Christmas House Tour -2013 Holiday Housewalk
I’m so thrilled to have been invited to participate in Jennifer Rizzo’s Holiday Housewalk this year! Yay! The tour will be running all week, and there will be over 30 beautifully decorated Holiday Homes to tour (including some surprise houses!). You’ll get so much inspiration for all of your Holiday Decorating!! You can find the full tour, each day, over at Jennifer Rizzo’s Blog.
And if you missed Stop #9 (one of the surprise houses!) be sure and Click HERE to head on over and see it, you won’t be disappointed!!
I’m stop #10 and I’m so glad you stopped by!
Welcome to our Christmas House Tour! Let’s get started shall we? Come right on in!
This year I did our Living Room all in white and silver. I love how these tones look with the charcoal gray walls in there. I used some of the same pieces in here last year, but moved things around and reconfigured them and then added a few new things as well. You may recall the Faceted Mercury Glass bowls that I made last year and the Glitter Pine Cones that I created as well.
Last year I did wreaths on this mirror, this year I moved the feathered Angel Wings on to them. I think they look so pretty!
I picked these mercury glass orbs up at Home Goods. Don’t look too close or you’ll see me, and my paint covered yoga pants, in them!
I have Ironstone all over the house, a few pieces ended up here on our coffee table. The pillow came from T.J. Maxx, I love the sparkly bits on it!
This flocked tree was in our Family Room last year, I decided to put it in the Living room this year instead since it went so well with the white and silver theme in here. You may recall the Stenciled Snowflake Burlap Garland that I made last December.
And the Glitter Frame Ornaments from last year as well, using some of my vintage graphics.
The book page Butterfly Ornaments are new for this year. I’ll be sharing a Tutorial on how to make them soon!
These are the Wire Brush Trees that I created previously, I thought they looked cute in this glass container.
My big splurge was this printed Deer Canvas with Flowers and a Peacock Blue Background! I purchased it at The Design House at Lucketts and I did the whole room around it. I just had to have it and I love it!!
I added some rustic looking candlesticks that I’ve had for awhile, and a few real Deer Antlers, that I actually found in a dumpster!
I love all the petals on this pretty pillow!
I placed a pair of gilded wreaths (also HomeGoods) on the Antique Wooden Cabinet that houses our TV.
I just used some over the door glittery wreath hangers from the Dollar Store to hang them, it made it super quick and easy!
Here you can see the Painted Peacock Ornaments that I made, I just posted the Tutorial last week. I also created some Gold glittery Reindeer Ornaments to go with the Canvas Print. You can find that Tutorial HERE.
I placed a few small Moss Orbs to this little Vignette for some color. You can find a Tutorial for making some Large Moss Orbs HERE.
Now we are entering the kitchen! I’m so glad our Kitchen Renovation was done in time for us to enjoy it during the Holidays!
I kept it really simple in here. I hung a pretty preserved Boxwood Wreath in the window and changed out the liquid soap to green as well. Sometimes little things like that make such a big difference!
The Vintage Champagne Buckets were treated to a couple of oversized mercury glass ornaments, I thought they made great Orbs!
I wanted something fun and festive to display in my glass cabinets, so I created these Mugs that spell out the word JOY. I used the same process that I used last year, with the Snowflake Mugs that I made, only I used letter stencils instead. I love how easy these were and you can customize them to say anything that you like!
Of course if you have less shelf space, you could display them all together like this.
I kept things a little more simple in the Dining Room this year too. The theme here was gold and green.
If you look closely you can see the Book Page Chargers and matching Book Page Napkin Rings that I created for our Dining Room table. I really like how they they look with a few bits of natural greenery from our yard.
Here are a few more Preserved Boxwood pieces. I picked the wreaths up at Save On Crafts and they were a great price, compared to some other places that I’ve seen them. The beautiful Gold Venetian Trays were a flea market find at The Lucketts Spring Market this year.
I hope you enjoyed this Christmas Tour of our Home! Click HERE to hop on over to my pal Gina’s blog next to see her lovely Cottage all decked out for the Holiday Season as well! Also, I’m linking up to The Nester’s Christmas Tour of Homes!
Joan B. says
Your home is GORGEOUS! and I so want that Deer canvas with flowers! I am drooling over it! It is so special!
Karen Watson says
Thanks Joan! I’m pretty happy with that Deer too, I think I will have to find another spot for him in the house, when Christmas is over!
