Holiday Home Tour: More Christmas at the Cottage
Hello and welcome to day two of Christmas glee at Fox Hollow.
If you missed visiting yesterday, you can find the first part of our tour, featuring our main living area and mantel here.
Today, I want to share our kitchen and the sun room.
We left off yesterday here…
With a peek into the sun room and kitchen from our farm table, layered with linens, a big pallet runner and lots of goody filled glass!
If you look a little to the left… HELLO!
You’ll be in the kitchen.
Our home is older, and not overly large, but oddly enough, it’s got a pretty open floor plan on the main level.
Pretty sure there was some fiddling done at some point.
I didn’t use the fresh greens all over the house like I usually do, because I started decorating early, and I knew they would not make it… I missed them though, so I added some here in the kitchen.
I love that you can stick them anywhere for an instant holiday feel!
We are really fortunate to have Holly, Cedar, Douglas Fir and more on our property.
Here is where I’ll ask a favor… my kitchen is like my Achilles heel.
I’m so happy with how it feels in here.
There is a but coming… BUT, there is a skylight. In theory this is a good thing, except that it blasts one side of the kitchen with light and makes such bad shadow on the things I tuck in the corners. Nothing ever quite looks like it does in person when I share it. (blogger problems I know!)
So let’s pretend these are bright and beautiful and not all a little “off”.
It can be your Christmas gift to me! And I’ll continue to practice and learn, and maybe one day I’ll be taking rocking kitchen pictures? Sound good?
Hey, it could happen.
In the meantime, whew... almost out of the kitchen!
My mom gave my this frosty prim snowman and he’s got an extra special place of honor this year right in the center of everything! I love that when she was looking at the tour, she noticed him right off and mentioned it to me when we spoke.
I think she’ll like this next one.
(He really is so cute!!)
We’ve got a set of open cabinet on the far side of the room and… well fancy that, looks like we had a snow storm in them!
Hope that truck has four wheel drive!
If you like my fat Santa garland, you can print one free for yourself here.
There was more snow… you can read all about that (if you’d like a laugh!) here.
Next, we can take a step down into the sun room.
If you like, you can find a simple tutorial for making the candle snowman here, or click on the photo below.
Since we don’t have a full size Christmas tree, I added more table top trees here in the sun room. One by the apothecary cabinet, and a few up on the bar as well!
Between these and the living room trees… I figure they add up to one whole tree.
That is special blonde math.
I call it the Shannon method.
Some of the ornaments are from the Dollar Tree, and I share the tutorial and before & afters here, if you’d like to make some too!
I printed and framed this jolly guy and I just want to pinch those cheeks!!!!
Best Santa face ever.
Vintage finds, junk silver… candy canes and some this & thats make the apothecary cabinet Christmas ready.
This tree is decorated in with the same colors as the other.
The very glittery J, A and S are new this year.
And.. a few more candy canes.
Because I’m trying to single handedly keep the Dollar Tree in business.
You didn’t see those…
Wishing you are very Merry, extra Joyous, magical Christmas!
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If you missed day one of the Holiday Home Tour
click on the photo below and be magically transported there!
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I LOVE the trees–especially the one with the initials and pine cones. That one is my favorite! And I agree–best Santa face ever.
The initials are from the store we do not speak of (WalMart)
Gah. My one time there in the last 6 months.
I usually cave and go about 2 times a year, out of complete desperation.
They were 97 cents each.
And I love them.
Ohmygoodness, Shannon … your home looks absolutely incredible all decked out for the holidays! The whimsy … the bold splashes of red … the echoes of tradition … it’s ALL amazing! Your photography skills are over-the-top (what settings did you use? Manual or Auto or???) Happy Holidays … I’m off to tour again. 🙂
You are too cute little miss magazine!! I used a mix of both. For some, I needed my manual setting and tripod, I’m always fighting the light here and I’ve got to really blast the ISO or it would look like I live in a cave. hahaha. With my 35mm lens, I love to use the manual focus, it gets you that “blurred out” background. I really enjoy playing with that and those pictures are my favorites!! I’d like to become a better photographer, outdoors too!! happy Christmas to you! It’s your first in the new house right? xo Shannon
I love your kind of math, Shannon! I’m thinking all of your photographs rock, girl, even the rooster! Happy Christmas to you as well!
Blonde math. Ya gotta loves it!! I am so dang picky. hahaha. That kitchen just irritates me at photo time 😉 Otherwise. It’s good.
I love that you decorated the rooster 🙂
He gets fussy is I ignore him 😉
Once again, I love everything! I had fun pinning. You always inspire me, girl.
Love your decorations!! I think your kitchen is so pretty!
Love the decor, so festive. But I have to admit that your math is my favorite part! I informed DH that I was going to use it next year during the holidays…I got the look, HA!
Shannon! I really love your style! You are so clever and do so much with just a little . What a great example of thrifty charm. Your house is just darling and so are you!!!
I just love the way you decorated your house for Christmas! it is all so happy and cheerful. I got several ideas for my own decorating for next year and pinned a bunch of photos 🙂
Thank you for sharing pics of your comfortable and inviting home. ( I WILL finish decorating today!!! ) how did you hang the adorable wreaths on you kitchen cabinets ?
I know you said that the skylights are a double edged sword, but the shadows give it depth and perspective. I think it looks amazing! I’m a newbie to Fox Hollow, but my family will be traveling from SC to CO for Christmas for the 1st time. We’ll be making ornaments as activities and family time (no internet in the mountains) & with your projects and tutorials, this will be a Christmas to remember!
Hello and welcome Sophia (: Thank you!! Oh it sounds like you are going to have a wonderful, white Christmas. Unplugged. That can be so great. I’m sure you will create many memories to cherish a lifetime!! Merry Christmas to you and your family. ~Shannon
Your home looks beautiful Shannon. Truly like a winter wonderland. Your Parents are going to enjoy it so much.
I think it all looks beautiful. And I have visions of Fiddlers playing softly in the corner.
Beautiful and fun! I always look forward to your emails! Happy Holidays to you!
oh it’s all so fun, festive and beautiful! that santa prints just makes me small and so do all the snowmen which i love to collect! Happy Holidays! Your holiday home is beautiful!