Country Living Christmas Home Tour
Join us for our Country Living Christmas Home Tour! We’re sharing our rustic little house in the suburbs all dressed up for Christmas!
Hello sweet Friends. We are so ECSTATIC that you’re here today! Earlier this week, we shared our first Christmas home tour of 2015 and mentioned that we’d be back today with our second Christmas home tour hosted by none other than Country Living and the ever-sweet Ashley of Cherished Bliss.
Please come in.
The Entryway
We recently freshened up our front entry bench by painting it in a classic black (Coal Black by Fusion Mineral Paints) and adding a new light fixture. After almost three years of searching and pondering which light to buy, we found this one at Home Depot while we were there looking for something completely unrelated to lighting. Go figure!
Honestly the entryway is normally FULL of shoes and coats. It stayed like this for quite literally five minutes before it was a mess again. #ILoveMyFamily
I would really love to replace the brown/beige tiles with really large gray (maybe slate?) tiles. But don’t tell Dean that just yet – he’s not a big fan of tiling floors!
Shop the entryway look:
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The Master Bedroom
Now, we’re going to skip over the rest of the main floor for a moment and go straight up to our master bedroom. (You’ll see why in a sec.)
This room usually gets a bit more of a Christmas touch, but I was working with what we had and very little time. Thankfully it doesn’t take too much to add a little festivity to a space. Just a sign, some antlers, mini trees or a pillow will do it.
Also we recently moved our treadmill up there, so the rest of the room is rather a mess with piles of things all over. Which is okay, because we’re not hosting Christmas this year, so no one else has to sleep in there but us. (Our parents take over our room when they visit since we don’t have a guest room.)
Don’t mind the yellow knobs. We typically have yellow as an accent color in here, with pillows and flowers, etc. I am thinking of changing them out for maybe crystal knobs in the new year. What do you think?
Shop our master bedroom look:
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And now for the main floor.
I love this ❤
Everything looks SO warm and cozy Shannon! LOVE it all!!!
Love your Christmas house! And thank you for the reminder of this wonderous holiday season.
Btw, where did you get those stockings??? Love!!!
I saw your pic on instagram and thought you might have moved things around. Looks so great. Love your message too. It’s so hard not to compare, and feel not enough in the blogger world, great reminder -change perspective indeed.
Amen to all that, and a blessed and merry holidays season to your family!! xo Shannon
It is always an inspiration to see what you put together each season in your home Shannon. I love that you switched the two room! And thank you for your beautiful words about how we should all feel when reading these home tours and decorating our homes.
I thought something looked different! Your home looks very pretty and so nicely decorated for Christmas. You are so right about seeking inspiration and having a good attitude while following these home tour trails. It can be easy to get overwhelmed with all the pretty things and what appears to be perfect lighting etc. When that happens I remind myself to be thankful for what we have. I also pin all the tours so throughout the year, when I am less busy and looking for ideas, I can revisit them for inspiration and make plans (for example make a note to look for a large clear vase at a thrift store.) Thanks for sharing another lovely tour.
Shannon your home is so warm and welcoming. Thank you for sharing it with us!!
I’ve been following you on Instagram, and I have fallen in love with your style! I just now visited your blog, and I now love your heart as well! Thank you not only for your home decor inspiration, but for your wise words and sweet heart!
Love, love, LOVE, all the neutrals with pops of red! Absolutely stunning! Thank you for the inspiration ?
Beautiful….especially the picture with Jackson in it?
Beautiful heart and such a good word. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and home.
One of best Christmas displays on the net. Love your stockings and the 3 tiered wooden tray on dining table. Would you mind sharing your sources for both of these items. many thanks
So absolutely perfect, Shannon! I love all of the rearranging you’ve done. I thought I loved it before but I love this new setup even more. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!
Very nice. So cozy and neat. Love your color scheme.
Merry Christmas.
Carol P-K
Absolutely stunning Shannon! I completely adore how you use neutrals! Thanks so much for sharing your home with us! xoxox
Stunning!! Fabulously cozy and welcoming and classic and timeless Shannon. Love it!!
Thank you, Krista!
As always your home is beautiful!! I love the swap! And as always, you are a class act, lovely words for all of us to remember. Thank you. I thoroughly enjoy your blog. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. Merry Christmas.
Thank you so much for you sweet words!
Where did you get your entryway light? LOVE it!!!!
It’s from Home Depot!
Shannon! I’m just now getting the chance to take your home tour…With the craziness of the holidays, I wasn’t able to get around to it sooner! I’m so glad I got the chance to sit down and really look at all of the gorgeous details in your home! I’ve studied and pinned so many of your images. You are such a talented photo stylist and photographer, and I just adore this tour! I’m so glad I got the chance to be in a home tour together, and I hope you enjoyed the holidays with your family! xo -April
Thank you so much April!
Hi! Where did you find your coffee table? I love it!
ps. your home is gorgeous and I love your style!
Thank you so much!
We built our coffee table! You can find the tutorial here: http://akadesign.ca/diy-brickmakers-coffee-table/
In love with your coffee table and electric burning fire place. Where were they purchased??
Thanks!
