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In today's video, while I'm packing up all things fall,
I thought it would be fun to take a look back
at a few of my most viewed
Christmas Decorate With Me videos from last year,
from how to style a holiday mantle
and add festive whimsy to your kitchen,
to decorating a Christmas tree from start to finish,
and creating a holiday tablescape.
I hope this cozy look back gives you a few ideas
as you plan your own holiday decorating for this season.
Join me today as I kick off
my 2024 holiday decorating series.
Here we are in our family room,
a nice blank slate, cleaned the cushions,
have a new furniture configuration going on.
I love to do that for the holidays.
Nothing major, but just to do something a little different.
So for fall, we had an accent chair here and there.
They were the larger chairs.
Took those away and brought these smaller ones in,
kept the ottoman.
But I'm hoping this creates a cozy little,
you know, conversation area, or if anything,
if you're sitting in the chairs,
you can talk to whoever's sitting on the sofa.
You can look at the fireplace, the tree, or the TV.
Only thing is you can't see who's behind you in the kitchen,
but you know, that's okay, right?
My goal this year is to create a very classic
red, white, and green look.
Hopefully style the bookcases
with a little bit of asymmetry this year, we'll see.
Got this beautiful tree.
This was from a collaboration
with King of Christmas last year.
And I brought back our snowy rug.
The cats love this rug.
And now that it's fire season, it reminds me of snow.
It is so comfy underfoot.
I will link this down below
because I think everybody needs one in their life,
at least for the holiday season.
I also traded out coffee tables.
This one was in our front little sitting room.
So I swapped those, brought these taller lamps in,
keeping the vase in the middle.
I think I'll just do an arrangement there.
I have an idea what's gonna go on either side of the sofa,
but for now, how about we kick off the holiday season
by starting with the mantel.
Here's a little before.
Here is the after.
Santa is back.
We found him a few years ago.
He's been in this room one other Christmas,
and then he's been in a couple of other rooms,
so it's fun to have him in here again.
This is such a beautiful portrait.
I just love that deep red, shades of green,
little bit of gold, his beautiful blue eyes.
And he is setting the stage
of what I want it to look like in here,
just those traditional Christmas colors,
red, green, white, little bit of gold.
And of course, I can't leave this empty,
so let's go ahead and fill up the mantel.
But before we do that, I added something else,
the wall sconces.
They've actually been here before, a few years ago.
Then they made their way to the dining room,
then the front little sitting room.
Now they're back.
I like how they frame the print
and how the gold ties in with the gold
in the bells and the frame.
Usually I do tall florals right there
or a winter floral arrangement,
but I'm gonna try this and see how it goes.
Now I could leave it plain like this,
or I could do this.
All I did was hang a piece of greenery
and then tie a little imperfect bow.
Dress it up a little and tie in with Santa.
So what do you like better, with or without?
I'm just gonna pretend that you all said
you like it with the greenery and ribbon
better than without.
While I was thinking of leaving it just like that,
I wanna add something to the outside of each sconce
simply because I wanna conceal the light switch.
Here's one of the trees,
found them at Hobby Lobby a few years ago.
I love how they look all snowy and glistening.
However, I feel like it looks a little plain
to be on the outside of the mantle.
Needs a little something.
What do we think of this instead?
I have these little berry picks
and I just took off the berries
and hot glued a few of them on.
Gives it just a little something.
I could even add a bit of glitter
so it ties in with the tree.
So what do you think, you like that better or that?
Well, once again, I'm going to pretend
that you unanimously voted for the little berries.
I have a feeling I'm gonna end up adding more
as I kind of stare at them throughout the day.
But now that that's done, let's do something here.
Let me preface this by saying,
let's just ignore all these lovely nails.
They'll be covered up soon.
This is the piece that I have chosen to go in the middle.
I shared this last week in my Christmas decor haul.
If you missed that video, I found so many fun things.
I'll link it below in case you want to take a look.
But I love this sign.
And what I had mentioned last week
is that I really like that it's curved
so it won't get in the way of, you know,
me hanging garland or adding greenery.
