Christmas at My Old House

 

A visit at Melissa Ross’ house

Sometimes I miss decorating cottage style. I have a split personality when it comes to decorating – part of me likes country/vintage/retro/cutesy style while the other part likes colonial/graphic arts/clean lines/Pottery Barn style. Am I making any sense? Probably not – why would a person with two personalities make sense?

 

 

 

 

We always used real greenery on our mantle. It was a horrible mess to clean up after the holidays, but it was worth it.

The wreath above our mantle was decorated with random things – bottle brush tail birds, more paper cottages, ornaments from my father’s childhood, a skeleton key and even a funky tea spoon.

 

 

Here’s a spry four year-old Daisy posing with the Depression Glass.

 

2003