our dining room gone Christmas!

I love this time of year, especially in blog land.  Everyone is sharing a home tour and I look forward to a day when I have a few hours to myself to look through the countless pictures of inspiration. 

Today, I'm sharing a tour of our dining room "gone Christmas"!  This is our first Christmas in this house and I wasn't sure how it would come together because my goal was to spend nothing.  I really wanted to use what we already had.  I confess I didn't quite meet that goal; I bought Hershey kisses. ;-)

Let's take a look!

I really wanted a wreath to hang on our mirror, but again-- I was trying to not spend money.  Then, a Christmas miracle happened!  I was contacted by Christmas Tree Market.  They offered me a free wreath if I would write a review.  Of course I said yes!  I kid you not, the wreath is the perfect addition to our dining room and is just the right size for the mirror.  (review coming soon)

Again, I kept it simple on the light, but I like it's subtle hint of Christmas.

We have a rounded wall of windows that does not yet have window treatments.  (We're still making this house our own after moving in last April.)  I added two strands of beaded garland from last year.  I love how the blue picks up on the wall color.

Here is the view you see to your right when you walk in our door.  

When you're working on a budget, keeping a monochromatic color scheme is helpful.  I kept everything either metallic or white.  Even the tablecloth is white with a metallic check.

I especially like the room at night.  We have a large rotadendrum bush outside our dining room window.  It's such a sparkly treat to have dinner with the lights glowing inside and out. 

Light at night.

Don't you love the shadows?  I swear, that room at night is a sparkle fest. ;-)

Thank you for checking out our dining room's simple Christmas design!  And just for good Christmas blog-y tour measure, I'm throwing in a few pictures that I loved from "our living room gone Christmas".

Now I'm off to handle the first real day of Christmas break with two boys.  Oh yes, we were up at 5:30 this morning. Thank the Lord for strong coffee!  Have a great Monday and I'll be back tomorrow to share the upstairs of Julie's new house.  

xo

I am joining these Christmas Tour parties:

The Nester

The Shabby Creek Cottage

The Inspired Room

A La Mode

Cottage and Vine