How To Create A Magical Christmas

So today we are going to be, welcome back, today we're going to be focusing on, I think I can get this area done, maybe the cocktail table. I don't think I'll get to the fireplace, which I'm excited about. I've already emptied out the things that I'm, I'm sure that I'm not going to use. I will be bringing my deer back. This thing is super heavy, but she's stunning. So we'll bring her back. I think that's gonna look really good as a focal point. What I'm doing now is just getting placement of the furniture pieces that I know that I want to utilize. This sofa table, behind the sofa, it is always here. Brought the table from another area, but it looks good here and it works. It's additional storage. This I painted out with gold. I can't get any more, sorry. And then I want to focus on this piece here, which is a new table. I've taken the floor lamp that was on this side, I did have two floor lamps, but I've taken the floor lamp that was on this side out, and I'm going to move this table to that area, which I think I'm going to love because it is another area. Like I need a new area to place a tall vase on, but let's see if I can slide it into the corner. It's beautiful. The top of it is in marble. The bottom of it was a pretty much seamless. In this corner, along with the juxtaposition with the black fireplace, I think this is going to be a great addition to this space. You guys remember the bubble vase, and she's gorgeous. There are a few still available, but I'm using her for Christmas this year, and I think I utilized for Christmas last year. Extremely heavy, but I do love that. So that's going to go there. I want to put some garland along the back side. Next, guys, sorry about that. The audio was lost. I don't know where it went to, but I'm adding twinkle lights to the garland as a backdrop. I tend to add extra lights to everything. Having a focal point on all of your main walls or some of the main walls is crucial. I'm adding the focal point of this gorgeous floral. You guys have seen this before. Oops, I dropped it. So I didn't have the right angle. It's super, super heavy, and now I'm installing it on top of the deer. I did paint this deer out black. It was gold before at some point throughout the year, and I'm just adding a bow. Having that extra layer of texture keeps it interesting. Now this table that I'm adding is new, and I will link this below, but it is simply gorgeous. The top of the table has a marble finish. The legs are gold, and then there's a glass at the bottom for additional display. You cannot beat the price. This is an Amazon find. Even the gold legs are sculptural because they are twisted, and the iron has a twist to it, and it's not too bright of a go, but it's a champagne gold. Love, love, love this table, and I will definitely link this below as well. This is one of those little lightweight vacuums, and it's under 100 bucks. I've had several, but this one here I'll link below. You have the full vacuum, and then you can take it apart and do the handheld vacuum. It keeps a charge a long time. It has good suction. It is wonderful. Now I will add this bubble vase here. Having added the four bubble vases, I think that's perfect. Now we have the same swagger and off-center, the vases that we have going on on the left. I will edit myself. I want to remove this. I just don't think it offers enough. It's just like having gold black. That is so easy, so I want to add something else. I will use those this year, but I don't want to use them here, and it's okay to edit yourself. It's not a big deal. It's your place. It is your decor, and what I want to add, I think which is a little bit unusual, is I want to place a lamp here. All right, look at that. It's highly unusual. Most people do candle holders or like I had just more Christmas decor or Christmas stems, but I want to do something a little bit different, and let's place that lamp there, and I might even, no, I think that's fine. Let's get the other one. All right, let's place the lampshade on top, and then we can really see. This lampshade is a little bent. What this looks like. Okay, let's see if I'm moving you over a little bit since I'm still working here. Yeah, I think that is the ticket. Oh, that's going to look so good, and as you can see, green is going to be my accent color with all of this black and white that we have going on. The third color is going to be green. Let's get this back on here. So gorgeous. Let me show you guys a close-up of this lamp. How gorgeous is this? Oh my gosh, how gorgeous. Look at this. Just simply gorgeous, and the shape, the color. Now, I will tie all of this in together and place pretty much everything that's going to be back here will be on the same timer, and that's going to be gorgeous and perfect at night. I already have cords over here. I just need to hook everything up. Let's get the lampshade. We're going to set this side, and then I'll move over to the other side, but what I did, guys, was this year we talked about not having a lot of stress, so I am going to incorporate, whoa, these gorgeous stick trees. They're brown stick trees that are the ray. They're everywhere, and then I'm going to stuff it so it doesn't fall over with styrofoam. That is pretty stationary. The only thing about using styrofoam is you get it everywhere, but it vacuums up pretty easy. All right, that looks really good. I forgot to check to make sure that they were working correctly. So, what I will do this year, which is a little bit different than last year, last year they were in a taller vase, and so I don't want to see this whiteness here, so I'm going to use, oh my god, these are so gorgeous. Let me just show you guys. They're the North Fork stem, and I can't say enough about them. Look at this one is without, and this one has the pines. Oh my god, gorgeous. They