think that >> we had a whole tree skirt segment. >> Oh, okay. >> We have not came to any conclusions. No conclusions yet. >> No tree skirt conclusions. Okay. Well, >> how does this make you feel after doing an audit? After doing an audit and looking, first of all, we got quite a bit of stuff down. You all can see we got quite a bit. >> Now, you left quite a bit of garland and greenery back there. >> Yes, I know. No, it's just I hadn't got there to it. >> Oh, okay. >> But we can go ahead and grab that. Um, see, that's a paper star right there. That's a bag of paper stars. Oh, I forgot about all of this greenery. Yeah. Um, >> this is our mantel greenery. >> Yeah, I know. Oh, it does need to go. >> Is it making it? >> Oh, wait. Yeah. Um, and we'll have to take the Yes, it's going to make it. >> Okay. >> Cuz it's got the red berries in it. I think it's a for sure. And that could probably just be tossed down. >> Okay. I was going to ask. >> No, that can be tossed down for sure. I do need to check this. This says window garland as well. Wait, are we doing garland on the big window like we did last year? It was very pretty. >> It was adorable. Um, I think so with the with the window decor that I'm making, I think we need to. >> Okay. So, we are going to go with the big window garland again. >> Is this box coming? >> No, that box is not. Let's check this one. >> Okay, so here is a box. Hold on just a minute. >> Oh, it's a lot of green up. This one was the black and white. Uh, >> was this okay? Was this theme even at this house? >> No, this theme was not at this house. This theme was at the old house, but like >> I could see this guy >> making it. So, >> making it for sure >> with like a little red bow around his neck. He look He looks very whimsy to me. >> Part of me feels like those guys have to go for sure. >> Hold on. >> Okay, y'all. This is literally so far out of my realm of genius. Like Courtney and Lauren every year have spent a whole day >> batting. >> Quilt batting. >> Quilt batting. It's a polyfill. >> Polyfill. Okay. Okay. Well, we we It's nice to have um Okay. Do we need this? Will we hold up this little uh wooden Oh, what's in here? >> These old bottle brush trees. >> Okay. >> I don't think >> I don't think they're making it this season. >> Okay. Lauren, what do you think about this like tree shelf that we had at the coffee station? Do we need this as part of the cocoa station or are we good? Are we good with it? Let's hold it up. It's big. >> It's big, but I maybe too big. >> Too modern. >> Yeah, we're going a little more >> older. Winsy, y'all listen. What did you guys expect? I Listen, I'm telling you, we're keeping you on your toes this year. Uh you just never know what you're gonna find with us. I mean, we're in an attic right now. Like, can we just talk about how you're seeing the raw? You're seeing the real. Like, this is crazy to me. Like, we usually have such a polished show. No, the the show is went from polished to real. Um, this is crazy. >> Definitely. >> Okay. That's why I thought that whole basket was going >> look. I mean, who you got to put your letters to Zana in here. Okay, Lauren, pull up some of these big pieces of art and let's talk about what we could do. Like what's the vibe? Cuz this is an old one. We used to have a wreath on this one on this guy. So, it was like a DIY. We cricketed this um and then the wreath was the O. But, uh let's see this one cuz Satie painted this last year. Y'all, Satie is such an artist. Like true artist giving vibes. This is crazy to me. I mean, honestly, I love it, y'all. I love it. >> I do love this. >> I love it. I don't know if it's not enough color. >> I know. Maybe we just need to DIY a big piece of >> art. Maybe we may have to do a big piece, y'all. >> Seeing that these other two pieces, everything we pulled out has been DIY. Why not >> Yeah, we need to get a new We need something bold. We need something big um this year. So, that'll be super fun. So, okay, Lauren, >> honestly, our favorite thing to do. Let me just show you guys this. So, >> this is a great hack. >> This was not how it was bought. >> No, >> this was actually just a regular canvas >> bought at Hobby Lobby >> for clearance. >> Oh my gosh. $31. >> $31 and probably extra 40% off >> on top of that. So, like 20 bucks. >> Yeah. >> Like that's crazy. And then we just painted it. Like come on. This is incredible. Super super good. Is there anything else you see up here that we need? Oh, she saw something. She saw something. Let's check it