Golden Triangle Banner DIY via Almost Makes Perfect
Golden pipe-cleaner geometric ornament DIY via Smile and Wave
Pinecones, spray painted gold via The Sweetest Occasion
Star Garland via Fleur and Stitch
Golden Candlesticks via Emmas Designnblogg
Do you choose a color scheme for Christmas? It can sometimes help the decor from feeling overwhelming and cluttered. This year, we are enjoying silver and blue decorations — but I love gold and white, too!
The Swedish blog Nordingården blog is an absolute treasure trove!
A picture really is worth a thousand words — I can’t understand the words, but my goodness! Nordingården is a wonderland. There are SO many more lovely images; I hope you’ll check it out!
P.S. Did anyone notice the first and last photos are the same room?
Every Christmas tree doesn’t have to be a big, Costco-sized production. Here are some lovely ideas to use small, table-top trees — or even the extra branches you might have leftover after trimming to fit into the tree stand!
Tiny tree in the hallway via Anna Truelsen / My Lovely Things
Fir branches in jar of water via Nora Lill
Evergreen branches in mason jars via A Barefoot Day
Cut tree in glass vase via Walther & Co
Table-top Christmas tree with wooden and wire geometric ornaments via The Design Chaser
Princess pin in clay pot via Anna Truelsen / My Lovely Things
Evergreen branch in jar of water on tin tray via Nora Lill
Small tree in Swedish enamel bucket on windowsill via B.I.B. And I spy pour-over coffee! The whole photo series is here, and it’s lovely.
There’s nothing like the piney, earthy scent of fir boughs inside this time of year, don’t you think?
Deconstructed Christmas tree via Free People
Handmade wooden spoon via Herriot Grace
The home of designer Maria Cornejo and photographer Mark Borthwick via Totokaelo
Wreath chandelier via Martha Stewart
How do you bring the outdoors inside at Christmas?
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For your merry perusal, here are some [Christmas-y] Monday’s Pretty Things from the 2012 archives:
The Swedish clothing and home brand H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) was founded in 1947, but it’s only in the last decade that they’ve really gained popularity in the United States. But unless you were lucky enough to live near one of their stores, H&M still remained out of reach. But this year — less than six months ago — H&M opened up online shopping to US customers. Woohoo!
In case you, for some odd reason, haven’t already obsessively stalked the Christmas section of their website ;), here are some of the prettiest Christmas images from H&M Home’s Christmas selection.
Last year we used all blue and silver ornaments; this year red won — and I love it!
I tend to only put out a portion of the Christmas box contents each year. Aveline, of course, still wanted to hang all the ornaments so we made a mini clothesline out of twine and let her decorate that with some of the extras.
Do you try out different decorating themes every Christmas, or is your tree more traditional?
White and green for Christmas — so lovely and bright! I especially love the use of moss and princess pines.
I blogged a little of photographer Petra Bindel’s work some time ago, too. She’s a genius at the use of bunting.
Above images by Petra Bindel for Elle magazine.
How is it that I have never thought of taking trimmed Christmas tree branches and making another tree? Sheer brilliance from the Polish blog Enjoy Your Home.
(I spy a clever clothespin advent calendar, too, and glass yogurt pots!)
The Oaxacaborn Blog 