Christmas has arrived at the Downs' Farmhouse!
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It's our tradition to get our trees and decorate the house the weekend after Thanksgiving.
It's hard work, but also a lot of fun!
I am happy to say, now that the weekend is coming to a close, I am finished.
Since our home has a front room and a family room, I like to put up two trees.
We have a system, and Micah helps a lot, so it's really no trouble. I am always pleased with the result.
This year we loaded up the kids in Micah's truck, and headed just a few minutes down the road to a neighboring, family-owned farm for our trees.
After careful search we discovered the two we wanted, side by side in the forest.
We naturally concluded that since they grew up together, they would probably enjoy being adopted together.
Micah chopped both down and the kids named them Louis and Penny.
Lately I've really been into scraggly, un-groomed trees.
I just think they're so charming, and very authentic farmhouse.
This is Penny in our front room...
I think she has a woodsy elegance about her.
Whereas Louis is a little more casual and kid-friendly for our family room...
We had some beautiful sunlight this afternoon for snapping a few pictures of my Christmas decor.
Everyone loves winter sunlight!
I bought this miniature tree as well as this adorable winterberry plant...
As for the plants I had to move out to make room for the Christmas ones, I'm just keeping them in this discreet corner of the laundry room until the holidays are over.
(Roman made this plant stand for me. 😊)
I didn't have an extra planter for this little poinsettia, though. So I just tied a festive ribbon around him instead.
This large poinsettia gets the honor of my newly purchased, and very elegant, Japanese planter.
It sits proudly at the foot of the staircase...
(Now, wish me luck that I remember to water all these lovely plants!)
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A few more shots of some of my other decor...
