You all know by now how much I enjoy decorating for Christmas and in the kitchen with green and red already in here, adding the punches of lime green and red this time of year is just icing on the cake.
Green and red really pops off the beadboard I added to the back of my little kitchen shelf since this time last year. It’s a little hard to photograph, but you can see how cute it all looks. Joyful Tidings is the greeting in here.
Friends gave me the handpainted candlesticks and skinny Santa (thank you Wanda and Susan, long-time friends of mine). I love adding them to this little shelf. The red bottlebrush trees were found in the after-Christmas sales last year, I think at Target and I love them here too.
Hanging ornaments here are fun and easy to do.
And with the addition of the white corner cabinet, I had fun doing this up for Christmas too. I’ve had a few ask about the green paint color in my kitchen. It is Laura Ashley Olive 4 and you can find it at Lowes. Looks drab on the chip, but it’s a great color on the walls.
The after Christmas sales added some extras to my decor this year, like the cakestand and large platter. You can see I brought back the little kitchen tree intact and ready to celebrate at our house.
I even added some bling and sparkle to the chandelier in here.
The little kitchen tree glows and sparkles and adds a lot of cheer to the kitchen.  See those cute green polka-dot metal candy ornaments? Found those at Walmart this year. Surprisingly, they have really kicked their decorations up a big notch and I saw lots of things this year that I may have to go back and scope out after Christmas.
Those candy ornaments have already disappeared though, maybe I should have bought more than 5.
My little black shelf holds a couple of sparkly red and green ornaments. The angel Fitz and Floyd plate was a yardsale find last year and HOPE was from after-Christmas sales.
A bunny ornament was given to me by a sweet decorating buddy a few years ago.
Here’s the cakestand and platter that you saw at the Holiday House. I found these at a cute little shop in Chelsea (AL) called Chelsea Lane, last year after Christmas for 1/2 price. My kinda deal!
The kitchen cupboard all decked out. If you were reading my blog last year, you’ll remember that I decoupaged that striped paper on the metal tin that’s holding the Christmas tree. You can click here for all of that info, in case you need a new project. 🙂
The corner cabinet was too fun to add to also, so I added mostly white dishes with a few red and green things.
The fake paperwhites look pretty on our breakfast table, sitting in the yardsale Southern Living at Home urn and the pretty white round platter I found at a yardsale too. Those yardsale finds sure come in handy! I just love this little display, it feels so wintery and makes me smile when we are having a meal here.
Corner cupboard with the Christmas Spirit sign I found a couple years ago.
These little hearts were found last year after Christmas too. It’s so much fun to drag out all the new stuff the next year, since I totally forget what I’ve found from year to year.  Not that I need anymore stuff. 🙂
Those big green balls are new too from the sales and they are those shatterproof ornaments, which I’m liking more and more. With some green sparkly picks and a red bow, it’s a lot of Christmas cheer.Â
I simply piled some left over ornaments in this white bowl to add to the festive feel.
And the glass ball ornament wreath that I made last year, hangs on the window. I’ll show you the how-to’s next post.
Thank you all for coming by to visit me! I love this time of year and hope that y’all enjoy seeing everyone’s Christmas decor. I sure don’t ever want to come across as showing off. I simply love Christmas and everything about it and love spreading some cheer around our house and sharing it with all of you. I know that everyone has their own way of decorating for the Holidays. Some are more simple and others go all out (like my sister!). There’s no right or wrong way of celebrating or decorating and I think you all “get” that too. So, thank you for taking the time to come by and celebrate with me. I am always so glad to see you and read your comments! I do read every single one of them.
The main thing to remember is what this season is all about. Celebrating Jesus and what his birth means for ALL of us! That’s the reason for the season and for that I am eternally grateful.
For a fun giveaway of Hobby Lobby gift certificates, click on over to my friend, Kelee’s blog, The Katillac Shack and sign up! Who can’t use that right now?
And I can’t let today pass without shouting out a big ole’ ROLL TIDE!!! What a great game we had with the Gators and I’m so happy for the team and all the fans. My hubby has been a Crimson Tide fan since he was 5, so he’s a happy guy today!
Karen says
I love how you decorate. I’m always inspired. I am slowing buying things that will live in our family forever. Thanks!
sarah { abeachcottage } says
wow you are the decorating queen – got my trees up and just need lots of fiddlying now
great inspiration (as usual!)
