Classic Christmas Decorating Ideas
Tour a New England Colonial for classic Christmas decorating ideas that capture the magic of childhood and family memories.
Welcome! I’m so excited to invite you to peek into our holiday home as I share my Classic Christmas Decorating Ideas for Jennifer Rizzo’s 2019 Holiday Housewalk. It’s one of my favorite days each year, and it’s always a pinch-me moment to be included in the lineup.
If you are just jumping onto the tour, you can start here to see the homes from Monday! Each home offers something special, so you won’t want to miss a single one.
Did you catch the tour from Dear Lillie? Jenni’s holiday home decor is always beautiful, and I can’t get over how gorgeous her new home is! I love all of the lush greenery she used.
Holiday Housewalk 2019 | Classic Christmas Decorating Ideas
If this is the first time you’ve visited, my name is Nina and I live in Massachusetts with my husband Mack, our three kids, and our old golden girl Lucy (shown above). For the past seven years, we’ve been slowly but surely renovating our 1980s New England colonial. Especially this past year, we’ve been pushing hard toward the finish line of the renovation, which is both exciting and stressful!
As our oldest approaches his teen years, I’ve been feeling particularly nostalgic… like time is moving WAY too fast… so that was my focus for decorating this year. I wanted to capture the magic of Christmas as a child, so I included all of the classic colors and decor that brought to mind classic toys.
Classic Christmas Kitchen Decorating Ideas
When I decorated this year, it was very much with the activities in mind that we’d be doing in our home for the holiday season.
I kept things more simple than in the past so that our traditions have plenty of room.
For example, in our kitchen, I made it as easy as possible to remove the little tiered tray on the island so we could have plenty of space for making Christmas cookies.
Most of my fun in the kitchen came from decorating our floating shelves.
I added simple Classic Christmas touches on top of the everyday decor.
Similarly, I put away our blue plates for the season and added bright pops of red to our everyday white dishes in the built-in kitchen hutch.
Christmas Cookie Decorating in the Breakfast Nook
The kids love all things cooking and baking. I hope it’s something they don’t grow out of!
We had so much fun decorating Christmas cookies and drinking hot chocolate in the breakfast nook.
The tray could be easily lifted away when it was time for dinner.
If you’re in the Massachusetts area, I got this adorable cookie decorating kit from Aisling’s Cookies. It had everything we needed ready to go for an afternoon of cookie fun!
Cozy Classic Christmas Family Room
This year for our advent calendar we’re trying to focus on reading books we already have, watching Christmas movies, playing board games…
I really wanted the room to feel as cozy as possible to reflect that goal. I’m trying to soak up these memories.
I know from experience with our oldest that it will only be a blink before our youngest is a teenager.
I want the kids to remember how fun and festive our home felt as we celebrate a season of giving and family time.
So far, so good. We’ve made some great memories so far this year!
Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting our home today! I hope that you have a warm and happy Christmas season filled with family and friends and memories.
The next stop on the tour is Kristen at Ella Claire & Co.! Her home is so pretty and cozy and her mantle this Christmas is STUNNING! ✨You won’t want to miss it!
Your home is beautiful with all of the traditional colours. I am seeing a lot of that this year. I amdoing my lving room in more of the traditional this year too….so pretty. Your home looks very festive.
So warm and cozy! Your kids decorating cookies are just the cutest!
Nina, I love the color and festive vibe in your beautiful holiday home. Totally get doing what we can while we can with our kids. Sadly, my 13 year has no interest in decorating cookies or doing our gingerbread houses this year. Pass me a tissue! :) Happy holidays!
Nina, it all looks so beautiful! Most of all though, I loved seeing your children decorating cookies and playing. I’ll check out that cookie decorating kit. Merry Christmas to you and your family. x
Hi, Nina! Your home is so amazing! Then to see the kiddos making cookies was literally the icing on the cookie!
Your kids are adorable! Even though my kids are all in their teens i still make them make gingerbread houses with me :) Your home is gorgeous, love all the beautiful pops of red
Your home has such a warm and lovely CHRISTMAS feel. what BEAUTIFUL memories you are making for your family! Loved the shot of the tiny fingers in the sprinkles. Adorable! And your sweet LUCY too.
Merry Christmastime.
I love all of the holiday joy you’ve brought to your home! Thank you so much for being a part of the walk!
Nina – you have created such a cozy christmas home for your kids! I love all of your traditions and nobody outgrows decorating cookies!
nina, your home is so beautiful! every time i tour it i get a little homesick for new england. it’s such a beautiful place, but fall and winter is when it really shines (i mean, except when winter extends into like april!). love your traditional red and green accents and your sweet memories being made! merry christmas!