Thank you! The coffee table was built by us and the electric fireplace was purchased at Canadian Tire.
What color is your front door with the hello on it? Lovely home!
Wondering where you got your coffee table?
Hi Ashley, we built the table. You can find the tutorial here: http://akadesign.ca/diy-brickmakers-coffee-table/
Where did you get that gorgeous coffee table?? I have to have it!
We built it! There are plans here: http://akadesign.ca/diy-brickmakers-coffee-table/
Hello,
What color paint did you use for your entry way? That is the exact shade I am looking for. I love your entry way. I had a vision something like that and its perfect.
Part of the entryway is Fusion Mineral Paint in Champlain, part is Sherwin Williams Bungalow Beige (the part by the door was painted that color when we moved in).
Just wondering where you got your coffee table. I love it and have been looking for exactly that.
We built our coffee table. The tutorial is here http://akadesign.ca/diy-brickmakers-coffee-table/.
I am seeing this site for the first time and I’m just loving it. Thank You
Hi, thank you for sharing your beautiful home! Do you happen to know the brand or name of your entry light fixture from Home Depot? I have been looking for what seems like forever for a mudroom light and just love this one. Thanks for any info you may have.
Oh dear, Donna. I’m not sure that I do. We only saw it there once or maybe twice. Sigh. I’m so sorry.
Where did are your couches from? It appears they are different (the ones in the 2015 Christmas home tour) than the IKEA Ektorp ones.
Thanks!
That’s true. The one’s in this tour were hand me downs from a friend that didn’t work in our space for our family when we switched the living room and dining room early in 2016.
Hi! I was wondering if you could tell me where your chandelier is from that is hanging over the coffee table?! Thanks!
Alicia
It’s by Hampton Bay at The Home Depot. 🙂
Beautiful Community
I kinda like y’all! 🙂
I love the naughty/nice sign. Any idea where to find one now? Thanks!
Sorry, no. It was from the Target dollar spot when Target was in Canada.
Can you tell me where the rug under the coffee table is from?
It’s from Rugs USA. 🙂
Hello I need that Squirrel Pillow… Where did you get it! We just bought a cabin and the squirrels are taking over, my husband would think if funny if I started putting them in the cabin. : )
Thank you,
The squirrel pillow is from Ikea!
Thank you
Hi! I love your grey entryway door, can you share the paint color with me!
Beautiful home you have, thank you for sharing!
All of this house’s paint colors can be found here: http://akadesign.ca/our-houses-paint-colors/
Hi Shannon! Ok, it’s official…I’m absolutely in love with your designs!!! I would love to have you help me to design my home around your design style. It’s such a warm, homey style, but yet so extremely stylish at the same time!! What is the best place to start to transition my style into a similar one to yours? Help!!! I’ve just looked through all of the Christmas photos, and this really capped it off for me!! This is exactly what I have in mind. I love your style during the rest of the year, and the changes/additions for the holidays really makes it special! I’d appreciate any hints on how to transition from what I have to the style you share with us each week! Thanks so much!!
Hi Sheri. Thank you for the lovely comment. I don’t know your house or your style, but I’d start by decluttering. Remove all the stuff that doesn’t fit with what you’d like to have in your spaces going forward.
Thank you Shannon for sharing your feelings about feeling guilty for what God has allowed you have. I too have felt the same way through out the process of bldg. our new home this year. I feel Embarrassed. I just don’t want people to feel less fortunate. I don’t talk about it unless someone ask and even then I just say it’s coming together. A sermon our pastor preached was on, “It’s not about what we have, but what we do with it”. I share my talents and gifts with the church family. I decorate of all occasions. Weddings, baby showers, all holidays and other special events. I love pretty things and I enjoy making others feel Special and Happy.
Once a year, we do a Prayer Cottage in Jan. which 5 families host. We gather together each day in one of the 5 host homes for a week and pray for our country, president, our community, other churches etc. I’m one of the host and I can’t even express the Blessing I get out of this and to know my home has been bathed in prayer, WOW! I’m questioning myself weather to host this year because of the Guilt! We are Blessed! God blesses faithful,loving and hard workers. I know that God can use us to show others they too can have blessings if we give Him the Glory, Stay faithful, and give of our Time, Talents and Treasures. Have an Awesome Day!!! PS: I love your hook line “Hello Beautiful” It makes me feel special and start my day on a positive note. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Oh Donna. Continue to let God work in you. Don’t let the guilt control the things you do. Use your home and talents because you feel loved and want to share that, not because you feel guilty! xoxoxoxo
Beautiful decorating.
Thank you.
What paint colors are in the entry way? I love it! Thanks
All of that house’s paint colors can be found here: https://homemadelovely.com/our-houses-paint-colors/
wow, can I come to your house for Christmas next year? Seriously though you have a beautiful home and obviously go to a lot of effort at Christmas.
Thank you so much, Katie!
Could you please tell me about your entryway door? I love it!
What would you like to know? It’s a wood door that was at the house when we moved in. I painted the interior side with an aqua paint by Van Gogh and the exterior was a medium grey that our friends actually gave us. The decal was from etsy, but can now also be found on amazon. 🙂 Anything else?