The Holiday Decor of Windy Poplars - HJBH Day 2

So this year I decided I was going to go much more conservative in my decorating (you should see how many decorations DIDN'T get placed out!), and just see how I liked it. I wanted to focus on more natural things...live greenery, pinecones, nuts, and basic cranberry, green, and white. So far, I love it! It breathes peace to me. And that's my theme for this season.

 I did lots of simple things like adding some Christmas books to a container w/ greenery:

 Kitchen Island - wish the sparkle of these decorations would translate through the camera!:

 The piano, with my very favorite Christmas songbook of all time!

 Guest room:

 Natural birch candles and live greenery. Simple, yet beautiful:

 These are from the guest bath

 Guess I should've taken the remotes out of this picture! Oh well, that's where they live - decorative or not!

 Mantle - the hurricanes are filled w/ pinecones and gold nuts:

 One very big thing we did this year was: NOT DECORATE THE CHRISTMAS TREE! Now pick your jaws up off the floor girls! Every year we always get the lights up and I say, "how pretty the tree looks with just lights!" But then we go on to fill it to the brim with decorations. I actually really love my tree decor. It's gold and burgundy w/ a Victorian theme. To that end, we usually put the tree in our living room, and get a nice tall, skinny, (Victorian) looking tree. BUT, this year I had the thought of putting the tree in our den so we could enjoy it at the same time as we enjoy the fireplace. PLUS, at the tree place we fell in love with this adorable short squatty tree - def not Victorian material! So, I thought this was my chance - to see how I liked a "naked" tree, and so far, I love it!

 Another super easy Christmas touch: tie two pinecones together with pretty ribbon and hang over your curtain rods.

 Bowl filled with ornaments and greenery:

 Master Bath gets a little touch of Christmas  too!