![]() The sterling flatware is Wallace and Sons Louvre from 1893, and the crystal glassware is Cristal d’Arques Durand Longchamp I started collecting back in the 90s. I always use my J & G Meakin Romantic England dinnerware at Christmas time so I set the table using silverplate trays and a Mikasa Italian Countryside plate as a charger. I layer a faux garland then add fresh pine that can easily be pulled out and exchanged for fresh. I saved the oranges I dried last year and used them again in the greenery around the light and on the centerpiece. Underneath the buffet is an antique book/printing press. The 8-day clock is from 1920, and I thought my great grandmother’s portrait from 1921 was perfect to go beside it.įor the antique buffet, I really wanted something different this year so I added a plaid runner, silver tea/coffee set, and great grandfather’s antique oil lamp.Īn old wagon wheel hub holds juniper and nandina berries from the yard. I made the red velvet mantel scarf this fall, and that’s just the touch it needed for Christmas. The Perfection Kerosene heater is from the early 1900s and is original to the property here. The mantel is certainly a joy to decorate in any season, but Christmas is definitely a favorite. I cut juniper and euonymus to hang over each window. The Chinese ancestor prints were inherited. The windows were salvaged from the old house, and I attached picture wire to the backs then lined with sheet music. I’ve never been a Christmas village kind of person, but adding the vintage ceramic church and some faux fur, definitely made this little vignette have that feel. ![]() I decided to put the little cardboard house replica I made of the old house on my great grandfather’s drop leaf table. In our living room, I like to add velvet pillows and warm throws so we have a comfy place to watch Christmas movies or vintage TV. I love color (obviously), and Christmas just fits right in with my normal decor. All the Christmas tree details are in THIS post. Since I built the mantel out of wood from great-granddaddy Porter’s house here, I wanted something that could have been in a parlor anywhere from 1896 to the 1940s. I particularly love the open, imperfect trees strung with tinsel, colored bulbs and icicles that were fixtures in pretty much every American living room until the early 1980s when clear lights began to gain favor, and icicles and tinsel faded away into the past, replaced by clear lights and themed trees. The older I get, the more I want to keep that old-fashioned magic alive, and to be honest anything from the 1880s until about 1979, captures my attention. My memories of Christmas are absolute magic and the stuff dreams are made of, not because we had lots of gifts, but because of the wonderful family times, church services, and brown paper bags filled with an orange, an apple and a few candy canes. I love everything about it from the most important aspect – celebrating the birth of Christ, right on down to the cultural traditions and customs, from trimming the tree and hanging stockings by the fire to singing Christmas carols and the first taste of my mother’s fruitcake. She always does such a great job, and welcome to those of you coming over from Shayna’s beautiful home at The Wood Grain Cottage. Thanks so much to Marty for organizing everything. It seems we all need some Christmas cheer this year, and this tour is the perfect place to find it. So many memories fill my heart, and each bauble and bead brings back a forgotten one that cheers a weary soul through the challenges this year has certainly brought to all of us. Whispering Pines Holiday Shop – with thousands of ornaments, unique home decor and quality jams and gourmet treats.“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!”.Heated lodge to warm you up after selecting your tree.Optional shaking and baling of your tree.Choose from Balsam Fir, Fraser Fir, Spruce and White Pine.Our train themed tractors and wagons transport you and a provided hand saw to and from the field to cut your tree. ![]() Choose and Cut Your Christmas Tree at Whispering Pines Tree Farm! Grab your camera, invite your family and friends, and make some holiday memories at Whispering Pines Tree Farm, Oconto – located 1/2 hour north of Green Bay. Whispering Pines Tree Farm Begin a NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION!īreathe the clean air and indulge in the smell of a freshly cut tree.
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