Welcome back to the Horvath Christmas house! I’m back today to show you our den and Christmas mantel decorations. I pulled out my box labeled “Den” and set to work sprucing up the mantel with my favorite gold and silver holiday things.
In the effort to mix things up a bit this Christmas (it’s so hard for me!) I reworked the garland that I used last year into a different project this year so I was left with only a piece of ice encrusted pine. I added a short piece of cheap-o pine garland and a bunch of silvery sprigs to fill it out under the mantel. On top of the mantel I used faux pine sprigs, pinecones, gold and green ornaments and candles.
My Noel letters took center stage again.
Silver, pewter and glass candlesticks flank the center. I was so delighted to find these mercury glass trees in my box that I had totally forgotten about! They came from JCPenney last year. On the end I added two new candles from Kohl’s that are crusted with silver and gold beads. Love them!
In front of the fireplace filled with candles I placed our tiny tree which I dusted with some snow. More ornaments and my gold reindeer fill out the sides of the hearth.
This is the view from my cutting table across the room. I opted to hang the snowflakes from the mantel instead of from the ceiling. Color me lazy. :)
The couch got a tiny bit of Christmas, too with its snowflake pillow (I borrowed it for the living room photos). And on the coffee table a bowl of ornaments and a candle are joined by a little wooden reindeer.
On my side cabinet, I had to decorate around our new TV (Thanks Mike!). So I took apart a wreath for its garland and spruced it up with some pinecones and gold bead garland.
These silver candlesticks were painted wood and I repainted them with liquid silver paint. We used them at Halloween, too!
And over on my new cubby cabinet, I put my mercury glass candlesticks from Target. They are joined by a ice encrusted branch of pine that I found at TJMaxx this year. It was the only one left and I snatched it right up!
I nestled a bird’s nest into the branch, filled it with tiny golden “eggs” and then placed Mama bird alongside. A little silver Christmas tree completes the vignette. It’s cute! :)
That’s the end of our tour in the den. Next I’ll show you the foyer and all of our outdoor lights! Come back soon!
1 comments:
The house is beautiful and the decorations are awsome. Better than Good Housekeeping or HGTV!!! I love it all...
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