I’m so excited to be joining some of my talented friends for our “Home For The Holidays Blog Tour 2016”. Thank you to King Of Christmas, who is sponsoring this home tour. We are so honored to collaborate with such a fabulous brand and can’t wait to show you the trees that they sent us this year. There’s also a big surprise at the end of this post!
But first, welcome! You might be coming from my friend Susana’s blog Too Chic For Words and I just adore her! She knows how to create such beautiful spaces in her home and her tree was no exception. I absolutely loved it! To my regular reader, welcome back and make sure to go through the whole tour and visit Susana’s tree and the others that are sharing along with me today. There are so many ideas and I promise you’ll leave with so many ideas, whether you’re just getting started on your tree or want to add things or tweak a few things. We’ll not only give you ideas, but we’ll give your our sources. How great is that?!
I have so much to share at this time of year that I can’t possibly do it in one post. This last week, I brought you into the entry of my home to share with you How To Hang A Garland, where you got to see my banister of fresh cypress and pine and also my staircase with a fun snowflake surprise. Then I shared my Holiday Living Room Tour a couple of days later and revealed my blush and gold Christmas tree. Today I’m welcoming you into my home for a tour of my Family Room and the tree I’ve put up in there.
This family room is a bit smaller than we’ve had at any other home but it has extra other spaces to compensate, so we make it work.
I decided to break all my rules and separate my sectional sofa that we love and just purchased a few years ago (shopping links in the end of post) since we’re in a rental until our permanent move next year and would rather wait and know what our new home will look like before running out and buying new sofas.
One thing about opening up the room is that it allowed me to finally fit a coffee table in here, that we desperately wanted and needed for storage and convenience (and to put pretty decor on, wink).
Separating the sectional was risky and a little strange but it definitely worked for this room and opened it up. To be honest, this light-colored sofa is lovely but with the grey wall color being darker than I’d prefer (owner painted it before we moved in) I wish the sofa was even lighter. This room tends to feel a little dark, maybe it’s just me, so I try to brighten it up a bit. That’s why I found a bunch of soft, down, white pillows to throw on there and these Christmas pillows do just the trick!
And the messages on them make me smile! We are all about JOY and PEACE and LOVE this holiday season. If anyone in our family gets grouchy, I just point to the pillows or the Christmas decor around the house and remind them…ha!
In last month’s edition of “Style That Coffee Table” (a monthly blog hop sharing how we decorate our coffee tables – do a search on my blog to see all posts), I shared this Christmas Coffee Table HERE with all of the details and sources. It’s definitely a favorite of mine and I still just look at this little angel blowing his trumpet and smile. It was the start of this bright, fun “winter wonderland” feel that I wanted in here.
Last year I found this adorable reindeer pillow at Pottery Barn. With two sparkly, white throw pillows and the softest faux fur throw blanket, it helps this space feel comfortable and cozy versus a broken up sectional piece. Honestly, it really is soooo comfy that the kids rush to steal that spot first. Which is fine by me because…..
This is MY spot! You may not see my name written on it, but it’s there! Maybe you can see the “S” mug, which is an indicator I’ve been there snuggling one of my kids or watching movies during Family Movie Night. Do you see those large marshmallows? Well, you can’t tell in this picture but they are actually “Sparkly Marshmallows” and I just shared how to make them HERE on the blog a couple of days ago. They’re delicious!
Before I sat with my cocoa, I grabbed a quick shot of this space. Remember the infamous Ice Skates I made last year? There’s a fun little scene I decided to put together just to the left of them that I’ll be sharing soon.
So, here I sit…sipping my hot cocoa and admiring our Christmas tree. Christmas tree!!! Let’s go see it….
The tree I chose from the King Of Christmas was the 9 Foot Prince Flock Artificial Christmas Tree with 600 Warm White LED Lights. It looked beautiful online but you never know what to expect until you get it. I was blown away! As we pulled the tree out of the box….POOF! This full, fluffy, white flocked tree with a ton of branches came to life. I have a flocked tree in my other room and this one makes it sad. This is the most beautiful tree I’ve ever owned. My mom arrived for a visit the next day from California and she said that it was a stunning tree and one of the prettiest she’s ever seen. This comes from the queen of Christmas and the queen of decorating….she has 8 trees! So, I knew I was not alone in my opinion. It was so fun to put up and boy am I glad that the tree fit because my husband was wrong….our downstairs ceilings in this home are at 9 feet and NOT 10 feet. But it fit!
I was even able to fold over the tallest little flocked branch and add my bling star to the top. And if you know me at all, you know I’m going to add a pretty big bow to partner with that star in giving the top of that tree the attention it deserves. Voila!
