NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

A 2012 holiday home tour at the NewlyWoodwards

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In case you’ve missed any of our holiday home posts this year, here is a full holiday home tour, with a few of my favorite parts of each room. (Check out the links for the full tour of each area.) Welcome to the NewlyWoodwards – starting with our festive front door and homemade NOEL “wreath.” […]

Living room Christmas trees and holiday decor

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Last year, I gave away several of the trees I had been storing. The ones that I didn’t love. And yes, I have enough Christmas trees that I can give away several. The plan was to buy a really nice slim tree for the living room on sale. Well, I never found that tree. So, […]

A cute little kitchen Christmas tree

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Another day, another tree. I feel very strongly that the kitchen should have it’s own Christmas tree. Otherwise, it feels left out of the holiday fun. Just a fun little tree here. I decorated with felted ball garland, cookie cutter ornaments and cookie ornaments. The skirt is the apron I made a few years ago. […]

NOEL front door decor and exterior holiday decor (DIY projects for the holidays)

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I always love to deck the halls with DIY projects – it’s more personal and less expensive than buying everything new. And this year, I decided to finally make myself a NOEL sign inspired by the Pottery Barn version, but with a NewlyWoodwards twist. I picked up the letters at Michaels. They were all white, […]

Storybook stairs

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Sometimes the simplest projects are the best projects. That’s how I feel about our storybook stairs. When I was taking down the mice from our Halloween stairs, I remembered the Christmas mice that Sarah created at Thrifty Decor Chick. Then, I thought of this line from “The Night Before Christmas.” Inspiration struck. I simply cut […]