Jessi says
YOWZA–fantastic!! I would stay in the cozy flocked Christmas tree room all day! (Until I had to venture into the crisp white kitchen for some cookies and tea!)
The deer painting is crazy! And I love it!
THANK YOU for sharing.
Karen Watson says
Thank you so much Jessi! You are so sweet!!
Kelly @ View Along the Way says
Wow, Karen! It is absolutely gorgeous. I love the metallic tones. Everything looks so pulled-together and amazing!
Karen Watson says
Aw! Thanks Kelly! I need to pop over and see what you’ve done with your home this year, I’m sure it’s fabulous!
KIM says
I love your new deer with flowers print! the colors are wonderful and you did a wonderful job decorating. love the turquoise tree!
Karen Watson says
Thank you Kim, I’m so glad you liked the tour!
Kris Pare says
Karen, your home is so lovely and all the touches are beautiful. I LOVE the deer print! Thank you for the mug tutorial. I see that coming in the future. Happy Holidays!
Karen Watson says
Thank you so much Kris! Those mugs are so fun and easy to make, I think you’ll have fun with that project!
Carrie says
Really stunning!!! Where did you get the angel wing in the dining room? Such a gorgeous touch.
Karen Watson says
Thank you Carrie! The Angel wing is from The Design House at Lucketts Store, in Virginia. It’s not old, but it has a great look to it!
Melissa @ The Inspired Room says
Karen, what a lovely home! I especially LOVE your kitchen and that simple statement with a wreath above the sink!!! Perfection.
Karen Watson says
Thanks Melissa!! I’m so glad you stopped by, I loved your beautiful home too!
tara says
I love the deer canvas and the armoire with basket and the wreaths!
Beautiful home!
Karen Watson says
Thank you Tara!
sherry hart says
Beautiful Christmas Decor! It all goes together so nicely….glad I stopped by!
Karen Watson says
Thank you Sherry! I’m glad you stopped by too!
sarah says
The house is lovely and a true reflection of it’s owner. Karen, I would like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for your hard work on The Graphic Fairy. I have used your beautiful graphics for projects for myself as well as projects I will give others this Christmas. My best friend has launched a booth at the Warrior Antiques Mart in Warrior, Alabama, Deux Amis, that have many of your graphics featured on furniture, tack boards and framed pieces, etc. Thank you and Happy Holidays from the gals from Alabama! Keep the graphics coming in the new year!
Sarah and Vickie Neny
Karen Watson says
Thank you so much Sarah and Vickie for your super sweet words!!! I’m so thrilled that you, and your friends, are finding such good uses for my graphics. That means a lot to me!! Happy Holidays to both of you too!
Pat C. says
Your home is gorgeous, Karen! I love how each room flows so smoothly into the next–what a lovely job you did with your redos this year! And both of your Christmas trees look so pretty in their new locations! Thank you for sharing your tour with us–I’ll have to check the others out… xoxo
Karen Watson says
Aw thanks Pat! You’re the best!! I hope you enjoy the rest of the tour, I’m sure you will!
Jennifer - Dear Lillie says
I am in love with the deer canvas too! No wonder you wanted to do a whole room around it. It turned out gorgeous! And I LOVE all of the rest of your rooms as well. That deer on your dining room table is fabulous. Your home is gorgeous! Merry Christmas.
Karen Watson says
Thank you Jennifer!! Although I would trade with you in a heartbeat!! I really enjoyed checking out your fabulous home today! Merry Christmas to you too!
Beth@HomeStoriesAtoZ says
Beautiful job Karen! The white and silver in your living room is dreamy. And what a fantastic find with that deer canvas! I love how it inspired your design for the tree and rest of the room.
Karen Watson says
Thanks for stopping by Beth! I loved touring your beautiful home too!
The Yellow Cape Cod says
Karen, everything looks amazing. I am drooling over that peacock blue, girl. Sarah
Karen Watson says
Thanks so much Sarah!! I’m so happy that you like it!
Beth@Unskinny Boppy says
Gorgeous! Seriously, you need a spread in House Beautiful with these photos. Love every single thing, Karen!!
Karen Watson says
Wow Beth, thank you so much! Maybe you can call HB and tell them that. 😉
I’m so glad you stopped by, I’m excited to see what you did this year!!