How's this for design inspiration? Just got back from 2 weeks in the Mediterranean and Rome, and was blown away by the beauty of Santorini. Makes me want to redecorate the entire house in blue and white. But with the economy, decorating's on hold 'til I pay off a couple things from the home theater project.
So for now I'll just bring out the red and green.
I'll be posting more videos from the cruise here.
IMHO, no one has ever said it better than Linus did in the 1965 TV show. Merry Christmas to all!
Christmas Decorating Marathon, Day 1...I'm taking a break before finishing up the kitchen. I finished the dining room this morning after a thorough cleaning. My grandmother's 90+ year old Nativity is on my kitchen hutch, always my first decoration to go up.
The 8 tiny pre-lit Christmas trees are everyone's favorite and they make me smile. I added them last year in heights from 24-36" on top of my cabinets and pantry (4 ft. clear to 12 ft. ceiling). From Walmart, Michael's, Target; none more than $10. El-cheapo glass balls from Walmart.
The tip that's made decorating relatively painless this year is the organization I did in January in my upstairs storage room, above, inspired by an RMS user who had actually posted similar photos.
Even though it's hot as blazes right now, I'm already dreaming of a green (Florida) Christmas! Here are 6 photos my kitchen as it will look in December. It's my favorite time of year. And, of course, I love to decorate!
First decoration to go up is my grandmother's 90 year old German Nativity on the old pine hutch, which belonged to Jim's parents.
I love doing all my own florals. But they're faux - I have a brown thumb!
Even the butler's pantry gets decorated.