look so real. This is, it just looks so real. I will definitely link these below. I'm going to mix them together like this, and I will just place this inside and drop it in all the way down. That's perfect, and then these are the smaller ones. I'll get a couple more. So, I want to tie that to the dick tree a little bit better. You see how this is pulling away? So, I'll just take some floral wire and tie that on to the tree. Perfect. Let's get some shorter ones. Like anything, you'll take these and spread them out. They have wires in the actual limbs. That looks amazing. Oh my gosh. Okay, let's see what that looks like when it's lit, and then I'll add a few more items. Oh, that looks really good. Wow. Wowzer. Wowzer. All right, I've used these in the entry hall, so I will add a few here. That looks so good. So, let's open it up a little bit. Always remember the back side. Oh, that looks really good. Oh, let's do this side, the back one. Honestly, guys, I cannot get an easier Christmas decor setup. This is super easy. So, let's talk about this. This can go in. Let's get this one in, and then I'm going to bring in one other color. So, I know what colors. I'm envisioning the colors that are going to go in this space, right? So, as I'm designing this, I know what's kind of empty, and you just look and see, okay, well, that looks good. That's enough, or it's not enough, right? The bubble vase. Oh, gosh. This black vase is simply gorgeous. It is definitely to die for. I'll link these below. Sometimes they're out of stock, but they do come back in stock. It is just a sculptural masterpiece, this vase. I will never get rid of it. Obviously, I have four, and I think four is definitely enough, but I just love how this is. This is simple. You can do this on an entryway. You can do this on it. I can do this on an island. If I did it on an island, I would probably add one more vase, depending on the size of the island, because if my island is long, but can you imagine this? It's in a corner here. This can be you're in a bedroom, which I might get another vase. What I'll probably do in my bedroom this year is I will use these brown stick trees, but I'll do something a little bit different, maybe something taller that I can just place on the floor, but what can I say about the brown stick tree? Run, don't walk, because this is perfect. Moving over to this side, I think I need to stuff this. I think I'll stuff that. Everything is lit, and I've spent the last 30 minutes or so getting the quartz, trying to conceal them as best as possible, but gosh, this is gorgeous. I want to add a little bit of gold to this section here, and I want to, let's see. Yeah, perfect. Just a little bit. Wow, these are so old. They're bells that I've had for some time. Stick that back in there, and it's just a soft, it's just a little bit of gold that I'm adding, because I believe I'm going to have gold up here. I know, why don't you know? Because I don't know for sure what I'm doing to this area, but I do want, I know that I'm going to have gold in this room somewhere, and the ribbon that's here has gold in it, and there's some gold, a little bit frosting there. I'm going to add probably some gold here down below, some picks, some little berries, just because the green on the green, it's a little flat to me, so I want to adjust that. Let's add our picks, our Northford pick to this. Let me open it up a little bit. So I'm using a taller one in the back, and then I'll use shorter ones up front. I am severely trying to use what I already have, so I will be adding this gold pick, because I need something, something here, and I think I have so much white that the gold is necessary, but I might change this out, and I'm just going to stick that in there. The real issue is I can't find my gold berries, because this is so strong. I think I'll use it sparingly since it's super, super strong. Yeah, I'll just use a little bit of it, and I want to get another bell. Here, I want to bring in a brown pillow, really rich. We'll bring in the white. I need to vacuum this again. Oh, that looks good. I think that looks really good. These pillows are available on the website. I love that, but I think I want this one to be a little bit fuller, so let's take the pillow out of here. So you guys see this right now. It's just kind of, it's too flimsy. It's a little too flimsy for me, so I want to make it a little bit fuller like the one on this side. Adding in this brown pillow, now that looks really good. That flow, the contrast, the brown against the white with all of the green and the black. I think that brown is that third color, and it's perfect. So now I'm going to focus my attention to the cocktail table and tie in this entire section, so that would be complete other than the fireplace, and I'm excited for what's coming to this area. One more detail just to make this even more cozier is adding in this throw, and oh, she's gorgeous. It's an off-white, and I'm going to just place it here, and I do want it to be kind of sloppy. I love that lived-in look. Put her right on top. Oh, I think that is so gorgeous. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I am ready for Christmas, almost. All right, turning my attention over to the cocktail table, and that will round out what we're doing for this third. I separate everything in thirds. One, really quarters, because one, two, three, and then four, so that rounds that out. I decided that I want to add another one of these here. Look at her. Oh, it's just gorgeous. I want to add this here, and I just love it because of the brown that we have. Now you guys see what I was doing with the color choice and having that. I knew I was bringing the brown and that brown contrast against the black. It's absolutely stunning. This does light up. I haven't decided if I'm going to light her up or if I'll add battery-operated lights, but I kind of like it just in the natural earth tone, which is just simply gorgeous, and it's the backdrop, because the theme for this year is Enchanted Forest. That's going to be our theme this year, and I don't want it to be like a winter wonderland because that creates all the white and the snow, so Enchanted Forest is what I'm going with, so this natural earth theme is just splendid. Obviously, you guys know I've got to tie a little bow around her. Oh, that's just stunning, and I don't think I don't have, this isn't long enough, so let's make this longer. All right, so I'm going to add this. I think I'm going to go on this side so I'm not poking and sticking out. How about that? I'm going to add this on here, and I'm just attaching it with some floral wire, and yes, this is the second one that I purchased. I couldn't help it. They're just gorgeous, and this ribbon, and I've used it before, so I'm just kind of reusing what I used on prior years, but wow, she is stunning. Wow, she's stunning. I love her. Stunning, stunning, stunning. All right, this would probably be a finishing point for most, but I'm going to finish the table because I want everything that I look, every space, every corner, every area, every focal point. I just want it to be beautiful and magical, and this is what this deer does for me. I will link this below. This is one of those things. It's similar to the green reindeer that I have, and everybody asks, where did you get the reindeer? Where did you get the reindeer? This is that same type of deal. Once it's gone, it's gone. It's not going to be around. I will have this for at least, God willing, another 20 years. All right, so I'm going to bring back the table riser that I have here, just in front, and as you can see, I'm just creating layers, and coming through this focal point here, I'm creating a layer, and all of this that we've already completed, that was the backdrop, so this is going to be the focal point, and this fireplace, I'm excited about that coming together. I will bring back our deer. This is so lovely, and I used that last year. Let's bring this a little bit more this way, or that way. I haven't decided, and now let's bring her forward. Well, I'm not sure about the exact placement, but this I've already linked, and I will link it. Make sure it's in the description box for you, but what I started already was this bowl, and I showed you guys. It's just a regular kitchen bowl, but I wanted something to be flexible, so I'm going to sit that in there, and I've already started with how I'm going to decorate this, and I think I want this to come forward, and this to be in the back, like that, so now we're accenting off. Wow, that's pretty gorgeous, and let's get all of our pearls inside. I do hate to cut these, but they are a little too tall, so I will cut them, and I'm just going to stick them in like so, and that's the reason why I placed the foam, so that I can just stick it in, even though this bowl is going to be permanent, meaning this bowl here. This is going to be permanent. I don't think I'm going to be able to take these out, because this is not even dry yet on the inside. It's just dry on the top. All right, I'm going to finish making this bowl off camera, and set it up. She's just stunning. This beauty right here, and I had something similar last year, but this year I decided to even turn it up more, and add the larger pearl gumballs throughout, and she's just stunning. I love it. At the bottom, I will add a little bit of moss, because I don't want to see the white foam, and that is just gorgeous. I'm layering this. I've got the black. Let me get out of the way. Oh, she looks really good. She looks so good, and so there is the theme. Turn it this way just a little bit. Now, I do want to complete the cocktail table, so for instance, if you guys are wondering, so if I have company over this, I will definitely move it to this area here, right? That is so gorgeous, and it doesn't need to necessarily stay on top of the cocktail table. It can always go to the side. I can place it in front of this table here, so this is another way to add and fill up that space. Keep in mind, there's nothing on the fireplace yet, but I don't think I'm going to drop down any garland down this side, so that works out perfect, but I love her on top of the cocktail table, and every day when I want to be in this space and walk in here or walk past this space, this is what I will see, this layout right here, and it's gorgeous. So, I will bring back some books, the coffee table books that I have in here. For sure, one of my favorite would be this one, and I love this because I love that black cover, so I will place that there. This, okay, so let's talk about this marble bowl for a second, right? This marble bowl is so heavy, but I love it because it has the scallop itch coming around, and that is just gorgeous. I showed you the other stems. I just purchased these this year because they were considerably cheaper. They were like under $20. I think they were $16 or $15, and it's good. Don't get me wrong. So, I'm going to take it and spread it around the bowl, but I don't have time to put the pine cones on there. Maybe I'll do it. I have time a little bit later, but I love that. I'm just literally spreading it around the bowl. Let's get a few more, and this is so simple, right? And then I'm going to take these Christmas ornaments that are so gorgeous, and I'm just going to pop them inside, and I've created the perfect centerpiece. If I wanted this just to be a simple centerpiece by itself, the only other thing I'm going to do is add a few more books on the table and some candles. If you like this video, hit that like button or subscribe. You will be notified each time there is a new upload. Until next time, make every day a great day.