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    Home » Lifestyle » Holiday » Holiday Apartment Tour

    Holiday Apartment Tour

    Published Dec 19, 2013 · Updated Dec 2, 2019 by Ginnie · 8 Comments

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    I love seeing how other people have decorated their homes for Christmas, so I thought it would be fun to do a holiday apartment tour today!

    Holiday Apartment Tour | Hello Little Home

    My apartment is pretty tiny, so I didn't go crazy, but every decoration makes a big impact.

    Let's start at the front door!

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Silver & Gold Wreath | Hello Little Home

    I was inspired by Made In A Day to make a square wreath. It was definitely one of those super simple, yet very satisfying DIYs!

    To make it, I simply bent the wire frame from a round wreath into a square and moved the branches around to perfect the shape. Then, I hot glued a bunch of silver and gold sparkly stars to the wreath and tied on a gold bow. Super easy!

    The entry way is next.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Gallery Wall | Hello Little Home

    I updated my gallery wall with some DIY holiday artwork.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: DIY Holiday Art | Hello Little HomeHoliday Apartment Tour: DIY Holiday Art | Hello Little Home

    The artwork was simple to create from vintage clip art that I found online. It's a fun holiday update to the gallery wall!

    I also added my Noel sign to the closet doors in the entry.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Noel Sign on Closet Door | Hello Little Home

    Next, let's head into the kitchen, where I updated my DIY chalkboard with a Christmas message.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Joy to the World Chalkboard | Hello Little Home

    My kitchen is super small (I'll share pictures soon), so the chalkboard is the only holiday decoration in there!

    I did the most decorating in the living room.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Side Table with Deck the Halls Print | Hello Little Home

    I started by topping a small side table with a framed Deck the Halls print from I Heart Hands-On. Isn't it cute?

    I also added my birds and one of my favorite Christmas books, Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland. Have you seen this book? It is hilarious and would make a great stocking stuffer.

    Here's one of my favorite pages.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Scared of Santa Book | Hello Little Home

    I also added a "Ho Ho Ho" sign on the window sill.

     

    Holiday Apartment Tour: "Ho Ho Ho" Sign | Hello Little Home

    I've shared a few sneak peeks of my Christmas village here and on Facebook already, but here is the finished product.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Christmas Village | Hello Little Home

    I'm so happy with how it turned out! The houses were somewhat time-consuming to make, but I plan to add more over time.

    Here are a few more pictures of the village.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Christmas Village | Hello Little Home

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Christmas Village | Hello Little HomeHoliday Apartment Tour: Christmas Village - Closeup of Houses | Hello Little Home

    I made my own patterns for the houses, but I got a lot of inspiration from Martha's Winter Village. To build the village, I put a layer of Eco Snow on my coffee table (over books for varying heights), arranged the houses, added a small mirror for a pond, and then sprinkled everything with Buffalo Snow. It's really sparkly and soft looking. I love it!

    Finally, there is the tree.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Christmas Tree | Hello Little Home

    I set my tree on top of a box for a little more height. There really isn't a theme; I just used a mix of my favorite ornaments and added a vintage glass tree topper.

    When it comes to decorating a tree, my philosophy is to squeeze on as many ornaments as possible! It really looks festive and helps to fill out a sparse tree.

    Here are a few of my favorite ornaments from my childhood. That poodle cracks me up!

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Vintage Christmas Ornaments | Hello Little Home

    I collect bird ornaments. They are just so quirky! This is just the beginning of my collection.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Bird Christmas Ornaments | Hello Little Home

    My husband and I also collect ornaments from our travels and places we've lived.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Christmas Ornaments from My Travels | Hello Little Home

    Here are a few more of my favorites.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Favorite Christmas Ornaments | Hello Little Home

    I hide that pickle ornament on the tree every year, and then my husband has to find it. It's a lot more challenging with a real tree. He spotted it right away this year!

    I took some creative shots of the tree with bokeh, too.

    Holiday Apartment Tour: Christmas Tree with Bokeh | Hello Little HomeHoliday Apartment Tour: Christmas Village with Bokeh | Hello Little Home

    I'm still hoping to add a few more decorations (our stockings seem to have disappeared in our move), but this may be it for this year. I hope you enjoyed my tour!

    How do you like to decorate for the holidays?

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    Jenny@EvolutinofStyle
    9 years ago

    So pretty! I love your gallery wall with the framed sheet music! Thanks for sharing!

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    Ginnie
    9 years ago
    Reply to  Jenny@EvolutinofStyle

    Thanks, Jenny! The gallery wall was a lot of fun and so easy to change up:)

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    Kris {Driven by Décor}
    9 years ago

    If you hadn't told me that you live in a small apartment, I would never have known it because you have so many beautiful, thoughtful touches throughout! Thanks for the wonderful tour and merry Christmas!

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    Ginnie
    9 years ago
    Reply to  Kris {Driven by Décor}

    Thank you so much, Kris! I've tried to keep my apartment as uncluttered as possible - that definitely helps! Hope you had a great Christmas:)

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    anne @ wit wisdom and food
    9 years ago

    It looks cute and cozy. The village is my favorite part I think.

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    Ginnie
    9 years ago
    Reply to  anne @ wit wisdom and food

    Thanks, Anne! The village is my favorite part, too.

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    Rebecca
    9 years ago

    Looks great, your mother-in-law and I were checking it out 🙂 Very pretty! She is always bragging you up, well deserved 🙂

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    Ginnie
    9 years ago
    Reply to  Rebecca

    Thank you so much, Rebecca! Pat is the sweetest:)

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