Welcome to the first Christmas at our new lake house. I know, I know, I’m not your typical blogger who has her Christmas pictures up two weeks before Thanksgiving so as to inspire you in your own decorating endeavors. I’ll admit, it’s taken me longer to decorate this year with all of the figuring out where things will go!
It’s also been hard to get a post up because, as I’ve said before, the Internet speed is incredibly slow out here in the country (they’ve promised that will change sometime in the future) and it takes hours and hours to do just one post.
Since I’ve already spent far too much time playing with my photos I’m going to breeze through with very little talk today and a whole lot of pictures.
I’ll start with the dining room, which is immediately to the right as you come in the front door.
I did a natural centerpiece this year with fresh greens and pinecones on silver and white.
Beyond the dining room is the entry hall.
Which is open to the great room.
The great room is open to our kitchen dining nook.
And right around the corner from that is the kitchen. As you can see, our living space is pretty open here.
The dining nook and kitchen look directly out onto the screened porch, and the lake beyond.
If you were to walk out onto the deck you would see another door which leads into our master bedroom. I haven’t added many Christmas decorations here. Only a small tree and three wreaths above the bed. By the way, you can also get to our bedroom from a hallway behind the kitchen. I didn’t want you to think we had to walk outside to go to bed 🙂
We have many beautiful sunrises at the lake and this is what I’m hoping our company will see on Christmas morning. That just might make it the best Christmas ever!
I’m praying for faster Internet speeds so I can share posts with you more often. In the meantime, I do post updates almost daily on Instagram if you’d like to follow along there.
Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas and many blessings in the New Year.
Patti
I’ve been known to link up to the following great parties!!!
Sunday:
SundaysAtHome, SilverPenniesSundays, RusticAndRefined, Spiritual Sundays
Monday:
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Tuesday:
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Wednesday:
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Thursday:
ShareYourStyle, ImpartingGrace, EmbracingChange, HaveADailyCupOfMrsOlson, MyRepurposedLife, ADelightsomeLife, KatherinesCorner, Thought Provoking Thursday, SincerelyPaulas, ThoughtfulThursday, Tune-inThursday
Friday:
FrenchCountryCottage, TheCharmOfHome, TheDedicatedHouseAnythingBlueFriday, ShabbyliciousFriday, Faith’nFriends, Dance With Jesus FreshMarketFriday
Saturday:
Congratulations on your first Christmas on the lake! I’ll be sure to pop over to Instagram to see more pictures. I’ve missed seeing your blog posts.
I too live on a lake in the country & thankfully, we have good internet. For years though, we called our phone company every month or so asking for updates….my husband really wanted faster service. We finally got it though they stopped at our house! We’re the next to the last house on a dead end road on the lake. My neighbor just past me cannot get it the faster service. Which I totally don’t understand.
If you’d like to see some of our lake sunrises (my favorite part of winter!) my Instagram is under jennylovescharlie
Your decorations are perfect! Just right for your new home. Your home looks so cozy and inviting and I’m sure your guests will enjoy everything you’ve done.
~Adrienne~
Your home is gorgeous! Looking forward to having you visit our new home in the near future
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Your home is beautiful.Simply beautiful. I hope your internet gets better soon. I know that is frustrating.
Your home looks beautiful as usual and very welcoming and cozy. I noticed your new vacuum on an Instagram post. I’ve been thinking about one for a while also, but my Border Collie tries to ‘herd’ my regular push vacuum as it is. I’d probably have to put her outside or in her crate with one of those. Your dogs look pretty mellow, but I’d be interested down the road how you’re liking it. Have a Merry Christmas. Jesus is the reason for the season.
Happy New Year! Thanks for sharing at Home Sweet Home!