Historic Staunton Christmas Tour Part 2

If you read my blog, you know that the Historic
Staunton Christmas is this weekend and I am on it.
Tuesday I had my handyman friend come in and help
me with to do list I had and yesterday I had the wallpaper
hung in the bathroom finally. I had to go through three
wallpaper hangers before I could get one in to do the job.
So here is the before, this is the small first floor bath off
of the kitchen.

I would guess that this bathroom was an addition done in the 1930's or 1950's
by the look of the sink, ceiling fan and toilet. And yes it too is green like every
room in this house. The floor also has a dark green tile that matches the kitchen's
which was put in around 1980. So my color palette is white tile, white fixtures and
green floor tile. Th bee shower curtain is from my old house and is a good neutral
piece, it was a good find from TJ Maxx. I wanted something airy, but traditional in
keeping with the house. So here is the after.....

This is what I came home to, what a big difference! The wallpaper is F. Schumacher's
Sutton Trellis from The Greenhouse series. It was $109.00 retail and now is on sale
for $54.00. I love the lightness of the trellis on the white background and I love the birds.
The curtain fabric is a Stout embroidery that I have used before and had hung up before
the wallpaper, is it too much? The light fixture is Allen and Roth from Lowes, I was
trying to find something to compliment the existing light fixtures which came with the
 I hung an ornament from the mirror, the Christmas tour is in less than three days, I have
a little Christmas in every room. Hope you like it, I do, I love a good before and after!

Historic Staunton Christmas Tour Part1

If you have seen the pictures that I am posting on my
Instagram and Facebook pages, you know that I have
been getting my house ready for the Historic Staunton
Christmas Tour. Last year they featured a house that I
helped decorate, this year they asked me to participate
along with four other neighbors. We live in the historic
Gospel Hill section of Staunton, my house (which I rent),
was built in 1877, I think. So last week  and this week I
am getting ready for the two day tour that is this weekend.

I am doing this in stages with what I have, Big Lots purchases and things
from my store downtown. I started Wednesday because of the snow, almost
all of downtown was closed and Thankgiving Day because the store was closed.
Thanksgiving Day was really fun because I could drink champagne and eat turkey
while I decorated.

I had bolts and bolts of burlap ribbon at the store, so that kind of became
my theme, natural and woodsy. The garland I bought wholesale and it was
a closeout, the gold ribbon used through out the house I found at Big Lots
along with the birds. The ribbon is about four inches wide, 60 feet for $7.00.
I bought four bolts and have only had to use about two!

I am going for a whimsical, non traditional Christmas decorating look

This house has massive mantels, which make it fun to decorate with.

I went over to my Mother's Thursday afternoon and picked greens to add
to my arrangements and the tree came Saturday night, it was donated by
Rick Chittum, from Chittum Tree Farms. I had to go back Sunday for more
greens.

I worked on the Christmas tree Saturday night and Sunday I went back to Mom's
for more greens and worked on the outside. Elfie and I took a walk earlier that day
and found all sorts of inspiration, everyone was out side decorating because it was
so mild outside. My Mom came over that afternoon for champagne and a look see
at what I had done. Post two, I will show you more of what I have done.