Christmas In Our Kitchen

We're counting down to Christmas here at our house! Today, I'm wrapping gifts, working on a few more ornaments, and puttering around the house. It seems I'm never done with tweaking the Christmas decorations, moving this here and that there. Do you do that, too? It's fun to get it all just the way we love it! 

I dropped my camera and broke my cherished 50mm f/1.8 lens a couple of weeks ago, and I can't believe how much I missed it. I'm so lucky my camera body didn't break, but the lens couldn't be repaired. I just received my new replacement yesterday, and I feel like I got my best friend back! So I celebrated by taking some photos of our kitchen to share today. 

Our kitchen is pretty tiny, so I always keep the seasonal decorations pretty simple. My homemade rustic pedestal (tutorial here) holds a candle on the bar between the kitchen and dining room.

I bought these huge glass jars at the grocery store yesterday and tossed in some epsom salts for snow and a few last minute trinkets that hadn't found a spot to settle yet.

I love any kind of snowy scene!

Tangerines are my husband's favorite winter fruit, so we always have some handy for him to grab. Santa always includes one in everyone's stockings, too.

Lucy from Craftberry Bush painted this Christmas Buggy and offered it earlier in the season as a special download to her readers. I thought it was the sweetest gift. Thanks, Lucy! I hung mine over our coffee station where it greets us each morning with its cuteness. 

Last week I got the hankering for some red buffalo plaid in the kitchen for Christmas, but I didn't have time to sew new curtains. I searched the internet and found some beautifully made lined ones made by Country Curtains for sale on eBay at a price that beat making them myself. And I got them in just a few days with free shipping. I was thrilled! I love them paired with my green mason jars and our white bead board backsplash.

Red and green utensils in a white pitcher and red and green checked tea towels hanging from the oven door are easy and inexpensive ways I added Christmas color to our kitchen this year, too.

And that's our simple country kitchen decorated for the holidays! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I think I'll go make a cup of hot chocolate to sip while I wrap gifts. I hope you enjoy the last days leading up to Christmas.

Have fun!

{Visit our Christmas living room, dining room and family room, too!}

What a great time for a party!

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