Now we can cover up those lovely nails.
I'm gonna add this garland, my favorite garland.
I think I'm able to link it below.
I just like how bendable it is
and how realistic it looks once it's hung up.
I know I still need to fluff it and even it out,
but already I can tell it's not as chunky
as I want it to be.
So I'm just gonna weave in a second matching garland.
It's a little bit better.
Of course, we have to add some twinkle lights.
I'm just weaving this little strand in and out.
And then I'll fine tune them a little bit later
once it's dark and I can really see how they glow
and where I need to weave in more or less.
Next, I'm gonna add in a few of these berry picks.
They match the little berries
that I have glued to the trees.
I really wanna try to squeeze in
a couple of these adorable houses.
I shared these in my Christmas decor haul last week.
I want it to go right here,
but I've added all this greenery,
so I don't want it to get lost.
So I'm thinking I'll just take this candle holder
and flip it upside down so I have the wider part on top.
Right there, right on top of that.
On second thought, that made it a little higher
than I wanted, so I switched it out
for this smaller glass candle holder instead.
Next, I'm going to be adding in this whimsical bell garland.
I shared it in my Christmas decor haul video last week
along with the link.
I think it will go perfectly
with the bells in the Santa canvas.
Unfortunately, I am not crazy about the bell garland.
I think it's the twine, so I'll find another spot for it.
Instead, I'm just gonna add some eucalyptus to the garland,
give it some texture, dimension.
These are a part of faux branches that I bought at Ikea.
They were really inexpensive, so I don't feel so bad
cutting them up.
They're easily replaceable.
I think we need a little pop of glittery white,
so how about some snowflakes?
On second thought, I think I like the snowballs instead.
Now down here, I know that fireplace green
needs to be cleaned so badly,
it's just very intimidating
because you have to take the glass off.
So let's just pretend it's beautiful right now.
I'm bringing back this chair
that I've had here before for Christmas,
added a plain white throw,
and I'm just gonna leave it empty right now
because I wanna stack some presents on the seat.
I just don't have them yet.
On this side, first thing I'm gonna do
is place this sled down on the ground.
I think I found this at Hobby Lobby a few years ago.
And then to fill in a little bit of that space visually,
I'm gonna add this tall reindeer to the top of the sled.
I've given him a little bow embellishment
for a pop of color,
and I'm pretty sure this is the ribbon
or it'll be very similar to the one
I'll be using on the tree.
He has a little friend,
but instead of giving him a bow as well,
I just added this garland,
and it ties in with the garland up above on the mantle.
As an afterthought,
instead of placing the gift on the chair
or gifts on the chair,
I brought in this plain white pillow
and dressed it up a little bit
with the same greenery and velvet ribbon
that I used up above on the sconces,
created the white throw for this deep red one,
and then added the presents down here
instead of placing this really cute plaid ribbon around them.
Thanks so much for joining me today.
I really hope you enjoy today's video
and will consider subscribing to my channel.
I'll be back next week
to continue decorating for the holidays.
Have a great week,
and I'll see you then.
Join me today for part one
of Christmas Whimsy Taking Over the Kitchen.
Welcome, friends.
We're gonna get right into it,
starting with the shelves,
peg rack,
and countertop.
This year, I am going for a very whimsical look
filled with gingerbread,
Santa, houses,
and before I get started,
let me just show you a few of the items
that I'll be using,
starting with my basic go-to pieces
like this pitcher.
I love using pitchers on open shelving.
To me, they just make such a great filler
whether you leave them plain
or add a little bit of greenery.
Along with plates,
these are salad plates.
Usually get mine from HomeGoods.
Love stacking them on shelves.
They also make a great riser
and bowls.
These are also from HomeGoods.
They are such an easy go-to,
a great filler,
whether you leave them like this,
you stack them,
or you place something in this.
For Christmas items,
if you happen to catch my Christmas decor haul video,
you may remember this adorable house.
I got a few of them.
Went ahead and added this little wreath
just to give it a pop of color,
but it's just adorable.