out. Let's check it out. Oh, now those could be really good. Lauren, we may Okay, here. To be honest with you guys, we may come up here like one more time after we start like actually decorating and kind of shop here one more time in the attic. Oh my gosh. >> I do think we need that down for >> the shelves. Hello that. But like I'm not I'm not so >> Yeah, that's out. That's not whimsy. That's giving farmhouse. >> Keep them. And I think that they would be great. >> I just don't think Courtney >> Yeah. For another theme like in another small pivot, we could totally use those. So like we wouldn't throw them away. like you're you're seeing us like say no to stuff, but it's not because we're gonna like throw it away because you never know. Next year's theme could quickly need it. So anyway, it's nice to have a good little stockpile. Um, okay. This is definitely coming with us. I'm so excited. Okay. Um, Lauren, to be honest with you, I have to run to therapy. So, I don't know if you want to do a little audit with them of everything downstairs and then send out. Y'all, this is so fun. Christmas is coming together. >> Okay, guys. I'm gonna turn you off and get down out of here and then we'll do an audit when we get back down. >> Down here, >> it's not that scary, but I am going to turn you off. Okay, y'all. Now that we are down from the attic and I'm looking at everything that we have, we're going to kind of take stock of what we have. Um, we're not going to take it in the house yet until we are ready to actually decorate. Um, but just to kind of show you some of the things that we pulled down. Um, we did pull from like different themes. We have these now. We used these last year. So last year we were starting to incorporate some red. Um we weren't fully committed to red yet, but we started incorporating some red. So we do have some of these accordion paper trees that we pulled down. Um we do have some wood elements. So I know Courtney at first she didn't buy any wood yesterday, but the shape of these are ve still very whimsy and I think are going to go really really great with the theme. So we have those. We do have a lot of bottle brush trees that we brought down. Oh, this guy is super cute. And I didn't see him. Um, there's a couple. So, this is super cute that we pulled down. Also a thrift find. I'm pretty sure we got that from the thrift store. And then this guy is super cute. This is like metal. I did say that we weren't doing a lot of black, but I think this one is going to be really good. I think it's going to be a good little accent. Um, who knows? We may decide to paint him gold. I don't know. That is why just because something is one way in the store, I want you all to really kind of step back and think like, can this go if I were to paint it or if I were to change it. So, this is one that I really like. It may be changed. Um, let me just go ahead and pick you up and show you some things here in this one. We do have some bells. We use these bells a lot um over the years. You can never go wrong with that. Here are some gold. Like these may be used. I don't know. Like are they too modern? I'm still on the fence about those, but they're a possibility. Here's some more wood that we could possibly incorporate. We do also have like very very large bells like this. Um more bottle brush trees. Here are stockings. I'm not really sure which route we're going to go. They're going to go with stockings this year. Um, these are always great. You can never go wrong with just plain stockings. Um, I did pull this one, but like there's only one of them, so I doubt we will use that one because there is only one and they have a family of five now. And then here's another option. I don't know. Like we'll just have to see what goes. Um, but we did pull a lot of stuff down. So, we have these two boxes. And then we also have this box that has those red ornaments and then those white spiral ones. Once again, not sure, but if Courtney wants a full tree, then we're going to have to use everything we can. We did pull these down. Here are some more white stockings there with a bell in it. This garland with the red berries is going to be perfect. We did pull down those red pillows. And then, oh my god, I'm so excited about this little bear. I think he's going to be so cute. And actually, I think I said something about a red ribbon on his neck, but I think we're going to go blue. So, that is what we're missing a lot of. We have the red. 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