The 1829 Farmhouse: christmas

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

the decor of christmas past...part two

as if you haven't had enough of christmas decorating,
i come along and ask you to look at more!

and if you haven't seen part one, go here.

now i will show you a bit of my simplified decorating,

since time was short and life was uber busy.

i liked the results of this way of decorating and only wish i'd done it years ago!
(purging the rest of the decor will be done when this stuff gets put away).

enjoy the tour of christmas past...

fireplace mantel decor

tree on rustified milking stool

folding ruler star

vintage choir candles &
swedish gnomes (from grandma)

vintage ornaments and a pipe cleaner candy cane

vintage milk bottle, crates, dominoes
and vintage puzzles made by abercrombie

tree junkified

and that completes the 2010 christmas past tour...

thanks for stopping by!

now onto 2011

up & coming projects:

bathroom renovation

lathe wall clock

mom 'n dads table & sideboard
mb office niche

stay tuned!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

the decor of christmas past...part one

not being the only one (thanks to lani) who was SO busy with life during the christmas season, i too am posting some of my decorating "johnny come lately". anyhoo, the twelfth day of christmas has not yet arrived...so i will consider it not too late! while everyone else in blogland is on to the new in new year, you can sit back and visit (as in dickens christmas carol) the days of christmas past.

last year i had really wanted to place our live christmas tree in a galvanized wash tub but our tree stand wouldn't allow it. however, i reminded mr. 1829 of his promise to make it work this year. since we didn't get our tree or decorations up until one week prior, there wasn't much time. not realizing how easy it was going to be, off we drove to purchase our tree and find a new tree stand, which worked perfectly and was on sale. we came home, set it up and i started doing the happy dance. i will let you enjoy the tree that was everything that i had imagined (it doesn't take much) i chose to use only our vintage, silver (thanks pottery barn) and ivory ornaments with a ballards burlap garland.

felt star on vintage bobbin..handmade by mu-wah

vintage ornaments from parents & grandparents

the clip-on bird below was from an old store display in a small women's store that i worked for in the early 80's. i've had several of them in my stash and this is the first time i've used them in well over 25 years. the bicycle horn was from mr.1829's maternal grandma, she gave it to us for christmas a few years before she died. so in honor of her, we keep it hung on our tree each year. it still has a few good honks left in it. the single woolen mitten is also from grandma and looks quite cozy on the tree hung by a mini clothespin.