Christmas Tour 2013 – Classic Red and White
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…”
Ok, so I’ll spare you my singing voice, but I’m so excited my halls are finally all decked and ready to share with you! I’m stop #12 on the All Things Home Christmas tour – did you see all the beautiful ideas yesterday? Don’t worry I’ll include all the links at the bottom so you won’t miss a thing. Oh and did I mention there’s a giveaway?
PS I’m sharing over at
I’ll try to keep my normal rambling to a minimum and just share the tour; I’ll leave all the talk for later in the week when I share all the tutorials and details.
Come on in!
I kept it classic with red, silver and fresh evergreens on the outside this year.
This cute little reindeer greets you in the front entry along with my freshly planked walls.
My “snowball” garland dresses up the banister (read how to make your own here)
Over in the living room is my snowy tree. I was going for a snowball fight sort of feeling this year with a few splashes of red.
I know, red, in my crisp white loving house, but I was on strict orders this year (from my 5 year old little diva) that Christmas colors are most definitely red and green not white!
So red it is…at least in small doses…
My sweater embroidery hoop art was so fun to make (anyone can do it!.
I went a little crazy with old sweaters this year and made a sweater pillow to match my hoop art…and about a thousand sweater ornaments along the way as well.
Ok, and another DIY pillow – hi my name is Kelly and I’m a throw pillow addict.
My buffet got a little holiday cheer too.
Let’s dodge the snow balls and head back up stairs…
where I hung my Christmas sign, water skiing anyone?
Sneak a peek at my Christmas chalkboard.
More sweater ornaments, I told you I made just a few…
Another cute pillow (yeah, it’s a problem) adds some fun down by the kids rooms.
Last, but not least Christmas would not be complete without Silly our elf getting himself into trouble.
Well, that’s it – the grand tour! OH, except for Buddy, he was photo bombing me all day so I thought I would give him his wish and include him and his festive hat on the tour too :) MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Be sure to check out all the other amazing holiday ideas and decor from these lovely ladies…and I’ll be back later in the week with all the details of my Christmas tree and how you can make your very own army of snowball sweater ornaments.
You can also check out my 2012 Holiday Home Tour here.
Monday
Worthing Court
French Country Cottage
Atta Girl Says
Town and Country Living
Decor Adventures
Lilacs and Longhorns
Tuesday
Marty’s Musings
Mom 4 Real
All Things Beautiful
Making Home Base
The Happier Homemaker
The Lily Pad Cottage
Wednesday
The Everyday Home
Craftberry Bush
Celebrating Everyday Life with Jennifer Carroll
AKA Design
Hymns and Verses
Our Southern Home
Thursday
Stone Gable
Newly Woodwards
Setting for Four
Back Porch Musings
All Things Heart and Home
Friday
Cedar Hill Farmhouse
Cottage at the Crossroads
Top This Top That
Domestically Speaking
Mommy is Coocoo
Shabby Art Boutique
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Absolutely love everything you did!! Where can I buy a lg chaulk board like yours?
I made this one so I’m not sure!
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Everything is beautiful Kelly! I am always wowed by your home! :)
Stopping over from The Holiday House walk. I love your style Kelly, so well done! It all looks fabulous! Merry Christmas, Kimberlee
Oh thanks so much Kimberlee, love your blog! Hope you had a great Christmas!
Oh how I love your house all festive like this! And a snowball fight tree? Genius. The red here and there does look great…!
Thanks Jen! Hope you had a fantastic holiday!
I’ve totally enjoyed the tour, your home is just beautiful!
Going back so I don’t miss a single detail!
Thanks Sandi, hope you had a fantastic Christmas!
I’m in love with red and white this year. SO many beautiful details in your holiday home, Kelly! Merry Christmas!
Thanks Jeanette! I’m so late in responding that I’ll go with Happy New Year instead of Merry Christmas ha :)
Your snowball tree is adorable! I love all the white with touches of color throughout.
This is absolutely stunning! Adore all of it!
Absolutely stunning!! I love all of the beautiful details! You are so dang talented!
Your home looks stunning done up for the holidays – I love the red mixed in with all your white and your soft watery blues! I also love all the lake touches – we live on a lake too so I love incorporating things like skis and paddles into our decor. Your throw pillows are perfect. Definitely not a problem! Of course I might have a serious throw pillow addiction myself:) thanks for sharing your gorgeous holiday home Kelly!
