Holiday Home Tour - Meredith Rines

Take a peek inside for a quick holiday home tour this Christmas season.

It really is the most wonderful time of the year…

Christmas is my favorite holiday for so many reasons. It’s a time for re-birth, family togetherness, pretty lights, and lots of giving. If you know me (or have ever been to our home) then you know I’m not much on having a perfectly styled house. Hello #momlife! But when the holidays roll around my past glory days of decking the halls comes out in full force.

I have to still be careful with what decorations we use and where we put them because of Mr. Grabby Hands. However, now that he’s two we’re having more and more fun incorporating some DIY Christmas decorations into our home.

Our sweet tree…

We ended up picking this up on after-Christmas clearance from Menards about two years ago. It was marked over 50% off and was such a find! It was pre-lit, which is perfect for me – I hate having to detangle lights. Most of our ornaments were either gifts from family, hand-me-downs from when we were little or DIY projects. Of course I let our son hang his ornaments on the tree, which meant a glump on one branch!

Our console table is decked out…

I found a local business that crafted a seasonal decor box with vintage finds. I saved for that box and was so excited when it arrived. Somehow Haley (the sweet owner) was able to perfectly capture our style. She even found a perfect R to fit in the mix and a tool tray that holds an infinite amount of painted pine cones. I cleaned off our console table to make room to show off these sweet items. Dent loves the truck and he’s always sneaking up trying to move it.

Renovation Queen is who I purchased the decor from and she is creating a seasonal subscription box filled with decor items. Check her out!

Our dogs are feeling festive…

Back during our large furniture purchase a few months ago, I DIY’d this table top for our dog kennel. It has come in so handy because now we’re actually able to use the kennel. So of course it got decked out, too. With some pretty garland, leftover ribbon from last year’s tree and some vintage deer that we inherited from family.

I think next year since our son will be another year older I’ll be able to expand our holiday home tour to include a few more rooms. Ever since we transformed the guest room into a playroom, I’ve been struggling to incorporate holidays and decorating into the room since everything in there is fair game when it comes to playtime.