Our Christmas Decor 2011

Christmas is less than a week away!  

I am sooooo excited!

 I love Christmas so much!

The sights! 

The sounds.

The smells!

Every single bit of it!

I think we are ready.
All of the decorating we wanted to do this year has been completed.

 I've shown you our two Christmas trees here.

Now I will show you some of the other decor. 

As you enter our home you are greeted by Mr. B's Christmas village.
The pieces are Lemax and St. Nicholas Square.
The sweet stuffed caroling snowman family was purchased from Rite-Aid some years ago at 75% off.

Here is the buffet area in the dining room.
I purchased the round framed Santa at Kirkland's back in October while shopping with Mr. B's mother.
She loves snowmen, I love Santa!

I am sure he is double checking his list to make sure I have been extra nice this year!
I have been Santa.  I really have been a good girl!

I love the carved holly on the frame.  Of course, it was on sale.

I don't decorate much in the kitchen.  I leave the counters clear for all of my holiday baking.
I seem to be starting a cookie jar collection.
Luckily, my small collection (so far) fits on top of the fridge.

I always change the decor each season of my china cabinet that sits near our eat-in kitchen.

The dinner plates on the top shelf are an after Christmas purchase last year from Kohl's.
I was only able to find 3 of them. 
I had hoped to find at least one more but have been denied in my search.
The smaller dessert/ salad plates were a thrift store find at only .50 each.  I found eight of them.  They are marked Reed & Barton in the Holly Berry pattern.

The small old world Santas were a gift from Mr. B's mother.

On the top of the cabinet sit two angels that look over Mr. B and me.  I have also placed a large platter from Pier 1, a gift from Mr. B and a beautiful red and gold Italian glass charger from Home Goods. 

The last room of our tour is the family room. 
We don't have a traditional mantel.
We have many shelves.
This makes it fun to decorate!

Mr. B's mother and father will be joining us on Christmas day so we have stocking for them
and one for Max
(his is the blingy one in the center)

That concludes this short tour of our home. 
I hope it gives you a glimpse of who we are and what we love.
Warmth and tradition with a wee bit of glitz.
Yes, I would say that our home describes us very well!

We wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas!