Every year, I open up my front door and invite you guys in to see how we get all festive in our home. The ironic part is that between last year’s post and this year’s, I don’t think one thing has changed about my holiday decorations, and my house basically looks the exact same, buuuuuuut it’s a whole new house and a fresh start for the Shulls. If you would have told me this time last year that we were going to rip out the first floor and start all over, I never would have believed you…but here we are.
We’re still a work in progress over here. Andrew thinks we’ll have it all done by January 1 (we’ll see), so today’s tour is a bit abbreviated. The downstairs is almost entirely back together but upstairs is completely bananas. My closet and bedroom were finished the week of Thanksgiving, but I just moved back into my bathroom on Tuesday, so pics of all of that stuff still to come.
In the meantime, I say this every single year, but if you were here in person, I’d hand you a cup of coffee, you’d smell the pine candles burning and there’s a 99% chance The Carpenter’s Christmas album would be playing in the background. The only difference this year is that you would have to park your car between the porta-potty and dumpster out front 😉 .
Since nothing has really changed, it’s a lot of pics today and few words. Just a bit of holiday happiness from my home to yours. xo
Welcome, friends! I’m so happy you’re here!
All of my front porch stone friends come from Sandstone Gardens in Joplin, MO.
The only thing new I bought this year was new garland for our stairs. When I pulled the old garland out of the box, it looked super sad. Ha!
This room got a little makeover this year (pre-flood). I’m so happy with the walls (SW Latte) and the recovered chairs! Here’s a before pic from last year…
We didn’t put up the front tree this year because…we just didn’t have the energy 😉 .
I love it so much this year!
My grandmother painted these ceramic carolers in 1980! They’ve been passed down and now, they live at my house. They’re really special to me.
I’ll share a pic on Stories today, but he moves 🙂 . He “saws” all day long!
Hello, pretty new bathroom! This powder bath was gutted, and I decided to put a real neutral, subtle spin on it when we put it back together 😉 . You can read about this room’s makeover HERE.
I am so thankful we have our kitchen and family room back for the holiday season!!
We’ve come a long way this year…
…and basically ended up right back where we started 😉 . Everything is “new”, it just might not look new (even the sofa had to be replaced). Our fireplace wasn’t working until this week, so I’m happy to have it up and running again. This is my favorite spot during the holiday season!
This year, I didn’t put out all of our Santa pics, just some of our faves.
My forever favorite.
Do you see the elf ornaments? They make them in kindergarten. I am so excited to add Mades’ to the tree this year!!!
My grandmother also painted these in 1980 too 🙂 . Love them.
Speaking of things I love…hello, Frenchie!
Lots of kitchen happiness 🙂 .
The painted pieces are my most treasured.
The tree came from Hobby Lobby this year!
And that wraps up this year’s little tour. If you want to see the entire house decorated for the holiday season, you should read last year’s post!
Now, some of the most common questions I get each year after this post are:
1. WHERE DO YOU STORE ALL OF THIS? In plastic bins in my attic. Nothing fancy, just big bins. Andrew hauls them up and down the attic ladder each year.
2. WHEN DO YOU DECORATE/TAKE DOWN? I typically take Halloween/fall down the first week of November and put up Christmas. We take everything down on the December 26th and get the house back together before we head out of town.
3. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO PUT IT OUT? One full day for both of us and then I typically do the upstairs in a few hours the day before or after.
4. WHERE DID YOU BUY____? I’ve had this stuff for years and years! Some of it, over 15 years! I would say that my go-to places for holiday decorations outside of specialty stores are Pottery Barn and Hobby Lobby. My friends Amanda and Amy make all of my holiday signs that you’ll see and then my friend Lori decorates all of the plates and platters with my kids’ hand prints on them.
Okay, when do you decorate for Christmas? When do you take down? What’s your favorite room in your house this year? I want details!! xo
Erika Slaughter says
Looks SO good, friend!!
