ADDING HOLIDAY SPARKLE TO YOUR HOME DECOR

 I believe that you don’t have to remove your home decor to add some holiday sparkle.  In the foyer I already have my Santos head resting on some home decor books and a lacquer tray.  Above the Hollywood Regency dresser is a  large brass wall sconce.  It was so easy to simply add faux greenery, some pearl and rhinestone ornaments and a a large rhinestone garland.  I draped more of the faux Norfolk Pine greenery on the stairwell.  The large gold ornaments have become a holiday staple.  I added ribbon and repeated the pearl ornaments.  I did add a striped tree and a hobnail candle.

FOYER WITH HOLIDAY SPARKLE

LOOKING DOWN FROM THE FOYER

How is your holiday decor coming along?

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MY CHINOISERIE HOLIDAY TREE

A few years ago I used my Mom's vintage feather tree with some Kate Spade-inspired ornaments.  I prefer using a white tree.  I think the ornaments show up so much better.  I'll link at the end of this post to the Kate Spade Christmas tree if you'd like to see it.  

This year I  decided to use the white feather tree again.  I swapped the classic Kate black and white for some blue and white Chinoiserie ornaments.  I mixed the blue and white ginger jar ornaments with some white pagodas with green ribbon.  I used my favorite rhinestone garlands too.  I wrapped the pillow on my settee with a rhinestone table runner to add some more sparkle.

MY CHINOISERIE FEATHER TREE IN MY FOYER

  I tucked the tree into a corner in my foyer.

MY HOLIDAY TREE TUCKED IN TO THE CORNER

If you follow my blog, you'll recognize the garden seat from my front porch.  It gives the tree some height and coordinates perfectly with the ginger jars and pagodas.

MY GARDEN SEAT TREE STAND

Notice the reflection in my favorite mirror.

MY FAVORITE MIRROR

TREE REFLECTION

Pagoda and ginger jar ornaments.

PAGODA AND GINGER JAR ORNAMENTS

CLOSE UPS

A pagoda and a rhinestone garland  are propped inside my sunburst empty frame.

PAGODA AND GARLAND ON MY SUNBURST FRAME

I added a preserved boxwood wreath to the brass wall sconce on my stair landing.  I used the same green satin ribbon that I used on the pagodas on the wreath.

BOXWOOD WREATH ON MY BRASS WALL SCONCE

View from the front door.

DEMIJOHN AND WREATH ON THE LANDING

My demijohns always wear jewelry.

MY ALWAYS BEJEWELED DEMIJOHN

What is your favorite holiday tree?  Faux or Live?  Natural or Color?

Here's the link to my Kate Spade inspired holiday tree.

Just click on the image or on the highlighted words to be directed to the full post.

MY KATE SPADE INSPIRED CHRISTMAS TREE

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STYLING MY BAR CART FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Yes, you can outfit your bar cart for the holidays. 

One of the perks of having the store is that I get to keep some of the items I sell. This gorgeous tiered bar cart on wheels is one of those purchases that I'm not only selling but also keeping one for myself.

 It's hammered metal and the trays are clover shaped.

I added magnolia clippings and the rhinestone garland and ribbon that I  used on my stairway.

LEOPARD ICE BUCKET, GLASSES, AND SHAKER

The leopard shaker is from the store.  The bourbon recipe book was a gift from my sister.

LEOPARD SHAKER AND OUR DRINK RECIPE BOOK

LEOPARD SHAKER AND HOLIDAY TREE

The leopard glasses are from Home Goods.

LEOPARD GLASSES

The ice bucket is vintage.

VINTAGE ICE BUCKET

One of the glasses holds some bamboo stirrers.

BAMBOO STIRRERS AND RHINESTONE GARLAND

The ceramic trees are also from the store.  When the holiday is over they hold my bracelets.
An ornament takes the place of my bracelets for the holiday.

HOLIDAY CERAMIC TREES WITH ORNAMENT

Love this unicorn bottle opener.

UNICORN BOTTLE OPENER

On the bottom shelf is one of my fur throws.  I love to add fur when I can.

FUR THROW FOR LAYERING

I layered a leopard tray over the fur.  It holds a few of our liquor bottles.  The brass shot glass was a gift.  It's made from a brass shell cartridge.

LEOPARD TRAY AND LIQUOR BOTTLES

Love the race horse stopper.

JOCKEY AND RACE HORSE STOPPER

If you don't have a bar cart to style, no worries.  Check out another post I wrote about alternatives to use in place of a bar cart here.  

I've also written about how I styled a chrome and glass bar cart here.


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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