Welcome everyone to the Christmas Home Tour 2013 on Songbird. An especially warm welcome to everyone who came over from A Place for Us.

 

 

If you are here for the first time, you may not have realized it but you just arrived in Europe. Who would have thought that this Christmas tour of homes would involve international travel. 

I am Marianne and I live, work and blog in the Netherlands. 

 

 

 

And of course a warm welcome too to the followers of my 12 Days of Christmas Decorating series. We made it to the finish line together, yeah us. 

 

 Okay let’s get one with it. 

Welcome to my home. Step on in, take a look around and make yourself comfortable.

 

Easy & Fast Luscious Christmas Wreath

 

My Christmas wreath on my door might give you an indication of what is to come inside. My Christmas decor is of the homemade, natural, rustic and easy type. 

I love making little vignettes and creative displays, but I never spend a lot of time or money for that matter on them. Like the three easy Christmas vignettes I shared this year. 

 

 

4 bottles + 4 candles = 1 pretty decoration

 

One tray and a casual collection of forest finds and glittery ornaments, oh and candles.

 

A vintage crate, lots of pine cones and various decorations and a string of lights.

 

I am what you might call a lazy decorator, although I prefer to call it a busy decorator. So most of my projects are easy, simple and rather quick to put together. 

My crafting is no different. This year I whipped up a variety of decorations. All easy, fast and fun projects. 

Like my crochet ornaments that actually do not involve any crochet activity:

 

 

The rustic Christmas garland that is hanging in front of our French doors:

 

 

And the little jingle bells hearts I made:

 

 

 

We don’t have a large house, like most Dutch houses we basically have one big room that is living room, dining room and family room in one. We live, work and play in this room, so it is the room where our Christmas decorations are concentrated. 

 

My big beautiful Christmas tree is the center of attention.

 

Plaids and pillows are ready for snuggling and napping.

 

 

On the side table you can spot another little vignette I created. 

 

 

Little deer with a driftwood tree under a chicken wire cloche

 

The deer is in good company of his friends who are wishing you a Merry Christmas in French.

Pillows from the H&M Home collection

 

In the center of our room stands a big colonial hutch. Just a few months ago this hutch used to be dark, brown and boring. This year I gave her  a milk paint makeover and now she is the star of the room. 

 

Go here for more information about the Noel Banner

 

And of course we couldn’t live with our big farmhouse style table in the middle of the room.

The table got a little decoration of her own. 

 

 

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And what would any self-respecting Christmas Home Tour be without at least one pretty bokeh shot. 

 

 

On a shelf in the corner I create my ‘mantel’ decorations. This year’s mantel was an example of Pretty in White:

 Paper houses Christmas mantel

 

I made paper houses out of milk cartons and from my own designs. I will share the tutorial for how to make those little houses in a couple of days, so you’ll have to come back for that one. 

 

 

Have you gathered by now that I love white? 😀

 

 

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But this years accent color was red. And in one room in particular I added some warm red to set the mood.

I decorate my bedroom for Christmas too. It is my own personal retreat and I love to withdraw there and cuddle up between the blankets and pillows and revel in the twinkly lights atmosphere.

My starry, starry bedroom was shared here.

 

 

And that brings us to the end of this tour. I hope you enjoyed it and that you will return here for a visit after the Holiday frenzy is over. 

 

 Have a safe travel to the next stop of the Christmas home tour. Brittany from Pretty Handy Girl is opening her doors for you.

 

 

 And if you want to catch up on all homes that you can visit in this tour just click on the button below and it will bring you to the master list at Just a Girl.

 

Just a Girl Christmas Tour of Homes

And of course don’t forget about the Linky Parties tomorrow that close of the 12 Days of Decorating series. You are welcome to link up all your mantels, table settings, vignettes and centerpieces right here on Songbird and lots of other Christmas decorating ideas at the Linky parties of my fellow 12 Day-ers. 

 

 Don’t forget to go see what the final day of the series has in store for you over at my friends place:

 

Funky Junk Interiors	Inspired by Charm	Thistlewood Farm	Shanty 2 Chic	Remodelaholic

 

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All my 12 Days of Christmas Decorating 2013 Posts.

 

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