A Very Merry Farmhouse Christmas Kitchen
What I love about Christmas is decorating, and the family of course! Here is how I decorated my farmhouse kitchen for the holidays!
Welcome to my Very Merry Christmas farmhouse kitchen – the heart of Worthing Court! I think I had more fun decorating my kitchen this year than I ever, ever have in the past. I did some thinking about why I felt that way and I decided it was because I allowed myself to return to my Christmas roots this year.
You see, in recent years, I think that I’ve tried to force my Christmas to be something that isn’t me. I felt like I had to get rid of my traditional, well loved, Christmas decorations and replace them with something new.
To be totally transparent – I thought that I would no longer be a cool blogger if I used any of the Christmas items that I’ve collected over the years, such as my vintage Fitz & Floyd Santa cookie jar and Santa chalkboard holder.
I moved myself away from my much loved, collected Christmas decorations for the last several years. So, I started using oversize, glittery, over the top tree ornaments. I no longer used my traditional Christmas green anything and thought that I could only use the newest shade of soft lime green. People stopped setting up Christmas villages, so I thought that I would appear old fashioned if I put any of ours on display.
Last year, I banned red and green almost completely and went with mostly neutral Christmas decorations. Don’t get me wrong – I adore neutral Christmas decorations and I thought what I had done was beautiful, but it wasn’t me and it wasn’t what represents Christmas to my family. I could see it in their eyes and I could hear it in their voices.
You know what I found out? I was wrong. So wrong. In trying to keep up with what everyone else was doing, I had managed to remove much of the magic of Christmas from my home. Our house felt more like a storefront than our own home. It even seemed like some of the excitement was gone.
So this year, out came the red! And out came the green! I pulled out some of those collected Christmas treasures that had been relegated to a box in the back of the attic. In a way, I felt like I had come home again for Christmas!
And, my sweet Pookie gave me the ultimate compliment a few days ago, when out of the blue, while walking through the house, he said, “You know what? I don’t want to see Christmas come to an end. It makes me sad to see all of the pretty Christmas decorations put away. I love our house this year.”. Thank you, Pookie. You have no idea how your words filled my heart! Not because Christmas is all about the decorations or all about the gifts. It totally isn’t!
Christmas is about the greatest gift to all mankind – a Sweet Babe, born in a lowly stable. He who is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and who came to take the sins of the world away! From my heart to yours, I wish you and yours the Merriest of Christmases, my friends!
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I am pretty new to your blog, but it broke my heart to read through the first part of your post. I’m so glad you decided to decorate how you wanted for Christmas because it has all turned out so pretty.
Love this “back to the past”! I too have moved this year to a new state- and downsized but a clean slate!! But- used more red and green- -albeit gold! On the tree. Like you, over my “Tuscan” phase and am incorporating more farmhouse and “coastal” color-blues and lighter greens with light walls! Love! I am new to your blog but amyour biggest fan! (Zone if I could get my “pookie” to fully retire to help with your projects… but I’m saving them!
Your kitchen is beautiful! It’s so Christmasy 🙂
I’m sitting here crying…. Sweet, sweet tears! Thank you for being so transparent and *real*! Thank you for making your home the home that you and your family love. Thank you for bringing back ‘your’ red and green. Most of all, I’m thanking the Lord that you are bringing Him much glory through your home… giving your family and friends (and readers) a ‘taste of Heaven’ through what you share! You are reflecting Him in a big way, being creative, as He is the Creator! Thank you so much for sharing those last few sentences, as well. Praising Him through the tears!
Very beautiful and welcoming decor! Thank you for sharing with us at Merry Monday. Happy Christmas season to you.
So pretty and festive!! I can definitely feel the holiday spirit <3
Lovely! I just want to drop in for a cup of Christmas! Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Shared. Happy Holidays!
Silver and gold are beautiful and elegant, but red and green say Christmas. =)
Such inspiration! Love it! A fan from Wilmington N.C.
Christmas always makes me happy. When I feel a bit down, I go look at my Pinterest board of Christmas. Your posts are in there too to cheer me up. Thank you for sharing your lovely home. Take care.
I love the little wreaths on ribbons on your kitchen cabinets. Do you have a tutorial on how you did them? How are they attached to your cabinets from the inside?
Hi Maggie. I added small, clear plastic Command Strip hooks to the back of my cabinet doors, up toward the top of the door. I then tied a knot in the end of the ribbon and hung it from the hook. I just leave the hooks up year round, so that I can use them next year. Hope this makes sense! 😀
Where did you get the wooden thing that your stuff sits on by the stove?
Hi Tonya. I found it at a local home decor store.
Your home is beautiful! Guess I’m about a year behind you…We are a military family and the last three years have been spent in Southern California where I decorated for Christmas with blues and greens because we were on the beach. It was beautiful but not the traditional Christmas that my family loves… Of course when I said I was going back to the traditional red and green, only then did my family tell me that they really preferred traditional over beach Christmas lol! Jesus is the Reason for the Season! Happy Holidays!
I stumbled across your blog while searching for inspiration for farmhouse style Christmas decor! Absolutely loving the little coffee bar. I’ve been trying to set one up in my kitchen for awhile but just always seems to look like a hot mess! Thank you so much for the inspiration!
I love your Christmas kitchen! My favorites are the wreaths on the cabinet doors and the Christmasy things in the glass canisters! Apples, deer, gingerbread houses – super cute! I love the traditional red and green Christmas decor!
Thank you so much, Barbara! My whole family loves traditional red and green this time of year!
Thank you for sharing your traditional red and green decorations! I love all my old nostalgic red and green and some very old, worn ornaments that our kids made when they were young. It might look old-fashioned to some people but it feels warm and cozy to me!
This Christmas post is still one of my all time favorites and I keep coming back to look at what you did! I just love the way you decorate for Christmas! It is so old fashioned and homey! Where did you find that adorable gingerbread house? I think it is the cutest ones I have ever seen! Thank you for your awesome inspiration and ideas! Merry Christmas!
Hi Karen. I apologize for taking a few days to respond to you! That gingerbread house is a part of a Department 56 Christmas village that we’ve purchased several pieces of over the years.
Hi Suzy,
I absolutely love your kitchen decor. You are a truly gifted interior designer. I’m Canadian from a town located between Toronto & Niagara Falls. I love what you’ve done so much, I purchased the exact same gingerbread house on eBay.
I’m wondering where you purchased the glass jars and what size jar did you need for the gingerbread house?
Thanks,
Mary
Thank you so much for your kind words, Mary! Here’s a link to the glass jar I used – I used the 1 gallon size: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Anchor-Hocking-Glass-Storage-Heritage-Hill-Jar-1-gal/16486706
Thank you!
Thank you for staying true to yourself..my sentiments exactly…I am putting my Snow Village center stage this year. Although I look at the new stuff every year but always fall back to my old Christmas items and look forward to setting them up every year…like old friends. I applaud you…Merry Christmas Home is what you have…not a big box house!!!!
I know exactly what you mean! I get tired of seeing every house decorated the same way, especially on social media.