Welcome to Day 4 of the Holiday Home Tours. Today I excited to show you the beautiful home of Jill from Forever Cottage. Jill’s home is so warm and inviting. I love it all! Please be sure to visit Jill’s blog to pin any of the images so that she can get the page views!
Welcome to our Forever*Cottage Christmas home 2013. Our home is located beautiful Portland, Oregon. We are lucky to be able to have the opportunity to get a Forest Service permit each year to go and cut a natural Christmas tree. This year, however,our girls really wanted the experience of picking out a more manicured tree at a tree lot. So the tree you see below is the natural tree I insisted we get for our dining room and the fuller tree in our living room you will see is our tree lot tree. For the most part I really keep it pretty simple when decorating for the holidays – I love using natural elements – paperwhites, poinsettias, boxwood wreaths and natural garland.
The ‘star’ of our dining room this year is the new dining table that my very handy dad made for me! It is made from knotty alder and finished with both a mix of stain and watered down chalk paint to give it the perfect aged patina!
I kept the decorations on our dining room tree very simple – glittered pinecone ornaments I found at World Market and snow flakes I picked up at Target a few years ago. The vintage olive bucket was bought with this use in mind – I love using it as a tree stand {I had to get very creative in order to make it work!}.
Your home is so festive and beautiful. Thanks for allowing your readers to have a peek inside.
Thank you!
xo~Jill
Loved the tour and I’m crushing over that pine piece in the first photo as well as the table handmade by your hubby! Your home is filled with seasonal delights and obviously love! Merry Christmas!
Awwww, thanks!
xo~Jill
I love the simplicity of your Christmas décor. I did the same thing this year. Very simple but beautiful. I do have a question…is it hard to erase chalk markers? I haven’t been able to find one in my area yet. Merry Christmas.
I am all about simplicity!
A friend gave me the chalk pen!
xo~Jill
so pretty! not related to christmas, but i love the lantern over your table! xoxo
Thanks! The lantern is from Ballard Designs!
xo~Jill
I love it. Here in Germany we decorate the christmas tree normally 24th of december before we at the evening celebrate christmas. I think next year I will start some times before too.
Bye
Nina
I actually like that way – my family in Sweden does the same it is very appealing!
xo~Jill
Gorgeous! I love your home! So welcoming and warm – I could snuggle right in!
Thanks so much! If you are ever in Portland, you are welcome!
xo~Jill
I love decorating with poinsettias for winter, and those ones are so pretty! Love the puppies on the porch too!
Thanks Jessi~
Jill