Everything is so fresh and beautiful! LOVE your mantle! Pinned! Thanks for sharing! Life to the full! Melissa
Thanks so much for pinning!
Your home is absolutely gorgeous! I love it all! I think I pinned it 5x! ha! Merry Christmas!
How lovely! I really like the mantle! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Vickie, it was a fun one!
Pretty home — I liked all of the sweater balls.
Your home is beyond beautiful! LOVE!
Thanks Sarah!
Kelly – your home is simply gorgeous decked out in all of its Christmas finery! I think that the pops of red add just the right touch. Great job and I really enjoyed your tour!
Thanks so much Suzy, hope you have a great Christmas!
I am in love with everything. Really beautiful!
Sandra
The Adored Home
Thank you Sandra!!
I’m a pillow addict too Kelly! My hubs just doesn’t ‘get it’ lol!! Love your home tour – so warm and inviting! I love all the texture of your sweater ornaments and pillow!! Beautiful!
I think our husbands need to form a spouses of pillow addicts support group :)
Kelly!!! Your home looks GORGEOUS my friend!! I mean truly, truly stunning. I had to take the tour a few times just to soak in all of the fabulousness. LOL!! I love every single detail and your photos are amazing. You have so much talent and creativity and I just wish that I could come a-knocking on your beautiful front door and take the tour in person…I’d bring the wine…and maybe a throw pillow! ;-)
Vanessa
Luv!!
Thank you for the tour of your lovely home. Everything looks terrific and I like the splash of red on your tree. Thanks so much for sharing.
Mary
Magazine worthy, Kelly! You truly are the throw pillow and sweater ornament queen … love them! And, your mantel is amazing! Buddy is too cute. Happy Holidays!
Gorgeous, Kelly! I love every single detail! Thanks for sharing with all of us :)
Thanks Lauren! Hope you are surviving all this snow, merry Christmas!
I love your home. The flocked tree it to die for! the subtle red touches are so pretty with the soft aqua! I love all of your signs and simple craft ideas. Thanks for inviting us into your Christmas home!!! -Christy
What a cheery home, Kelly. YOur blue and aqua looks amazing with lots of white and touches of red!!! Your tree is simply spectacular! It’s so snowy and and the red berries … oh my goodness! I think your home is such a fresh and inspire take on Christmas… it is … MERRY AND BRIGHT!
THanks so much Yvonne! Merry Christmas, hope you are back on your feet soon!
Kelly – it is official, I love your home even more – every single each of it! The second official thing – I need sweater ornaments! Great job girlie! Take care, Laura
your home is darling, so many cute touches~
Thanks so much!
Beautiful as always, Kelly! LOVE all of your fun touches and I’m glad your little diva talked you in to red — the fun pops of color are perfect! Well done!
Sometimes the little diva knows what she is talking about, she’ll have her own blog someday ha!
Kelly – what can I say – gorgeous! Love every little detail! And, Buddy is absolutely adorable and fits in with the color theme too!
Lovely home and photos. Everything looks so fresh and bright. Love all the sweater items. Thank you for sharing your home with us.
Cindy
Thanks for taking the tour Cindy!
This home tour is simply awesome. I’m a bit partial to red and white for the holidays. (I can appreciate other colors and sometimes use them, but I usually return to red. The flocked tree is stunning. And all those pillows have me wanting to stay up all night making reindeer pillows. Is that normal?
Your home and all the little touches you added are simply magical!!! Fantastic job KellY! I’m a new fan!
great tour! I think Buddy is the best decoration! I love the hoop art and all those snowballs – great ideas!
I always love seeing your home, Kelly! Love your Christmas decor and I want to try that embroidery hoop art! Buddy is adorable!!
Beautiful Kelly…will share & pin!
What a lovely home you have~ just gorgeous. Your decorations are beautiful…so glad that I found your blog today! New follower for sure! :) Happy December!
Thanks so much Kim! So glad to have you following along ;)
Gorgeous as always, my dear! I love everything! I’m not doing any red this Christmas and I’m starting to miss it! PS – I can totally see you standing on the chair in the reflection of the ornament! ;)
ha ha at least I wasn’t in my pj’s :)
perfection…once again these look like magazine shots…wow
Oh thanks so much Christine!!