The detail on it is so cute.
I love the little tree
and how it just looks like it's covered in icing.
Also have a few of these gingerbread mugs.
I found these at Pier 1 years ago
and I always tend to bring them out.
I love adding glass to a shelf
just because visually,
it doesn't take up a lot of space,
but of course,
I love the little gingerbread men accents.
And then some trees.
These are from Target.
Dollar Spot.
Got them a few years ago.
These are from Hobby Lobby,
as are these.
In fact, these are a new purchase
and I love that they light up.
I also have a couple of these placemats.
Got them at HomeGoods a couple of years ago,
but I'm not gonna use them as placemats.
They're gonna serve more as artwork or a backdrop.
Here's a better look
where you can see I added the winter greenery
right in front of the picture.
I could add it down into it,
giving it more height,
but I just feel like it balances a little bit better
having it at the base.
Then I brought in my little gingerbread coffee mugs
or coffee cups
and you saw where I was going to place this one in front.
Then I hesitated and thought,
let me stack it on top.
That'll give it a little bit of height
and hopefully it won't fall off.
And then over here,
I have my plates with the stacked bowls.
I love angling the top bowl just to give them height.
Now, if I didn't want to use the plates,
let's say you have a pedestal.
Let me show you what that would look like.
The bowl's a little more height.
It balances with the picture.
However, I think I like the plates better.
Which one do you prefer?
And then down here,
I've got the placemat in the back
to contrast with the white house
and to also make it look like a little bit of the scenery
and then extended those trees on each side,
adding the green first to contrast with the white,
then the white tree
and then that cute red and white one right in front
and then balanced it on this side
because I love my symmetry.
Working our way down to the peg rack.
I love having one of these in our kitchen.
I think everybody needs one,
whether you hang them under a cabinet,
under shelves, on the side of your island.
There's so many different things
that you can hang from them.
Let me show you what I'm going with this year.
Once again, we're going festive, whimsical
and I've got these little dish towels,
two of them with the gingerbread
and then a plain red one.
I also have this adorable ornament.
Last year, I hung these in front of our kitchen cabinets,
but I'm going to do something a little different
with them this year.
And then I have a couple of these pictures.
They're just good fillers,
like I mentioned before, for the shelves.
I also love hanging them from the peg rack
just to mix in a little bit of everyday wear
with our seasonal pieces.
Look how easy it was to take them from totally empty
to full of whimsy by just hanging the dish towels
and I alternated dish towel on each other peg
and then I've got my little two pictures in between
because I just love symmetry.
I have to have that balance,
but then to add a little pop of color
or not even a pop of color,
a little bit of a pattern or contrast with the solid red.
I thought it would be fun to hang the ornament
or layer it right in front.
And then to tie in with the greenery
that I added to the top shelf,
I'm just going to rest a little bit right on the pegs.
Working our way down to the counter.
In years past, I've placed a couple of items,
whether they're canisters or soup tureen, a fruit bowl.
However, this year I think I'm going to leave that empty
and just focus on this corner.
This is a really fun idea I want to share with you.
If you have a canister on hand, or even if you don't,
I'm going to link one of these down below.
This is so easy.
Get a big old bag of Epson salt,
which makes the perfect snow and it's inexpensive too.
However, I'm going to add a little sparkle.
Even though the Epson already has a little sparkle,
I have had this thing of glitter for years
and a little goes a long way.
So I'm just going to add a few little pieces inside
and I can already see it sparkling.
So it's as though your snow is glistening.
Then I'm going to bring in a few little trees.
I have a couple of these.
I found these at Michael's many years ago.
Maybe I'll put it over on this side.
Kind of dig it down into the snow.
Another one, tiny gingerbread house
and a tiny gingerbread man.
Now I could leave it just like this,
but for fun, let's add some lights.
I'm just using one strand of these battery operated lights
with the clear wire, tuck it down in,
maybe push a few of the lights down into the snow
and the wires thin enough that when I put the top on,
the top won't be crooked.
I'm also going to add a little strand of these crystals
to the top for pop of color
and then push it right back into the corner.
I ended up putting the canister on a pedestal
just to give it a little more height.
Here you can see the lights.
I'm going to turn these off.
I'll turn them back on at like five
because they're on a timer.
This way they come on the same time every day
and I don't have to mess with taking the lid
on and off every day.
However, just looks a little plain here,
so I'm going to fix that.
I have this piece of garland that I cut in half
and I'm just going to wrap it around the base.
So I pushed the canister back a little bit
and I could leave it just like that.
However, I'm going to add a couple more pieces
to include my absolute favorite, Santa Claus.
My dad gave this to me quite a few years ago
and I just love him.
And then to the left of the canister,
I'm going to add this adorable gingerbread house
that I recently found at HomeGoods.
Now I could put this pedestal here with the house on top,
but I have to be honest,
I don't like how it isn't level with Santa.
So I think I'm going to lower it,
but let's take that away.
How about I just take a little dishcloth or dish towel,
place it right there,
and I'll mess with this off camera,
but place the house right on that.
I may end up going back and adding a few plates
and then I could even add a couple
of these little faux gingerbread cookies right beside it.
So this is just like a little baking station.
We've got our gingerbread,
the house, the house and the canister,
and of course, Santa.
Now over in this corner to the left of the cooktop,
just going to place a couple of books at an angle.
And then I'm bringing in this little pitcher
and this was in another vase,
but y'all, I just plucked it out and plopped it in
and wrapped a little bit of red ribbon around
for a little embellishment.
And if I have any more lights, I'll wrap the tree.
I just need to find them.
And then I'm going to add a couple
of these adorable plates as a riser,
but also I like that decorative border,
which will be a nice little compliment to another vase
this matches that one,
but I filled it with all kinds of holiday spatulas.
And the last thing I'm going to add
are these adorable gingerbread house salt and pepper shakers.
Just place them right there.
From that little corner, we're going up to this cabinet,
which at one point in time,
when we first moved in, it had cabinet doors,
which I eventually took off and added that faux brick backing
and it needs lots of holiday color.
Here's what I'll be adding.
I've got two houses.
The one on the left matches the house
that I added to one of the open shelves.
So that'll kind of tie it together.
Then I have the smaller one on the right.
That one's from TJ Maxx.
I looked forever for a matching one, couldn't find it.
So I'm just going to go with these two different houses.
I have more trees to match those
that I added to the open shelf.
And then two of these precious coffee cups.
I love the lid.
Too cute.
Pretty sure I found them at Hobby Lobby.
Here's a better look.
You can see I have the adorable coffee mugs diagonally
across from each other, placed them on pedestals
just to give them a little bit of height
so they wouldn't get lost up there.
Added greenery at the base of the pedestal,
much like I did the canister in the corner.
And then I have the houses with the trees
also diagonally across.
I love doing that diagonal method.
I think it's a great way of adding symmetry.
Friends, thanks so much for joining me today.
I'll be back Friday to finish up
and share a full tour of our whimsical Christmas kitchen.
In today's video, I'm sharing how I took
one of our Christmas trees from this to this.
Hey, it's Becca.
Welcome to my channel where today I am in our dining room
and I'm going to be decorating this sad
and lonely Christmas tree behind me.
And because a few of you have asked along the way
how I decorate a Christmas tree, especially adding ribbon,
I thought this might be a fun opportunity
for me to do just that.
First thing I like to do is pick up a theme for my tree,
whether it's going to be traditional
and full of holiday color like our living room
that I shared last time,
or a little more subdued like a winter wonderland.
This tree is going to be a little more subdued
because I found this beautiful print
that is the inspiration.
Let me show you.
Isn't it pretty?
I love the church and the snow.
I think it's going to be the perfect addition in here
for the holidays.
I really like how it ties in with the murals
we have in here.
So this is the inspiration piece.
I knew once I saw it exactly which room it was going to go in
and I have to decorate my tree in this palette right here.
And because of that,
I'm also going to bring in the nativity.
