Hi! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend...we received our first snowfall of the season! It always feels more festive with the snow!
Today I wanted to share with you the Christmas touches I added to my dining room. This year, more than ever, I seem to be wanting to keep things very simple...and natural for my Christmas decor. Lots of fresh greenery and acorns {always a favorite of mine}...plus, in this room I also used eucalyptus pods and juniper...
I moved all of my mercury glass candlesticks to the table so that I could put fresh garland on the mantle...I debated about embellishing the mantle further, but decided that just the lights and natural touches were enough...
I alternately hung lime pomanders that I made and acorns on the backs of the chairs...I would have done all lime pomanders as they smell incredible, but my fingers started to hurt making them :)
Adding a few fresh pomegranate seeds to your cocktails is a great way to make them more festive!
Enjoy your week!
And, a very heartfelt thank you to everyone who left me a kind comment about Halena's room...you girls really know how to make a person feel good...thank you!!!
Tracey
93 comments:
Dear Tracey, your home is so beautiful! You have the perfect eye for decoration!
So inspiring!
Have a great week,
Big Hugs,
Yvonne
Everything is so lovely and the light in the room just invites you in. I love the statue of Mary. I am more of wine girl myself, but those cocktails look really yum!
Gorgeous and perfect!
xo,
annie
Perfect.
Love the corner vignette with the burlap on the table...
Jan
Make mine a double so I can sit and linger longer!
Debbie
Everything looks so beautiful. It's been trying to snow here but so far just a few flakes.
Tracey,
I just love your home!
It is absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you for sharing with
us ~
xoxo
Lori
Hello,
Love your decorations! Happy Decorating.
Claudia
Oh MY good!! Totally amazing!!!
♥ Wonderful, Tracey. Your room is so beautiful, I love it!
Have a nice week ☼
Hugs,
Patricia
Just perfection... Enjoy...
Oh my friend...everything is so beautiful...makes my heart sing today. Thank you for sharing such JOY. I love all the evergreen sweetness you have added.
JOY x100 today.
Tracie~ You can't help but compliment, your style has such soul to it! I really love these pictures they are amazing, so delicate. Oh what the heck I love everything you do!
Have a wonderful week.
Rosemary...
Your style makes me swoon!
Love the simple, natural touches. Not overdone in the least but yet so sweet and elegant!
As always, you're amazing!
-Emily @ Crisp
www.crispinteriors.blogspot.com
I'm just catching up on your blog. I love Halena's room, and this one as well. The rosy color of the cocktails is just beautiful against the white and green table.
As always...so, so very pretty!! Love every one of your "Christmas touches"! You, Tracey, are a natural;)
Simple at yet at the same time it gives the room warmth with touches of Christmas.Very pretty! Stay warm there...Chickie
Tracey, this is so peaceful and serene. I love your home and all the touches are just perfect. I made pomanders one year with the Grandkids and I used a skewer or a toothpick would work to pre-hole before I put the cloves in and it worked really well and it went really fast!!! I like the idea of the limes. I have some to put in a bowl and I am going to borrow your idea of the lime pomanders, very pretty, thankyou and Merry, merry Christmas,
KATHYSUE
Underbart vackert!!!!
Kramar Elin
So simple and beautiful. I love your decorating :)
Your dining room looks so pretty! I love all the natural touches you have used... the pomegranate in the cocktails look yummy!
So elegant and beautiful! I love the nest and the cocktails looks so good!
sweet, clean and fresh~
Thanks for giving us such a simple inspiration! Less is more in my book at this time of year, when we are bombarded with so many new (and usually great) ideas! I am striving to use what I have, and adding a lot of nature's bounty here and there for the natural look too. Hope to get most of it up today so I can sit back and relax! Stop by in a little while!
Thank you for sharing with us..Me like;o)
Maliva
Can't imagine how
your house could
look any prettier,
Tracey! I love the
fresh greens and I
bet they smell
heavenly!
xx Suzanne
Oh Tracey I just sit and sigh over your beautiful posts! Your home and your photography should be in a magazine...OH WAIT...they are! HA! Love it all!! I also love to add pomegranate arils to drinks. They are so pretty!
Blessings~
I can smell those evergreens just wafting off the computer screen here ;) Makes me wanna go for a walk in the woods real bad.. dig out the snowshoes and get my own greenery. Though I must confess I could not compete with that!
Take care! and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all!
Hi Tracey,
Your Christmas decor is so beautiful! You have such a lovely style, I love the way you used the limes and the pinecones. Really pretty!