Rachel says
I may have an interior illumination issue! Soft white Christmas lights all over. The small tree in the half bath, the landing to the stairs, 3 big trees and copious small ones scattered all over! Love your decor too! Where’s this years ski trip? We are doing Jackson Hole post Christmas!
Taylor says
We decorate the day after Thanksgiving and take down on New Years Day. We have thanksgiving at my house so I like to keep the decorations “fallish.”
Susy says
Exactly the same! Fall decorations for Thanksgiving Day to honor that holiday of thanks.
And I love the week between Christmas and New Years as our family is often visiting (but not this year to honor our love for them and assure their safety.) Keeping the Christmas decorations up past Christmas extends the warmth of the season, post gift-giving and high activity. We really settle in together that in-between week.
Molly Kissel says
So festive and cozy! Do you ever have issues with your dogs and the gifts under the tree? We have a seven month old puppy this year. She’s left the tree alone so far, but I’m not sure if we should tempt her by putting the gifts under it before Christmas Eve!
Mix and Match Mama says
So far, that’s never been an issue. Ten year old boys though…that’s another problem 😉 .
Elspeth says
Love it!!! We decorate th day after Thanksgiving and keep it up until after the New year!!! Thanks foe the tour!
http://www.elspethsdaybyday.com
Maggie Eterno says
I normally don’t put out Christmas until the first weekend of December. Sometimes second ?. But each year, I decorate earlier and earlier. This year was the earliest! First weekend in November. I normally take it all down sometime between the 26th and 30th. My favorite room I my main living room. It’s so cozy and I love starting a fire in the fireplace at night.
Mix and Match Mama says
Welcome to the dark side, Maggie 😉 ! Early decorating is my jam!!!
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
Wow, your home looks amazing! Thanks for showing us around your house! ❤️✨
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Miranda A Foster says
I love the traditional look! Some of my favorites in my house is setting out our framed santa pictures and framed footprint art I made when they were babies! I also love home goods for decor! Its beautiful!
Amy Heinl says
Your house looks beautiful. I put mine up the first week in November and leave it up thru the end of February. I collect snowmen so my house is decorated more like a winter wonderland than Christmas. Living in Pittsburgh, I still love having the tree lights up through the dreary cold and gray winter months
cara says
Shay, I have the exact same carolers that were my Grandmas!!!!! I guess I never thought that she might have painted them?
Mix and Match Mama says
I bet she did! My grandmother went through a pottery phase in the late 70s/early 80s. She has signed and dated the bottoms of my pieces.
Susan says
What do you do with all the Christmas cards you get? Do you display them anywhere?
Mix and Match Mama says
Yes! I tape them up in the butler’s pantry on the glass cabinets!
Kelly says
My absolute favorite post of yours, every year. What a Christmas dream!
Tracy says
Where do you get all of your couches? We’re in the market for a new one soon but I’m a commitment-phobe in this area! Love how your library turned out!
Mix and Match Mama says
The one in the family room is from Restoration Hardware, the new one upstairs is from my brother and sister-in-law’s collection (sold on Wayfair) and the one in the library is from a store called Weir’s.
Kristine says
What’s the name of the couch from Restoration Hardware?
Mix and Match Mama says
https://rh.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod13650091&fullSkuId=59190960%20BMSM&categoryId=search
Dana says
I love all your sentimental pieces! After so many moves, we have had to get rid of so many little things like that, Truthfully, ours weren’t nearly as cute as yours though so they were easier to let go of! ?
We had the tiniest Charlie Brown tree all our years in France. This year we got a bigger flocked tree with new ornaments and we are all marveling at how pretty it is! It is by far our most put together tree ever and no one (except the puppy!) rearranges the ornaments! ??
Megan says
I’m with you! Up early and everything comes down on the 26th. I love the clean slate in the New Year!
Can you link the blue area rug in your family room? I love the colors. Thanks! ?
