Our Colorful Christmas Decor
📍 The Kennedy Bungalow, Florida
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When it comes to the holidays, I am breaking one of my steadfast rules for festive decor. I don’t know if it’s the cooler Florida weather or the fact that we can actually celebrate in our home. Whatever the causes, I am happy to report that the Kennedy family Christmas tree has been up and running for a few weeks now. After a busy workday, I’ve been relishing in sparking up a holiday candle, lighting a tree, and decompressing with a Vince Guaraldi Christmas soundtrack. This time last year, I was still picking up the pieces from our home flooding, and I had to start over with holiday decor. The reset gave me the perfect opportunity to pick a theme and run with it. Here’s a sneak peek at our cheerful, colorful Christmas decor.
A Standard Tree and Lights
Everyone probably already has a preference of tree in mind. Whether you like faux, real, pre-lit with white lights, rainbow lights, or lights at all, pick what works best for you. As much as I would love to have a real tree, the smell alone puts me in the holiday spirit, but David has a slight allergy. That’s okay because my parents passed along a wonderful faux tree alternative that we’ve had in the family for years. Since this option was unlit, I was able to handpick the lights myself. I quickly fell in love with this set of warm white lights from Target. For reference, I have a 6-foot tree and needed at least three boxes to wrap up the tree entirely.
Retro Toy-Inspired Christmas Ornaments
Curating an incredible ornament collection can take so much time and patience. The queen of ornaments is Melissa Smrekar with her annual Pledge Class. Seriously she is such a delight to follow! Since I started from Square One, I wanted to have something fun to hang on my tree without a big journey. Since Target is always a massive help during the holidays, that’s where I started my search. This year, they have complete box sets of ornament themes. That’s 85 pieces for right at $100. There are several themes to choose from, like Distant Lands and Frosted Blush, among others. I was dangerously close to purchasing the Coastal Christmas, but I felt like Toy Kingdom was a fun take on classic holiday themes.
Coordinating Tree Skirt and Stockings
Now that the big pieces are out of the way, we can have fun with the more minor details. How perfect is this pom-pom tree skirt? The faux wool is in the most incredible shade of red, while the poms perfectly match my new ornament set. To have a complete set, I also ordered a set of matching pom-pom stockings to hang with these matte silver hangs. While we don’t have a quintessential fireplace mantel, I’m confident that it may come around someday.
Classic Silver Christmas Star
Are you a Christmas Star or Christmas Angel family? David and I grew up with Christmas Stars on our childhood trees, and we were so happy to continue that tradition in our new home. While we were discussing the merits of lit versus unlit star, this particular one grabbed our attention. It’s subtle but perfectly completes our tree.
Festive Red and Green Wreath
A few months ago, we painted the outside of your home from a standard tan to a beautiful seafoam green. For those of you interested, it’s officially called Swimming by Sherwin-Williams. Anyway, I was long looking forward to adding some holiday cheer to this beautiful color. While the lights will wait until after the Thanksgiving holiday, I hung up this ornament wreath almost as soon as it came home. It’s such a pretty addition, and I’m almost tempted to keep it up all year round.
Vintage-Inspired Santa Mug
Since I’m an old soul, I always love sprinkling vintage or vintage-inspired elements with our home decor. While you can scour your local antique stores to find the perfect Santa mug, this new mug I picked up is an instant classic. They also have different Santas and Elves to suit your family. To sweeten the deal, I also bought a vintage-inspired candy bowl. Currently, it’s full of peppermint and sitting on our kitchen counter. It may need to find a new location because it’s become too easy to grab sweets while cooking. One final note, how precious are these tumblers? I picked them up especially for David so that he can enjoy his maple syrup Old-Fashioneds.
Rainbow Mini Nutcrackers
One of the favorite areas in our home has become the little credenza in the entryway. It continues with some of my most cherished knick-knacks that I can decorate all year long. For the holiday season, I’ve put the extra ornaments in my oversized oyster bowl. I love how it turned out! I also picked up two sets of rainbow-colored nutcrackers (warm colors and cool colors) to protect the threshold. They are small, just a few inches tall, but add so much personality to this corner of the room.
Inviting Festive Doormat
Because I wanted to add one more fun detail to our home’s exterior, how cute is this doormat from Anthropologie? I think it perfectly matches the rest of the holiday decor and is such a warm welcome for guests. Although ‘All is Bright’ is clearly a Christmas reference, again, I’m tempted to make it work 365 days of the year.
Pink and Red Pajama Set
One final piece de resistance! I’ve wanted a pair of Sleeper pajamas forever, and this holiday season, I finally decided to take the plunge. While there is a rainbow of colors to choose from, the baby pink looks so chic with the red-feathered trim. If I’m being honest, David wasn’t a huge fan of the feathers, but that probably made me adore them even more. Other colors to love are baby blue, black, or purple gingham. If you happen to need more feathers in your life, J. Crew has the perfect slippers to compliment the look!
Now that the holiday season is officially here, be on the lookout for so many more blog posts to help you with your shopping needs. There’s also some incredible travel that’s beginning to line up. What I’m trying to say is, it’s going to be a fun time! Hope to see you there!
Love from Florida,
Katie
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