And while I know it wasn't snowing in Bethlehem,
we are just going to pretend that it was.
While there's definitely more silver in this print
than there is gold, I'm still going to add some,
including this beautiful snowflake ribbon.
I love the glitter.
I have these beautiful new ornaments.
I think they'll be a fun addition.
I'm also going to add a few of these poinsettias
again with the gold, but you know,
I think it's going to work.
I also have shades of green
just because the print has varying shades of green as well.
I have a few of these fun ornaments
that to me are a little more rustic
and you've got the white and the wood.
I think that will tie in nicely.
I'm going to add some of these creamy velvet ornaments
as well.
When it comes to adding ribbon to your tree,
there are so many different ways to add it.
I do have a couple of go-tos that I'll share with you today,
whether you're adding one ribbon, two, or three.
Now let's say you were adding one ribbon,
especially if it's a wider ribbon.
What I like to do is I will just tuck it into the tree,
going all the way to the back, come out,
make a little bit of a loop, reach it back into the tree,
add it around a branch and then come back out
and try to go the opposite way.
And then I might dovetail on my end
if it's going to be sticking out.
And then I'll go through and do another piece
going this way and then going that way.
And I'll do that all the way around the tree.
Now you could do what I like to call a fake bow
where I will take the ribbon, fold it over,
making my loop, pinch it, put that in the tree,
again, going towards the back.
And then I'll have one end going this way,
one end going that way.
So I've got my little loop.
Again, you can dovetail.
So it just gives the illusion that you have, you know,
a nice, really pretty bow going all the way around your tree.
Let's say you're working with two ribbons.
Sometimes it's the wider one, it's the patterned one.
I'll place that in the back
and then the thinner one in front.
But again, I can do the same thing.
I can loop it.
So I've got my fake bow.
Place it in the tree.
And then I can have them going in different directions
all the way around the tree.
What I love about this is it's a really good filler.
It just takes up more real estate in your tree,
kind of tripping me out.
Here's another idea.
I can take two ribbons
and then don't do the fake bow on these,
but place them in like I showed you earlier.
I can go right in the middle, pinch,
go up there, go down here.
I can have my tails going in different directions.
Then I can come in with that third ribbon,
do my fake bow and place that elsewhere.
I mean, you can mess with it a little bit,
but again, you're just taking up more real estate
in your tree.
And I love the dimension that it adds to your tree,
adding all of these different ribbons.
Now, if I want to work with all three,
there's a couple of different ways.
Again, I can just go in like this
and spread all my tails around.
I can do my fake bow, right?
Once again, spreading all the tails around.
I can even do a loop, then another loop,
place that in the tree and spread those out.
And spread out the different ribbons
so that you can see all of them
and then have my tails going.
And if you have a longer ribbon,
if I hadn't cut these short,
you could do three loops.
That is beautiful on a tree.
You could also do a traditional bow where,
let's just pretend this ribbon is really long.
So I pinch however long I want my tail,
pinch the fabric, make a loop.
Then just do a little twisty,
have the ribbon come back towards you,
pinch in the middle,
and you can use pipe cleaner or floral wire.
And then that way you can spread all of your ribbons out,
creating a huge bow.
You can use as many different ribbons as you want.
Then place that in the tree
and then you'll just have your tails
just going all over, however long you want.
That makes a really dramatic and fun statement.
Now for this tree, I'm just gonna add one ribbon, I think.
Really pretty gold ribbon with the glittery snowflakes.
But here's the thing.
If you noticed in my inspiration print or canvas,
there's a lot of snow
and there isn't any snow on this tree,
but I'm gonna change that.
I have quite a few of these flocked branches
that I found at home.
I've just kind of collected them over the last few years
and all I'm gonna do is place them right in the tree.
I know this isn't a fully flocked tree,
but sometimes just giving it a few snowy accents
is all it needs.
I'll also be adding some larger snowflakes,
which will hopefully help give it that snowy feel as well.
Before I start decorating the tree,
I wanna go ahead and add my topper,
which is this combination of gold and white.
