Christmas Home Tour 2016

Happy Holidays fam! Still in awe that it's December; fall went by in a blink! We are super excited to share our mid century modern inspired Christmas home tour with you! Also, be sure to check out the links I am sharing below this post. They're links to a bunch of other super talented, amazing CANADIAN bloggers! Yes, all CANADIAN, all different styles, all linked at the bottom of this post so be sure to pop over to their blogs for a visit too!

As you guys know  we are over on the west coast of Canada for the year trying all sorts of different styles in our apartment. This year, not only did we go for gold colour in our furniture, but we did it in our holiday decor too! Our last few Christmas' have been filled with simple, Scandinavian goodness, but I have always wanted to try something a little more on the mid century modern side with a non traditional tree, so that's what we did!

Our apartment complex doesn't allow real christmas trees, and we really didn't want to invest in yet another artificial tree (we have two back home). We had plans to cut one out of wood but we ran out of time and resources so we DIYed a giant version of our 3D trees with cardboard. We will post a tutorial later on about how we did it. We are also super excited about the ease of switching the sectional from the left to the right. We put the chaise portion of the couch on the other side to allow some room for the tree and balance out the layout.

Over the couch needed something large and in charge; I ordered this wireframe wreath from CB2 and filled it up with a mixture of glass and plastic bulbs. The LED lights strung throughout are from Ikea.

Yet another DIY, this pillow was made the same way we did our festive T-shirts. It was super easy; I picked up the pillow cover from Ikea for $4.99 and used some left over iron on vinyl from our last project.

The simplicity of pinecones placed in an oversized dish is one of my faves. I picked up the pinecones from Winners and the dish from EQ3.

I also love Christmas string lights. Usually I will just toss them anywhere that needs an extra little glow.

For a quick, simple holiday DIY I printed out the words "JOY" and framed them in cheap frames from Ikea. The type gives a nice graphic element to the centre console of the media cabinet.

The tree ended up not being as tall as I originally wanted because I couldn't find a box large enough. To make up for this, I created some snowball garland for the window, making the corner feel like it's own little installation.

I had originally made this hoop wreath at the beginning of November but when my greenery died, I had to rethink it. This rendition was inspired by my friend Ariel's Cool Minty Holiday Wreath (you can find her home tour below, look for PMQ for Two).

For my table, I used paper cups and napkins. Living in a small apartment doesn't allow us much room for storing a special set of holiday dinner or drink wear. I found these paper cups that matched the scheme perfect at Winners.

I used some graphic wrapping paper in the centre of the table (which can be tossed after dinner, easy clean up). I made the garland out of left over cedar and pine from my holiday planter. I added some LED lights to it because you know... I love them.

That's it! Now I get to sit back and enjoy it, until we head back to NL for Christmas week. We will be posting a Christmas home tour video later in the week which I will add here when it's finished. We created a pinable graphic for you below. If you're not following us over on Pinterest you can find us here.