I just wanted to reflect one last time on our Christmas Decor for 2016, before the year ends and we take them all down! If you follow me on Instagram, you have probably seen many of our Christmas Decor pictures already, if not you can follow me, here! Christmas is my favorite holiday, I love decorating and making our own decorations where we can!
This year for new Christmas Decor, I made a magnolia & cedar wreath and a 6ft magnolia garland to be the centerpiece for our dining table, to go along with our newly finished dining room renovation. I will be revealing that renovation on New Years Day, so look out for that post! It was really fun to make, took about 2 laundry baskets full of magnolia branches we collected, and a few hours, but it was so worth it! I hope to make one every year! Another change we made this year was getting a larger tree, a 10 footer! And moving our leather chaise out from the bay window, so the tree could have the bay window all to itself…it was beautiful! We also added some garland around those windows with handmade bows. I try my best to add a little something every year, I know, I know, I am a crazy Christmas lady, and I am fine with the world knowing that!
One of my favorite gifts this year was from my mom, who got me an I-Robot Roomba 650, and I kid you not this new buddy of mine has saved my life! I have back issues and 4 dogs who shed every second, so sweeping and vacuuming frequently takes a toll on me, but not anymore! We had a generic wannabe version a few years ago that didn’t work well, stopped using it and I was skeptic of them, but many friends recommended it, and now I believe! This Roomba really picks up everything! I went from swiffering everyday, vacuuming twice a week, to swiffering once a week and vacuuming every other week! HUGE DIFFERENCE! We have wood floors and area rugs, and it has done a great job at getting everything, we just turn him on in the morning and he does the rest! Amazon had a really good Black Friday deal on it when my mom purchased it, link here, so look out for another sale, 100% worth every penny! I hope y’all had an amazing Christmas and have a very Happy New Year!
What new Christmas Decoration did you add this year? I need ideas for next year! I’m already counting down the days!
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