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Our First Christmas at the Lake House

December 20, 2018 by Patti 6 Comments

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

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Not the Usual Trappings of a King

December 23, 2017 by Patti 8 Comments

 

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post entitled, When Your Stager Nixes Christmas, in which I shared last year’s Christmas decor and talked about the fact that our home stager asked us not to put up any holiday decorations while our home was on the market.  I think many of you thought I was complaining but I wasn’t.  Not at all.

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How to Decorate a Chandy for the Holidays

December 8, 2014 by Patti 15 Comments

When I was a child I would lie on the floor . . . watching with fascination . . .  as the white flocked Christmas tree magically changed color from yellow, to red, to blue and to green, while the song Silent Night tinkled gently in the background.  The shiny pink ornaments on the tree sparkled, also changing hue, as the color wheel went round and round.  It was all a part of the magic of Christmas.  I was secure and happy and still young enough to be unaware of things that were wrong in the world.  As Christmas drew closer and closer I KNEW that something really special was about to happen.

As I decorate for Christmas today I catch that magic feeling once again and I am content to hold onto it for just a little while as I forget the world outside my doors.

Last Christmas I decorated my crystal chandelier for the holidays and I got so many requests asking how I did it that when I took it down I took pictures backwards in order to share with you here.

03-Christmas Chandy 008This is my step-by-step tutorial, How to Decorate a Chandy for the Holidays.

06-Christmas Chandy 013This is my chandy in our old house (fondly called the lake house) last Christmas.  To see more angles and close-ups you can look back at my original post, A Fancy Christmas Chandy, HERE.

21-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 033And this it what it looked like undecorated.  Note that the lights are turned off as we begin decorating as I wouldn’t want you to burn yourself!  So, with a cool chandelier let’s begin.

22-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 034I started with some assorted Christmas balls that I found at our Goodwill Christmas Store and gold wired ribbon that I had on hand . . .

20-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 032. . . and simply began hanging the ornaments around the bottom of my chandy in any place that I could find to hook them . . . some from the wires the crystals were attached to . . .

18-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 028. . . some from the base of the chandy, etc.

19-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 029This isn’t at all difficult but it does require some care if you don’t want to break ornaments along the way (personal experience speaking here).

11-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 017When I wanted to create length I simply hung one ball from another or used different lengths of wire to get the ornaments to hang at the desired length.

17-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 027You can see from the above picture that my Goodwill ornaments weren’t in perfect condition but not to worry.  That will become unnoticeable once everything is in place.

16-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 026My ornaments weren’t even all the same, just the same colors.

Gradually . . .

15-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 025. . . little by little . . . bit by bit . . .

13-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 019 . . .  the chandy began to take shape.

07-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 012Once all of the ornaments were in place I added the gold accents.

06-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 009I tucked these larger, mesh covered balls up into the “arms” of the chandy to keep it from looking too bottom-heavy.

05-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 007Then I began wrapping the ribbon . . . very randomly!

03-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 004I wasn’t going for perfection here but a more “artistic” look . . .

02-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 002. . . and trying to disguise any wires that were noticeable.

01-Undecorating the Christmas Chandy 001After the ribbon was wrapped I played with it a bit to get it the way I liked it, tucking a few more balls here and there to balance everything out.

08-Christmas Chandy 019And there you have it!

I ended up getting so many compliments and loving the look of my chandy so much that I kept it up all the way through Valentine’s Day.

2014 Christmas Chandy 002Today I had the absolute joy of decorating my chandy in our new house.  It is the same chandy that I’ve had since our first year of marriage but looks quite different in our new surroundings.  Here she is hanging in our dining room, which is still very much a work in progress . . . with wallpaper coming down and a dining room table and chairs to be painted . . .  so I’m only giving you a sneak peek.  I shared in a previous post the one other thing in the room that I’ve finished for the dining room, a grey color-washed buffet.  I’m really pleased with how it turned out!  If you haven’t seen it already you can take a look right HERE.

2014 Christmas Chandy 001I hope you are enjoying the beauty of the Christmas Season.  In spite of busy-ness, family drama, long lines, heavy traffic, things that don’t quite go as planned (we’ve had our own Very Griswold Experience this year!), I hope you’ll take some time to enjoy, as with the innocence of a young child, the magic of the Season.  Something really special is about to happen!

silent-night1024Blessings,

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Decorating for Christmas – A Very Griswold Experience

December 4, 2014 by Patti 20 Comments

I click on the link and it opens up to another amazing home filled with gorgeous Christmas decorations.  Every room has a Christmas tree, each with a different theme.  There are multiple fireplaces adorned to perfection for the holidays. In every room touches of fresh greenery are tucked here and there, and the Christmas creche is beautiful to behold, no chipped donkey’s ear on their manger scene.

I wonder . . . can it really all be so perfect?

In reality, I don’t wonder at all because I know it’s not!  Decorating for Christmas is a lot of work and, in the world of blogging, it seems the bar is raised each year to outdo what you’ve done the year before.

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Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2013 by Patti 6 Comments

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The Story Of Christmas
From Luke 2: 1-20

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

May the wonder of the true meaning of Christmas fill your hearts with great joy!

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