christmas home tour 2010

the nester is hosting a

christmas home tour today and i thought it would

 be fun to participate.

living in a smaller space has really changed

the way we live. everything is a bit simpler.

less clutter. everything has a function.

decorating for christmas this year was dictated

by this new way of living.

this is the first view as you enter our cottage.

i am in process of painting

all interior doors and am loving

that the closet door you see as you enter the

house now stands out. on it, i hung some

greens from the yard.

the faux board and batten to the left has

been  a great way to define and add function

to our entry. and for christmas, a simple red scarf.

this room is immediately to the left when you enter

the house. most of my christmas decor

this year was shopping the house and pulling

red in to various spaces, like the pillows in our

family room.

the kids and i also threw up some

christmasy words on the chalkboard.

our mantel, which you can see more of here.

again, just pulled in some red here. a jar filled with a strand of

red wooden beads and one filled with green moss

 and a few small pine cones. the candle

received a burlap and twine treatment like all my candles have

right now.

finding a place for a tree was a real trick in quinby cottage.

our options were really limited unless we wanted to

block our back door, which we did not.

so, we bought a small fakey this year, put it in a large galvanized

bucket and wrapped it in burlap. the tree is simply

decorated with white lights, twine, and ornaments

collected through the years.

we recently did a board and batten treatment in our

hall bathroom as well. i love it. for the holiday's

i just wrapped some greenery from the yard, a bit

of holly and some tree cuttings, with some twine and hung

them up.

i also brought in some red with some

candy canes. you know, because who isn't looking

for some peppermint while using the

toilet?

over in the kitchen i am just hanging my red dish towels. . .

put out a little holly here and there. . .

and threw some vintage, red crates atop my 

hutch. 

and that's that. 

our simple cottage christmas. thanks for stopping by! 

now go check out all the beautiful homes linked up over at

the nesting place.