Mix and Match Mama says
They were able to clean and salvage those rugs (there are actually two of them in there). They’re really old from Pottery Barn. PB makes my very favorite rugs!!
Stephanie says
Looks beautiful! Your house is gorgeous. I did not have the energy to put up as much this year. We put everything up the weekend of Thanksgiving and take down usually December 26th or 27th and I make my husband haul our bins up and down our attic ladder too! Haha
Kimmy says
Love this….beautiful! can you list the measurements on your stone snowman? I see one listed on the website, but is it a different color? Thanks!
Mix and Match Mama says
I don’t know?? Ours is probably 5 or 6 years old, so it could be a different version that they sell now.
Denise says
All is beautiful as always. Love everything!!!
Where did you get your sofa?
Mix and Match Mama says
Restoration Hardware!
Clare Butler says
I love the decorations painted by your grandma! Those have to be my fave!!
Janie Reinert says
I look forward to Holiday Home Tour post. Your home is gorgeous ! Can’t wait to see your bathroom. Merry Christmas!
Valerie Allen says
I always look forward to your Home Tour posts, no matter what season. This time it really looks lovely and homey, especially after the upheaval you have had this year. Cheers!
Lisa D says
Wow! So much Christmas cheer! Lovely ?
Carol says
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! Love your home tour post every year and always look forward to them. Everything looks so warm, cozy, and inviting. Makes me want to get a blanket, hot chocolate, and watch Christmas movies. Hoping you and your family are enjoying lots of these kinds of evenings and have a Blessed Christmas season.
One quick question, is the garland on your mantel pre- decorated or do you decorate it? Have been wanting to replace the garland on my mantel and book shelf.
Mix and Match Mama says
I would welcome you here, Carol!! And I do not buy pre-lit trees or garland!
Sally Ratcliff says
Gorgeous, as always! The pieces from your grandmother are my absolute favorite!
Mix and Match Mama says
Mine too!!!
Erin Hill says
I put everything up super early this year… thought the lights would give us some joy and working from home this year has been a blessing as I was able to take my time and not have to take off an entire day to put everything up. But then I also have a toddler so I was limited in some of the stuff I could put out. I’ve bought some new stuff this year that is 2-yr old friendly so that she could play with them and I wouldn’t panic. However, since toddlers are like living with little kleptomaniacs, I never find the decorations in the places they belong. haha
The garland on your mantles with the ornaments – did you make those yourself or buy them that way? I don’t have a mantle, but I have a bookcase I think that would work!
Your house is just beautiful!
Mix and Match Mama says
Thank you, Erin! I agree, I needed the extra happy this season too! I always buy regular garland not pre-lit (because I don’t want the lights going out on me), and then I add the lights and ornaments.
Jennifer Sickle says
Love all of it! Do you have a link for the lawn lights? I have never seen any like that.
Mix and Match Mama says
I don’t?? I do know that about three years ago, we switched to LED and they last forever!!
Sarah M. says
Lots of fun things! Thanks for inviting us in. Today I posted my own home tour if you’re interested, come on over and check it out, no mask required 🙂
http://www.torontosam.ca
Laura says
Looks so inviting and cozy! Your house is perfection. Do you have glass on the front of your fireplaces or did they come with glass and you had the glass removed? Have a fantastic day.
Jami Meyer says
Love the new color on your walls! We decorate the day after thanksgiving and take it all down the day after Christmas. I LOVE when it’s up but once Christmas is over, I’m ready to get back to normal.
Doubts Tracy says
This is always my favorite post of the year. I woke up today thinking this might be the day, glad I was correct. So joyful and beautiful, made my day that much better! Thank you for sharing.
Becky Reid says
This is always my favourite post of the year! Thank you for sharing your beautiful home. I know you’ve told us all multiple times, but can you please share your paint colours for your walls and kitchen cabinets. Thanks in advance. Merry Christmas, Shull’s!