My tree skirt hadn’t arrived yet but I came up with the perfect solution. I ran to JoAnn Fabric and grabbed some faux fur by the yard and since it was on sale, I paid just $20 for 2 yards. When I got home, I unfolded the fabric and cut it in half, length-wise, and just placed it around the sides and front of the tree. I overlapped the 2 pieces and just pinched and gathered it to create a ruffle effect and look more like a tree skirt.
I think it works perfectly!
Because this tree was so full and beautiful, I packed it full of ornaments.
I added lots of white, gold, silver, and champagne-colored sparkly ornaments to give it an elegant “winter wonderland” look that I wanted.
I found these gorgeous sparkly little white berry stems at Decorators Christmas Warehouse here in Arlington, Texas and I just adore the glistening snow effect it gives my tree.
I also found these gorgeous velvet-like, champagne-colored sparkly stems there as well.
And also these gorgeous beaded magnolia flowers. I’ve really loved adding more flower stems to my trees this year other than the traditional poinsettia. I have a few of those too in this tree, but they are sparkly with glittery beads and pearls.
Last year, I found this “Have a Merry Christmas” banner and I love placing it across the middle of my tree.
I changed over from all red and silver Christmas colors about 3 years ago and I have absolutely loved having this neutral glam palette. And if I want to add a pop of color like red one year, it will be easy to do.
I have always loved wrapping presents in coordinating colors and big, fun ribbon so that it compliments my tree and makes it even that more stunning. The adorable fur storage basket I found reminds me somewhat of Santa’s bag so I had to get it and throw a few presents inside.
You can add something fun to your ribbon like a piece of pine branch, holly or berries, or even a jingle bell (which I always seem to have a lot of in my Christmas boxes).
I also think it’s a fun way to personalize any gift by adding a glitter initial to the ribbon when tying it on.
Pretty boxes are the easiest way to “wrap” a gift.
There have been so many lovely ones this year!
I love this vintage chair I made over a couple of years ago so I added more festive pillows and some fun pieces of decor to continue my “winter wonderland” theme.
Below the TV (not shown because I’m working on attaching the frame I just built for it), I have created this little winter wonderland scene on the entertainment center with a sleigh full of sparkly ornaments and stems, glass snowflake stands, a pair of adorable deer. and these fun sparkly white “J-O-Y” letters I found that also look a lot like several of my ornaments. All I had to do was place and arrange a flocked, lit garland throughout these pieces. It was quite simple.
Just outside the family, before heading to the living room, I created this adorable ornament arrangement in my champagne ice bucket. It was a fun way to use this fabulous piece and transition into the next room with sparkle of Christmas.
We just love this cozy room! And we absolutely LOVE our tree!
As promised, I’m linking the items (or similar items) from this post below for your shopping convenience!
I hope you enjoyed touring my Family Room with me! Please feel free to pin it and save it for later. I’d love it if you subscribed to my email list at the top of the page for the weekly emails of my latest posts and sale alerts to my shoppe as well. You can also follow me on Instagram and Facebook to see what else I’m up to and sharing and to stay updated.
Oh! And remember that BIG SURPRISE we hinted about on Instagram? Well here it is… For our Home for the Holidays Blog Tour, King of Chrismas is kindly giving away one 7 foot flocked unlit tree to one lucky winner. Isn’t that AMAZING?!! Here is how you enter the giveaway. Each comment (one per blog) qualifies as an entry. So, the more blogs you comment on in our tour, the more entries for you. Also, if you subscribe to our blogs, each subscription gives you two more entries. This giveaway is for US residents and you must be at least 18 years old. This King of Christmas Tree Giveaway ends on December 11th at 8:00 pm Pacific Standard Time. The winner will be announced that week.
Please continue on our tour to visit my fabulous friend, Gloribell from I Don’t Know How She Does It to see her beautiful tree and home. She always inspires my creativity and I know you’re in for a treat! Enjoy and hope to see you back here soon!
Your other hosts participating in the “Home For The Holidays Blog Tour 2016” today are:
Happy Happy Nester||Designs by Laila||Lindsay-Hill Interiors||Maison de Cinq
Crazy Chic Design||The Design Twins ||Home and Fabulous||Styled with Lace
Too Chic for Words||(Me) She Leaves a Little Sparkle||I Don’t Know How She Does It
Oscar Bravo Home||2 Ladies and a Chair||The Shabby Creek Cottage||Meme Hill
Wishing you all the Merriest Christmas & Happiest Holiday Season!
Summer, your home is so beautiful and sparkly! LOVE, LOVE love!!!
Thank you so much, Kim!! So glad you could stop by! Merry Christmas!
Thanks for sharing your holiday decor. Your tree looks stunning! The flocked tree makes it look like a winter wonderland and I love how full and fluffy the branches look. Also, I’m obsessing over the fuzzy basket under your tree. I must find one now. 😊
Thank you, Choice! I found the fur basket at Michael’s craft stores and they have them in a few different colors. Thanks for stopping by!
