Step inside in our humble home, come on in. This year’s Christmas decor is nature-inspired with a little mixture of vintage and modern elements. I always love a laid back and lived-in look of a home. Although I appreciate and adore an ultra-glam house, I’m always drawn more to a lived-in cozy type. The ones that are decorated but also functional. The ones that have classic and traditional furnishings peppered with vintage and modern accessories. Our home for Christmas is just about that. I stick with neutral colors this year instead of the traditional Christmas colors. It is more soothing for the eyes and a good contrast to my dark wood furnitures.
These past 10 months of the year 2020 feels like an eternity and I know I’m not the only one feeling like this. I know a lot of people are going through so much more. One of the quotes that stuck on me this year that I would like to impart…
Don’t use your energy to worry. Use your energy to believe, create, trust, grow, and heal.
@Officialaudreykitching
Whether we celebrate big or small, what matters is we are with our loved ones and are all healthy. Let’s use our energy in good spirits, whether decking our halls, creating crafts and baking Christmas cookies, or just simply adoring our festive coffee mug. Just doing simple things that spark joy and matter to us the most. Allowing ourselves to learn, grow, and heal.
This year’s holiday look feels more cohesive with my home style. I’m not reinventing anything but more of going with the flow of my current home decors and made use of what I already have. Then I enhanced it with greeneries and a pop of gold, white and silver accents. I love the neutral, woodsy, and vintage vibes. As a matter of fact, it’s not that much different from my 2018 Christmas decors. Our Christmas 2019 by the way, we celebrated in Florida. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make a blog post about it. I will get around to it one day. That trip was soooo much fun though, definitely was the most memorable one. I have so much more to say but I will save it for that particular blog post. Lessons learned don’t procrastinate hehehehe.
I wish I could have taken a good photo of the Christmas tree collar that I bought this year. Obviously, it’s covered with gifts in this photo. I took these pictures on the morning of Christmas eve, which explains the gifts are accumulated already and just waiting for the Santa gifts to come. The Christmas tree collar though is my favorite Christmas decor purchase, it ties up the whole theme.
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When it comes to a neutral palette, I like to play with textures. The textures of the fabric draw me in, it makes the subtleness of the color combination interesting. Whether your style leans more toward more colors and prints, consider it your personal style and reflect it with your decorating style, and don’t be guided too much with trends.
Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for show but to nourish one’s well being.
Albert Hadley
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Thank you so much for reading. May you had a wonderful Christmas and a happy holidays.
