My Home for Christmas

Christmas is almost here and I can't think of a more appropriate time to thank all of you who support and visit Belle Vivir, even when you stop by quietly without letting me know who you are. Without you dear readers I wouldn't be here so, for that thank you. I wish you the best Christmas and I hope that wherever you are, you feel the peace and love of this special time of year. Please find below a few images of our home. This year we kept things simpler than usual. We did not put a Christmas tree, instead I created small vignettes around the house.

I decided to decorate this sculpture by putting poinsettia between the wings but, as Murphy's law would dictate, just when I was going to take a close up of my wingy sculpture one of the flowers decided to fall down.

Inside our Art Deco bar. You can see my lovely nephew's head through the mirror.

All images for/by Bellevivir.

A Girly Christmas

~ When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty ~

Gregory I

TIG

Last four images via Livingetc.

Deck the table

I'm loving the idea of decorating our Christmas table using some purple such as lilac, mauve or amethyst with touches of gold. It adds an unexpected surprise to the more traditional colors of the Holidays.

Champagne, fur and gild

Whether you are decorating around the house for Christmas or staying inside in a cloudy day like today, a girl can always use some of these three. I hope you had a great weekend.

images 1,2 via Nuevo Estilo and 3 Moodboard

Easy + Innovative Christmas ideas

I should first let you know that I've been listening to a Christmas-only radio station (every time I drive) since Thanksgiving night. That is how seriously important Christmas is to me. But I won't bore you telling you the deep down reasons of my love for Christmas instead there are these incredibly fun and innovative ways to decorate.

If you have charcoal wall drawing a Christmas-tree silhouette would be so fun.

Doesn't this wreath evoke everything that Christmas represents? family, memories, gifts and hopefully snow.

Love this little tree in the background with only a few hidden balls.

How about this cuteness with everything handmade. A very fun way to create those treasured precious moments with your family, if you decide to make the ornaments yourselves. If not, West Elm has a series of handmade ornaments very similar to these ones.

Some images via French by Design. Thank you.

Christmas, the Miles Redd way

While looking for images through my files for my earlier post I remembered this house that was designed by the glamorous Miles Redd. This house was featured in last year's December issue of Elle Decor and I love that its holiday decor is grand and festive yet easy to execute.

All images from Elle Decor. If you didn't get to see this home you can read about it here.

Christmas eye candy

As I mentioned before we're having a tree-less Christmas this year so I'm searching high and low for inspiration of little vignettes that can be easily created around the house. I'm sure many people choose to do this when they have little children running around the house. I hope these images get you inspired to have a beautiful Christmas even when not having a Christmas tree. Enjoy

Images from my file, Country Living, Southern Living and Home Companion.