I love Christmas and celebrating this wonderful time of the year with my husband and family. We dearly love the lights around the house this time of year. It will be sad to see them go in January so for now we will enjoy all the festiveness while we have it.
I might have saved the best part of the tour for last. If you love color, you’ll love today’s It’s a Colorful Life Christmas tours. I love color and since Mark and I got married, I’ve been decorating our tree with al the Shiny Brites that we both have and more that I’ve collected. I love our tree and hope you do too!
If you’re new here, welcome! I’m so glad you stopped by. I’m Rhoda and this is my 13th Christmas in blogland. I can’t believe it’s been that long, but I’ve been sharing decorating inspiration for a long time now and my wish is that what I do will inspire you to make your home a beautiful and peaceful place for your family.
If you’re stopping by from Kate Decorates, I’m so glad you’re here! I’m so enjoying seeing these other color loving girls and their Christmas homes!
Come on in and let’s look around. If you missed my front porch tour, you can see it there on the link. It’s festive and traditional and fun on our porch!
Here’s the foyer coming in our home. I love the garland on the stairs and all the mercury glass ornaments hanging there. You can see our foyer and family room here.
But the star of the show is the Christmas tree. Come on in and let’s take a look at the living room. As you can see by looking around, I love shades of blue and have used lots of blue in our home.
The Shiny Brites look great with a lot of blue accents so I’ve added ribbon in teal and navy hues to show off the tree.
Plus all the Shiny Brites of my childhood and Mark’s childhood. How special is that?
There are new ornaments on the tree too, but they’re all colorful so mix together well. Those little Santa statues are Mark’s. He’s a sentimental guy and loves Christmas too and I thought these would look good around the tree and they do!
All this color sure makes for a happy tree. And a happy me!
I don’t think I can go back to a neutral tree again after this explosion of color. Can you spy my DIY willow tree collar? I made that out of a basket I found. You can’t see it very well, but it’s there.
And there’s no reason to do that since we have all these beauties in the family. There’s another peek at the tree collar basket.
Enjoy this Christmas tour video I put together:
The top of the tree got a colorful grouping of picks and a lighted star. I love adding sparkly picks to the tree too.
Plaid and traditional Christmas wrap make a beautiful addition to the tree.
And so does my Chinoiserie garden stool piled with presents.
Tree unlit.
Tree at night!
I’ve had this nativity for over 20 years and it looks good here on my grandma’s side table.
I added some sparkly aqua ornaments to the box on the coffee table and a pretty white bottle brush tree.
Simple and easy coffee table for Christmas.
Looking into the dining room. I’ve shared that space already, so take a look at the dining room here.
Another look at the beautiful Shiny Brite tree and my gallery wall.
I can’t get enough of it!
Next we’ll head to the kitchen, which is also colorful and traditional Christmas colors of red and green.
I’ve had most of this decor for many years and enjoy getting it out every year.
I made that ornament wreath a couple of years ago.The cookie jars are part of Mark’s collection. Told you he’s nostalgic!
The green and red wreath are perfect in here with the Christmas spirit sign.
I so love the Christmas spirit, don’t you?
Better not pout!
I don’t do much in the kitchen, but since we remodeled it and got new countertops last January, it’s fun to add a few little touches in here.
We also just got a new slide in stove and a new microwave. Our old one broke right after we got the new stove, so a new one was in order. We love the new stove so much.
Bottle brush trees are a fun addition to the kitchen for a pop of color. I hope you enjoyed this look at our colorful Shiny Brite tree and the kitchen and sitting area. I’m so happy to be finished with the Christmas decorating so we can truly enjoy the season and all that it brings.
I hope this is a peaceful and joyous Christmas for all of you!
Next on the tour is Heather with Heathered Nest. You’re going to love her home, I always enjoy seeing what Heather does.
Don’t miss the ladies below and all of their colorful Christmas decor too! We all love color and have joined together in this blog hop to share our homes with you and I know you’ll enjoy them all! In a sea of neutral decor out there, we color lovers have to stick together.
