[ a sprinkling of Christmas ]

NOW THAT the Christmas tree is up and sparkling in its corner, I've been adding a few little Christmas touches around the room. I like to keep things fairly simple and in keeping with our pale colour scheme and make a few little switcheroos with our everyday accessories.

a big white bowl that normally sits on our island is filled with ornaments...

our big star over the fireplace gets some icy sparkle with mercury glass balls and branches...

a simple golden wreath is hung with sheer ribbon over the doors...

the TV armoire is embellished with a little wreath that is actually a candle ring...

a simple mercury glass vase with beaded branches adds sparkle behind the sofa...

the starfish and hurricane of shells gets swapped out for little beaded balls and a pretty aqua glass ornament...

one cushion gets flipped and our orange striped cushions are switched for solid green ones...

and as for outside, its a simple wreath with white ribbon for the door and the pot of birch branches gets some added pine boughs and glitter branches...

And that's it! Nothing too over-the-top but just enough glitz to say "Christmas".

Thanks for all the awesome comments about our tree! Hope you're enjoying adding some holiday cheer to your home too!

lisa