But it isn't a bright gold, it's more of a muted gold.
And I like to do my topper first
just because I'm gonna be placing these branches
down into the tree
and I don't wanna disrupt any ornaments.
Start adding ornaments.
And what I like to do is I'll add them to the inside first.
Sometimes I'll use the ornaments that I don't have a lot of
or ones that have a reflective quality
and I'll lift the branches and go way inside the tree.
This just helps to give it a little bit of dimension.
Now, before I start adding more ornaments,
I'm gonna go ahead and place my ribbon on the tree.
Again, going with this beautiful glittery gold
and cream ribbon.
And all I'm gonna do is just pinch it,
go into the tree,
then go up,
go into the tree,
take a loop,
and come down,
go into the tree,
making another loop,
going in like a little curved direction.
Then I'll go on with my next piece of ribbon,
kind of picking up where I left off.
I'm gonna go into the tree,
gonna do a loop,
but go the opposite direction of that one.
Go in,
loop, and then go opposite direction.
I decided to add some of this gold,
goldy silver mesh ribbon.
What I love is that it's expandable.
Once again, a great filler.
So I'm just kind of looping it,
just doing single loops down the tree
in between my strands of the gold snowflake ribbon.
Charlie, I need you to promise me
that you're not going to knock any of the ornaments
off of the tree.
Do we have a deal?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Now that I'm feeling pretty good
about the ribbon placement for now,
I'll go ahead and add the ornaments.
Be right back.
Here you can see I've added a lot of the ornaments
like the houses,
the gold and white balls.
I ended up bringing in some blue
to tie in with the sky and the print.
I forgot I had these wooden angels,
which I think complement the nativity nicely.
However, I also have some gaps.
And what I'll do towards the very end
is I'll add some more picks.
I had a few of these leftover from our family room tree.
So all I do is just gingerly place it inside,
being careful not to disturb the ornaments.
I have those.
I even have some frosted eucalyptus.
I could add some of that.
Tuck that in, but see what I mean?
It just makes a really nice filler.
Now remember how I added the flocked branches earlier
and I really didn't have a lot of them,
but I still want that snowy look.
I should have done this sooner in the decorating process,
but it's not too late.
I have basic polyfill and all I'm gonna do,
I can pull it apart.
I can have large clumps, small clumps.
All I'm gonna do is just tuck it right into the tree,
reaching far back into the tree
and then just pull it gently.
And what I hope that it does is gives the illusion of snow.
Another thing I'll sometimes do
is see how long this ornament hangs.
I want it closer to the branch.
So all I'll do is loop it, but then I'll place my finger
and loop it around that and then pull that away.
And there it will hang closer to the branch.
Also ended up adding icicles,
have them in both the frosted and the clear.
I think icicles are the perfect touch on any tree.
I love how they hang and how they reflect the light.
Before I share the tree all decorated,
here's one more look at my inspiration piece.
Thanks for joining me today.
I hope you enjoyed the video
and will consider subscribing to my channel.
I'll be back Friday with more Christmas decorating
and I hope to see you then.
Hey, it's Becca, welcome to my channel
where today we are back in the dining room,
going to finish decorating it for Christmas.
As you can see, we have a very empty table.
So I'm gonna be styling a tablescape,
bringing in chairs and adding a little something
over there to the bench.
And if you happen to catch my video the other day,
I ended up making a couple of changes after I was done.
I just wasn't pleased.
It just looked a little too empty.
So I placed this garland around the new wall sconces,
added a little bow, did it on this side and that side.
And I also ended up adding a little of the flock garland
to the shelves as well,
but that meant I had to place the houses up on pedestals
just so I had room for the garland.
And I actually like them better on the pedestals.
It just gives them a little bit of height.
And I also added a few Christmas balls
to one of the empty wine glasses,
just so it balances a little bit better with the tree
that is on the other side of the room.
Back to the empty table.
My plan is to place a beautiful nativity
right in the middle.
And then my place settings are gonna be fairly simple,
only because I don't want them
to take away from the nativity.