MONDAY
Dimples and Tangles | Jeweled Interiors | Kaleidoscope Living | Haneen’s Haven | Southern State of Mind
TUESDAY
Rain on a Tin Roof | Our Fifth House | PMQ for Two | Efforless Style |
WEDNESDAY
Kate Decorates | Southern Hospitality | Heathered Nest | The Pink Clutch
Rhoda, your tree is spectacular and even more special because of the history of your combined Shiny Brites. I love the peacock ribbon!! My tree is done in all Santa ornaments. It’s always bittersweet when I unpack them because many were gifts from my late mom and friends. I always buy a Santa ornament as a souvenir on trips too. I am just loving these dark days this week because the house just seems to glow. You’ve done a beautiful job with your Christmas decor this year (as always)!
Thank you, Roxanne! It’s so nice to get it all done and enjoy it for a few weeks.
Your tree is just beautiful. I love that it is so full of all the ornaments that mean so much to you and your family. I tried a neutral tree for a couple of years but have returned to a colorful tree – it’s more me❤️🎄
Absolutely breathtaking!
Rho,
Your house looks lovely. It does my heart good to hear that you are so happy. Mark is so good to you and so good for you. The joining of both of your collection of Shiny Brites is so special.
Merry Christmas to you and Mark.
Love you Friend,
Judy
Thank you, Judy, we are very happy and we both enjoy celebrating Christmas!
I love your colorful Christmas decorations, too. I have neutral colored furnishings in my home and sometimes I use more neutral Christmas decor and sometimes vibrant blues like you, or sometimes traditional green and red. I also like that you incorporate Christmas decor into your regular decor. I just had surgery so my decorating was more winter than Christmas and more minimal. So, this year I have especially enjoyed all of the Christmas home tours. Merry Christmas to you—I have been following you for years.
Thank you, Barbara! Some years we just have to do what we can do. Have a Merry Christmas!
I love all of it!!
I’ve just recently subscribed to your blog and I’ve enjoyed reading it very much!! You’ve been blogging 13 years?! …I’ve got a lot of pleasurable reading ahead of me. The Christmas decorations throughout your home are so festive and beautiful with gorgeous pops of color! It’s lovely how you and your husband combined your separate decorations for a perfect match! Would you mind sharing where you purchased your barstools? They are some of the prettiest barstools I’ve seen (and soon I will be in need of some, as well).
HI, Julie, I’m so glad to have you with me! Yes my 13th blogoversary is in February, so coming up very soon. Hard to believe it’s been that long, but it’s been such a fun journey. Those barstools are from Ballard Designs. We have them here in Atlanta and I found those at the outlet for a great price. I searched on Ballard for them recently and can’t find them, so I don’t know if they are no longer carrying them or what. They are great!
Where did you get your kitchen rug? Manufacturer??
HI, Dottie, here you go:
https://rstyle.me/+d93K6tt64l6aG2zgQOKQdw
Rhoda
Thank you for sharing your colorful tree!
We also have shiny brites from my husband’s family. We both love them. Our tree is a nostalgic one for sure.
Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas.
Thank you, Linda! Merry Christmas to you!
Rhoda! Your Tree! It is exquisite! It is absolutely stunning. Everything looks so Christmasy!
Merry Christmas!!
Thank you, Molly!
BEAUTIFUL 🌲
Hey Rodha, Merry Christmas to you and your family. This was really inspiring and insightful, I never realized how many things I was doing wrong. Taking tips from you and combining them with tips I found at casagear blogs, i’m going to create something new and unique.
I can’t get over your tree!!!! Holy smokes!!!!
Rhoda, I think your Shiny Brite tree is my favorite that you’ve ever done! The whole room is just so fun and inviting at the same time!
stunningly beautiful shiny brite tree, Rhoda. Everything is so festive. Love it all.
I absolutely love your tree and your collected ornaments -I got excited when I see it!! There are a lot of posts of beautiful trees and decor- but yours is unique because it represents your home and family. I could step right in to your home and feel like I belong.
Thank you, Cheryll, I love my tree too it’s definitely US!