Today’s Feature Friday is my sister, Renee’s house all decked out for the Holidays.
You all really loved seeing Marc’s house (my sister’s neighbor) and they are truly similar in that they both love to decorate every room in the house. My sister has 12 (count em’!) trees in her house this year, a mix of floor trees and tabletop trees, but 12 trees nonetheless. It’s beautiful and festive and this is where our family spends Christmas morning, around the big tree in their great room, fire blazing, Christmas music on the stereo, and she makes a wonderful Christmas brunch for all of us.
It’s wonderful and it’s family time! We enjoy it so much, that Christmas morning together.
So, I’ll take you on a tour this year of her Christmas home, which takes weeks to finish. But, she truly enjoys it and she has a great hubby who also helps her get it all down to decorate for the Christmas season. She also does a few parties every year, inviting friends in for the festivities this time of year.
Hope you enjoy!
Their front door is always decked out too, with lighted garland at night, very welcoming.
Inside the front door, the foyer table is decked out in lighted garland too with lots of pretty white Christmas décor.
Several of you have asked the paint color, so I’m adding it here:Â Sherwin Williams Whole Wheat, the same color I had in my old house.
It is beautiful at night all lit up.
The white flocked tree in the foyer and large size Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus.
Lighted garland with bows and white poinsettias going up the stairs.
To the left is the living room, with a tree in the urn.
Nativity set in the living room.
This tree is in gold and bronze tones.
Just inside the living room, a big white Santa greets guests.
Looking right from the living room is the open dining room. Their whole house is all open and is perfect for parties, since it’s all in a circle for guests to move around.
She has bought a ton of her furniture on Craigslist, including this huge round dining table and chairs and the hutch in the background.
A green and red tree is festive in here.
Love this tree!
She adds large Christmas balls to this big container in the middle of the table for the holidays.
A cute animal print tree is on the mirrored sideboard.
Moving straight in from the foyer is the large two story greatroom with the biggest tree.
This is where we gather on Christmas morning as a family.
When that first grandbaby girl is born, she will love coming to her nana’s house for sure. This tree is very nostalgic with all the Santas and old fashioned ornaments.
The mantel is all filled with Santas and lighted garland and a lighted wreath. Pretty, pretty!
I was sent a beautiful wreath this year from Tree Classics and let my sister use it on her fireplace and it’s perfect here with her garland. They do have some very nice faux garlands and wreaths if you’re in the market. This is the Venetian Elegance.
This big room feels very homey and cozy all the time, but especially during Christmas. She adds her lighted village to the big entertainment center and it’s so pretty too. She found this beautiful entertainment center on Craigslist too and it’s one of the best things she has ever scored.
Not a great pic, but I love the coziness of a lighted village.
The console table in the greatroom gets some Christmas spirit too.
And one corner of the greatroom has a fun and festive colorful tree.
Lauren brought this New Orleans Santa to my sister one year.
From the greatroom, looking back is their big kitchen. It’s all decked out too.
Santa on top of the fridge.
A cute candy/baking tree in the window of the kitchen.
She’s collected so many nostalgic Christmas things and adds them to the bakers rack. Buster says Merry Christmas too!
On that same floor is Lauren’s old room that she still uses when she is home. It was redone a couple of years ago in blues and browns and I don’t think I ever showed you this room.
It’s a pretty room and we really loved this rug in here that we found shopping.
It has a cute little tree in here too.
Just a little touch of Christmas in the bedroom.
Outside the greatroom is their covered back porch and of course, she decorates out here too. A wildlife theme tree is featured on the porch.
The backyard garden is in Winter mode now, but they add a lighted snowman and tree out here for fun.
Lots of cute snowmen out here too.
A cute urn tree in the upstairs hallway has greens and whites, these are the things we got for the Michaels dream tree this year.
The upstairs hallway has a group of carolers added.
In the master bedroom is a beautiful blue and brown tree. I love this one! If you missed my sister’s master suite makeover that we did 2 years ago, go and check it out. It’s a gorgeous space!
Bronze tones and blues are so beautiful.
With a pretty brown sequined skirt.
From upstairs, looking down to the greatroom tree.
All the way down in the basement is their media room and she added a tree in there.
It’s a sports theme tree. Go Dawgs!
They added a fireplace in here a few years ago and it’s a very cozy room for watching movies.
As far as where she stores it all, they have a complete finished basement and she has a really big storage area that holds most of her Christmas decorations. The rest of it goes up into the attic, where there’s lots of room up there too.