First thing I'm gonna do is place this runner
right down the middle.
I just love the texture.
It almost reminds me of snow.
And I know it wasn't snowing in Bethlehem,
but I'm just gonna pretend that it was.
I'm also hoping that the runner will help disguise
these very unattractive lines from the table.
I found this nativity a few years ago,
but the figurines are beautiful.
They're the perfect size,
and I think it's going to make a really nice centerpiece.
I'm just going to start in the middle and work my way out.
Now I'm just gonna add in a few pieces of the flocked garland
and see what that looks like.
Here's a closer look.
So you can see I just tucked the pieces in and out,
trying to give the illusion of a larger garland,
but I'll do this a lot of times.
I'll just take what garland I have
and cut it up into little pieces
just so I'm able to spread the love.
Also, I couldn't have used a full strand of garland here.
Trying to weave it in and out of the figurines,
it would have ended up knocking them over.
So this is just a good alternative.
You're trying to create something
where you need a little bit of greenery
and not a whole strand of it.
And then to each end,
I'm gonna place one of these trees that matches those
that I added to both the sideboard and the buffet.
For my place settings,
I really wanted hunter green chargers.
However, I don't have any.
I do have these though, and I have some hunter green paint.
So let me see if I can turn them into green chargers.
And here's what one of them looks like all done.
Far from perfect.
I ended up mixing a little bit of glaze
in with the paint for my second coat,
just so it would spread easier.
But I love how it matches the color of the trees.
And here's the beauty of it.
You can see where I did not do a very good job.
There's paint coming down into the center.
And that's okay,
because that's all gonna be covered up by my dinner plates.
Now I'm gonna add just basic white dinner plates,
but here's the thing.
I only have four,
so I'm just gonna add those to the four seats in the middle.
And then to each end,
I'm just gonna add these dinner plates.
Now I'm gonna add my napkin.
So what I like to do is just fold it over the dinner plate
on the back and allow it to spill over
a little bit on the front.
Next step is where my love for symmetry or balance
actually comes in,
because I have my green charger, then white.
Now I need more green.
So I'm going to be adding these really cute salad plates.
I found these at Hobby Lobby a few years ago.
Here's a better look.
So you can see I have the green charger, the white,
and then the green salad plate.
And I love how the painted chargers
really bring out the green in the salad plate.
Now, because I use these plates in here last year,
I might wanna switch it up just a little bit.
And some of you might think I'm crazy,
but I could place a bowl right on top.
Now I know it covers up the adorable deer.
However, it still allows you to see the tree border,
which is what I'm most interested in.
I'm curious, what do you like better,
with the bowl or without?
Time for flatware.
I'm bringing in my go-to.
I love that it's two-tone.
I've had this probably 20-some years.
And I like that it adds a little bit of bling,
ties in with the gold in some of the figurines
and the other gold accents around the room.
And then the last element is stemware.
With the tablescape done, it's time to add chairs.
And where I've added white in the past for the holidays,
I'm gonna bring in a little bit of contrast this year
and adding four of these cross-back chairs.
I've had these for a long time.
I love that it has the cane seat.
And I really like the contrast and the warmth
between the white table.
Since I only have four cross-back chairs to each end,
I'm gonna add a white parson or slip-covered chair.
These are my favorite.
They're from Ikea.
They're pretty banged up, but they're hanging in there.
And then to it, I'm just gonna add a hand pillow.
And I like my chairs,
well, at least I have my foot at an angle.
I just feel like it makes it look more welcoming
rather than having it straight in.
But that's just my personal preference.
On the little bench by the window,
I don't wanna add too much
because the cats love sitting here.
However, I think I'm just gonna drape a little throw
that matches the one I added to the chair,
a basic white pillow.
And then I have this beautiful pillow.
And I like that it's got the green and the white
to tie in with the colors that are going on
around the rest of the room.
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Okay, my friends, that's it for today.
Thanks so much for hanging out with me
as I shared a look back to Christmas 2024.
I'll be back next week to kick off
all things Christmas 2025,
and I hope to see you then.