Christmas Around Our Home 2024

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Every year I say I’m going to do less when it comes to the holidays…I’m going to decorate fewer rooms. But then I go and decorate even more rooms than usual! I guess I can’t explain it any other way other than the Christmas spirit overtakes me! (Visit our CLJ Holiday Shop for some of the decor that inspired me.)

It’s just that the difference is so stark between a room that has Christmas decorations and one that doesn’t and the feeling that the rooms that are decorated have are undeniable. We’re flock to them. This year, I didn’t decorate the playroom. While the girls are usually up there most of the time, now I find them hanging out more in our main living areas that are decorated. The family is more together already! And it makes our house feel so cozy.

Decorating Our Modern Brick Colonial Home for Christmas

Gold Nutcracker | Monogram Doormat | Urn Planter | Light Up Topiaries | Garland | Bow | Ribbon | Door Wreath | Window Wreaths

We did go extremely classic on decor this year (as I was loving in my holiday trend report). I think that has really helped the Christmas vibes. It doesn’t feel trendy or overdone.

The front door of a brick home decorated for Christmas with traditional green and red colors
A curved brown door and a traditional green wreath with a gold-lined red bow

Bow | Door Wreath | Doormat | Shop The Backyard

A front door and stoop at dusk illuminated by Christmas lights and decorated with a red-and-green garland and gold nutcrackers

Christmas in the Front Entry

A grand staircase at Christmas with a green garland down the handrail and burgundy bows

Flameless Pillar Candles | Garland | Ribbon | Bells

A front entry at Christmas with a small tree and burgundy red velvet ribbon and ornaments

Hanging Bells | Tabletop Tree (similar) | Velvet Ornaments | Ribbon | Mini Wreath (similar)

A grand staircase at Christmas with stairs lined with battery candles and a green garland down the handrail with burgundy bows

Shop The Entry

Christmas in the Study

The study with a lit Christmas tree and bright-red bow accents tastefully placed throughout the room.

Vase | Greenery | Ribbon | Flocked Tree (similar) | Bird Tree Topper

The flocked Christmas tree in the corner of a study with red bows and an outdoor wreath visible from the window

Shop The Study

A flocked Christmas tree with red ribbons in a study behind a desk

Christmas in the Kitchen

A kitchen desk and shelves decorated for Christmas with red twirl candles, a large wreath on the open shelves, and an illuminated ceramic gingerbread house

Wreath | Faux Stems | Gingerbread House | Brass Footed Bowls (similar) | Red Taper Candles | Shop The Kitchen

Everything just feels like this the way it was always meant to be. And it’s so incredibly homey in a time of year when everything is so busy. It’s just such a sanctuary—all these little Christmas spaces. 

A kitchen decorated for Christmas with red ribbons, a green wreath, and ceramic gingerbread houses

Ribbon | Greenery | Wicker Hanging Bells

Open kitchen shelves with Christmas decorations including ceramic gingerbread houses, gingerbread house mugs, a greenery swag with red ribbon and bells, and red plates

Gingerbread Mugs (similar) | Small Gingerbread House | Nutcracker Salt & Pepper Shaker | Medium Gingerbread House | Platter (similar) | Red Rimmed Plates | Bells | Large Gingerbread House | Trees | Shop The Kitchen

Christmas in the Dining Room

A cozy family dining room tablescape with lit red candles in gold candlesticks on a red-and-cream striped tablecloth

Shop The Dining Room

A bright winter tablescape for the holidays with traditional red, white and green colors

Striped Tablecloth | Garland | Ribbon | Taper Candlesticks | Taper Candles | Bow Plates | Stemmed Glasses | Napkins | Flatware

A close-up of a place setting with ceramic bow-trimmed plates, red napkins, and a red-striped tablecloth

Christmas in the Living Room

A warm, cozy traditional living room with a lush green garland on the mantle, a wreath on the wall, green stockings, and lit candles.

Shop The Living Room

Someone recently asked me, “What’s my favorite space to decorate for the holidays?” I wanted to say the mantle because it’s so iconic, but I usually dread decorating the mantle… (ha!) It’s like there’s more pressure to make it so symmetrical and perfect? I do love how it turned out though. It feels classic and not overstyled. There’s a little more character to it.

An oversized garland of greenery on a mantle over a roaring fire behind pine green stockings.

CLJ x Pottery Barn Kids Stockings | Candy Cane Ornaments | Cedar Garland | Pine Garland | Eucalyptus Garland (similar) | Bells (similar) | Ribbon

A beautiful traditional Christmas tree draped with velvet ribbons in red, gold, and silver, battery-candles, and a gold sunburst star tree topper

Brass Bell | Christmas Tree | Ribbon | Christmas Tree Candles | Vintage Toy Ornaments | Decoupage Ornaments | Velvet Ornaments | Star Tree Topper (similar)

I do a couple of trees every year around our house, but we have one tree that is full of memories. Whatever places we go throughout the year, I say, “Let’s all pick out an ornament!” We can reminisce about all of the trips we’ve had as a family. It’s a tradition going on 15 years now—it started when Chris and I were on our honeymoon, and now we have 15 years’ worth of ornaments on that tree. It evokes such great memories.

