Christmas in the Garden Room part 1

by admin December 21, 2019

I've had a reindeer "thing" going on this year. It actually started a couple of years ago, after seeing some mossy/twiggy type reindeer. I started looking but got waylaid by the house renovation and move. Then, when I started thinking about Christmas decor this year I got busy scouring around for one (or 2)

I found these cuties at Hobby Lobby in late Fall. They waited patiently until they could show up on the farmtable in the Garden Room. I've mentioned before that the farmtable has become my favorite expanse for a vignette. A long flat surface just begging to be decorated. Since we don't use it daily it's perfect for a big display of seasonal goodness.

I wanted some texture and a base for the table top, so I started with these burlap grain sacks from Amazon and sewed two of them together to make a little table runner. Then I layered it on top of an actual vintage grain sack for more width.

I've been using my antique ice cream bucket on the table since it can handle a large floral arrangement. I like to keep it simple and rustic, so for Christmas I just used faux greenery branches, holly and some red berry stems.

My vintage crate/tray is holding some red transferware plates

and a vintage cottage tea set.

Of course I had to add some plaid with a tea towel

and the deer got a plaid ribbon for a scarf.

This is a long room and it's turned into my "playroom". I've had such fun decorating out here, since It's always light and bright and we enjoy the view on 3 sides. We gravitate out here to just look out the windows. Funny thing, our last house did not have any windows with "a view". It was in a lovely rural subdivision, but the windows were not laid out to actually "see" anything. It was a beautiful Fall in this area, I just wish I had taken some pics of the trees around here, but the landscape woes had a hold of me.