Mix and Match Mama says
Of course! The walls are SW Moderate White and the cabinets are SW Antique White!
Gail says
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us.
Chrissy says
Always so beautiful! I love the renovated front room. This year we decorated the house in November, but saved the tree and stockings to go up the day after Thanksgiving. Everything stays up til after New Years. Once the kids are in school, I dismantle and take Christmas down, and put up all things white…the snowflakes and snowmen, which stay up til the end of February.
Serena W. says
This is my favorite post you do all year!!!!!!!!!!!! Early decorating is my jam!!! This year I had our house decorated for Christmas by mid-October. We’re not Halloween people and don’t have kids, so we pretty much just skip it and bring out Frosty. I typically don’t do it that early but this year, I was just ready for some holiday cheer and a change of scenery in my house as I’ve been working from home since March. It’s all about what makes you happy! I love your house, Shay – it’s all so beautiful!!!!! I LOVE the study and your living room, it’s super cozy and I love the traditional decor!
Mix and Match Mama says
Awwwww! I love this, Serena! YOU do YOU!!! I love that!! Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Lynn says
I have chairs just like yours in your front room (living room?). Do you know what material you had them recovered in? I love it!
Mix and Match Mama says
Ohhhhh! I would need to look! I bought the fabric from a fabric store and then a local man upholstered it for me.
Sheaffer Sims says
So FESTIVE and OH SO COZY!!!!
SANDRA OLDEN says
I love the girl mug and reindeer mug. Where did you get them?
Mix and Match Mama says
Pottery Barn!!
Nancy Wempe says
Your house is beautiful. I’m curious because we recently moved and have noticed that most new houses have moved to a more greyish versus brownish color scheme. Why did you opt to stay with the more brown earth tone type decorating? And one more question, where do you buy your decorative items that you display around the house and on your shelves etc. (not Christmas decorations)? Thanks!!
Mix and Match Mama says
It just speaks to me more. I love warm tones…they make me feel cozy. And I buy those things all over! I wish I could get more specific, but everywhere from Pottery Barn to places we’ve traveled. It doesn’t change much…it’s just a collection of things that make me happy!
Keely says
Does your friend Lori that decorates the plates have any contact information besides Facebook? I don’t have Facebook so I’m not able to view her page! An email or webpage?
Thanks!!
Love your holiday decor 🙂
Mix and Match Mama says
Email me! I”ll connect you directly to her!
Nan says
Glad you are getting your house back together for the holidays. Love your Santa advent calendar on the pantry. Where was that from and how do you hang it?
Mix and Match Mama says
It’s from Pottery Barn Kids, and I hang it with a command strip!
Kristal Strong says
Everything looks great, as always! I’d love to stop by for that cup of coffee. Where did you get your stockings?
Mix and Match Mama says
Pottery Barn Kids!!
Melissa says
Love it. Your library paint color really changed that room! 1,000 x prettier.
Mix and Match Mama says
Thank you so much!!!
Jennifer says
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your festive home. I have all the fall decor up, so we don’t put up Christmas until the day after Thanksgiving. Then my birthday is December 26th, and this year is 40! We usually don’t take Christmas decor down until the week after New Years. I like what someone said about having a fresh slate come January 1st though! Merry Christmas Shay!
Mix and Match Mama says
I hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!
Mary C says
I love that you have your grandmothers ceramics! I have a large ceramic Christmas tree that lights up that my grandmother made, it is signed and dated 1979! It reminds me of my childhood so I love putting it out every year.
Mix and Match Mama says
Yay!! I really love the bacon and gruyere bites!
Yley says
Shay, my heart jumped into my throat when I saw your carolers! My grandmother painted the exact ones, so I saw them every Christmas growing up! She also had a handpainted streetlight that she displayed them with. Hers are a completely different color scheme than your grandmother’s, but they are the same pieces. They are sadly packed away in storage, but I love them so much. She passed away in 2001 so items like those are priceless to me.
