Inspiration Friday No.32~ Decorating the Christmas Tree

Decorating the Christmas tree use to be one of my most favorite things to do.  

I would spend hours putting the tree together, always with a glass of 

white wine in hand!  I loved finding the perfect spot for each ornament, 

always stepping back to get a full view before putting on the next ornament.  

Fast forward 2 children later and I still love having a pretty tree but I am 

less excited about doing the work!  Over the years I have decorated the tree in 

purple, light blue, dark blue, and mulit-colored ornaments...now I crave an all white tree 

with a simple burlap tree skirt.  But it is hard to have an all white tree because so many 

of our personal ornaments that I love are colored.  

We have solved this issue by having two trees!

I have my large fake tree in the front window, decorated in white, 

wrapped in ribbon and all, and my husband and children get a real tree 

and decorate with all the color and tinsel they desire!  Everyone is happy!!

Some of my favorite tree inspirations...

Pretty mantle!

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I went to visit one of my favorite local stores, Shore Gallery & Design.

This is the first time that I have been during the holiday season 

and I was amazed that every inch of the store is beautifully decorated

for the holidays!

An amazing peacock decorated tree.

So much fun!

The front window is so beautiful.

Not Christmas tree decorations but I thought cool enough not to share.  

I found these unique knobs at TJ Maxx last week.

I was walking to the cash registers and stopped short when I saw these beauties.

I know I should have bought them, just to have them.

But I didn't.

They were only $7.99 for a pack of 4, which is a great price!

Ahhh, I should of bought them!!!

So is everyone all decorated for the holidays?

I feel like I am just about done decorating but there are 

still so many boxes everywhere!  

I need to wrap it up so I can literally start wrapping stuff up!!!

I hope you have a great weekend!

~  Kim

(most pictures can be found on my Pinterest  "Holiday Decorating" page)