Today I’m sharing old fashioned Christmas decorating ideas to help get you ready for the holiday season.

Welcome, and today kicks off the holiday season with the Bloggers Best Holiday home tour! If you are yearning for beautiful homes all decked for Christmas and the holiday season you came to the right place!

Kelly from the Tattered Pew is our host. Kelly has a beautiful home and style. Thank you so much for putting another home tour together.

Make sure you visit the links of the prior homes shared this week. You will not be disappointed because every home has so much Christmas inspiration and ideas to add to your home for the Christmas season.

If you are visiting from Renae’s over at Peacock Ridge for Christmas welcome. I hope you learned some easy tricks and ideas.

A Little Bit About Me

Little Bit About Me

Welcome to Cloches & Lavender, my name is Cindy. So make sure you visit my About Me Page so we can become friends and connect and you see how Cloches & Lavender began.

We built this home eight years ago and made it one level. This makes it easier for me to navigate with my walker. I have had MS for 30 years and having everything on one level has been a great move. This allows me to have an easier time cleaning, cooking, baking, entertaining, and more.

It also makes it easier for our two Dachshunds to find mommy at all times. And yes I mean at all times but I truly love these two being attached to me. Reeses and Peanut make us so happy, laugh out loud every day, and sure love to snuggle with us. They also love music, yes love it because we play music all the time. Since they have been puppies it’s been a musical home especially now with Christmas music on every day. Do you enjoy listening to old Christmas songs too?

Pieces to Add to the Home for an Old Fashioned Christmas

Pieces to Add to the Home for an Old Fashioned Christmas

Today I’m sharing an old-fashioned Christmas decorating ideas tour. Decorating for Christmas in this style is easy and can be accomplished using items you may already have in your home. Vintage Christmas decorations and other vintage items can be discovered at flea markets, thrift stores, and estate sales.

Vintage items to look for:

• red holly berries
• candy canes
• bottle brush trees
• colorful vintage ornaments
• a Christmas village
• Christmas wreaths
• red ribbons
• vintage glassware
• vintage Christmas lights
• vintage Santa mugs
• a vintage sled
• a feather tree
• And gingerbread houses
• Thrift stores and flea markets are a great way to find old Christmas cards

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How do I add these vintage items to our home for the Christmas season? Let’s take a look at my old-fashioned Christmas tour beginning in one of my favorite places our kitchen. I make this area of our home extra special because our family and friends have an open-door policy.

Entering Our Kitchen for an Old Fashioned Holiday Season

Entering Our Kitchen for an Old Fashioned Holiday Season

When entering our home there is always Christmas music playing in the background. This keeps everyone who enters in the holiday spirit and they look forward to it every Christmas season.

The first thing they see is the kitchen table. I keep this simple with a small wreath, and a candle in an antique tureen during the holiday season.

On Christmas Eve this table is also filled with a large assortment of Christmas cookies. This has become a family tradition and their dessert of choice. Of course, I love this idea because my favorite thing is baking especially during the holiday season! And I have never met a cookie I haven’t enjoyed making and eating. Here’s an example of a great idea for a cookie filled with warm spices and white chocolate.

If you have been following Cloches & Lavender or you are visiting for the first time you will notice I adore Christmas wreaths and bottle brush trees. I have a large collection of bottle brush trees that fills up a huge plastic tub. So I think it’s fair to say I have a slight obsession with assorted bottle brush trees. Some are vintage pieces and many are new but they still have a vintage vibe. I add bottle brush trees in different ways every holiday season.

Here across from the table is an antique gate with a basic Christmas wreath. I scattered dried orange slices which is a favorite way to add natural elements for an old fashioned Christmas. These are also easy to make.

By the way, if you enjoy wreaths as much as I do I made six of these smaller Christmas wreaths in 30 minutes. These also smell amazing and are perfect for the holiday season and work through the winter months too!

Adding Vintage Pieces to the China Cabinet

A Holiday Look With Vintage Items in the Kitchen Hutch

Our china cabinet is a favorite for vintage Christmas decorations. It’s often filled with my collection of bottle brush trees and many of my vintage pieces. The antique and vintage red transferware is perfect for the Christmas season.

This wood tray has some of my favorite bottle brush trees and mini white-tipped pine cones. A walnut garland I made for fall adds more natural elements and takes minutes to make! How great is this for a fast craft idea for the holiday season?

It’s also the spot where I share a very special piece from a family member. My bronze baby shoe with a small bottle brush tree. These decorations fill my heart with joy, especially during this time of year. You may enjoy seeing how I change this for the seasons with a different theme. Natural elements are often added no matter the season.