Hugs, Cindy
I love the filmy net swag! Everything looks perfect. Never thought about making lime pomanders in lieu of orange, good idea!
So lovely...I like to keep c-mas decor simple too...{not for sure if it is because I like it or because I am already busy enough this time of year :)}
Blessings...
Love all the natural decorating going on. Pinecones are so beautiful and all that greenery next to the Mercury glass looks gorgeous!
Simple with touches of nature is a beautiful way to decorate for Christmas. I like doing this, too. Your home is lovely.
You've done it again, Tracey...just magical!
Hugs,
Anne
Good Morning~ Oh~ this is truly lovely, Tracey! I love the point of view of the photo of the enamel pitcher with the juniper in it. All the greenery is so simple and nice!! I always like seeing what you have done with your hanging nest, too ~ ~ festively pretty! I am loving seeing all this snow.. it's so nice to look out at.
~ Lara xo
Hi Tracey...it all looks so wonderful.............love it.......happy week darling..........love Ria...
So lovely. Goodness I have not even started to take the boxes out of storage.
Está maravilhoso !!!!!!
Sigh...
Save me a seat and a cocktail ~ I'd love to enjoy both to take in all the winter magic you've created!!
Sweet serenity...love it!
Judy
Beautiful! I love all your special touches!
Janet
Oh hello "Tracey d'arc" how are you??? O.k how is it that you keep outdoing yourself.....that second photo is so breathtaking...well it just took my breath away...oh my gosh! Love every detail,think I will make that one my background for constant inspiration!!! x0x0..p.s. going to Shannon's tonite for out Christmas exchange...so excited!!
It looks gorgeous Tracey! I love all of the little touches ! I think I am going to have to go cut my neighbors tree down in the night. I'd love to sit and have one of those drinks. I love drunk decorating.
Ambiance magique...
Ce drink me fait envie à cette heure.
Bonne soirée
Manon
So gorgeous!
I bet with the white backdrop of snow it is very serene.
Bonjour Tracey,
Everything looks marvelous, love the pinecones.
Bon journée,
Mimi
Very pretty Tracey! I love the greenery and the lime pomanders, the combination must smell heavenly! Everything looks very crisp and simple. Beautiful.
We are loving the snow, too, and Lake Geneva was so fun. The temps~not so great!
Have a good week.
XO,
Jane
i seldom, almost never, go back & read comments but i happened to see jen's ....drunk decorating? hilarious!!
your home is absolutely stunning tracey. it's always a delight to peek into your world
xo
I love the color you have on the wall. Can you share what color of paint it is and what brand? I am wanting to change up my home to a color like that. Thank you!
Hi Tracey!
Oh it´s magical!
Your photos are stunning, and the atmosphere is just perfect!
Need to have a second look ;)
Big hug
Mia
Hi dear Tracey! I love the way you've decorated your home for Christmas: I love using natural and white things!
Hugs!
Mara
I love the natural look of Christmas, not into all that giltz and glam! Thanks for sharing!
Theresa
aka:TOT
I love it Tracey! I am always so inspired when I visit your blog. Gorgeous!
xo,
Adrienne
So lovely... What an inspriration!
Have a nice day!
Big hug
Alma
Would love to be enjoying that pomegranate cocktail in your divine home right now, Tracey :) Everything is just simply beautiful, with an earthy soulful and pretty touch. Who wouldn't enjoy being in your enchanted home?!!
the lime pomanders are my favorite :) thanks for the inspiration! xo
Hi Tracey,
Everything does indeed look so beautiful! I love the mercury glass candlesticks.....and well...all of it! So gorgeous :)
xo,
Shellagh
WOW! What Beautiful Inspiration! I have just found your blog and am now a very happy follower! I also have a new blog so please visit sometime and i'll send some inspiration your way! Again wonderfully inspiring blog!!!
tracey your home is simply gorgeous!
i hope that you & your family have a very blessed holiday season!
xoxox
amy
Lovely! I have a pomegranate in the bowl in our kitchen as we speak, and we've been putting seeds in drinks, too. I cannot tell a lie--I initially bought it just so I could paint it--they're such a beautiful fruit, aren't they!? We also have so many pine trees near us that we get tons of pine cones and we, too, use them as natural decorations.
The snow must make things like a winter wonderland--beautiful!
Hi Tracey....it looks absolutely beautiful...
in case I dont get around to it.. wishing you a wonderful christmas/new years (with snow)..!!
Very hot here at the moment in Melbourne..
xx from OZ..andrea
sigh.........
in. heaven.