S
x
Lisa@DestinationSeaborn says
Thanks for the inspiration! You are so talented and creative, I Iook forward to reading your posts for ideas! This is the first year I’ve had the time and budget, albeit modest, to decorate for Christmas and I’m loving it!
B'ham nancy says
ROLL TIDE!!!!!! What an awesome game. Your kitchen looks
so beautiful, love the red and lime green.
Sheila says
Hi Rhoda,
Your kitchen looks so pretty! I especially like your little cake stand with the nutcracker and mugs on it. After you share the how-to’s for your ornament wreath I think I’ll try and make one or two using the red & lime green combo for my kitchen. TFS! Sheila
Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedlam says
Oh my friend – it just looks so beautiful and cozy!! I love it and want to sit in there and sip coffee with you. 🙂
Rose says
Beautifully done, Rhoda! My preference for Christmas decor is that it look like a home, not a retail store or catalog or magazine, and yours looks like a wonderful, fun, festive, loving home. Love the way you’ve used the lime green and red throughout. The little shelf came out so cute, as did the cupboard. The glass ball ornament wreath looks uber-expensive. That’s the other thing I love about your look: you didn’t just throw money at everything, but spent the time to either make or find things on a budget. Very smart!
emily says
its all so lovely rhoda! red and lime green is my tree’s theme this year. love it!
Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says
Each time I saw something I loved, I moved onto your next beautiful decoration, Rhoda! I don’t know which I love best, but your tree is a stand out piece. I love the bunny and top hat ornament ~ being a bunny lover myself! I have the fabric that you have in your valance and chair seats. I love it but never thought of what I wanted to do with it. I will continue to hold onto it and maybe in our next house I will use mine in my kitchen.
Sheila says
Very cute, Rhoda!
XO,
Sheila 🙂
KM Family says
Hi Rhoda,
I remember last year when you made the cute little christmas urn that your kitchen tree is sitting. Wow , has it been a year since I am following you…holly smokes!! Well I have loved every second of it.
Your Christmas Kitchen is so inviting! I think my favorite is that kitchen tree. Im loving the hight of it. It really demands attention.
Your little white beadboard shelf is darling too. I love the hanging green ornaments.
That white new corner cabinet is totaly showing off all your Christmas cheer.
Love it all , Keep sending all that christmas cheer our way!!
Tracey says
Love, love, love your kitchen. I just recently discovered the lime green and red color combination for Christmas. Where have I been? Anyway, after doing a holiday home tour, on Friday, where some of the houses used the lime and red combination, I have been running all over town picking up lime green ornaments to go with my red, white and silver decor.
Thank you for sharing your lovely kitchen.
Tracey
Sandy says
I LOVE RED & GREEN for Christmas! What a feast and eye candy treat – everything is just beautiful. And your kitchen is painted green with those lovely red and green valances! If I visited I would never leave.
Teacup Lane (Sandy)
Jennifer @ Fiddle Dee Dee says
Oh how I love traditional Christmas colors!! It’s all so festive and gorgeous!
Happy Monday to you!
Jennifer
Rhonda @ BlueCreekHome says
Your kitchen looks wonderful. Lots of pretty things to see.
I loaded up for the last two years on lime green at the ‘after’ sales. I loved the old standard green, but doesn’t the lime just wake everything up?
Can’t wait to see the rest of your house!
Rhonda
kimberly h says
Your house is so amazing. I LOVEEEEEEEEE THOSE CANDLESTICKS!!!!!
Marla says
Rhoda, I am in love with your kitchen decorations. I love the lime and red together too. I am going to start my Christmas decorating tomorrow and am looking forward to finding all the after Christmas sale items I bought this year. It is always a suprise as I forget what I bought. Tell your husband that his team played an awesome game! We were sad our Gators lost, but Bama was clearly the winning team yesterday. Blessings, Marla
Jeanette says
Oh Rhoda! I loved looking at your kitchen all decked out!
(I didn’t for one minute think you were showing off , just sharing some Christmas cheer!) Oh, even though I’m a Florida girl, I was pulling for Alabama too (we’re FSU fans LOL)
Did you see my tree? Want to? (lol) Here’s a link to it, there’s also a post on my “friendship tree” a few posts later…
http://sweetjeanette.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-tree-show-offs.html
and this is the friendship tree: http://sweetjeanette.blogspot.com/2009/12/second-christmas-tree-friendship-tree.html
Glenda/MidSouth says
Everything looks so pretty! Thanks for sharing with us.