Easy & Calm for Christmas

Christmas Eve greetings! I snapped a number of pictures of our mantel and tree earlier than all of the presents had been wrapped. I believe this yr wins the award for many minimalist decor! I saved it soooo easy however gave the lounge simply sufficient seasonal heat and vacation sparkle to make it really feel festive.

2022 was an unimaginable yr. I had the chance to renovate and flip a two bed room home in Sonoma which included this rest room and this kitchen which we reworked prime to backside. I spent the summer time in Florida renovating the home we purchased and reworked this rest room to suit the fashion of the house. The opposite areas are in progress and I’ll return in summer time of 2023 to do extra work on that home since will probably be rented between February and Might.

In between all of that I snuck away to Tulum, Mexico and Spain together with the cities of Barcelona, Valencia, Ibiza and Seville (I’ll share extra footage of that journey in January). Our household despatched our daughter off to school on the east coast and I took a visit to go to her in New England with a fast cease in New York Metropolis. I added extra prints to my on-line print store. A few of my favourite DIY tasks from the yr included this privateness planter trellis and this electrical fire makeover.

Identical to yearly it’s a enjoyable journey documenting area remodels, sharing DIY tasks, writing design articles, and sharing footage from my travels. I smile after I look again and my very first DIY venture I shared on this weblog a few years in the past. What an exquisite journey this has been because the starting of this weblog in 2009.

Subsequent yr guarantees extra of the identical, pricey readers! Extra areas, extra tasks, extra articles, extra travels. I’m so grateful to all of you who proceed to return to this area. I do know there are lots of locations to seize inspiration and I recognize every certainly one of you who takes the time to learn alongside month after month and yr after yr.

I’m taking the week off between Christmas and New Years Day, apart from one put up. I’ll be sharing some contemporary begin screensavers to your tech subsequent week.

Wishing you all a lot pleasure and the happiest of holidays.

xo