Decorating for Christmas

Decorating for Christmas is always fun when you do it with someone else, right? 2012 was my daughter's last Christmas home before heading off for college. So we decided to go all out with two separate Christmas trees with two different color themes.

A larger Christmas tree that my husband and I had purchased many years ago when our three boys were little was placed in our dining room next to the bay windows. The smaller Christmas tree was a Christmas gift to my daughter from one of her older brothers when she was younger. That year she felt she needed a tree of her very own to decorate. This smaller tree was placed in our living room next to the couch.

Since it's always necessary to clean before putting up the decorations, and because I love the "before and after" to everything, I decided to take photos of the living room and dining room areas to show the improvements. So, here goes ... with a little re-arranging, we ended up with an overall improved appearance in both rooms that we were pleased with.

These three photos are the living room area before cleaning and decorating:

And these three photos are the living room area after cleaning and decorating. Notice how my daughter uses the dog's blanket for the tree skirt:

These four photos are the dining room area before cleaning (clutter always seems to accumulate on this table where my daughter spends hours on her homework) and decorating:

And these four photos are the dining room area after cleaning (take a good look at that table because it won't stay that way for long!) and decorating:

The Christmas tree color theme for the large tree was red and gold with white lights:

The Christmas tree color theme for the small tree was bronze and brown with rainbow lights:

And of course, the reason for the season:

There! Just looking at the after photos make me want to celebrate Christmas all over again! Hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Christmas with their families.


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