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Christmas Around the Cornwell's

 I have always loved decorating for Christmas. My childhood Christmas's were always so magical that I want to make it as special for my kids as my mom did for me and my siblings.

My boys and I would like to welcome you into our little corner of the world to see our Christmas home.

 I love adding to my decorations each year and changing it up a little here and there so it's similar but not exactly the same year after year.

 I love finding decorations and then trying to find the perfect spot for them. Don't be afraid to move things - my decorations always seem to take a little tour around the house before finding the right home.

 This year I added lanterns to the front porch. I saw someone else had decorated like this at their home - only they had all their lanterns the same, just different sizes.  I went a different route and went all different colors, sizes and styles - since I already had a couple in my house. 

 I'm pretty happy with the final look!

 Our entryway look hasn't changed much but I'm happy with it. I love the burlap pennants my friend made for me -- I have them all over the house!!

 A new addition to the decorations this year are these snowmen.  The boys LOVE them!!

 I also added these cute Santa hat chair covers to our bar stools.

 Here you see more pennants in our family/keeping room.
We spend the most amount of time in this room with the kids so I like to keep it fun.

 I found some cute decorations that were big and tall so I found a big skinny bucket and used them on the side table in the formal living room.
 And here is our formal living room mantel where we have the stockings.  I saw someone else use their tall Nutcrackers like this and loved it so I copied them, which is my biggest decorating tip - copy, copy, copy! It never looks exactly the same and you will probably change up the original look anyway.

 It's funny how I use the same mantel decorations each year but always seem to change it up quite dramatically. I've been trying to be more sparse in my mantelpiece and I love how this turned out.

  A closer view.


 One side of the fireplace....

And the other.

 This one never seems to change. I actually wanted to add some greenery down the banister but with our new puppy, Bandit, I didn't dare.

You will notice that we have no Christmas tree up and I think this might be the first year we don't put one up, but he is in his puppy phase and chewing EVERYTHING and getting into EVERYTHING that we don't dare. It's hard enough keeping him away from the kids toys and the cushions and things like that.

 Our formal dining room hasn't changed much over the years either.

 I love the hanging ornaments and the ornaments decorated like Santa that I had made a couple years ago. Decorating can be as simple as putting ornaments in a bowl.

 
 The only thing different here is the addition of the Nutcrackers, which are all over the house. I love them and collect them. Jack, my oldest, loves them too and has been giving them to me as gifts the past couple of years!!

 Thank you for stopping by and visiting.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from the Cornwell's!!

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