That’s my sister’s house this year! I hope you enjoyed the tour. She does way more than I do. I don’t have the energy to do that much, nor do I want to put it all away, so I keep my Christmas decorations a little more simple. But I know everyone is different and she LOVES it, so more power to her. It’s great to be over there and enjoying on Christmas morning, so I do appreciate the effort she puts forth.
Merry Christmas, y’all!
Your sisters home is just lovely but I would love to see a post after the holidays that shows how and where they store all that stuff. Inquiring minds want to know 😉 Merry Christmas!
Her home is just beautiful, she really is a great designer. That is a lot of Christmas and a lots of work, and storing. Love the way all trees are different, beautiful job. How many trees where there all together? WOW Christmas is definitely here. Merry Christmas!!
Lovely! How long does the decorating take and where does she store everything in the off season? I would love to decorate every room, makes it more festive.
Wow, nice but excessive…less is more and where does one store all of that stuff?
I want to know what vitamin pills she and her neighbor Marc takes, I only wish I had energy like that! It’s all so beautifully done. One room is prettier than the next. What a wonderful space to share your Christmas Morning. Thanks for sharing her gorgeous home with us.
Rhoda, show us all your sister’s stuff packed up. It is beautiful, but I can’t imagine! I have next to nothing out, and the artificial tree and a few things here and there in the rooms takes up 10 Rubbermaid tubs in the attic.
Wow! Beautiful home!! Would you be able to share the paint color for her walls downstairs, living, dining, kitchen and great rooms? It looks like all one color since they flow into each other.
Beautiful home!! She really is a great decorator. It’s homey and warm. But I agree with the previous comment, the Christmas decorating seems excessive. You can’t appreciate all she’s worked so hard for because there is just too much. Thanks for sharing this lovely home .
One of the keys to appreciating beauty and the gifts of others is take yourself out of the picture. Just enjoy it, dream a little, and enjoy the inspiration to maybe try one or two ideas in your own home. Merry Christmas to you and your talented sister!
Hey, I just edited to add where she stores it all. She does have lots of storage for everything and it all gets packed back up in bins for the most part. Her attic is huge too with a floor and she hangs garlands and wreaths up there. I don’t have the energy to do this much either, but she loves it and it does feel very festive when you’re there with all the lights on, so I’m sure not going to take away her joy. Let her do what makes her happy. Her grandkids are going to love it!
She must also have an organization system for storing and setting up. Would she be willing to share some tips?
HI, Debra, I’ll ask her. I know she has lots of bins, but also a basement and attic that holds lots of things.
How warm and welcoming! Such a beautiful home… you and your sister have lovely taste! Thank you for the tour 🙂 Merry Christmas!
Wow! Where does she get all that energy! It is beautiful but, I cannot even imagine doing all of that decorating. Of course I cannot imagine cleaning all those rooms either!
It is fun to see the simple and the very festive. I love your remark “…I am not going to take away her joy”. Why would anyone question how any of us live or celebrate? I am simple this year because my knees hurt!! Merry Christmas.
Just beautiful and so tastefully decorated. Noticed downstairs on her Sports Themed tree she also had a FSU ornament. LOL I am a die hard.
I truly enjoyed your sister’s home, and Marc’s!! What a treat! It’s true we can’t all decorate like this, but I’m going to enjoy theirs and anyone else’s that is willing to do the work and open up their homes. It is a labor of love! Thanks so much for sharing their JOY and beautiful homes!!!
Rhoda – I love your sister’s home, she does a beautiful job of decorating for Christmas! Merry Christmas to you and to her. I can’t wait to see pictures of her grandbaby when she arrives!
I ♥♥♥ the over the top decorations and trees. It exhausts me thinking of the hours your sister must put in packing and unpacking everything…it is definitely all very beautiful!
Do I spy that same sideboard (commode) piece in your sister’s house that you have in the entry way of your house? 🙂 Hers has the nativity scene on it.
Great eye, Becky! Yes we have the same painted piece, bought it from a local decorator about 10 years ago here in ATL.
Oh the caffeine I would need to do this much decorating … Nevertheless, it is stunning! Thanks for sharing.
What fun it was to read this post and discover the themes of each tree–so ingenious!
WOWOWOWOW… How beautiful!!!! I do see “Rhoda similarities” 🙂 in some of her Christmas decor… sisters thinking alike…… I am a sucker for the traditional Red & Green… and she has done a fantastic job!!! I am like one of your other readers…. do a take down post from your sister’s house… that would be fun to watch!!! LOLOLOL
Rhoda,
Thank you so much for sharing this. Your sister is truly an inspiration! I love her style and I can see you have similar tastes as often happens with sisters. You are so blessed to have such a beautiful family and more blessings to come with a new baby arriving soon! Merry Christmas!