Front Living Room and Entryway Christmas Decorating Ideas (Tour 2019)

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Front Living Room and Entryway Christmas Decorating Ideas (Tour 2019)

December 04, 2019   

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I still feel like I'm dreaming, and that when I wake up it's going to be July :) That being said, I really have had my Christmas decor up for almost a month now. I know! I'm crazy. I thought it would get me into the spirit....ha! Didn't work so well. I'm barely feeling it; the snow outside helps a little. My decor has been up for awhile, so it's probably about time I shared it with you! I'll be sharing my front living room and entryway decor today. Look for my main living room and bedroom Christmas tours coming in the next few days! 

I decided to try something a little new this year with my entry way. I usually put my garland along the risers on the stairs. I love it there, but wanted to change it up and give it a more traditional look. I got this garland from Michaels a few years ago along with the cute little wreaths.

 This bench in our entryway is actually more functional than anything. I do love to decorate it though. I added pops of red with the garland and pillows to mesh with the red in the front room. I left my cathedral window frames up here from my fall decor. I just love how they fit the space. 

 This is still one of my favorite views in my house for some reason. I'll love it even more when I change out that carpet! Maybe that'll happen in 2020 :) 

 As for my front room, I went way past what I did last year with neutrals and added a ton of reds. My goal was to have board and batten up in here by this tour, but alas, that didn't happen. Once again, I added pops of red with the garland and the pillows. 

(Side Table: Target      White Slipcover Couch/Bed: Ikea      Rug: Rugs USA    Storage Bench: Target     Jute Pillows: Target      Farmhouse ladder: Tutorial       Wood sunburst mirror: Tutorial      Red Buffalo Check Covers: Amazon  )

 And lots of red with this huge sign from Kirklands. I found this sign, and I totally decorated the room around it. I had envisioned red in this room, and this was the perfect sign to make it work. 

 I flanked the jolly red sign with a diy Christmas tree calendar (tutorial here) and the reindeer name sign I bought from Michaels this year. I needed something to go in the middle, and I thought these cute white houses went perfectly -also a Michael's find. 

 Christmas countdown: Tutorial

One of my favorite traditions is having my kids help decorate this tree at the beginning of the season. I only moved about 2 balls because they fell off, besides that, the ornaments were placed by them! They were taught young to step back, take a look, and then place :) I love watching them decorate this tree; we throw on some loud Christmas music and go to town. 

 I always love full room views, so here are couple more that give a good idea of what this room looks like. 

 Adding red into my decor during the Christmas time is just the best. I love that I have neutral decor throughout the year...it totally helps make the red pop so much more! 

I'm toying around with the idea of changing this room up a bit and rearranging the furniture. It's been this way for a few years and I wonder if it's about time :) What do you think? Maybe just switch walls. Couch where the fireplace is and visa-versa? We shall see! 

If you missed my tour on my Christmas dining room decor, you can find it here:

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Farmhouse Fall Living Room Decor (Front Room Tour 2019)

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Farmhouse Fall Living Room Decor (Front Room Tour 2019)

October 16, 2019   

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It's still so crazy to me that fall is already here and pumpkins are adorning my house. Even crazier, that in about 2 weeks, this room is going to have Christmas decor. I am so not ready for that! Seriously though, where has this year gone?! I still feel like its May! haha :) 

Well, I wasn't going to share this room this year for my fall decor since not a lot was added, but I love looking back at my rooms every year and how they were decorated for each season. I also figured it would offer a little more inspiration if you are need of it! Plus, I have big changes coming in here so this will probably be the last glimpse of it with how it is now. My plans? Full length board and batten over all the walls. 

Barn Door Tutorial

 I'm still trying to decide if I should keep this back planked wall or if it will look weird with the board and batten. So, it will probably be a 2 part process. I'll see what it looks like, and if I hate it, I'll rip those down and add the board and batten. 

As for the decor this year for fall, I went the pink and green route. I used this color combo in my main living room last year and just loved it. So, I decided to move it in here for this year. 

