Welcome, internets!
I’m oh-so-glad that you’re here for this year’s Christmas Tour of Homes. I hope you have big fun clicking around, seeing everyone’s decorations, finding some great recipes, and pretty much being glued to the computer until your eyes cross and your family is begging you for food.
Which is totally the spirit of the season, now isn’t it?
And seriously, I figured out last year that this deal seems to work best if you only look at 20 or 25 houses at a time, take a computer break, and then come back for another round. It’s a marathon, people, not a sprint, so don’t overexert yourself. And for heaven’s sake, drink plenty of water. You have to stay hydrated or your mouse hand will cramp up and all your interweb training will go totally to waste. So tour carefully. Pace yourself.
One more thing: I think it would be ever-so-wonderful if you would make a point to leave a comment at every blog you visit. Don’t feel like there’s pressure to tell your life story or elaborate on the time that YOU MADE PEPPERMINT MOCHAS FOR A CHRISTMAS PARTY, TOO! Even if you keep your comment short and sweet – saying something as simple as “lovely” – you can still make a blogger’s day.
Just looking out for the interpeep posse, y’all.
So. Am I supposed to show you some pictures or something?
THAT’S A GREAT IDEA!
Here’s what you would see if you walked in our house, after you looked down to see the four pairs of shoes that you stumbled over trying to get in the front door.
I think it’s a real touch of Christmas klass.
However, on the table next to the Xbox stuff, there’s a star-shaped serving bowl that I picked up on clearance at Target last year, and I just love it – it is one of my favorite things.
Our tree is tucked in a corner next to the fireplace, and it looks pretty much identical to last year. Probably because Mama decorated it for the second year in a row.
Our fireplace doesn’t have a mantle, so last year I decided that I’d decorate the bar in our living room instead (yes, I said “bar in our living room” – welcome to home construction circa 1974), and I did same thing this year. Since I normally blog from the bar, I’ve had to relocate the BooMama, Inc. International Headquarters until Christmas is over, but that is perfectly fine because, well, sometimes decorating requires sacrifices, my friends.
I actually have two new additions to the little display on the bar this year:
Unless that combination arrives in the form of old shoes. In which case I am not at all tempted to make any sort of purchase.
Hey! Would you like to see my dining room?
OKAY!
This first picture of the dining room cracks me up, mainly because it seems to indicate that we have some sort of disco theme going on. Which might not be completely out of the question, what with that BAR in our LIVING ROOM and all.
Our nativity scene is on a table in the corner of our dining room, and the little man loves to move around all the pieces.
Either that or we’re dealing with a guard cow and a guard donkey.
Not to mention a completely apathetic lamb.
I’ve mentioned before that I love (LURVE) to decorate my dining room table with china and crystal at Christmastime. And I really like to mix and match, using bits and pieces of whatever happens to strike my fancy. This year I used some charger plates that Sister and I found at Old Time Pottery for a whopping one dollar each, and then I used dinner plates from my wedding china, topped off with smaller plates from my holiday china.
I like to pick up the smaller plates before we eat Christmas dinner, set them aside and then use them for dessert – that way everybody can get an assortment of their favorite treats. No little dessert plates for us. No ma’am.
Finally (yes! the end is near! mercifully near!), last year I put a Christmas tree in our little boy’s playroom (the tree was free after a Home Depot rebate), and I used that tree to display all our Christmas cards. By the time Christmas day gets here the tree will be chock-full-o-cards, and it is absolutely a tradition that I will continue for the rest of my life. So fun.
It takes so little, really.
Merry Christmas, everybody! Happy Touring!
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Your home looks gorgeous for the Holidays. I especially how you photographed your home, it looks like a feature in a magazine. Thank you for hosting a special day of fun. Karen
I love your china! Johnson bros?
Your house looks great! Thanks for hosting the tour- it is a highlight of the season :)
Beautiful! I love your dining room table! Laurie
Your home is beautiful! Thanks for hosting this tour — I can’t wait to see the rest of the homes!
Merry Christmas, Boo Mama! Love, love, love the tour of homes ~ thanks so much for doing this. I’ll be sitting at the computer drooling all day, I know, not a pretty sight! I wanted to tell you that I loved your Christmas card tree idea so much from last year that I did one this year for us!
Your home is stunning! I am really diggin’ those little retro sparkly trees and the table setting is fab!
I’m so glad I decided to join you this year! Thanks for hosting it!
Blessings,
Hallie
Everything is beautiful! And my mom has those village dishes. I have my name on them. Of course, I hope I don’t get them for like 50 more years. But someday I want them. :-)
Your home and decorations are beautiful!
Love the disco dining room! Jingle Bell Rock would be a good theme song for that room. Thanks for hosting….Merry Christmas!
What fun! I enjoyed the tour of your home. Thanks for doing this.
Oh gosh, I love love love the Christmas cards on the tree. You gave me an idea!!!
Lori
So glad to be joining in on the fun for the second year in a row!!!!
Love love love it all. May I come over??
Have you considered hanging the star dish on the wall? From a lovely festive ribbon? It is too pretty to cover up.
Love, love, love your table setting!! Gorgeous! The tree and cards idea is a must!! We’re getting a new tree for next year and I’ll be keeping the old one for that! Thanks for the ideas.
The feather trees, though? Hmmm… I’ll have to pass on that one. :) Only because I not only have a 5 year old, but also a 2 year old and a 7 month old and those poor pretty trees would just not make it at my house. Loved the disco ball, too. Okay, I just loved your decorations! How many times can one say “love” before it gets a bit creepy? LOL!
