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Thrifty Christmas Home Tour

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With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

I never officially hosted a Christmas home tour for all of you this year and probably by now you’re sick to death of Christmas!

As usual my crazy life intersected pretty pictures and life won! But in case you’re still hanging in here with me I want to give you a quick tour of some spaces in my home I haven’t shared and a recap of some of my favorites that I have.

Here you can see the majority of my living room, the biggest room in the house. It’s a room that needs an update and I have some ideas in mind for 2016!

One of my favorite yard sale purchases ever hangs above the love seat. These shutters were just $1! Can you believe it? 

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

I chalk painted them and then used these $2 craft store Christmas wreaths, old beads, fresh berries and ornaments from Big Lots. You can see how I decorate them year round here).

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

You can see the matching bookcases on either side of my piano (and my pretend mantel). These bookcases are in dire need of a paint job so that’s in their future for 2016.

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

This is the first year I’ve actually decorated both shelving units and it was a lot harder than I thought! The Santas on the top were my sister’s and I keep them in memory of the way she decorated her home each Christmas.

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

I mingled fresh greenery with lanterns and a few books.

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

All of these knick knacks are from yard sales, from the baskets to the tins and candles.

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

The other bookcase is equally filled with yard sale treasures, books, and a bit of greenery. 

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

Decorating shelves is the hardest for me! I don’t have that touch naturally but I’m experimenting and working on it!

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

I have several nativities but this year I only used two; a Precious Moments one that my husband had before we got married and an intricate water globe one.

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

One of my favorite nooks to decorate is this ladder table my husband made for me. A few books and Christmas goodies and it’s my happy place!

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

Here you can see the simple vignette I created for my trash to treasure table when you walk in my front door. Some might say the vintage lamp is too big but it was my grandparent’s and until I find a better place it’s staying!

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

The large mason jar has lights in it for night along with the ornaments and pine cones. 

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

You can see the basket of stuffed Christmas animals for my grandson Aiden. My 70 lb. puppy was more interested in them so you might see a nose or ear missing if you look too close!

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

This versatile $1 yard sale copper basket has lived in practically every room in my house! 

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

This season I filled it with pinecones, glitter ornaments, fabric balls, berries and greenery. Simple and perfect!

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

Immediately to the left as you walk into our home is our Christmas village. This year we hung a black sheet behind it with miniature LED lights taped to the back. Sadly I didn’t get a good night picture but I will next year!

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

For a step by step detailed tutorial on how we set up our village you can read about it here.

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

I don’t usually photograph this room looking back towards the front door because in the corner you can’t see is my husband’s office nook and bookshelves full of…..books! Not the most welcoming sight when you come in the front door, but when you live in a small house you make do!

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

As we move into the kitchen you can see I decorated with aqua and red. You can read all the details in this post.

Decorating with red and aqua is a great new color combination and the kitchen is a perfect place to try it. Use it with a pop of color or brighter splashes for more emphasis.

I loved these two colors together so much last year I’m using them all the time in the kitchen!

Decorating with red and aqua is a great new color combination and the kitchen is a perfect place to try it. Use it with a pop of color or brighter splashes for more emphasis.

Our Christmas front deck has my style written all over it, 

Tons of tips for using natural elements and thrifty, repurposed treasures for outside decorations without spending a lot of money or time. Ideas include a fence board sign, no sew pillows, yard sale treasures, dollar store ornaments with evergreens and berries.

from the fence board O Holy Night sign

This rustic fence board O Holy Night sign is a perfect addition to a holiday home for display either indoors or outdoors. Made with scrap wood, painted, with vinyl letters added, the post includes step by step details on this DIY project.

to the curbside tables, yard sale treasures and nature’s own greenery and berries.

Tons of tips for using natural elements and thrifty, repurposed treasures for outside decorations without spending a lot of money or time. Ideas include a fence board sign, no sew pillows, yard sale treasures, dollar store ornaments with evergreens and berries.

I decorated the front steps with these Christmas tree luminaries (you can get the directions here).

With yard sale treasures, elements from nature and easy DIY projects, this Christmas Home Tour will convince you that a small home can be beautiful, too!

Thank you for visiting my Christmas home, even a few days after the big day!

I’m going to leave you with the reason for the season as I wish you a Happy New Year!

Fence Board Christmas Tree - Marty's Musings

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Marty Walden believes anyone can create an authentic home filled with simple, thrifty decor. When you join her community, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to create a treasured home and still live within your means!

Comments

  1. khadija says

    12/31/2015 at 12:48 pm

    Your space is so cheery and welcoming! I love the way you took items and completely personalized them.

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  2. Lisa Simpson says

    01/01/2016 at 10:20 pm

    Loved the tour of your beautiful home!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! You really have a knack for decorating!!!

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  3. Gale Nagy says

    09/30/2017 at 9:23 pm

    I too have many village houses – from various makers – chose each of them just because I liked them. I don’t have space for a large table, but I do have a space above the fireplace (home builders used to make those to accommodate large TV’s (before flat screen era) – and since we aren’t going to break our necks to look up at TV, I use the space to decorate with each season. Back to the village: – I make a mountain village each year – using the original boxes the houses came in and various shoe boxes. It does take me a while to get the boxes just where I want them (turns out a bit different each year). Have lots of people, objects, trees, etc. to go along with it all. Then I have an antique piece of furniture across the room – and I use the top of it to put my larger houses up there – about 5 of them – too large to put with the mountain village. Also have a small shelf in our entry way that I put very small unlit houses and a few people (and hope each year no one bumps it). Thanks for talking about having a small house – we do too – I love all the big house displays but have to be realistic with ours. Also, our choice of decorating tends to be a mixture of Williamsburg, country, antiques, and a ton of folk art.

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    • Marty Walden says

      10/02/2017 at 11:05 pm

      Hi, Gale. I love the way you’ve used your houses to decorate your home! It’s all about using the things that hold meaning and bring you joy. Our home has definitely changed since we took down the wall between the kitchen and living room. There’s less space to decorate but it’s so much more open! Of course, we lived here 26 years before we made the change! Some things are worth waiting for. 🙂

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  4. Christine says

    12/06/2017 at 7:45 am

    I just found your wonderful website. I love your down to earth philosphy and it gives me renewed hope for our home!! I can’t wait to start adding more coziness using your genuinely inspiring tips! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

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    • Marty Walden says

      12/14/2017 at 10:47 pm

      Hi, Christine. Thanks so much for your wonderful comment. I hope you’ll signup for my emails so you’ll find out when I put out new blog posts. I love to share my thrifty ideas and ways to decorate on a budget. Have a wonderful Christmas!

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