Fabulous – love the snowball garland and that embroidered sweater hoop! Even someone seriously sewing challenged may just be able to do that! Silly the elf needs to head to Jersey for the night for a hot date with our elf, Hot Tamale.
Kelly
Seriously sewing challenged perfectly describes me ha, I’m sure Silly and Hot Tamale would paint the town red together!
It looks lovely! I have just begun!
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!!!!! I am blown away, kelly!! I would LOOOVE to see what you could do with my dad’s house!!
Thanks so much Sarah! You don’t need any help at your Dad’s house you did such a great job renovating, and your Halloween decorations were sooo cute!
BEAUTIFUL!!! LOVE your mantel!
Buddy is a cutie:)
Thanks Martina, he is a keeper!
Kelly seriously your home belongs in a magazine! The decorations are perfect, bright and festive and the photos look amazing!
So proud to be on the tour with you! Hope you have a lovely holiday season.
Thanks so much Jessica, this was SUCH a fun tour, great group of ladies ;)
I’m really truly completely in love with that snowball garland! I love all your tiny touches of red everywhere too. I also got in trouble this year for using a little too much white, so my daughter went ahead and decorated the livingroom tree completely in red and absolutely nothing else! Thanks for the lovely tour!
Gotta love having a little diva in the house ;) thanks so much Courtenay
Looks beautiful, Kelly! Love the classic look and splashes of red! Once again a job very well done! Merry Christmas to you and your wonderful family!
Merry Christas to you Aunt Louise, thanks so much! I think I need to come steal some of those Christmas cookies ;)
Great job Kel! Love it all! Have you headed down to my house yet to deck the halls there??? Buddy looks like someone rubbed his head with a balloon!
Thanks mom, PS check your front door :)
For some reason I can’t Pin??
GORGEOUS!!! I love it all. The porch is so pretty and the snowball garland just great. I love what you did with ice skate in the birdcage with the greenery. I am going be looking skates next year. I have always wanted them. PINNING!!!
Cynthia
Thanks so much Cynthia! Sorry the pin it button wasn’t working for you, it has had a few glitches lately. Those were my skates from when I was a girl, I love having them around :)
Ummm? It’s gorgeous !!!! And not just because we got the same theme going …gosh down to the sweater ornaments …love it …xoxo
Oh Kelly, just stunning! LOVE the classic red and white against your home! The little whimsical touches are amazing!
I love your home all the time but it looks especially beautiful dressed up for Christmas. I love the snowball garland (so CUTE) and your tree is simple stunning! And the touches of red are perfect!
Okay your home is just beautiful in all it’s festive decor but that Buddy is just perfect!! Happy Holidays you pillow lovin goddess! :)
Red, green and white seem like the perfect Christmas combination to me.
Your home is always so welcoming and inviting, especially at Christmas. I love all your thoughtful DIY touches.
And if you have any extra sweater ornaments, feel free to send them my way!
Kelly, what lovely style you have and it rings throughout your beautiful home. So many things I love…sweater hoop, and sweater everything…chalkboard and signs…tree is stunning…skates, and those skis made me smile! Thank you for sharing your talents with us! (We met at Haven at the Marta station.)
Janis! Hi, yes I remember you – Haven was so fun! Hope to see you again there this year, thanks for stopping :)
Kelly,
It is absolutely beautiful. Love it all. Great job.
Kris
Thanks so much for stopping back Kris :)
So fresh and inspiring! Looking forward to your tutorials, the sweater art is just brilliant. I received the same orders from my little diva, during my French Country stage, that there was not to be another sunflower amongst the holiday greenery :) Happy holidays to you and your sweet family! xoxo, Andrea
Gotta listen to our little divas, sometimes they know what they are talking about :) Thanks Andrea!
I LOVE red but I especially am loving it in your home! That little punch of color is FANTASTIC! It is all so beautiful, It’s hard to pick just one thing…but I have to say, your tree is gorgeous! ~Sonya
Thanks Sonya! It was fun to add a bit of color this year :)
Loving the red and white!! Beautiful!! Stunning Home!!
Thank you so much Linda!
Wonderfully gorgeous Christmas, Kelly!
Merry Christmas!
Thanks so much Pat, Merry Christmas to you too!
Absolutely stunning, Kelly!! I love the garland on the banister & LOVE the mantel!! Great job!