Hey guys! Welcome to my mercury glass Christmas home tour!
Getting this Christmas “home tour” (it’s just our front room) together and posted before Christmas was quite an adventure this year. I was WAY behind on getting this posted as it was, and then to top it all off, one of the light strings on our Christmas tree decided to burn out. Talk about going out of my mind frustrating! You can read about my Christmas light saga here.
You can see the burned out light string in this quick video I made of our front room. You can also see why I don’t make a habit of singing Christmas songs. I didn’t notice the lights weren’t working until after I made the video. It’s funny how when I’ve worked on a project for so long I may not catch stuff as obvious as a section of Christmas tree lights being burned out.
Obviously I finally got everything done, so on with the tour!
I do most of the Christmas decorating in our front (living) room since it’s the room that faces out to the street, and also the first room our family and friends see when they come over.
This is Baby Girl, one of our 11 cats. This is her favorite place to sleep in the house. She seems rather unenthused about me taking her picture.
I put some extra work into decorating the staircase this year. All the garland and swags were put together using stuff I bought at Hobby Lobby.
All the ornaments on the tree are from Amazon. They are the cheapest place I’ve found by far to buy mercury glass style ornaments in decent quantities.
People either love or hate this entryway table I repurposed from a coffee table.
I used a lot of flameless candles in the Christmas decor this year. Gotta love flameless candles – no messy melted wax to deal with and I won’t burn my house down, which is always a plus.
Once again, Baby Girl is a lot more interested in something she sees outside than me taking her photo.
I do love this tree! Especially since all the lights are working on it again.
I loved this sideboard in our entryway when I made it over a few years ago, and I still love it now! It’s always so much fun to decorate for the holidays.
I used flocking powder for the first time to flock the trees and wreath. It’s a lot easier than I thought it would be! If you’ve never done it and would like to try it, you can read my tutorial here.
I also put together a mercury glass holiday tablescape a couple of weeks ago (and I actually got it done on time!).
That wraps up my Christmas home tour for 2018! I just realized today is Yule, so have a Blessed Yule if you celebrate! Otherwise, have a very Merry Christmas if you celebrate, and Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all!
See you next year! 🙂
Merry Christmas, Michele! Your home looks lovely!
Thanks so much Kendra! Merry Christmas!
So beautiful- perfect for the season and for getting cozy. I am amazed that you are able to decorate with glass ornaments with 11 cats. My one cat used to do major damage to my trees until I got wise and placed her bed under the tree, where she would happily sleep for hours, instead of climbing all over the tree.
Thank you Liz! We’re amazed too that they don’t get into the Christmas decorations much. Some cats are pure terrors when it comes to that! That was a great idea to put your cat’s bed under the tree. Merry Christmas!
Your home is beautiful; it felt very serene to me. Thank you for sharing!
You’re very welcome Kathy, and thank you! Merry Christmas!
Your home looks charming all dressed up for Christmas. I really like your sideboard and how beautiful it looks with the chalkboard behind it. The little white stool with the ornaments hanging under the seat is especially cute. The dining tabletop is lovely with the mercury glass and fresh greenery. It all came together so beautifully. oh, the front room valances are unique and perfect for that room. Merry Christmas.
Thanks so much Tonita! Merry Christmas!
You put a lot of time in to decorating and it shows, it all looks lovely. I never thought about using mercury glass, it adds extra sparkle to each display! Santa needs to do something about Christmas lights, so just one bulb doesn’t work instead of the ENTIRE string of them!
Enjoy your Holidays in your festive surroundings!
Thank you so much Karlene! Happy Holidays!
Your house is beautiful! I especially love your banister and was wondering what types of garland you combined from Hobby Lobby to get that nice full look! I have a banister exactly like yours and would love to add that garland to it with all its gorgeous accents!
Happy Holidays!
Heather
Thanks so much Heather! I didn’t have to combine the garland to get the full look – what you see is what they looked like when I bought them. They also had holly in them, but I took them out because I wanted a neutral look. They had 6 of them left when I went to Hobby Lobby and I snatched up all 6. Happy Holidays!
Everything is beautiful. Wish I could see more of your house. Hope you had a Merry Christmas.
Thanks so much! I hope you had a nice Christmas too.
Absolutely beautiful, Michelle–you are an amazing farmhouse decorator 🙂 We all have so much to learn from you! Happy New Year–
Awe thank you Diana; you’re too kind! Happy New Year!
Hi Michelle, wowserssssssssss…..your house looks soooo gorgous. I love the old window frames in your staircase all decked out. You took beautiful pictures and I am sooo glad I am not the only one with all those mishaps and misshapes when getting ready for a big project…haha…I actually gathered a ton branches and greens from the forest to decorate with for my latest blog post (the front porch from our last hop) only to come home and find out the Gardner was over and took it all away thinking it was yard waste…..That’s when you debate if you should just sit in a corner and throw a fit for a while….with a bottle of wine that is. So you guys have 11 cats?? Are they all in and out? We have our first cats ever since last year. A brother and sister we rescued from the forest (feral’s). Well I am rambling on……Have a happy new year and all the best from WA
Thank you so much Christine! 🙂 Sorry to hear about your gardener mishap – the frustrations of blogging sometimes, right?
Congratulations on getting cats! They are the most wonderful creatures in my totally unbiased opinion. Ours are all rescues or they showed up at our house – we live out in the country and unfortunately people like to dump their animals out here. Most of our cats are indoor/outdoor. We let them out in the morning and then they’re in and out all day until we get them all in before dark. We’ve found that it’s a lot safer for them if they are kept in at night. Three of the 11 are indoors all the time because when we did let them out, they didn’t come in before dark when we wanted them to, so they are kept in all the time for their own safety.
I hope you have a very happy and prosperous 2019! 🙂
Your home is gorgeous!! Totally pinning for next Christmas!! So much inspiration here!!
-~Emily
you’re house looked lovely for the holidays Michelle. totally my style. loved all of it. xo- maryjo
Thanks so much MaryJo! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!