 (Side Table: Target      White Slipcover Couch/Bed: Ikea      Rug: Rugs USA    Storage Bench: Target     Jute Pillows: Target      Farmhouse ladder: Tutorial       Wood sunburst mirror: Tutorial)

 Having a neutral color base makes it so easy to add new color combos in here. To add the accents, I brought in the pink with pillows, flowers, and throw blankets. The greens show up with the faux greenery and a few small velvet pumpkins.

 I accented the mantel just a little with two small pumpkins. I usually add a lot more, but thought less is more in this case. My go -to accent pieces for mantel decor are books, corbels, and candlesticks. I like to add some sort of garland or sprigs to finish it off.

This mantel was an antique piece I found last year. I added the book pages to it to bring more interest and texture.  

 This is the wall that I'm worried about with the board and batten. I'm not sure how it's going to look. I love how the white frames pop off the beige wall. I guess we will see! I'm sure I'll love it even more especially when I put up the Christmas tree! ....still not ready for that though :)

Wire Hamper: Amazon    Bench: Target   Shiplap wall tutorial: Tutorial      White Diamond Rug: Similar

That sums up the tour! Are you all ready to start decorating for Christmas? Anyone else in the same boat thinking it should still be May? ha!  

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Summer Living Room Decor (Front Living Room Tour 2019)

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Summer Living Room Decor (Front Living Room Tour 2019)

June 26, 2019   

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It's been one of those years that it's super hard to get into summer. I really want it so bad, but the weather is totally not cooperating. Because of that, I'm totally feeling like it's still April. I'm going to feel gypped out of a summer come fall. All my outdoor projects have been on hold because of the crazy rain and winds these past few months. One would think that would make me play around with the stuff inside my house more, but nope! Ha! Totally not. Instead I'm just in rebellion, I guess. I don't know how I am, but I feel like I am :)

I shared with you my summer dining room and entry way over the past two weeks, and today I'll be sharing with you my front living room. I loved the colors and how I decorated my main living room during the spring, so I brought a lot of that over into this room for summer to give it a little refresh. I didn't do big changes, but this just shows that a few small changes can help refresh a space easily.

 Yes, there are a lot of pillows on this couch! But, it rarely get's used so it totally works. This actually folds out into a bed. It's the perfect piece of furniture for a multi-use room.

 (Side Table: Target      White Slipcover Couch/Bed: Ikea      Rug: Rugs USA    Storage Bench: Target     Jute Pillows: Target      Farmhouse ladder: Tutorial       Wood sunburst mirror: Tutorial)

 I brought in the pops of pink with the pillows and this throw blanket. Yes, blankets are essential in my house during the summer. They are used over and over again. I like it hot, my husband likes it cold. So, yeah, I get the short end of the stick on that one apparently :) Along with the pinks, I brought in lots of faux greenery.

 I'm all about multi-functional furniture in this room. This bench works perfect to conceal toys, yet is a completely functional coffee table.

Wire Hamper: Amazon    Bench: Target   Shiplap wall tutorial: Tutorial      White Diamond Rug: Similar

 Years and years ago, I was so hyper focused on not adding pictures into my decor because it didn't match or it would throw things off. I got over that quickly when I had kids. I had so many photos that I didn't want to just be forgotten on a phone or sd card. So, I decided to create a gallery wall for each kid. I told myself I would go through them and update them as time goes by, but I haven't done that much....and I don't really mind. I love looking at their sweet baby faces :)

 I changed up this mantel quite a bit from spring, made it a little cleaner. Truthfully, it felt so weird looking in this room without all the stuff on the mantel and wall :) You can see the spring mantel here if you don't know what I'm talking about.

That's it for my front room! I am so excited to share with you my next project on my patio. It has made such a difference in the space! So be sure to check back or follow me on social media for links and updates! :)

  

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Christmas Living Room Decor (My Front Room): Tour 2018

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Christmas Living Room Decor (My Front Room): Tour 2018

December 03, 2018   

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You guys! It's been snowing all day and we have like 10 inches of snow so far. Nothing like a whole bunch of early December snow to get you in the holiday spirit! This week I'll be sharing the rest of my Christmas home with you room by room. Today, I'll be sharing my front living room decor in part of the Meaningful Holiday Home Tour series hosted by the ever lovely Laura from Meaningful Spaces. If you haven't check out her beautiful home, be sure to do so! I'll have links to everyone's tours at the bottom of the post. So, be sure to check out all the inspiration!

