Welcome to the 2022 Schutt Farms Holiday Home Tour. I’m showing the spaces of our home decorated for Christmas. This is my favorite time of year because I get to showcase all of my vintage Christmas decorations that I collect all year long. Here is how I styled different areas of our home for 2023.
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Christmas Foyer
First up, the Christmas Tree. This is a new tree purchased from Ikea. I wanted something simple that was not too full, and this tree did not disappoint. It is styled with vintage mini candle clips that I picked up from an estate sale earlier in the year and used birthday cake candles throughout. To keep this tree simple, I used a red/white stripe thin ribbon as a tree topper. I placed the tree inside a croc and used white fabric scraps to keep it tightly in place.
Second, antique toy trumpets decorations. Using the same ribbon from my tree topper, I hung some trumpets in the foyer. I picked up a bunch of trumpets throughout the year for $1-2. I debated hanging them here or putting them on one of my trees.
Lastly, antique ornaments boxes to fill the space. I used antique ornament boxes to place under the tree. I love finding an antique shiny brite ornament box.
Dining Room: Nativity Scenes & Elf Tree
Nativity Scenes
There are three nativity scenes on our dining room antique curio cabinet.
First, I was lucky enough to be gifted the main nativity scene from my mom this year. The Holy Family with Three Kings & camels were part of this set. I don’t have a manger for it, but instead I just placed the Holy Family on a tray and some pine trees behind the scene. These trees were found at Walmart this year. I had a lot of good luck finding bottle brush trees at Walmart this past year as well; various sizes ranging from $2-5 to use around the house.
Second, the mini plastic antique manager (bottom left corner of the picture) was found this year at an estate sale. I look forward to finding more of those this year. I set this in front of two angel ornaments that were gifted to me by my Grandma Jennie; they belonged to her mom. It was an honor to receive these heirloom family ornaments.
Lastly, I happened to stumble across these mini nativity ornaments at Hobby Lobby. I knew they would be perfect to place within my antique printer tray here.
Elf Tree
Other items I was lucky enough to be gifted: my mom’s entire lot of antique elves. With all the new spaces in the new house, I had a lot of ground to cover with decorations. My mom didn’t have room for her elves and let me borrow them for this Christmas. I dressed up the buffet in the dining room with all these elf friends for our Christmas Elf, Buttercup Bob.
Next, I added some bottle brush trees to help balance the space. Some old Putz bottle brush trees are pictured here, but I also supplemented with some new from Walmart, as mentioned earlier.
Santas in the Kitchen
Santa took over our kitchen shelves. I was able to find two antique Santa mugs this holiday season. They are a stand-out next to my newly purchased mugs from years past. I picked up a bunch of Santa mugs from the Dollar Tree a few years ago (hanging from my rail); these are the kid’s favorite for hot chocolate. I also added candy canes in ball jars, antique cookie cutters, and other ceramic Santa’s throughout he shelf.
Holiday Home Tour: Living Room
A few themes can summarize our living room Christmas decor.
First, Christmas Trees in Crocs. I picked up quite a few crocs from estate sales this past year. I was able to put them all to good use during the Christmas season. The trees are from 5 below and the Dollar Tree.
Second, Snowmen. I decided to highlight all my snowmen in this corner of the house this year. Using a stool to add height and places my snowmen around the trees.
Third, Mr. Christmas Decor. If you look closely, there are two Mr. Christmas decorations in this scene: a marching band and a ski lift. These are a fan favorite of my boys. They loved watching and playing the ski lift and listening to Santa’s marching band. I found these in estate sales this past year.
Lastly, I cannot not mention the dollar tree village makeover that I spread across the antique library cabinet. You can read more about how I did this here.
Last But Not Least, Our Christmas Tree
This is by far my favorite tree EVER. It is our first real tree as a family, and it is the first tree in the new house. It is the most beautiful view.
Other Christmas decor in the sunroom includes simple wreaths on all the windows. I got these wreaths at Michaels and dressed them up with a simple red ribbon.
Also, I just HAD to put the kids rocking horse by the tree. I picked this up at an estate sale this past year for the kid’s room, and it just made sense to put it by the Christmas tree for the holiday season.
Other items not shown, my putz village and ceramic village in the other corner of the room. I plan to spend more time on those spaces next year – need to tap into my creativity to come up with the perfect displays.
I am excited to watch our Christmas decor evolve over the next few years. Thanks for following along!
