Decking the Halls

My finished tree...

I love this time of year, there is nothing like having the house all decorated up for Christmas. I love sitting around in the evenings listening to holiday music, sipping a warm drink and just stare at the lights ( I would stare at a fire, but I don't have a fireplace).

It doesn't matter whether you live in a cottage at the beach, a cabin in the mountains or a condo in the city; whether your style is country, contemporary, modern or traditional, Christmas trees and lights go with them all! This year in my tiny condo I opted for a sleek, no frills decor on my tree. I have a 9 foot tree, but I left off the bottom section and is only a little over 6 feet now. I have only white lights and blue and silver glass ornaments.

This may go back to the change in my attitude toward accessories, or the small size of my space, but I'm loving the tree without garlands and various ornaments. It just seems to give the tree more importance on it's own. The color palette is also very different for me. I've always used golds, reds, greens and for the past several years some purple with that. However, this year my space has very little color and the accent color is pale blue, so I decided to use the blue for a little bit of a change.

Back in the fall, I wrote about holiday decor that goes with the design of your space. I used this same principle with my Christmas decor as well.


I had these beautiful mercury glass ornaments and I hung them from ribbon on my bedroom door. I usually hang them from the curtain rods in my dining room, but this year I had to be a little more creative. I love the color and texture of these ornaments, so I wasn't about to leave them packed away!

I found these great little dove figurines with the filigree design. I think they are perfect for my bedroom in color and they are "love birds", how wonderful!

While going through my stash of Christmas Decor to see what I had that would work with my new color scheme this year, I was surprised how much silver I already had!  I even found that I had a Santa figurine and hand towels that were mostly teal... who knew?

Because my decor already had so much brushed nickel and silver accents, I didn't have to do much to make it look festive.

You can see more photos of my Christmas decorations and holiday sights I love on my facebook page.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tree Trimming

Design Happens » Archive » Christmas Countdown: Tree Trimming

photo from HGTV.com 

Today I'm trimming my tree, and I have decided to do it all in light blue and silver or gold (I'll decide when I get to the store and pick out the exact ornaments). I'm only going to put a few ornaments and let the tree be the "star" of the whole design.

I love the tree shown here, I found it at the above link, the blue is the same as in my living room so I'm going to use it as my inspiration, but I have a green tree. I'd love to see your trees or other holiday decor, share them on my facebook page at Regeneration Interiors.

Check out the tree inspirations on HGTV.com at the link above. I'm probably the only person I know who doesn't have their tree up yet, but just in case you're as slow as I am... here's hoping you'll get the tree-trimming-bug! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!