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Sunday, December 15, 2024

It's in the Details: The Christmas Hearth Room

Earlier this month I shared my hearth room and my white pieces that reside against the long wall, but didn't get the chance to share the details. There was a lot going on in this big space, so today I thought I'd come back and take a closer look at the sideboard, cookbook cupboard, and the little Christmas tree. If you missed that post you can click here.

I shared a passing glance at my sideboard. My white houses often show up here on the shelf of the mirror since it's the perfect place for Christmas displays. I thought I'd try a different "runner" for the top of the sideboard, and grabbed a red toile small luncheon cloth and folded it to fit.

A white antique ironstone tureen and dough bowl are filled with vintage ornaments and Shiny Brites in gold and silver. I've been collecting silver, white and gold vintage ornaments for years. Now, vintage ornaments cost a pretty penny/dollar! White ironstone pitchers and bottle brush trees with a vintage Currier and Ives Christmas tray line the back of the mirror.

This year I used Tartan wool and Pendleton camp blankets to cozy up the hearth room. Red and brown toile pillows along with my plaid ones add to the cozy, comfortable, "put your feet up" feel.

I have one Pottery Barn white lantern on the farmtable display, and my other lantern joins vintage Christmas and English Toffee tins and a metal plaid lunch basket in front of the large scrolly chalkboard on top of the Cookbook Cupboard.

A few jolly Santa mugs and a ceramic gingerbread house join in.

This year my Lenox Cabin Cookie jar and salt and pepper add to the other cottage cookie jars on the shelves. Two years ago I used it for my Christmas tablescape centerpiece with plaid.

Extra Shiny Brites fill a vintage crockery mixing bowl.

I usually put up this little tree in late fall and decorate with lights and a few leaves and seasonal faux berries. Then when it's time to decorate for Christmas it gets Winterberries and holly and a few rustic woodland ornaments. I love a big tree and all the trimmings, but since it's just little ol' me doing the decorating of it, I've tended to stick to smaller more compact trees that I can handle myself.

I used to frequent an antique market that had an outside "junk" corral. That's where I found my wonderful old picket fence gate and the metal gate in the garden room. I love the original weather worn natural patina of the wood.

I've had a bit of a Gingerbread thing going on for the last few years, so this large gift bag has become a decoration under the tree. My sister gave me this adorable reproduction Jolly Santa face for Christmas this year.