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Showing posts with label Christmas decor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas decor. Show all posts

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Picket Fence and A Christmas Centerpiece

Picket Fence and A Christmas Centerpiece

As I was thinking of what to use for my dining room Christmas centerpiece, I wondered around the house. I bought this picket fence in PA a few months ago. I wondered how could I use it. I should have taken a picture of just the picket fence, but didn't. 

It was so sunny today as I tried to get pictures. (I am not complaining about the sun - love it)

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It's not everyday you attempt to put a picket fence on your dining room table. I have been known to use some strange pieces for trays. Last year I made a sled (You can see that here) For my autumn tray I used a pelt stretcher, so a picket fence should not be a surprise. 

There are three pieces to the fence, each one is about 16 inches wide and each picket is 20 inches long. So I laid one section down and the others became the back.  I folded the other two pieces to make an upside down "v" so it would stand up.

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Here is the back panel. I love all of the colors and the "chippiness" (is that a word) of the pickets.

I placed a tree on the front panel and then found a large piece of white felt to use as the shirt around it. 
On the one side,  I added a rustic bell, a snowman and some trees.

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On the other side, I added two glass tree ornaments. I didn't want to use them as ornaments, but they look cute as trees here. 

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I added fairy lights to the tree. Although with the sun shining in that window, it makes them blurry.

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I love how it turned out, however, there is not much room on my table when we have Christmas dinner. I will have to move it to the kitchen table and put one of my other pieces on that table so we can place the food on it. 

I hope you enjoyed my picket fence centerpiece. 

Friday, November 25, 2022

Christmas Decor on Happiness Is Homemade

Happiness Is Homemade Party

Happy Sunday! Well, Thanksgiving for the US is over and it is time for Christmas. So I thought I would pick some Christmas decorating ideas that might inspire you. 

Have a wonderful day!

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Christmas Wooden Tree

Christmas Wooden Tree 

When I was in Pittsburgh in November, my friend that has a store gave me a wooden tree. I didn't do anything with it until last week. I went to my stash of rusty metal things and pulled my bag of Scrabble letters out and the wooden tree became this.

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I started off with the scrabble letters. I didn't want to glue them on so I used glue dots. They will keep them on but I can take them off if I want to. The blue chips are from bingo numbers, they are for the free spots. 

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I added an old rusty hinge and a door knob plate.  

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At the top I added another know plate and some old sleigh bells.

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For the star, I had a 4th of July one and just sprayed painted it. I used a hammered brown paint. 

It is a great addition on my lanai. 

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Sunday, December 8, 2019

Fabric Decorated Candy Canes

Fabric Decorated Candy Canes

Do you ever find yourself wanting to make a simple but lovely Christmas decor but don't have much time? Who has time this time of year, right? 

Well, that was me yesterday. I wanted something, but had no time. I was cleaning my pantry (hoping to find room for baking supplies) when I found some candy canes. They might have been from last year. Yikes! They were still wrapped. 

What could I do with them to make them better and a pretty display as well. 
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Thursday, December 7, 2017

Candy Cane Decor in Minutes

Do you ever find yourself wanting to make a simple but lovely Christmas decor but don't have much time? Who has time this time of year, right? 

Well, that was me yesterday. I wanted something, but had no time. I was cleaning my pantry (hoping to find room for baking supplies) when I found some candy canes. They might have been from last year. Yikes! They were still wrapped. 

What could I do with them to make them better and a pretty display as well. 
Eclectic Red Barn: Fabric Covered Candy Canes Decor

Monday, December 4, 2017

Inexpensive Candy Garland

Last year I created some lollipop decor for Christmas. They were made from pool noodles. Here is one of them that I made and you can find all of the details to make these and more here.
Eclectic Red Barn: Lollipops from pool noodles
This year I decided to make a candy garland to hang above the garage and of course I had to make some candies from pool noodles.


Eclectic Red Barn: Candies from pool noodles

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Grandinroad Hack - A Pallet Project

Just when I thought I was done with my decorating, I saw this picture in the Grandinroad magazine. These wooden boxes were calling me. How adorable,right? I could make these.

Presnts from Grandinroad

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Bringing the Outdoors In

Thanksgiving is over and right around the corner is Christmas. I started to decorate for Christmas and I like to bring the outdoors in.

When we were in Vermont this summer, I found an old door screen that I bought. I also brought home some birch logs from my son's farm.

I hung the old screen in my lanai and cut the log into thin slices for making a Christmas sign.
Eclectic Red Barn: Old screen with wooden garland and Merry Christmas sign

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Antique Fireplace Grate Decorated for Christmas

We have a working fireplace, but must admit that in thirteen years we have never had a fire. We just don't get that cold here in southern Florida. 

I purchased this Antique Cast Iron Fireplace Grate Log Holder Coal Box Mantle Insert with Fleur-De-Lis Pattern a number of years ago. My sister and I went to a barn sale and in the corner was this grate. Needless to say, I fell in love with it. When I asked the price, I almost fell over - $5. 
Eclectic Red Barn: Antique cast iron fireplace grate


Monday, December 7, 2015

Decorating Cloudy Old Bottles

Decorating Cloudy Old Bottles


Do you have any old bottles that no matter how you clean them, they will not come clean? I have lots of those. I must admit, that I love them and use them the way they are, but if you would like to make them look better, then I have an idea for you. 

When you are done, yours could like this these.


Eclectic Red Barn: Decorating old bottles
These bottles were easy to update using four materials, not counting the bottles. 

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Vintage Doilies Make JOY Banner

We all know that Christmas is a joyous time. The music, shopping, baking, decorating and wrapping presents. Not to mention parties and quests. I love this time of year. However, a slight twist was added. Instead of having Christmas here in Davie, we decided to have it at our home north of Orlando. No problem, until my daughter who is flying in from California said, "are you decorating the house"? Yikes! Both houses?

Usually, we just put up outside lights. Now I have to do the inside. I went through some of my decorations to see what I could use up there, since I had already decorated the house here, not much. I decided to make as many decorations as I could. I did not want to buy enough stuff for two homes. 

So this JOY banner was my first creation.
Eclectic Red Barn: JOY Christmas Banner

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Last Minute Centerpiece

Need something on your side table, coffee table, or anywhere, why not create a cranberry candle centerpiece. I needed three for the round tables that we set up on our deck for our annual Christmas party. I knew I wanted candles, but didn't want to spend a lot and I didn't want them to take up too much room. 

I looked in my stash and the fridge to see what might work. This is what I came up with.
Eclectic Red Barn: Candle centerpiece with epsom salt and cranberries

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Chinese Light Bulbs?

Chinese light bulb
"Chinese"  Light Bulb

'Found these "Chinese" light bulbs many, many years ago. I thought they were really cool although I never tried to plug them in to see if they worked. 

I love to bring them out at Christmas in different arrangements. The paint is beginning to wear on them, some more than others. 



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