We put our tree up over the weekend, and the decorating is primarily dictated by my kids. In fact, I was seeing all white, silver and gold ornaments but my 7-year-old son insisted that red would show up better. Okay.
Since we don’t have a tree topper, I brought in more branches and sprayed them white.
And, I had the kids make ornaments with their name, year and something that described them. I’m hoping this will be a yearly tradition:
Our tree “skirt” cost me a whopping $9 for 3 yards of burlap:
We also did some furniture rearranging to make room for the tree, and I’m really liking the changes. And, I’ll show you as soon as I get the rest of the room picked up :)
Want to see Christmas last year at our old house? Here’s the post.
Looks wonderful Emily, those sticks are coming in handy! Great addition to the tree! The kids did a great job on their ornaments!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tree. Love the burlap cloth idea for the tree skirt!
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beautiful. Such a warm glow! :)
ReplyDeletePretty ! My tree has kid ornaments all over it too. The thing about tree skirts is that they get covered up with presents.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful, you can see the love all over it:)
ReplyDeleteHi Emily! I love your tree...it is the perfect mix of class and family. I mentioned in a post the other day that my head wants a magazine-perfect tree and my heart wants one full of kid-friendly colors and ornaments. I am glad that you are showing that both are possible! Now if only I could convince my husband that we should forego the colored lights...
ReplyDeleteSo very pretty, love the kids ornaments!!! We put the tree up this weekend too, just finished decorating :)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the rest of your week!
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Kristin
Emily ~ it's so beautiful... and so fun to share the decorating with the kids :)
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Beautiful! Love the burlap skirt.
ReplyDeleteLooking good! mine is very similar (including the skirt!) and my post is going up tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteCute tree! Also, I love the paint color on your walls. Mind sharing what it is? :)
ReplyDeleteYOur tree looks like so much fun!
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ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful.
Mr. Goodwill Hunting
Emily it is gorgeous and I love your white sprayed branches as well as the tree skirt!
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Karena
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Love the sticks. Great idea. Yeah for free sticks :)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty tree. You must be so happy to have it up.
ReplyDeleteYour tree looks beautiful. I love the burlap tree skirt. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tree!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow Emily it looks so amazing! I love the brances, they're gorgeous! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
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Kate
So beautiful! I adore the idea of white branches! so clever and organic!
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It's a thing of beauty. Remember when the bottom third of the tree didn't have anything or had the ornaments that could be chewed on by short people. Christmas trees are always beautiful because they are always dressed in love, no matter what.
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful tree Emily, I love the branches, it makes it look like straight from the forest :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tree! We did do all white, gold and silver in our tree this year. Our little guy is only two though so I'm thinking as the years progress and we have more homemade ornaments maybe we'll have two trees. The family tree and Mom's tree : )
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It looks beautiful! Family traditions are so special and wonderful. I love what you came up with for the ornament decorating! :)
ReplyDeleteI love that you followed your son's advice. I think he was right about the red! One of our kids' favorite things at Christmas is decorating the tree with our mix of homemade and store bought ornaments. We have collected them over the past 18 years so they hold many memories!
ReplyDeleteYour tree looks great, and I love how involved your children were. :)
ReplyDeleteThe branches at the top of the tree are genius. I might have to steal this idea Emily:)
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful tree! I love the idea of making ornaments with kids, they get so creative and really into it!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, Emily. I love your kid's handmade ornaments -- that will be a great tradition.
ReplyDelete@Stephanie---our wall color is Amazing Gray by Sherwin Williams :)
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous! I love that your kids dictated it. Makes it that much more special.
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cristin
pretty! i like the branch too! :)))
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Love your tree! It's gorgeous!
ReplyDeletelove the tree & living room :)
ReplyDelete& actually I am loving that you dont have a topper. I really like it! I spent too much on an amber jeweled one last year & while it is gorgeous, its just big & almost is too much for the tree. I really may go to a "non topper" status after seeing your tree. :)
The tree is gorgeous! And now of course I must have a burlap skirt for next year. Velvet is so passe. ;)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Can you please tell me where you bought your 2 mercury trees that are on your mantel? I love them! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
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Kelly
Thank you, Kelly. I bought them a couple of years ago at a local home decor surplus outlet. But, I've been seeing lots of similar mercury glass trees in HomeGoods lately. . .
ReplyDeleteI'm going to get branches for my tree today! You convinced me, I love this look!
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