Mix and Match Mama says
Awwwwww!! Was it the late 70s??? I love that you recognize them too!
Kelly says
Your home is absolutely gorgeous! Love that you add a Christmas touch to every room and make every space feel so festive 🙂 I LOVE the new garland for the staircase – I may need to upgrade to that next season. This may seem like a silly question, but how do you get your garland to stay hung around your front door?! I can’t get mine to stay up for the life of me!
Mix and Match Mama says
Andrew nails it up there!
Stephanie says
Where are your JOYFUL stocking hangers from? Looking for six to match, but can’t seem to find any like this! Beautiful home❤️
Mix and Match Mama says
Pottery Barn several years ago…we painted them red though!
Kandace says
Your home looks spectacular yet homey and cozy! Thanks for sharing your talent and beautiful home with us. Merry Christmas!
Julie says
Can you tell me where you got the big red bow in your kitchen?
Mix and Match Mama says
A little shop on our town square a few years ago!
Diane says
So welcoming, cozy, and inviting! I would curl up on the couch in the front living room with a good book, some cocoa and then take a nap????! Hugs from Waco ???!
Terri Miller says
Where did you get your stockings?
Mix and Match Mama says
Pottery Barn Kids!
Melissa Hildreth says
I love the snowman statue from Joplin, MO! I see that they are closed due to a fire. Do you know of any other place that carries these pieces? Thank you for sharing your beautiful home!
Mix and Match Mama says
From what I understand, they’re still making the stone items “out back” for sale.
Vanda says
I love your beautifully decorated home, it is just so cozy! Shay, you mentioned that you have pine scented candles in your home, do you have any favourite Christmas ones from Bath & Body Works? Thank you again for showing us your beautiful home!
Mix and Match Mama says
What is it called? It’s green…I think this year, my jar says something like Ho, Ho, HO…but that’s it!
Vanda says
Thank you so much!
Elizabeth says
Hi Shay,
Loved the tour!
Thought I’d share this with you for the little ones. It’s been a big hit for us on our tree!
Lenox Santa Blow Out the Lights Ornament https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B959VTA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_tUO0FbJ3AVY1P
Karen says
Love your holiday decor post. Just so beautiful! Man, I miss our custom home ~plugs in all the right places. Ha, I notice those things. How do you attach the garland around your stone framed front door?
Mix and Match Mama says
I just prop it up there, say a prayer and hope it doesn’t fall off 😉 .
Joanne says
So many beautiful touches everywhere! I felt like our stair garland looked pretty pathetic this year too but haven’t quite found what I’m looking for to replace it yet. We typically decorate the day after Thanksgiving and it all comes down the day after Christmas.
Pam Bryson says
I’d love to have a cup of coffee with you and enjoy your decorations while listening to the Carpenters and I’d bring my daughter. You two would really hit it off! Every other year I decorate day after Thanksgiving and the year we don’t have Thanksgiving here then I start early in Nov. I love how you put out family keepsakes. Christmas memories are priceless…We had a remodel last spring so it was fun to decorate in new surroundings! It is hard to say which room is my favorite…right now enjoying all of them. Wishing you and yours a joyous Christmas!!
Julia says
I love this post-look forward to it every year. Your house looks beautiful! So warm, cozy and inviting. And after all you’ve been through this year, I’m so happy for you that you have your first floor back. Best present ever! I really really like the lighter walls in the library. The decorations pop so much more with neutral walls!
If you remember, where are those darling little teacups from? The ones with the Christmas tree/pink inside? I’m obsessed with gingerbread people and peppermints and I love all that is on that cup!
Happy Holidays and thanks for inviting us in.
Mix and Match Mama says
Erika bought them for me for my birthday several years ago…they were from Anthro!
