Christmas Living Room (2016)

“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Elf

Elf is our favorite movie to watch as a family. We saw it on Sunday down at the cinema in Scituate Harbor and I have a feeling we’re gonna watch it lots more right here on the couch. Today I’m sharing our Christmas Living Room!

This is where we spend the majority of our time as a family. We sit here eating pizza or cutlets, watching fun Christmas movies or playing board games. The living room is truly the heart of our home and it is a very large room which we’ve divided with the couch. My goal this year is to make our home warm and inviting because we’re gonna have a full house this Christmas – my parents and Luke’s brother’s family. Yay!

Let’s start out on the stairs in our entry and you can see the glimpse of the tree as our boys’ will see it as they rush down the stairs to see if Santa arrived.

Warm oriental rugs line our floors while fairy lights add the warmest glow.

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Luke built the console table for me last December and we’re still loving how it looks in this space. I filled the cloches with pine cones and ornaments. The lamps are from Target.

People still are fooled by my faux galvanized top 😉

The little sailboat ornament we made a few years ago from driftwood we collected on the beach, click here for the tutorial.

I’ve filled the baskets with faux greenery and fur.

The ornaments are from Balsam Hill and are lovely. They are the French Country Ornaments.

We used only these on the tree this year.

I liked the above angle because you can see into the dining room and I think this gives you a great idea of layout of our room and home.

The tree skirt is made from drop cloth, you can see the easy DIY here. The chairs are Ikea, throw from World Market and pillows from Minted.

This is my favorite view in here though.

So hard to get all my little loves to sit still for a few seconds. Treats work though. 😉

Opposite the tree is the fireplace:

We made the stockings from drop cloth a few years back, click here for tutorial. The driftwood garland is from Birch Lane and I love decorating with it all year long. You have seen it out in the shed, in the sunroom and many other places in between.

The bow picks up the shimmery hue of the antique bottles and reminds me of sea glass.

Simple pine cones and a faux mini tree from Ikea complete the mantel.

The gorgeous shell was a gift from a reader this summer.

I moved the other white chair by the fireplace, the photograph above the chair is by Kjeld Mahoney Photography. I’m still hoping to do a makeover on the fireplace – changing the brick and adding a gas fireplace insert.

Okay, here’s the other part of the room.