Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour 2016 {part 1}

It really is the most wonderful time of the year!  Today, along with 12 other bloggers we welcome you to our Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour.  If you are coming over from Life and Style at 60, I'm glad you've stopped by!

Come on in!  For our front door I opted to use a traditional red bow on the wreath.  

Foyer

Mantle

For the mantle I used natural elements, the greens along with the magnolia branches rest along the mantle with a faux  piece of greenery.  The hurricanes make appearances all over the house, but this year they are home on the mantle.

Family Room

The Christmas tree in the family room is home to the ornaments that hold a special place in our hearts.  The Angel on top has graced our trees for 26 years.

Living Room

 The living room Christmas tree is the more formal of the trees in our home.  These ornaments have been collected over many years, though some are new and gifts just this year.  Thanks Pie!

 

As part of our participation in Merry & Bright this year we were gifted wrapping paper of our choice by Paper Mart.  As I visited their website, carefully selecting papers that would coordinate with my tree decor I couldn't help but notice that they have papers for every style of decor.  There was even a toile and ya'll know I had to get it!  The red and gold curly ribbons are also from Paper Mart and compliment the papers I selected. When I select wrapping paper I always prefer a more heavy weigh,  the weigh of these papers were perfect!  The easiest to wrap with was the  green berry foil!

Cody had to get in this photo, he is the baby at 13 years.  He has had a rough year as he now suffers from thyroid problems.  He lost about 5 pounds late last year and hasn't been able to put them back on.  He really does resemble the saying "I'm not fat I'm just fluffy!"

Upstairs

Dining Room

That photo is a bit of a teaser.  Next week when we are sharing our dining tables you will see much more of the dining room.

Be sure to visit Marsha at M. Jones Style, her style is amazing and she does such a nice job decorating  and styling her home.  Don't even get me started on how delish all of her recipes look!

 Linda from The Home I Create

Shelia from Life & Style at 60

Marsha from M. Jones Style

Heather from My Life Well Loved

Meg from Green With Decor

Kate from Chic on a Shoestring Decorating

Jenna from Wife in Progress

Yuni from Love Your Abode

Shelly from Confetti Style

Kellie from Design Asylum

Debbie from Refresh Restyle

*This post contains products that I received as participation of this blog tour.  All opinions on this product are 100% mine.*

Reindeer Recipes Tour 2016 {part 1}

This year I've teamed up with some of the most fabulous food and lifestyle bloggers to bring you our most treasured recipes and holiday decorating spots in our homes.  If you found this blog via Totally Tailgates, I'm delighted you've stopped by!

This year I wanted to be "on trend" as we say in the blogging world so, I decided to style my very on bar cart.  Now here is the problem, I don't own a bar cart.  I decided that my tea cart was gonna have to work.  I moved the tea cart turned bar cart to a new location in the dining room and already it had a new feel.

One thing that is a must on a bar cart are fresh flowers!  These hydrangeas and a few clippings from my yard made up an inexpensive arrangement.  I think it brightens this dark part of the cart.

Another must is a tray.  Wouldn't you know it, every tray I had just didn't seem to look right, off to the thrift store I went!  Believe it or not this tray was black with poker chips...not gonna work for my look!  With a bit of gold spray paint it is now the perfect shape and size for the cart.  The tray was 3 bucks and those martini glasses, 97 cents!  Honey's mom gifted me (from her collection) those gorgeous monogrammed glasses.  She insists that I have them and I can't argue with my MIL now can I?  Thanks Pie!!!

This year when I was deciding on colors I'd use for the dining room I knew I wanted to go with gold and silver.  It was fun to mix those colors through out the room and on the bar car!

Don't dare forget to add some fresh fruit to your bar car, I had limes on hand.  Ya'll know I have plenty of decanters in the house and those are also a must for any bar cart!  The one that is resting on the gold tray is really my fav one.

Thanks again for stopping by!  Now you will not want to miss the next stop on our tour at Confetti Style, Shelly always has something spectacular to share with her readers!

Gwynn from Swirls of Flavor

Lisa from Clutter Cafe

Marsha from M. Jones Style

Shelly from Confetti Style

Pat from Life at Lydia's House

Brittany from Brittany's Pantry

Heather from Totally Tailgates

Small Disclaimer:  All alcohol products were borrowed as we rarely ever indulge in fine spirits!

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