Kelly Henderson says
I have always been firmly planted in “decorate Thanksgiving weekend” camp but this year, we were going to be out of town. We decorated mid-November so we wouldn’t feel rushed once we returned home. Like everyone else, I am working from home this year and have absolutely loved having Christmas for longer than usual. We added an additional tree to my office and I absolutely love it.
Jeanie says
It’s all beautiful!
Kristy Moore says
So, I have 3 things to say about this post….
1. Love your new living room color-it really brightens up and enlarges the space. Good choice on the color!
2. LOVE that you have those decorations from your grandmother. I’m becoming more sentimental as I become older and seeing this gave me all the feels. 🙂
3. Could you get a larger t.v.???!!! 😛
I usually set a rule for myself that Christmas doesn’t go up until December 1st. But this year, with 2020 being such a bummer, it went up just after American Thanksgiving. This house needed the joy brought early! I don’t have a large house, so I’d say my favorite room is my living room. It’s where my tree and mantel are which I love to stare at the lights each night.
I do have to take down between Boxing Day and Christmas Eve. I just have to have a clean house to be ready to ring in the New Year!
Dawn Richardson says
Shay this just brightened my day! I had to tell my Mom I will not be home for Christmas in Arkansas for the first time in 58 years this year. It gutted me……my husband is a Police Officer in Dallas and we just cannot risk taking this blasted virus home to my 85 year old Mom and the rest of my family. I have been having a “pity party” all day. But seeing your happy home made me smile. Thank you for inviting us in. Merry Christmas to you and your precious family.
Mix and Match Mama says
Oh Dawn, I hope you have a very Merry Christmas. Sending you lots of love!!
Allena Gurley says
We decorate the week of Thanksgiving – the kids are home from school and I take off work. I did our outside lights a little earlier this year because 2020! My favorite room is OF COURSE the living room because tree + stockings = happy. Speaking of stockings, you and my husband have the same stocking and my youngest has the same stocking as your guys (which she is NOT happy to have a reindeer and wants an ice skater like her big sister). Every year I think I finally have enough decorations and then I continue to buy more, I just love a fully decorated house at Christmas. 🙂
Kim says
Your house decorated at Christmas is one of my favorite things ever. I love all the pictures, even if things don’t change from year to year. It’s always so beautiful!!!
I always host Thanksgiving so I leave fall decorations up for ambience, and there’s no room for everyone if I put up my Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving. And I leave Christmas up till New Years Day. I have a beautiful ceramic Santa that belonged to my grandma. I don’t remember how I ended up with it but I love it so much it goes on a shelf in my closet and not in the boxes with the rest of my decorations so it doesn’t get broken.
Darlene Mitchell says
Shay, it touched my heart when l viewed the Christmas carolers that l painted so many years ago. Barbara Martin worked with me, Linda Phillip & Lavern Bounds in our choice of colors for each of us wanted ours to be different. What great memories! Glad to see the F. F. Red car displayed since It has been in a accident,,?❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mix and Match Mama says
Love you so much, Grandmother!!!
Karah Stracener says
Thank you for sharing Shay! Your home is so warm, cozy and inviting. Everything looks beautiful and I’m so happy that y’all were able to get everything back together before the holidays. We always decorate the day after Halloween because we have a lot of Christmas to put up. We put up 7 trees in the house but they aren’t all full size trees. What can I say my husband loves Christmas. He does the majority of the work. We usually take it down first to mid January. We like to enjoy it as long as possible.
angi @ mamamindful.com says
You have a lovely eye! Love the little pops of Christmas cheer all over your home!
Ashley says
Okay…so I am a little late in responding to this post! I started following you awhile ago at the recommendation of another local blogger (shout out to Sheaffer Told Me To). I really enjoy your posts – they are always so cute and your family is adorable. Anyway, I was admiring your xmas home tour pics and recognized the house!! I realized that we live in the same neighborhood (actually on the same street)and I had no idea (until this post)!!
Beautiful Christmas decorations and I love the remodel. I also LOVE your family’s Christmas traditions. Merry Christmas!