Holiday 2012 Dining Room-Simply Elegant

Welcome to our Holiday Dining Room 2012! If you would like to see our dining room last year you can click here. There was a big change in the space this past year. I purchased a french hutch to make over and sold our buffet.

With the new hutch came new ideas for decorating it. I purchased this cloche set back in November and I could not wait to use it.

I used a lot of fresh greenery and gold jingle bells. 

I wanted to keep things simply stated in here.

 This beautiful wreath came from Lowes and the two faux cypress trees came from a shop back in Ga. 

I just love our french hutch in here.

Next up I created another simple display for the table top. You can see here how I made this angel centerpiece.

I just love her chippy goodness.

I added a little fresh greenery and jingle bells to my everyday topiaries.

I then of course had to pull out one of my gold frames to add to the mix. I am such a sucker for vintage gold frames. 

The large gold frame that is above the hutch use to hang here. I had plans of turning it into a chalk board but have not had the time. Then I decided it looked fab above the hutch for now so I pulled out my small collection of Federal Mirrors to display on this wall so it would not be bare. 

 I wanted to keep the color scheme of the space intact with the holiday decor and I am so glad I did. Everything flows so nicely together.This room makes me smile every time I walk by it.

Thanx for dropping by to visit!

I am joining the following linky parties:

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How To Make An Easy Holiday Centerpiece

I have been busy decking the halls around here. Last night I was able to finish the dining room. I always have a hard time thinking of a centerpiece for the dining room table and after pondering it for a day or two last night it just came to me. 

I had this beautiful angel that was in the guest room.

Next I pulled out an urn from HomeGoods I purchased a while back.

I grabbed some florist foam from my stash.

Next I started clipping some fresh greenery I had purchased at the local nursery.

I situated two small pieces of foam into the urn and then just start pushing the greenery into it all the way around. It was as simple as that and took about ten minutes.

This is the end result!

While I was working on the centerpiece I decided to go ahead and update the pots on some faux cypress trees I purchased when we were in Ga over Thanksgiving. 

I just dry brushed some Vintage White onto the pots to get rid of the plastic green color.

Then I just took some jute and wrapped it around the pot a few times.

If you want to see more of our holiday dining room be sure to stop back by this evening!:) 
NOTE: You can now see our dining room here.

Don't forget next Saturday is my 2nd annual Holiday Mantle Party!
Off to work on my mantle.
Hope your weekend is going well!:)

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