Sunday, December 18, 2016

A Vintage Christmas


Decorating for Christmas has been especially fun this year!  For the first time ever in my whole life, we have lights on the exterior of our house.  We have two trees up only inches away from each other. And I finally own a vintage tinsel tree!  So take a peek at Christmas at the Craftsman!

Christmas on the mantel.......


This is my favorite way to display all of my vintage Shiny Brites.

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Christmas on the dining room table........


All my bottle brush trees are in a grouping on our table as a fun centerpiece....


And there she is.  That beauty of a tinsel tree.  She (it's a girl) arrived in her original box with each branch still in its original sleeve (along with the assembly directions too).  I bought it from a friend after I posted about wanting one on Facebook!  The magic of social media.  

Just a wall away from the tinsel tree is our other tree......

  
That wall divides the living room and dining room.  I wanted one tree to be seen from the street, and since you can't put lights on a tinsel tree, that tree won!  

Another win goes to colorful lights.  Multi-colored lights went on the tree to match our exterior lights.........


When I saw those vintage inspired bulbs in all the fun colors, I knew my original plan for white lights was out.

And how about those wreaths???  THEY WERE THE MISTER'S IDEA!  

As I was choosing which lights to buy, the mister wandered off.  When I found him, he said he was looking for wreaths to hang on our porch.

Swoon.

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So there you have it!  Christmas at the Craftsman.......vintage all around.  Or at least vintage inspired.  

By next Christmas, I'd like to have a new collection going strong......those ceramic Christmas trees that light up......lots of them......for the top of my piano.  

#goals












6 comments:

  1. It looks incredible! I love your tinsel tree!!!

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    1. THANK YOU!!!!!! It's a fun one! I can't believe someone had one they were willing to sell!

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  2. Give me that aluminum tree! I need one in my collection :O love all the lovely decorations.

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    1. Thank you so much! I was on the hunt for so long, I almost can't believe I have one now!

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