NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

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 […]

A silver Christmas tree with yellow and turquoise DIY ornaments

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Every year, I have a favorite Christmas decoration. This year, it’s the entire silver tree. I’m so obsessed with how it turned out this year. I bought this silver tree two years ago after Christmas. It was the display at a local department store and I had ogled similar trees for three years. I bit […]

A very homespun holiday mantel with crafty stocking monogram tags

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I really love having a mantel to decorate for the holidays. There’s just something cozy about a fireplace and garland, stockings and ornaments and twinkle lights. But I’m still learning what works for this space. I think our holiday mantel this year is better than ever.   The “Woodward window” is still displayed, which was […]

A family tradition, Henry’s tree and DIY decorations

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The holidays bring a lot of sentimentality for me. I have a lot of really good memories about Christmases growing up. Picking trees. Sending letters to Santa. Hanging our gigantic stockings. Decking the halls. Watching my dad put up a huge light-up star on the roof and a life-size nativity in the front yard. Taking […]

Easy and fun scrap buster dish towels for Dare to … give homemade gifts (Dare to DIY)

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I really like giving handmade gifts and actually have a few things up my sleeve this year. Unfortunately, like many of you, friends and family actually read our blog. So, I can’t give away all my secrets. So for this challenge, I decided to share a really quick and simple holiday gift that works well […]

A yellow and turquoise untraditional holiday table

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Since I didn’t host Thanksgiving, we are transitioning to Christmas at the Woodwards. I took this challenge with the hope of making our holiday table coordinate with the dining room colors – grey, yellow and turquoise. Particularly importance since the majority of my boxes and boxes of holiday decorations are red. So, this is what I […]