Traditional Red & Green | A Vintage Inspired Christmas

To say this year has been hard would be a major understatement. It's been one of the toughest, longest, most grueling years – and everyone is drained because of it. So how do you decorate for the holidays? How do you try to bring back some joy for the season? I think a lot of us tried extra hard to bring the cheer this Christmas. People decorated way earlier than normal and I've definitely noticed an increase in outside lights. 

I had an idea of how I wanted to decorate this holiday season (I change it up every year) only three days after last Christmas. I found a wooden sign with a cute vintage red trunk on clearance at Home Goods for only $3. I bought it thinking it might be nice to do more traditional colors for once. 

Months went by and of course the pandemic came. Fast forward to October when the stores and small shops started selling their Christmas decor- I noticed a popular theme among other creators of lots of pinks and blues. I thought about using these colors as well – they are super cute (and I just might use them one day)! But it just didn't feel right. Then I remembered my idea of going traditional and it seemed perfect. After the year we've had, something nostalgic was just what I needed. ❤️

I spent all of my holidays as a child at my grandparent's house. I had the best Christmases! So many gifts under the tree every year (I was a little spoiled being an only child), decorating cookies at the kitchen table, watching Christmas movie after Christmas movie in my Santa pajamas- it was a small home, but it was perfect. My grandma always had a million candles lit and my grandpa always wanted more red decorations- it is his favorite color after all 😊

Nothing is better than childhood memories at Christmas time; everything felt so magical. Even if I could bring two percent of that feeling back again, I had to try. So I started shopping with this feeling in mind, picking out the white pom pom garland and red ornaments for the tree, red taper candles for the mantel, and cable knit stockings to hang on the fireplace. Our living room has such a warm and cozy feel- it's brought a sense of calm amongst the chaos. 

I am very happy with how everything came together and I hope you love it too! Whatever color scheme you chose this year, however you decorated or celebrated- I hope it brought you joy. We all deserve some happy memories this holiday season. Wishing a very merry Christmas to you and your family!