Living room with Christmas decorations and ochre velvet curtains

Wreath | Ribbed Pillar Candles | Santa Match Box | Mirrored Tray | Vase | Evergreen Stems

Christmas decorations in a living room with a gold, silver and red-trimmed Christmas tree and vintage brass bells as decor

Christmas in the Bonus Room

A Christmas scene in a cozy living area with wreaths in the windows, small evergreen trees in nooks, and a vintage Santa and reindeer screensaver on the Frame TV

Bottlebrush Trees (similar) | Tabletop Tree | Wreaths | Tartan Throw Blanket | Darla Pillow | Frame TV Art | Flocked Tabletop Tree (similar) | Ribbon | CLJ x Lola Blankets in Raisin | Howie Pillow

A nook of the blue bonus room with a leather chair, a red bow on the sconce, and a classic wreath inside the window
A large swooping swag garland and shiny bow on the walkway handrail

Garland | Ribbon | Gallery Wall

A piano topped with Christmas decorations including a large nativity set and green garland.

Nativity Set (similar) | Garland | Mirror | Wreath

Christmas in the Primary Bedroom

A primary bedroom with a simple wreath over the canvas that hangs over the bed

Wreath | Shop The Bedroom

The sitting nook of a primary bedroom decorated for Christmas with a tabletop tree and red velvet baubles, and a large greenery swag over the oversized leaning mirror

Bow | Pine Garland | Mixed Garland | CLJ x Lola Blankets in Corduroy | Tabletop Tree (similar) | Velvet Ornaments

The sitting nook of a primary bedroom decorated for Christmas with a tabletop tree, greenery, and a plush brown blanket over the leather chair

Christmas in Greta’s Room

This year we moved the bonus room tree into Greta’s room, since the piano is in the corner of the bonus room. And wow, it feels so magical in this moody, modern, traditional room!

A traditional-style Christmas tree with toile baubles and red bows in a burgundy red bedroom.

Christmas Tree | Tree Skirt | Decoupage Ornaments | Ribbon | Bow Tree Topper | Window Candles | Outdoor Wreaths

A girl's desk and open bookcase decorated with red berry stems in a white marble vase and other red decor accents

Marble Vase | Red Berry Stems

Greta's bedroom with a pretty lit Christmas tree and gold bow topper

Green Taper Candle | Taper Holder | Shop Greta’s Room

Christmas in Faye’s Room

Faye's blue-gold room with a lush wreath with gold accents over the bed

CLJ x Pottery Barn Kids Faux Pine Wreath | Marble Trees | Shop Faye’s Room

A girl's bedroom dresser topped with a small spruce tree topped with a single red bow and a tall dollhouse in the corner

CLJ x Pottery Barn Kids Dollhouse | Tabletop Tree (similar) | Nativity Set (similar)

I love how the pine green velvet and chocolate brown toile colors on Faye’s bed are picked up again in these plaid sheets for an evergreen bedding look that can extend past Christmas!

A hanging fabric advent calendar on the side of a blue armoire in a little kid's bedroom

CLJ x Pottery Barn Kids Hanging Advent Calendar

Christmas in Polly’s Room

Polly's bedroom decorated for Christmas with a tabletop faux tree on the side table, a red bow on the oversized faux rabbit wall mount, and a Merry Christmas letter garland hanging across the footboard.

Merry Christmas Banner | Ribbon | Tabletop Tree (similar)

Polly’s room got some whimsical touches throughout (red bows for all the bunnies!) and our cozy Pottery Barn Kids chair in the corner.

A sweet side table with a tree and bunny lamp both with a Christmas red ribbon tied to them.
A child's Pottery Barn chair with a small guitar on it and a Merry Christmas garland hanging across the footboard of an upholstered blue bed

CLJ x Pottery Barn Kids Anywhere Chair | Plaid Floor Lamp | Shop Polly’s Room

And that’s the whole tour!

Do I know on Dec. 26 I’m going to be excited to undecorate? That’s what happens every year. And yet I can’t even imagine feeling that way this year!

A Christmas tree lit at night with maximalist, traditional Christmas decorations

Go back and see how we’ve decorated in past years:



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Kristin Barton is the news writer for TNT News, where she writes about politics, health, and travel. She has been a writer for over 15 years and has written for several national publications. Kristin graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in journalism and mass communications. She loves to travel and hopes to see every country in the world.

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