Christmas Nutcracker Mantel

Welcome to Purple Chocolat Home - haha I just almost 

typed Purple Holiday Home - which it sure is!  

My favorite thing about Christmas is decorating my 

home.  Hubby loves it all so much, that he wants to 

fill our house with people and celebrate!  Sometimes 

he can think of way more parties than I can pull together, 

so we have to compromise on that.  

I decided I was going to cut back this year on buying 

anything new, and I was pretty successful.  So I 

was laying in bed thinking about my mantel, and 

decided to move some things around this year.  

These wonderful metallic painted nutcrackers 

were purchased at Home Goods about 4 years ago and 

have moved from spot to spot.  This year I decided 

to move them to the mantel.  While I was lying in bed 

pondering this, I wondered if I could put my champagne 

colored trees (from Hobby Lobby), that I have had for years

 up on the mantel with the nutcrackers.  I wasn't sure they 

would fit up there.

As you can see, our fireplace is so tall and generally my mantel 

decor has been dwarfed by the columns and mirror.  The trees 

fit perfectly on both shelves, and I think it is the most magical 

mantel I have created, without adding anything but a touch more 

of pink since last year.

I had the pink ribbons flowing down last year, and the 

beads are a soft pink, but I added the pink florals and the 

draping florals in pink this year. 

 I really love this, so I will probably do this 

again next year, or a variation of it with the trees 

lighting up the mantel.  

It truly is my one of my favorite spots in the house. 

Thanks for spending time with me this Christmas 

season!

Great Room Christmas Tour 2017

Oh the joy of decorating for Christmas!

It is probably my favorite thing.  I crank

up the Christmas music and enjoy every

minute of it.  It truly is one of my 

happy places during Christmas.

The fireplace is one of the main focal points 

during Christmas, well I guess all of the time,

but I love decorating it.  

This year I changed things up a big

by adding

lots of candles - which are all remote control

that I blinged up by gluing some diamond

ribbon around the bottom, and a touch of pink,

starting with this wonderful pink and gold set

of angel wings at the center of the mantel,

and long luscious ribbons.

Although the color doesn't show up well

in this photo, these beads are also a pale pink.

I also cut out O Holy Night on my Cricut

and put it on the face of the mantel in gold foil.

A diamond crusted fur stocking graces the hearth

and Santa's Book - where the little ones  can check to see how they

are doing this year.

The tree is at the other end of the room.

It also received some pink touches this year.

It is studded with gold and silver and more of

the blush pink beaded garland, and a touch

of white boa.

This is the centerpoint of the tree.

It also is adorned with a couple of sets of wings,

one in blush pink and one in white.  These are 

huge compared to the one on the mantel.

Glittery deer hide in the branches of the tree.

I love the warm feel of fur and boas and they 

go so well with my room decor.

A few pink trees are scattered around the room.

And a large bowl of pink ornaments change

things up a bit.

I love this perched atop my gold and fur coffee table -

which happens to be the grandkids favorite piece

in the room, and probably mine.  They just can't stop

playing with it.

More fur in the tree skirt and this gorgeous 

furry "basket" with pompoms.

This gorgeous gold tipped feather tree was a gift

from one of my dear friends this year.  We went on

our traditional shopping trip to Salt Lake and we

all fell in love with it at Z Gallerie, so she bought

us each one as our Christmas gift!

All this fur makes you just want to cozy up,

but it works well in summer too!

I found a pair of silver sleigh lamps

last year at Home Goods.  I just love this

touch of whimsy.

At the opposite end of our great room is

the video room.

On the wall hangs a print of theMadonna and

Baby Jesus by Amy Oberhansley

and underneath it is an olive wood 

Nativity that my daughter and her husband

brought back from Israel this year.

With just a few touches, our great room 

was transformed from last year's decor.  

I really like what a touch of pink did for the room.

I hope all your decorating is finished and you

can sit back and enjoy the Christmas season.

I will be sharing this with

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