More Christmas Decor~

As many of you know, we moved a few months ago, and our new house doesn't have a fireplace.  Although I love fireplaces, I don't really miss having one in this house.  That is, until I started decorating for Christmas.  No mantel.  Hmmm.  That presented a bit of a challenge.  But don't worry.  I rose to the occasion.  And went to town decorating pretty much every flat surface I could find. ;-)

Here is our entry hall table.  Over the mirror, I hung the pretty ornament wreath that I made for last year's Christmas mantel.  If you'd like instructions on how to make this pretty (and inexpensive) wreath, I wrote a tutorial last year.  You can find it here.

I also used one of my faux mercury glass votive holders.  I wrote a tutorial on those as well.  You can find that here.  And I put these cute chenille Christmas trees on top of some brushed nickle candle holders.  And I know you're going to be in shock, but I have a tutorial for those as well.  You can find it here.



I added this photo in just for fun...it's the reflection in the mirror behind the wreath.  Is it just me, or have you ever looked at a room in a  mirror's reflection and thought "huh, I think I like the room better in reverse."? No?  Oh, that's just me, then?  Ha ha.  But I do love the way the mirror reflects our Christmas tree. 

Over in the dining room, I decorated the top of the buffet with a snowy-silver-and-white-winter-scape.

 First, I put some pretty glass ornaments in a rustic dough bowl.

I added a little bling by putting a sequined tree pick in a vintage mercury glass vase.

Finally, a large, vintage, bottle brush tree that my mother gave me last year, sits next to a glittery church-and-tree village perched on a stack of old books.

Of course, the thing I miss the most about not having a fireplace, is the dilemma it creates about where to hang the Christmas stockings.  I came up with a solution for that as well...

And I promise to show you in my upcoming Christmas Tree post.

Y'all come back now, ya hear!

Linking to Rhoda's Christmas Mantel Party.