Welcome to Comfy Lane Cottage! I’ve always wanted to give a little Christmas tour, but never enough time. This year, with the dreaded virus spreading through our family, it’s mid January and we’re patiently waiting to celebrate a family Christmas together. Our decorations are still up, in hopes that it will be soon. So yesterday, I took lots more pictures and decided to capture it all here on the CLC blog.

MERRY & BRIGHT… OUR SUNROOM

I finished decorating this memory tree in our sunroom on Christmas Eve. Normally, my youngest would help, but she was sick. I wanted it to look beautiful on Christmas morning just for her. Rather than putting presents under the tree, I used vintage toys and put our gifts in the Radio Flyer wagon, a special delivery for Christmas morning.

I set out several sentimental vignettes in the sunroom, each one styled with love.

The Hoosier cabinet was a new addition to our sunroom, and I was excited to decorate her for Christmas with thrifted aprons and an assortment of thrifted vintage pieces.

The Candy Cane Forest sign was from Krumpets Home Decor. I won a gift card, and the sign was irresistible.

I have made many wonderful friendships through Instagram. The home decor community has been so supportive. A group of us, all who enjoy using color in decorating, banded together to encourage one another. This was our second year to do a Secret Sister Santa gift exchange. So fun to give and receive home and garden gift items from all over North America!

Look what my Santa Baby brought home! This old Prosperity gas stove and oven was an early Christmas gift this year. She’s beautiful!

My birthday was in November; it landed on Thanksgiving. My son gifted me an old Singer sewing machine that he found at a garage sale. The woman hosting the sale collected old machines separated and discarded from their cabinets. She converted this one into a working portable machine. It went well with my other sewing type items.

A PLACE TO GATHER… OUR DINING ROOM

Our sunroom was a home addition added on to the back of the house with access through the dining room. It was a sunny day when this photo was taken, and the light from the sunroom flooded into the dining room, all decorated for Christmas.

This corner cabinet was a $15 ReStore find. Check out my previous blog post to see what it originally looked like before transforming it with Dollar Tree $1 plaid wrapping paper. This was the first spot to be decorated for Christmas. All the Santas gathered for the occasion. One of the Santas on the middle shelf was from my childhood. I would plug it in each night, a special memory. Rather than a Naughty & Nice List, I decided to hang a Grace List to remind all that God’s gift of eternal life isn’t earned, but received by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

I displayed many of my nativity sets on the old wooden mantel in our dining room. The mantel was found curbside in the 80’s by my first husband and upcycled into a beautiful bookcase. He also made the chalkboard in the 90’s when we began to homeschool our kids. We loved sharing an enthusiasm for books with our children. This is a tribute to his loving memory.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS… OUR LIVING ROOM

My hubby’s comfy chair was given a makeover in the Fall…. thanks to our bird dog. She tore up the seat with stuffing EVERYWHERE. Being resourceful, I put it back together and found the perfect slipcover. The ruffle added a bit of country cottage charm. It was an improvement, in my opinion, and my hubby was kind enough to tolerate a ruffle on his recliner!

We have collected quite a few cabinets over the years. My husband scored the antique secretary decades ago and gave it to his mother. When she moved into her retirement apartment, she gave it back to him. It’s the perfect place to display our Christmas village. We try to add at least one new building to the village each year.

My hubby gave me this antique pie safe for my birthday a couple years ago. I adorned her with a primitive tree garland made from old quilts by my Secret Sister Santa.

My husband has been restoring an old ’64 Chevy pick-up truck. We haven’t decided on a paint color yet… red or blue! Finding this replica of an old pick-up truck, hauling a Christmas tree, made us smile.

We live in a vintage raised ranch style home, similar to a split-level home. This is the view as you reach the landing to the upstairs, our upper room. Hopefully, it’s comfy, warm and inviting to all who enter.

After scoring several rolls of plaid ribbon at an estate sale, a Christmas theme was born for the living room. PLAID! I used the ribbon on the Christmas tree, mantel, and also the bookshelf mantel in our dining room. Using plaid in both rooms tied everything together and created a continuous flow of cozy from room to room.

The angel bear watching from the salvaged church doors was a gift after my first husband passed away. We set the bear out every Christmas as a reminder of how God truly took care of us during the tough times.

This was the first year to add lights to our thrifted mantel. I still can’t believe we found the mantel at ReStore for just $50.

I had an abundance of faux poinsettias this year thanks to Aunt Betty. At Thanksgiving, she handed down much of her flowers to me, and I couldn’t wait to use them.

My daughter gave me pillows for my birthday. They looked wonderful in the comfy chair and white spindle chair. I’ve collected snowmen decor for decades. My kids have been generous in contributing to the collection.

My hubby and I have a hot date every Friday morning with coffee first, then thrifting at two ReStores. We enjoy pickin’ for treasures together. We’ve started quite a few collections, including the oil lamps and milk glass displayed on the fireplace.

I had a photo bomber while taking photos in the living room, our bird dog, Katie Mae. She likes a cozy Christmas too! Her little sister, Nala the sheep dog, was hiding in the bedroom after being scared by the big bad vacuum cleaner.

I’m so thankful that you visited our Christmas home! I hope you felt the warmth and love. Please visit Comfy Lane Cottage again soon, as I will be sharing our Snow Days themed kitchen, the greenhouse and garden areas.