Merry Christmas!!
Boomama, thank you so much for hosting. I am so excited to get to be part of this home tour with everyone. I really, really like your wreaths on your windows. It just made me feel relaxed and homey walking in there. And you’re right, that star serving bowl from Target (don’t you love that place!) is WAY too cute to be covered up! Thanks! Kelly
I love the idea of a Christmas card tree…and your little boy is precious!
wow, your house is great. i especially love those three big windows in the first picture.
i got here via robin @ pensieve…and i’m glad i did, (though with your billions of comments, i fear i will get lost in the shuffle.)
fun monday is all about houses, too, so if you are still hydrated after looking at all the christmas houses, you can click on over to fun monday and see a whole new fleet of homes!
Love the green disco ball! I’ve used that color green in my Christmas decorating the past couple of years.
Thanks for sharing and have a blessed Christmas!
Thank you for hosting this again. I have wanted to do it ever since I saw it last year. I just love that Christmas card tree idea!
Thank you sooo much for hosting this most wonderful day. I can hardly wait to get started.
The idea for the card tree is precious and I want to do that next year.
Thanks again! bj
You have a beautiful home! All that tree is missing is a Grandma stuck underneath it.
You’re the hostess with the mostest; thanks for bringing the bloggers together! I’m hoping to get my pics up today!
This is now one of my favorite days of December. Thanks for hosting again.
Your decorations are beautiful and fun and clever-just like you!
Just as I would expect. Lovely.
Thank you so much Boomama!! I LOVE peeking in at other people’s homes. Hubby says I am nosy. OK, so??
Your house looks great!!!
I just have to stop by and say THANK YOU! I am having a blast looking at all these and getting so many ideas!!!
Hugs!
Sue
I just love the new casa all decked! Wish I could participate this year but the camera is broken and I don’t know how to upload pics to wordpress yet anyway!
Still love your house!!
What beautiful and festive decorations!
Janice and I have posted a tour of my place this year… but we feel terribly that we won’t have time to do much party hopping this year. We explain more in our post… but please do forgive us. And thank you so much for hosting this great event.
Wow! You are definitely a detail person. I love the color of your walls in the first photo. Everything is so very beautiful. Thanks Boomama.
Your home is very festive I love it. I was just thinking the other day how cool it would be to put cards on a true. No really I did! And to see it in your pictures confirms my thoughts. I do believe I will have to do that lol!
I love your Christmas china! That is definitely something I plan to get when I have a house and a cabinet to put it in! Thanks for sharing your beautiful home!
Melissa
I love your sense of humor. Your site always puts a smile on my face. Your home is beautiful. Thanks for sharing all of your pictures and for the hard work you put into your home and this event.
Thank you so much for hosting this. I loved doing this…it was a lot of fun. I loved your wreaths hanging from the windows and your card tree is a fantastic way to display….your tree is beautiful. I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas…..come see me….
Oh, I’ve been looking (too) forward to this. :) Now, how old is that? One might think very young or very old, but would be more accurate guessing middle age and would unfortunately be right!
I covet your feather trees!! (See above sentence) Oh, they are gorgeous!
Everything looks so great in your home; I love the windows in your living room and the wreaths are so pretty.
Your mama did a very nice job with the tree again this year and it was so thoughtful of her to leave herself there for you as a gift. I think that it’s true that we do often wish for our mothers’ services to be offered to us once more after we grow up and realize just how much they’ve done for us. And your mama just keeps right on giving! An angel.
So, I’ll covet your feather trees, your mama (though I’m crazy about mine too), and your Christmas china.
Looks so lovely, BooMama. Thanks for having us over today!
Your home and decorations are so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing!!
Beautiful! I love it, especially the star serving bowl and card tree. What fun. Thanks for hosting this!
I love your leather sofa and big windows!
Everything is lovely! Merry Christmas!
Oops my first try didn’t work, so my name appears twice…but love your home. The wreaths in the windows, the tree, your table is beautiful and I like your feather trees too! Thanks for hosting, Merry Christmas.
Absolutely beautiful! I love the Christmas card tree idea!
Christmas Blessings,
Kristi
It’s me again.
I goofed. The slide show comments was not set for ALL to visit and leave their ‘ho ho ho’s for me. If you tried before to leave a comment on my slide show, and couldn’t, please return! I LOVE visitors!!!
Mine’s posted. I have two versions.
A thumbnail short version
and
a
slide show long version.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the card tree!!!!!
I totally dig the cone-shaped retro dealies! Awesome!
Beautiful home. Thanks for inviting us in and for hosting the tour! : )
Too pretty!
Lovely.
Is there a story behind the cute dog painting in your son’s room? I’m new to your blog.
:)
Beautiful! I love the tree full of Christmas cards. That just might be my card display solution next year. Which would be much better than my current, pile them all up on the counter solution.
Ummm…can I comment without joining the cavalcade of homes? Because I just have to say how much I love your writing and your blog and all that sort of thing! I have added you to my bloglines so I can be sure to find you again:-)
As for the Christmas tour…I will be enjoying seeing everyone else’s beautifully decorated homes. I’m sure it will bring on that delicious balance of envy and inspiration that we women seem to enjoy torturing ourselves with..
Thansk for doing this. I enjoyed my visit and love your card tree. Great idea!
Thanks for hosting such an amazing idea!!!
I posted mine on my main page, but I also write a blog dedicated to decorating, crafts, recipes, etc.
Check it out!
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