Welcome to the Blue Cottage Christmas Tour — part one. I took so many pictures that you would get bored to see the whole tour in one post, so here is our kitchen all decked out for the holidays. Let me show you what I did!
Meet Alma, the cow, by the way. I found her at HomeGoods and knew she would be perfect for our farmhouse kitchen.
I liked the large, colorful poster I had on the wall before, but it was time for a change.
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Blue Cottage Christmas Home Tour
My theme for this Christmas is simple and rustic farmhouse/cottage decor. As always, I decorated with a lot of thrifty and vintage finds.
I have boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations, but all of these beautiful examples of Christmas decor inspired me to do something different than last year.
I edited a lot, believe it or not.
This is how I decorated the little table and chair in our kitchen. I added the white vintage enamel tray to the shelf a while ago to hold some of our extra glasses.
The pillow was on sale at Kohl’s after Christmas last year, and the red tray and cute countdown calendar are tag sale finds.
The mercury candles are $3 at Target right now, and the silver pitcher is my latest find from the Katonah thrift store where I also found this lovely porcelain coffee pot.
I found these mercury glass votive holders even more because of their vintage feel:
The cute red truck plates are from HomeGoods, but you can find similar ones on Amazon:
I added a garland to the top of the cabinets for the first time.
I bought several of these little $3 Christmas tree at Target and decided to not add ornaments to them even thought I have a ton of small ornaments. I just added a little sticker.
Bottle brush trees. Can you ever have enough bottle brush trees? I used many more in our living room.
I needed a new tea kettle and decided on a red one lined with enamel — my last one rusted, so I’ve learned my lesson about cheap tea kettles — and also found these cute tea towels.
Here are two other sets I really like:
This vintage sewing machine drawer usually holds our vitamins, but I added candles and greenery to it for now.
These pink vintage ornaments are also a tag sale find.
I added my Christmas cookie jar to the crate shelf and put our soap dispenser into the wooden box for added rustic charm.
I decorated our window with six little white creamers and just added one ornament. The rest of them are in the vintage vase on the shelf. The “Believe” sign is a sale items from Cottage Antiques.
There you, that was the tour of our kitchen all decked out for Christmas. I hope you liked it!
What do you think: still too much decor or just enough?
I hope you’ve enjoyed this part of my Blue Cottage Christmas Home Tour — check out the post about the rest of the house.
Blue Cottage Christmas Home Tour
I wrote a separate post about this year’s Christmas tree because it’s a long story, and a DIY post about the nifty centerpiece I created for my Christmas tablescape.
You might also enjoy the Christmas Home Tour from last year.
Kate says
It’s not bad. I don’t usually like putting anything on top of cupboards as it becomes a dust collector fast.
I especially like the use of crates on your counter. I did the same thing to hold fruits, vegetables and loaves of bread.
Shawn Angulo says
I was first wanting to tell you that I love you little “Blue Cottage”. Its so cute and and so cozy decorated all up for Christmas. But I am sure its adorable all the time!! But I also had a question concerning your counter tops in the kitchen. 1. I was wondering what kind they are? 2. Are they hard to keep clean from stains and such? 3. How expense was you farmhouse sink? Thanks from a new follower, Shawn (female)
Dagmar Bleasdale says
Hi Shawn! Thanks for your kind compliment!
I looked it up and the product is called LG HI-MACS solid surface, in the color cotton dust. We got it from Lowe’s, and it was pretty inexpensive, compared to other counter top choices.
It can take a lot, and I’m really happy with it. It has a few tiny scratches after 2 years of wear, but that’s all. Just don’t put a hot pot on it. Hope this helps!
Here is a link to the firehouse farmhouse sink site I got it from. Make sure you get free shipping – they are super heavy! 26? farmhouse sink, SignatureHardware.com, for $557.
Hope this helps!
Angelina says
I love how you decorated everything! I really like the garland up on the cabinets in the kitchen… a nice touch!!!
Shantel says
I love your decor! White is my favorite color in houses ;0)
michelle says
it’s perfect – not too much not too little
Dagmar Bleasdale says
Thanks, Michelle!
Diane says
I love this kitchen – so clean looking – and just enough decorations :)