It’s that time…we’ve reached the fourth and final install of our Holiday Home Tour 2020. And this one is super fun since it’s all things kid, because what is more magical than seeing Christmas through the eyes of your child?!
This was our first year that our little man has really gotten into helping us decorate. This was also the first year we let him have his own tree in his room so he was elated to decorate that himself with some of his daddy’s childhood ornaments and some we’ve collected for him along the way.
Mama also had a little too much fun with decorating the playhouse and the ice cream cart…but it’s ok, it’s 2020, right?!
Earlier this year we turned our basement into a full-fledged classroom for our homeschool learning pod, complete with an indoor play area. I bought a wooden playhouse online and found an old lemonade stand on Facebook Marketplace and gave them both a makeover! Here’s the before of both:
Knowing they would both be used inside and wanting them to match the aesthetics of our home a little more (plus, the kid inside just wanted them to be super fun and cute). I painted them both white and jazzed them up a bit, turning one into an ice cream and sweets cart. Now this week I transformed our play area into a winter wonderland!
Over in the classroom portion of the basement I also put up a tree that is very special to us. Just shy of two months ago my 96 year old grandmother went to be with Jesus. We had a very special bond, and my heart already aches just thinking about going into our first Christmas season without her. I used to go to her house every year and put up her tree for her. It wasn’t much, just a small little white tinsel tree, but it was SO special to me that we got to keep it after she passed.
It turns out the tree was just the perfect size to fit in our classroom, so we put a little bit of our own style own it and now my son loves to light up “Mema’s tree” every morning before class. I love that just a little bit of her is there with us for the holidays.
Well that’s it! We hope you’ve enjoyed our home tour…now we’re off to figure out what we’re doing on the outside of our house! I don’t think we’ll go full Griswold this year, but don’t worry…it’s gonna happen one of these days, if I have anything to do with it. 😉
Stay tuned…in the next few days we’re going to give you some of our DIY decorating tutorials to help you make your house jolly!
Happy decorating!
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