Our home at Christmas

There is the outside, which usually gets treated with wreaths and greens and ribbons.Even the powder room gets something...I must confess when it comes to our decorations we are hopeless sentimentalists...We love the old ornaments, which get re-used every year with glee. To proof my point see here last year's decorations!And this year:The same bows and ribbons we have had for years and every

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Our home at Christmas

There is the outside, which usually gets treated with wreaths and greens and ribbons.Even the powder room gets something...I must confess when it comes to our decorations we are hopeless sentimentalists...We love the old ornaments, which get re-used every year with glee. To proof my point see here last year's decorations!And this year:The same bows and ribbons we have had for years and every

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Mantel decorations for the holidays

ImageTraditionally the mantel is a wonderful place to decorate for the holidays. I found a couple of lovely examples.All the trimmings of the well loved combinations of green and reds, natural and glamorous.I love the restraint of green and white...Or modern and elegant. But not everyone has a mantel to begin with. That is not a problem and I think instead of a mantel you can use a shelf, picture

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Mantel decorations for the holidays

ImageTraditionally the mantel is a wonderful place to decorate for the holidays. I found a couple of lovely examples.All the trimmings of the well loved combinations of green and reds, natural and glamorous.I love the restraint of green and white...Or modern and elegant. But not everyone has a mantel to begin with. That is not a problem and I think instead of a mantel you can use a shelf, picture

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