Adding a beautiful vintage cowbell adds charm and character to an antique book. Adding battery-operated flameless candles adds a hint of warmth in the evenings during the holiday season.

The cabinet top is filled with paper Mache houses I purchased last year from the craft store. And are painted white with glitter roofs. The vintage and new large bottle brush trees and medium bottle brush trees add a festive feel. Fresh garland completes the old fashioned Christmas feel.

Continuing an old fashion Christmas is a basket with an assortment of small bottle brush trees, and mini bottle brush trees in Christmas colors. Take a look and learn how to add age to a new basket in minutes and it is so easy!

Adding Festive Holiday Decor to Our Family Room

Festive Christmas Decor in the Family Room

Across from the kitchen is our living room area filled with vintage Christmas decor. We live in a semi-open floor plan so I try to keep pieces as cohesive as possible. I enjoy creatively adding my favorite Christmas decorations. I have mentioned this many times but the first thing you see when entering is our fireplace and bookshelves.

As much as I like fresh greenery during the busy holiday season I opt to use real touch garlands. Adding dry orange slices adds more natural elements and subtle color. The vintage style stockings are a fun and easy Christmas project. This is great to make for your family. The best part is no-sewing and I share a stocking pattern! The bells are the perfect finishing touch for the Christmas season.

Adding Vintage Christmas Decor Pieces to the Bookcase Shelves

Vintage Christmas Decor Pieces on the Shelves of the Bookcase

Here are vintage Christmas decor pieces simple things such as cedar greens, with a small tree in an ironstone pitcher.

Another favorite way to add an old fashioned feel is using a grapevine garland. Simply make a circle, and wrap it with brown wire for a small wreath. Add a battery-operated candle with the personal touch of a crown. Finishing these shelves are more bottle brush trees, Christmas brass bells, and other natural elements such as nuts, pinecones, star anise for their star shape, and old books bundled together with satin ribbon. I also added a pheasant feather as a bookmark for another little bit of nature.

Our Old Fashioned Tree and Glass Christmas Ornaments

Our Old Fashioned Tree and Glass Christmas Ornaments

On the opposite side is our artificial Christmas tree. It has an old fashioned tree feel with colorful vintage glass ornaments from Germany, and Poland and are special pieces for Christmas tree decorations.

Also with Peanut unable to see getting a smaller tree is safest for her because the width is perfect so she won’t hit the branches and become scared. Besides, there’s so much going on in this room I think it fits in perfectly. Don’t you?

We added vintage-looking candles to our tree for an old-fashioned Christmas look and added more light and softness. The Christmas star tree topper is one of three I made this year. It’s also easy and fast to make to add to your own tree.

The basket tree collar and burlap add texture, character, and a charming finishing look to our Christmas tree.

Next to the tree are my favorite French chairs. These are easy-to-make pillows with a vintage Christmas look. They also work for the winter and colder weather months ahead and a cozy throw is a must to watch Christmas movies.

The vintage antique coal scuttle is filled with small birch logs, large pine cones, and a small evergreen wreath. Adding to the old-fashioned feel are small candles nestled in a larger wreath. This adds to our vintage Christmas decor.

Decorating a Simple Coffee Table With Natural Elements

A Simple Holiday Coffee Table With Natural Elements

Because this is open it’s particularly important to keep extra Christmas decorating simple. Our coffee table is filled with assorted sizes of pinecones. There are large pine cones, medium pinecones, white-tipped pinecones, and a deer antler. Old Christmas books and vintage Christmas cards from around the world for a simple centerpiece. Star Anise compliments all the natural elements in the living room.

Our Christmas Buffet with a Wood Crate and Natural Materials

Our Christmas Buffet with Natural Materials

Lastly, our buffet has favorite vintage decor pieces such as this antique wood crate. It has a beautiful patina and is filled with more natural elements and natural materials such as evergreens, medium pinecones, and pheasant feathers. I also added dried whole oranges with cloves to keep with an old-fashioned feel. The wood slab with flameless candles adds warmth for the evenings. An antique scalloped dish filled with anise also continues with the theme of an old-fashioned Christmas with natural elements.

Learn an easy way to clean and preserve pinecones for years to come for your home decorating too!

Here’s another natural wreath I made and the best thing is this wreath works for numerous seasons. Also, this keeps items cost-effective with my homemade wreaths working for two or even three seasons. The small jingle bell wreath is a gift from a family member. It is close to our hearts and perfect for the holiday season.

I hope you enjoyed seeing our old fashioned Christmas decorating ideas tour. I inspire you to add some of these elements to your home.

Next please visit Simply2Moms for easy and affordable ideas for a neutral Christmas. These ladies always share beautiful and creative ideas all season long!

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