I actually am not doing whole lot of Christmas decorating this year (really!) I had so much planned! I even found some ice skates at Goodwill during the summer which I planned to use this year and I was going to make a whole bunch of stuff. But all of that is out the window. I don’t mind putting decorations out…I just don’t feel like putting them away! But I did decorate my shelves in the dining room with some bronze and gold Christmas decorations! Have a look.
Some decorative stuff I already had since I used to do a lot of gold and red at Christmas (where is my gold papermache deer from Michaels?) and some things I bought this year.
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I kept a few of the brown transferware plates that I had here for Thanksgiving out and worked around them.
I like to buy ornaments to use in decorating since they’re inexpensive. This bronze and gold owl is from Target.
This gold deer is an ornament from Cost Plus Worldmarket and the gold trimmed burlap tree is from Target.
I filled an apothecary jar with dollar store bronze and gold ornaments. That’s always my go to decorating trick when I need something to fill out a display!
I also wrap frames in Christmas paper if I need a display filler! I once wrapped a huge painting over my fireplace mantel to look like a Christmas present – so cute and easy to do!
As you can see I kept with the brown transferware with bronze/gold theme from Thanksgiving.
The living is room is going to be completely different since we have a white Christmas tree with lots of colorful ornaments that we’ve collected for the past 20+ years. So stay tuned for that!
Beautiful combination of colors.
The bronze and gold are just beautiful. The brown transferware items just fit in perfectly! Really pretty décor.
Judy
Very prettily elegant and so nice to continue working with the brown transferware.
I love those plates and I never saw a single one at my Homegoods or Marshalls store! :>(
I think they still look beautiful for Christmas and the gold and bronze look very elegant:>)
I like these muted colours of gold and bronze here as they go well with your brown and white transfer ware dishes. It looks really elegant.
The bronze and gold is lovely! I am looking forward to seeing your tree 🙂
Beautiful display, Manuela! I have wanted a white tree. But I’m not spending a dime on Christmas this year. Not for decor. Not for presents. I can’t wait to see it.
Brenda
Your little shelves are beautiful with the gold and bronze ornaments and candles. I love them! The burlap tree fits right in as do your pretty brown transfer ware dishes. What a pretty display your created!
You have done a lot more than I have, and it is very pretty!
I will not be doing much decorating this year and will definitely be using items I already have.
Have a great week.
You have actually done quite a bit Manuela, at least compared to me, and it’s truly lovely! I really like the cute burlap tree and I so agree with you about inexpensive ornaments giving us a bang for the buck. Your idea of wrapping frames is sheer genius!
Beauty all around:) Love that little burlap tree! Enjoy your day dear friend, HUGS!
Manuela, what beautiful touches of browns and gold and that transferware is so pretty. I would like to get a little bit of it oonce we are in the new house.
Cynthia
Believe it or not, I’m drawn to those very colors this year too. Maybe I’m morphing into Manuela. (Not a bad thing…!) I’m just too cheap to do anything about it but buy a few ornaments, but I did use it on a tree in my den which my daughter dreamed up for me. I love it.
Looks really nice! I like how you transitioned over from Thanksgiving. I’m going with a lot of gold touches this year, too.
I love love the gold decors. They look so classy!
Hi, just love the color combinations. I did a silver and gold Christmas this year, so yours touches my heart. Happy New Year