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2013 Holiday Home Tour

December 20, 2013 By Dusty Rogers 14 Comments

Our 2013 holiday decorations are filled with lots of color, lots of DIY, and lots of fun – come on in and take a look!

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

The front half of our family room, which doubles as my 3 year-old daughter Kate’s playroom and my office, is the spot for our gorgeous new family tree from Lowe’s Home Improvement stores.  This tree was originally filled with tons of colorful, personal, and handmade ornaments, but Kate has slowly plucked each and every one from its branches to put on her tree in the living room, leaving only the gold ones (she’s informed us she doesn’t like gold) for our big tree.

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Kate’s Playroom & My Office

We don’t have a fireplace, so our stockings are hung from the window with care.  Underneath the window, our $8 LACK tables from IKEA get a colorful and cozy look for Christmas thanks to some knee-high socks – those legs won’t be getting cold this winter!

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

I made these festive DIY letters that spell “CHEER” out of inexpensive cardboard letters, spray paint and yarn.  Leftover yarn wrapped around my magazine/file holders bring even more color into the space:

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Yarn-wrapped DIY letters and magazine holders.

Our bookcase on the left holds our 2013 holiday card and a picture of a purple Christmas tree that Kate drew earlier this month:

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Our 2013 holiday card and Kate’s Christmas tree drawing.

The other side of the Playroom/Office features this year’s floor-to-ceiling Gift-Wrapped Photo Gallery Wall:

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Gift-Wrapped Picture Frames

A look from the living room.  See Kate’s Christmas tree on the left?  It’s another gift from Lowe’s and thank goodness it’s so sturdy because Kate has it covered from top to bottom in ornaments, with some individual branches holding up entire families of snowmen.  This kid loves her Christmas!

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

I snagged these two pillows on clearance from Target after Christmas last year and I’ve been waiting all year to bust them out!  Don’t they look so happy?  (I think they like those chairs.)

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Our Living Room

I gave our clear glass lamps with blue & white shades a temporary makeover using red cable-knit scarves and gift-bows:

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Easy, no-sew DIY lampshade cover using a scarf!

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

We put up artificial Christmas trees for the holidays, but this year I got to sneak a real one in, thanks to this little cutie I found at Lowe’s:

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

A look into our living room from the kitchen, and Kate’s Christmas Countdown Calendar on the wall:

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Kate’s Christmas Countdown DIY Advent Calendar

I confessed after seeing the gorgeous kitchen Brit Morin designed for Lowe’s “Deck the Halls and Walls” event this year that I’d be straight-up stealing some of her ideas, and here they are!  I used her tutorial for DIY Marquee Letters to spell out “MERRY” in lights, and also strung some DIY tissue paper tassels over our sink window.  They look so cute up there that I want to keep them up all year long!

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Our Kitchen

 

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

DIY tassels made out of tissue paper and strung on red & white baker’s twine hang in the kitchen window:

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Love this mini poinsettia – another Lowe’s find!

I cut up an old sweater to keep our poinsettia centerpiece nice and warm next to the Christmas cookies:

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

Want your cookies to look like this? Check out my tutorial on How to Make Perfect Cut-Out Sugar Cookies and they will!

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

A DIY Merry Marquee

Thank you so much for stopping by – I hope you like our holiday ready home!

All Things G&D 2013 Holiday Home Tour | www.allthingsgd.com

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Comments

  1. 1
    Ashley Bock says:
    December 20, 2013 at 2:44 pm

    Looks great, Dusty!

    Reply
    • 2
      Dusty @All Things G&D says:
      December 20, 2013 at 4:21 pm

      Thank you so much, Ashley!

      Reply
  2. 3
    Kim Woodward says:
    December 20, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    I love that your home is so colorful! The old sweaters and scarves are genius. I want to raid my closet for all my old sweaters and cover everything in sight.

    Reply
    • 4
      Dusty @All Things G&D says:
      December 25, 2013 at 9:12 am

      Thank you so much, Kim! Merry Christmas to you!

      Reply
  3. 5
    Heidi says:
    December 20, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    Those MERRY letters are amazing! Thanks for sharing.

    http://jax-and-jewels.blogspot.com

    Reply
    • 6
      Dusty @All Things G&D says:
      December 25, 2013 at 9:13 am

      Thank you so much, Heidi! They were fun to do. I think I’ll be making them again!

      Reply
  4. 7
    Debbie says:
    December 21, 2013 at 8:15 am

    Dusty, you always amaze me with your work…..it looks sooo bright and cheery!!
    Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!!

    Reply
    • 8
      Dusty @All Things G&D says:
      December 25, 2013 at 9:14 am

      Thank you so much, Debbie – that’s such a sweet compliment! Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!

      Reply
  5. 9
    Kim @ Sand &Sisal says:
    December 21, 2013 at 1:56 pm

    I love all your frugal decor ideas! You just help prove that you don’t have to spend a pretty penny to make your home look amazing! Pinned it!

    Reply
    • 10
      Dusty @All Things G&D says:
      December 25, 2013 at 9:15 am

      Thank you so much, Kim! Merry Christmas to you and your gorgeous family!

      Reply
  6. 11
    Beth@Unskinny Boppy says:
    December 21, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    Love it all! Pinning the shizniz out of it.

    Reply
    • 12
      Dusty @All Things G&D says:
      December 25, 2013 at 9:18 am

      Thank you so much, dear friend – it’s an honor to be pinned by the Pinterest Queen! Merry Christmas to you and yours! I hope you have a wonderful day today!

      Reply
  7. 13
    Jessica says:
    December 22, 2013 at 6:45 pm

    Very cute, love the simple touches of holiday everywhere. Glad to meet another blogger from Madison!

    Reply
    • 14
      Dusty @All Things G&D says:
      December 25, 2013 at 9:19 am

      Thank you so much, Jessica! So fun to meet a fellow Madison blogger! Don’t you love our White Christmas? Thanks for saying hello!

      Reply

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