Love your tour, Summer. It almost felt like I was there and you were narrating and giving me a personal explanation (and tour) of your decor. Love your tree’s decor and the idea of the skirt is amazing! Thanks for sharing!!!
Summer, you never cease to amaze me. I love all of it, and it fits you to a “T”! Gorgeous!!!!!
Classy, classic and beautiful! It is very inspiring. I hope you have an amazing and sparkly holiday season!
Summer your home is just STUNNING and homey!! I love everything and all of your sweet touches!! And boy do you wrap your pressies just beautifully!!
Your home is absolutely gorgeous. I’m from Canada, so I’m not eligible. That’s ok, I so enjoy touring all your Christmas homes. There all so beautiful and some really amazing decorating ideas. Have a wonderful holiday season. Julia
So glamorous Summer! I love how light and bright everything is! Absolutely stunning. Much love
Nice use of white and gold!
Summer!! This is all so beautiful!! Love you packages and wrapping tips!
Such a beautiful color palate. Thanks for the giveaway!
Summer, I absolutely adore your family room decor!! You totally nailed the white winterland look with such class! Love all the sparkle and fur, especially that fur basket and of course the reindeer! So gorgeous !! #GOALS!
I have seen your other Christmas posts on Instagram. Just beautiful. That’s where I first came across your blog. I love your style. Merry Chritmas.
This is beautiful! And your Mom is right, that tree is stunning!
It turned out amazing! I love your tree and the way you broke down the decorating into details for us. I loved all the gorgeous presents you created! That’s some mad wrapping skills! You’ve made such a magical winter wonderful wonderland of white and silver and sparkles…..but with a blog like “she leaves a little sparkle” what can you expect? Let’s just say you lived up to your name, and then some!!!!! xoxo Jodie
I adore a winter wonderland Christmas and you’ve decorated it perfectly! The tree is a stunner! The ornaments are precious and loved seeing the closeups. Also you have mad gift wrapping skills along with decorating! I’ve always enjoyed popping in to see your feed on instagram. I’m debenr there.
Thanks for sharing your home and brightening my spirit for the holidays! Merry Christmas!
Your tree is gorgeous! I love how full and magical it looks!!!
Summer, I absolutely LOVE all of your fabulous details! And your tree is out of this world – what a gorgeous focal point in your room! From your decorations to presents to all of your sparkly details, I’m in awe! I want that gorgeous champagne ice bucket too and I just might steal that idea!! Love you friend!
Beautiful as always! Merry Christmas!
Summer this is absolutely beautiful. Your amazing glamorous style is so cozy and warm, perfect for the holidays! Your tree is gorgeous! Merry Christmas
Oh you sweetie pie, thanks so very much! Love everything you do. Wishing you a merry Christmas!
This is so beautiful Summer! I have those same sparkly initial ornaments on my tree! One for each of my kiddos. I think I also just ordered the same rug you have for a client!! Great post! I really want to win that tree!!
Hey great minds think alike right?! Ha! Thanks so much for your sweet words and for stopping by… Hugs!
Your tree looks great! You decorated it perfectly Summer! So glad it fit too lol
Lol me too!!!! Oh my goodness, the look of relief on my face! I have learned my lesson! Thank you, friend!
Amazing!! Your decorations are so beautiful!! Love it all!
You are so so sweet, thanks so much and I’m glad you could stop by! Merry Christmas! Xoxo
I need that tree. It’s unreal!!!
Amazing right?! It really is the best tree and the price is fantastic! Thank you so much for stopping by! XO XO
What an elegant, sparkling Christmas you and your family will enjoy! Love all the special “Summer” touches – just beautiful! Merry Christmas, my friend!
xo
Kathleen
Kathleen, you are such a dear… Thank you friend! That means so much. I learned so much from you… Thanks for always inspiring all of us! Merry Christmas!
Thank you for welcoming us into your home, Summer and thank you for all the sweet and kind words encouraging your readers to stop by my blog. I adore you just as much!
Joy, Peace and Love is our motto here too! For the record, Mom’s always know best and both you and your mom, are absolutely right about the tree… It’s stunning and you turned into a sparkly delight, just like with everything that you touch. Great tip on the tree skirt and what a bargain!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
XO
I love that, thank you so much for sharing, my friend! You’re just a joy! Love to your home tour so much. Grande abraço e beijinhos💋💋
Where is your coffee table from? I’m unable to shop your post.