I truly think this is what heaven is like - simple, organic, and just hints of pink. ;) OK, maybe that is how I paint heaven. ;)
LOVE LOVE LOVE your pink champagne with pom seeds!!!
xoxo
Thanks for sharing such a lovely setting. The mantel looks perfect simply done, and I love the natural touches! I want to indulge in one of your cocktails after a long day.
- Susan
beautiful ideas, beautiful photographs. you are exquisitely talented!
xo
elyse
It is perfection. The decoration, the styling, the photographs. love it all and thanks so much for sharing! -shaunna :)
I am getting ready to decorate for Christmas- I needed a little Tracey inspiration. It is gorgeous here as always!
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say. Well! Now, I can't wait to serve some champagne with pomegranate seeds in cut glasses!!! =]
I've come to the same conclusion about simplicity, too (hopefully, on the natural side). Usually, I just get out the extra Christmas decorations and juggle everything around to make it all fit. This year, I've decided to start from scratch. I'm going to put all of my knick knacks on the dining room table. Put only the absolutely inspire ones back out and STOP! I have a new hutch that the rest can go back into. Why did it take me so long to catch on to this simplicity thing?
Merry, merrymaking to you!
Katy Noelle
So beautiful, you really know how to live.
Beautiful Tracey as always!
Blessings
Rebecca
Tracey it looks beautiful! i love the natural it's perfect. i love the little acorns so sweet. your statue of Mary and baby Jesus is so lovely.
have a great week! susan
always such total beauty and inspiration here. Stop by my blog, I’m having a GIVEAWAY
Tracey ~ You are such an inspiration. Your home is so beautiful, you have the magic touch. I love everything. We live in a log cabin and I want to lighten up and keep things simple this year. I love what you have done with your table centerpiece.
I received my box of goodies...I am so happy with everything.
Keep doing what you do....you are a blessing.
Merry Christmas,
Kimberly
serens, light and airy, yet rich with subtle color and texture!
beautiful,
Karen
Everything you do is so lovely Tracey. From the lime pomanders and the dusty blue berries on the junipers, you have me so inspired. If it wasn't so dark outside here right now, I'd go put on my warmest clothes and head outside to see what I could find! Your place is so gorgeous. xo ~Lili
I love all the white...so fresh and crisp! Your blog is stunning! I just found it and am so inspired! Thank you for sharing pics of your home! Bless you and Merry Christmas!
Ruthann
Sugar Pie Farmhouse
Clean and festive--looks great.
Melinda
so pretty! i love all the little details you add to a room! perfect!
Hey Tracey! I love the corner table vignette you created! Soooo very pretty! I always come away such wonderful ideas after visiting you. :) You continue to inspire us all!
How much snow did you guys get? Just little flurries here.....thank goodness!
xoxo laurie
Tracey, gosh ...thank you so much for posting my giveaway on your wonderful blog. You are so popular and its obvious why...what a sweet inspiration you are..all the best..Cynthia
What beautiful decorations - truly inspirational.
Jillx
simply beautiful...
Absolutely gorgeous as always Tracey..I just love the little shells in the hanging basket. Rachaelxx
Absolutely beautiful, Tracey! The greens with your mercury glass on the table is simple and elegant!
Christmas at it's best at your home!! It is so beautiful. The greens just pop off your white! Now i'd love a drink, please!!!!
xo,
LuLu
it's beautiful tracey~
so peaceful and lovely.
hugs~
chas
Wow!! How did you find such great glasses??!!? I'm looking for them since...a whole life, I think!
Your home is a warm place to stay in, great taste...
Laura@RicevereconStile
Ahhh ... a breath of fresh,clean, simple Holiday air ... you always capture it so well!
Thank you!
enjoy your holiday season,
xo
JIll
lovely pictures...
WoW! How beautiful! Please check out my blog and how I used my mercury glass. LoVe Your inspiration!
Liz
http://mylovelylittlelulu.blogspot.com/
Your house looks so pretty. I love fresh greens and the scent is so wonderful everytime someone walks in. Your idea of using limes for pomanders is wonderful. I just made several using oranges and the scent is gorgeous. I think you have inspired me to try a few with limes, as well. Lovely.
Amazing decorations! Your house looks fantastic. Just found your blog through Nest Files...love it :) Happy Holidays!
Love your focus on white - wonderful images.
Very beautiful table! I love your pink stemware. Are they vintage? If so, what pattern are they?
Thanks!
Laurel :)
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