Christmas in the Dining Room - Come Home For Christmas

Ideas and inspiration for simple Christmas dining room decor

I hope your Thanksgiving was blessed! I tried to get out of cooking "the meal", but the middle DIY revolted and said because I didn't make stuffing last year, I had to make the whole shebang. Nothing like being guilted into cooking by your 20-year old son 😏

So I did what any good mama would do

and cooked a full Thanksgiving feast...even though I was dealing with a nasty head cold! I enlisted help this year so it really wasn't so bad...I even got out of doing the dishes...maybe the only positive thing to being sick on Thanksgiving!

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us and the countdown to Christmas is officially on! Can you even believe that tomorrow is December 1?

FYI - home decor and DIY bloggers get started early on their projects and decorating so that it gives YOU enough time to complete your favorite ideas...remember all those ideas you've pinned?!

I have been planning and decorating and crafting and shopping for about a month now...so I'm feeling prepared this year!

I joined with a fun group of bloggers to share one room in our home decorated for Christmas. It's a week-long tour of decorated rooms to inspire you! Thank you to Vicki and Jenn, the girls behind 2 Bees in a Pod, for hosting Come Home for Christmas!

If you missed any of the posts, you can catch up on them by following the links I'll include at the end of my tour.

Christmas is in full swing at my home, but today I'd like to share my dining room with you. I kept it simple and let a few pieces really take center stage.

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I didn't set the table (shocker I know...y'all, I just finished serving Thanksgiving here!) but the real star of my decorated dining room is this amazing fresh bay wreath from McFadden Farm.

It's surprisingly affordable, and...well, I wish you could smell it because it smells amazing! If you enjoy making soups and stews, you'll already be familiar with tossing a bay leaf in for flavor.

Looks like I'll be making lots of soups this winter!

I set the wreath down on a plaid napkin and this ironstone pitcher fit inside the middle perfectly. You can find similar looking pitchers here.

I tucked some cotton ball stems, red berries and lambs ears into the pitcher for a fast and easy touch of Christmas.

I hung a couple small wreaths from red gingham ribbon on the doors of the black hutch, and tucked some berry stems inside. Those little houses were a Target find last year; they light up and are so cute! I thought about painting the rooftops white, what do you think?

I've said it before but I love collecting white dishes! My white ironstone and milk glass goes with every season, and it's so easy to mix and match for any and every occasion! Each Christmas I'm soo tempted to buy Christmas dishes, but I always stop myself because I really don't need them!

Everything in this cabinet is a thrifted find, with the exception of some of the milk glass (thanks mom!)

The farmhouse Christmas picture was a thrifted find too! I just added a bit of greenery for some color.

This is one of my very favorite Christmas songs! My heart always swells when I sing it, thinking about that holy night so long ago when Jesus, our Savior, was born as a babe in a manger! 💗

I love changing out my large chalkboard for the seasons. I've had some pretty elaborate drawings on it in the past, but was craving simplicity...so...joy. That one simple word is so powerful!

I also kept the tabletop tree bare so the other decorations shine.

I hung my DIY Christmas tapestry on the old chippy door Mr DIY and I found at the Nashville Flea Market a few years ago.

And my chicken feeder from Decor Steals is filled with small numbered dishes. This antique organ bench makes a great sideboard for a small space!

The oval plates look like Rae Dunn, but they're from Creative Co-op.

On the other side of the room I layered a chippy wood shutter, a magnolia wreath from Antique Farm House, and a sweet little Christmas print I found on clearance at HomeGoods last year after the holidays.

It's certainly feeling like Christmas in this room!

I love combining old and new items in a room; there is history and a story behind nearly every piece that all come together for a look that is uniquely us!

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I hope you're inspired! But that's not it...there are more dining room tours for you to visit! And a whole house full of room tours!

Here are the links to this whole week's worth full of Christmas room tours!

MONDAY - Entry/Foyer

My Creative Days

Lydi Out Loud

Our Home Made Easy

Craving Some Creativity

Lehman Lane

Slightly Coastal

The Crowned Goat

TUESDAY - Living Room

Green With Decor

Little Red Brick House

Catherina's Creative Corner

Houseful of Handmade

1915 House

All Things Big and Small

Wednesday - Bedroom

2 Bees in a Pod - Vicki

Average But Inspired

Bliss Ranch

Keys to Inspiration

Country Design Style

Making it in the Mountains

Thursday - Dining Room

Little Bits of Home

Two Purple Couches

Worthing Court

The Inspired Hive

DIY Beautify

Refresh Restyle

Friday - Kitchen

2 Bees in a Pod - Jenn

Robb Restyle

Noting Grace

The Honeycomb Home

Chatfield Court

Home with Cupcakes and Crinoline

This is a group of incredibly talented DIY and home bloggers! I know that you're sure to find some great ideas to inspire you as you decorate your own home!

Thanks for letting me share my Christmas dining room with you today!

bringing beauty to the ordinary,