Hi Elyse! We built it but I linked one similar ☺️
GORGEOUS!! Your Christmas Home Tour is just like a beautiful White Winter Wonderland…Love it!! I really enjoyed doing this tour with you Summer! 🙂 Happy Holidays beautiful!! xo
You are the sweetest, thank you so much my gorgeous friend! I absolutely loved your home tour! Love everything you do! Merry Christmas!
Bravo bravo bravo! 👏🏼… and I’m not talking about Oscar….you have done such a gorgeous job here, Summer. Your tree is absolutely beautiful and ofcourse you have spoiled us now and so I never expect anything less than perfect from you. Thank you for being such an inspiration. Love you girl.
Wow that is the NICEST compliment ever, Alicia!! You are such a sweetheart, thanks for always being so encouraging of my talents and such a great supporter. You know how much I love everything you do! I have so much to learn from you! ☺️❤️️😘😘
Your living area truly looks magical and your true is just beyond words to describe! LOVE the flocked tree and how full it looks. I told my husband it is a must in our home next yr. Out with the plain traditional artificial tree and on to a new OH LA LA tree! Thank you so much for sharing and Happy Holidays!
Delina, thank you so very much! You are just the sweetest! So glad you could stop by and merry Christmas to you!
Summer!
This is so gorgeous my friend – maybe even more so than last year, and that is saying a lot!! I absolutely love everything! I adore the pillows, but my favorite has to be the It’s a Wonderful Life pillow. That is my absolute favorite Christmas movie and I love that you found that! I also love that you just bought some fur fabric and made your own tree skirt! It looks so good!
So thankful to have met you this past year and spent so much time with you DMing, planning, blogging, and blog hopping! I have so enjoyed it and I feel honored to call you a friend:)
Merry Christmas!
Sheila
xo
http://www.maisondecinq.blogspot.com
Oh Sheila, I could not have said it better myself. If you have been such a blessing and I am so grateful for you! Love working together and collaborating. Love everything you do and so grateful for your talent and so grateful you were here! Merry Christmas, sweet friend!
Summer, everything looks gorgeoussss! I love the banner on the tree, the tree skirt looks perfect, and what a steal! I love all the white, fur, and sparkles!! Great job, my friend!!
You’re the sweetest, thank you so much my dear friend!
Hi Summer ! I just LOVE everything about your gorgeous home ! Everything is just perfect, you couldn’t have done a better job ! That tree…omg it’s dripping with sparkling beauty, I just can’t get over how gorgeous it is !!! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent, you certainly are blessed !!! Merry Christmas
You are so sweet, thank you so much Tonya! So glad you could stop by! Merry Christmas!
This is pure elegance, and glam! I adore it all! Hope you have a wonderful holiday season! 🙂
Hi Summer,
Ok, I read, shared, commented and stopped at your blog. Then I got seriously sidetracked! Now I’m finishing the best for last! Your blog tour is amazing. I love how you have your own spot on the sofa! I can just picture you there all cozy and with your cute Anthropologie mug! Also, your sectional sofa looks great separated! I’m sure when you thought of that idea, you were super pleased! Your holiday decor is fabulous and I’m sure it is fun to have such a cozy and beautiful home! Thanks, sweet friend for joining us on this tour, you are such a bright and happy addition!
I love the neutral, tone on tone colors. They don’t compete with the tree, which is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! Happy Holidays!
Amazing tour Summer! Your decor is absolutely beautiful! That flocked tree looks amazing with all of those pretty packages below. Thanks for sharing!
I love your style.
Your decor is beautiful.
I will be so sad when the holidays are over this year as I will so miss all of these beautiful posts. Your home is gorgeous and now I will be on the hunt for that throw with the pompoms.
Can you tell me where you found the navity scene set on your table? Thanks
Hi Lisa! I shared that I found it at a garage sale when we were living in Waco years ago. But if you go to that blog post called holiday living room tour, I link a few that are very similar. Thanks! Merry Christmas! ☺️💋
Wow, what a beautiful winter wonder land feeling you achieved . I love it ! You did a fantastic job. When I click on an item it takes me to pin it. I wanted to find the places you bought your winter items.
Debbie, that is so very sweet of you, thanks so much! I appreciate your kind words and for stopping by to visit! Merry Christmas!
Just stunning, love all the sparkle 💜🎄
Oh I’m so glad, thank you for your kind words and for stopping by! Merry Christmas!
Your tree is beautiful.
OMG! I love, I love I love! Your cool neutral tones truly stole my heart. I love clean neutral colors so I am so inspired! Merry Christmas!
You’re so sweet, thank you and Merry Christmas!!! xoxo
Very elegant and inspiring !
Thanks so much Gwen! Merry Christmas! xoxo
Fabulous! Your Christmas home decor is so stunning. I love the tree! Wonderful. This is very inspiring. It looks so elegant yet so inviting. Thumbs up!
Thanks so much, Mike!