My front living room is usually the first room to be decorated for Christmas. I've been holding my breath all month waiting to share it...well, all November and this month :) I have something super new (but old) in there and couldn't wait to decorate it for Christmas! First off though, here's the entry to room. I love these barn doors during this time of year, they are perfect to hang wreaths on.

(Barn Doors: Tutorial      Barn Doors Hardware: Amazon) 

 Inside the room I added some garland along my table and flocked trees. You will soon notice that this room theme should probably be called "tree farm". For reals :) I may or may not have gone overboard.

  You can get a little peak of my new addition in this picture. As you can tell, it's brown, so I moved my starburst mirror over the couch to balance it out. I also added my favorite deer burlap pillows in here next to a sweater lumbar pillow. I switched out my normal springy wreath on the blanket ladder to a snowflake. 

 (Side Table: Target      White Slipcover Couch/Bed: Ikea      Rug: Rugs USA    Storage Bench: Target     Jute Pillows: Target      Farmhouse ladder: Tutorial)

 Now, here it is! Here's my new mantel! I have been searching for something like this for years...years! Either they were too far away or way out of my budget. There were a lot that I liked, but didn't love. I didn't want to settle.

(Bench: Target         Red striped blanket: Ikea        White cable knit blanket: Target)

 When I found this, I squealed. Like literally freaked out my kids. :) And the best part? The price! $85. Yeah. I know. :) I couldn't believe it either. I contacted the seller and picked it up like 2 hours later. There was no way I was going to let this one go. The pictures in the ad were horrible. So bad that I figured it was in bad shape and I would have to end up repairing and painting it. Which was fine since I was actually wanting a white mantel anyway. Then I saw it and knew there was no way I could paint it. It was perfect and beautiful. That being said, I really had to wrap my mind around decorating it. It threw off my plans a little :)

(Various Candle Sticks: Hobby Lobby         Tree Sign: Home Goods)

I ended up adding this window frame and flocked grapevine wreath in place of the large sunburst mirror. I found this cute sign, and didn't realize how many trees I ended up adding here after all was said it done. I could seriously have my own faux Christmas tree farm :) I usually have stockings hanging up in here, but decided to not add them so I could show off the mantel even more.

 When I was going to paint it, I had plans on filling in the bottom empty space with wood slices and moss. Now that I'm not painting it, I'm not too sure if that's the right direction to go. So, for now, I placed one of my tree stump side tables in the middle with lots of my candlesticks on top.

(Christmas Tree: Walmart)

 As for the tree...err trees. The big one is decorated with silver and white balls and nothing else. I like the look of simplicity. This is one of the trees I let me kids decorate. So, this placement of all the balls is theirs and theirs alone :) I didn't move a single one. I think it's pretty good placement, if you ask me. Usually they are all in one line or section, and they did some pretty good distribution considering they are only 5 and 3 years old.

 For my bench, along with the dough bowl I added my favorite winter cable knit blanket.

 I then filled my dough bowl with mini flocked crystalized trees, greenery and pine cones.

 If you know me, I love lots of layers of things and empty spaces bother me :) Sometimes I have to let them be, but sometimes I like to do what I can to fill them in. That's what this space was between the tree stump and tree. I decided to keep the candlesticks going down to the tree with help from books.

 I still just love this view. It's been weird getting used to have a big brown blob in the middle here though, but I'm sure I'll get over it.

 Here's a good look at all the trees I have in here besides the two on the opposite wall. See? Overboard :)

 As always, I like to throw a picture of my pup because goodness knows either his ear or his tail were in about half of them anyway :)

Need some bedroom inspiration? Check out my farmhouse style bedroom tour :)

Thank you all for stopping by! Be sure to check out the rest of the tours going on this week :) Up next is Rachel Elizabeth Creates, her home is beautiful you don't want to miss it! Below is a list of the other tours :)

DECEMBER 3RD

Meaningful Spaces | Thrifty and Chic | Rachel Elizabeth Creates | The Ginger Home

DECEMBER 4TH

Life on Cedar Lane | Iris Nacole | The Posh Home

DECEMBER 5TH

Pink Peppermint Designs | Honey Bear Lane | 12th + White | The Green Spring Home

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