Holiday Homes Tour

Charlottesville blogger Jen on the Edge organized a holiday homes tour for her readers and I thought I'd share the latest from Maison Small & Chic.

My living room is too narrow for me to take this shot standing up and as a result, my ornament wreath looks a little chintzy. That thing has over 60 ornaments on it (I had to add more than I used last year) and took me hours to put together last year. I took all the ornaments off to store it and Marc's face fell when he saw that I had to put it back together again. By the way, check out that white balancing! I did it! I like it!

I almost tied a ribbon around my little Jonathan Alder squirrel, but figured the faux animal pelt was enough for the desk area.

Here's the full view of the living room, taken from the bar that separates it from the kitchen.

I hung huge snowflakes on the lamps on either side of the television...

...and the little horse got a ribbon around his neck.

Olivia has to peek through the light-up pussy willow branches I got at Quince.

Marc wanted everyone to see his contribution.

Really, though, Marc did the entire tree because he is very particular about ornament placement. He tried to do the outside lights, but half of them were broken and I took them down. Then, we decided to get a little light-up deer at the Home Depot. After a couple of nights of using it, we realized there was a short in the lights and it was probably a fire hazard. What a total bust. What's more, I can't find my Command strips to hang my wreaths on my outside windows, so they are sitting in a pile on the patio. Operation Christmas Fail is in effect outside.

Oh! I almost forgot! With the tips I got to fiddle with the white balance on my camera, I finally got a shot in the bedroom with the correct color. Unfortunately, I now have to fiddle with the shutter speed to get a really good picture. Here's one to tide you over until I get that done.

I think I need to take a class. I think I need to figure out when I have time to take a class first.