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Christmas Vignette #2

December 5, 2017 / Andria's House, Decor, Design / Andria

I promised some short, sweet vignette posts for Christmas.  My first one was last week’s post about the dining room buffet, and I got a lot of great feedback, so thank you!

Today, I’m going to highlight an area of my office that doesn’t get a lot of attention.  It’s my bookshelf and recently it’s just been sort of a catch-all for random trinkets and a bunch of old books.  I decided to try and hang the kid’s stockings on it because we don’t have a mantel, and they just seemed to be in the way in other spots that I’ve hung them.  I got this idea from two of my favorite bloggers, Emily Henderson and Julia Marcum of Chris Loves Julia.

This first picture is from Emily Henderson and I love the neutral color scheme!   A bookshelf with all of the books facing backwards, white frames and a few pieces of Christmas decor provide a great space for those stockings other than the mantel.

The next pic is from Chris Loves Julia’s Instagram account.

I like how the stockings aren’t quite as neutral and you can still play around with a few other non-neutral elements (like right-facing books) and make it work well.

Now, onto my version of these two looks.  Our stockings are bright red and green which would actually work well with a neutral background because it would make them the focal point.  Which is kind of the point.

I just cleaned off the bookshelf, turned my books around and styled with a few natural-looking elements like pine cones, garland, plants and candles.

I found the three stocking holders at the Goodwill (of course!) for $3 a piece.  Originally I had planned to paint them white, but when I came home and tried them out, I noticed that they matched the letters on the stockings which were also silver and I thought it looked pretty great.

 

 

 

 

 

So there you have it, a non-traditional place to hang your stockings which works great, especially if you don’t have a mantel!  Happy decorating!

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Tags: christmas bookshelf, christmas stockings, christmas vignette, stockings on a bookshelf / 1 Comment

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  1. Emily says

    December 5, 2017 at 9:27 am

    I love how you showed your inspiration pics on this. Nice!!

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