Decorating for the Holidays When Your Home is For Sale

Here is the Dilemma...  

 Your home is for sale AND 

the holidays are approaching...  

What do you do?  

Do you forget the holidays 

and leave your home minimally staged?  

Do you say "I don't care what people think" 

and go crazy with your decorations 

and go ahead and put the blow up snow globe 

outside on the lawn?  

WHAT DO YOU DO?

Well, here's what I did...  

I did a lot of research and read a lot of articles 

on the subject and found out 

that having your home for sale during the holidays 

is not a terrible thing after all!  

Inventory is lower, 

as it is in my neighborhood 

and the buyers tend to be more of the serious type.  

This was good news!

The advice that I read was to go ahead 

and decorate but to scale it down quite a bit.  

Oh Boy!  

Not so easy for me as I love Christmas 

and I love to decorate!  

But I did my best this weekend 

to keep it simple, cheery and bright.

I decided on a red and white theme 

for the Kitchen and Hearth Room.  

I found these adorable stockings 

at Nebraska Furniture Mart.

I added some berries 

to the mantel and two rosemary trees 

on either side of the fireplace.

Aren't they adorable?  And they smell nice too!

My cute little snow birds are on the table behind the sofa.

The red Pottery Barn pillows 

sit on the bench with the pillows 

that I stenciled last year.

How cute is this reindeer feed sack from Decor Steals?  

I placed some greenery in the top 

and hung it from the plate hook by the French Doors.  

I might have gone a little overboard 

here but I think it is too cute!

I added toile and plaid napkins 

to the table setting and a poinsettia 

wrapped in toile and plaid.

Simple! 

Over by the sink 

my Nordic Santa 

and his reindeer are hanging out. 

See, I used restraint!  It wasn't easy...

I tried to use my very favorite pieces 

and that made it a little easier.

I only changed a few things on the Buffet.  

A little red transferware 

to give it holiday cheer. 

I tucked a little Christmas tree 

into the copper vessel for a natural feel.

Christmas 2014!  

Hoping Restraint leads to a Sale!

Until Next Time,

Beaux R'eves,

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