HOLIDAY HOME TOUR: THE FOYER

The holiday home tour continues in my foyer.  There's a link to the previous tour of my kitchen at the end of this post if you missed it.

No tree in the foyer this year.  I decided to go with a garland and these fabulous over-sized gold orbs.  The garland is faux Norfolk pine.  They're suspended  with velvet and rhinestone ribbon.  I tucked some real Magnolia clippings here and there.

STAIRWAY WITH GARLAND AND OVERSIZED SPHERES

OVERSIZED GOLD SPHERE ORNAMENTS

I added some magnolia clippings to my framed Versace print.

MAGNOLIA CLIPPINGS ON FRAMED PRINT

I swapped one of my Santos for the angel Santos.

ANGEL SANTOS ON A STACK OF VINTAGE BOOKS AND A COLUMN

The faux garland is very realistic.  Love how it puddled to the floor.

NORFOLK PINE GARLAND

 I guess you've noticed that I like photos at angles.  The next photos were taken from the top of the stairs.

 

All You Need Is A Garland

To see my post about the holiday decor in my kitchen, go here or click on the image to be directed to the post.

HOLIDAY IN MY KITCHEN

FAKING FAUX

If you've been following along you know that I can't bring myself to use faux holiday decor.  So, I was in a real predicament when I decided I didn't want to have a live Christmas tree this year.  I went back and forth about buying/not buying a faux tree.  I couldn't do it.

My new mantra is:   "all you need is a garland".  That's the route I took.
No tree for us this year. I was just going to create a garland that made the tree unnecessary.

 My intention was to create a garland from greenery from our yard.  I revised it a bit and decided that I would use a faux garland as the base and would add garden clippings.  I know I'm cheating.

Here's what the faux garland looked like. It was from Frontgate so it was substantial.  Here it is on the railing before I got started on it.

FAUX GARLAND

I know you're thinking that it doesn't look bad.
 It doesn't, but I really wanted to add some live greenery.

CLOSE UP OF FAUX GARLAND

I decided to create the natural garland with magnolia and cedar.  

 I gathered the clippings and got started.  Here's the result.

If you ever try to do this, I would recommend using a faux garland as a base.  It was easy to add the greenery by just twisting the faux wire stems around the magnolia and cedar.  

Did you notice that I swapped out my Santos for the Angel Santos?  I also added ribbon, a garland and some ornaments.  I treated the garland like a Christmas tree I guess.

ANGEL SANTOS

 Now my favorite part--the close-ups.

 

I added some greenery, ribbon, and a rhinestone garland to the wall sconce too.

Sneaky peek of the demijohn through stairwell.

DEMIJOHN THROUGH STAIR RAILS

Would you use a garland instead of a tree?

To see last year's Kate Spade inspired tree, go here.

KATE SPADE INSPIRED TREE