Home for the Holidays

The Christmas theme for my kitchen this year is "No Place like home for the Holidays"    I thought it was a perfect theme choice since the kitchen is the "Heart of the Home"

I will be creating vignettes on the kitchen counters with all kinds of  "homes" that I have added Penny touches to.

Today I wanted to share the home that I created for the pass thru between the kitchen and the family living/dining room.

The center piece for this vignette is a home that I built as a Christmas gift for my mother more than 20 years ago.    You can see in the photo above that I gave her home a complete makeover.....if you missed that post click here....http://penny-pennystreasures.blogspot.com/2016/10/doll-house-makeover-for-christmas.html

I set a stocking holder Santa and sleigh  on the porch......

I have a porch light on each side of the house.....you can find these at Hobby Lobby in the Christmas section.  

 My pink Santa opens at his fat little belly to reveal a hidden compartment to hold a Christmas treasure or two.

I potted most of my small Christmas trees in silver sugar and creamers.  

The trees on each side of the house are decorated with chandys,  pearls and a few bouquets of roses/

I have mixed crystal and pink chandys on the pink vintage bottle brush tree.

On the other side of the house,   I have a pink Santa's.....

Orny Christmas trees.......

and a pink Santa with the sweetest face.

On the right side of the house I also have a white ceramic tree.

    Did you notice that I have my house sitting on a small pink buffet?.....I'll explain the reason for that in a minute.

Let's peek around the corner and look at the back side of the house.

This side of the house faces the living/dining room side of the pass thru.

This is how this side looked before the makeover.    I took the before photo after the burgandy carpet had already been removed.

Now to explain why I have the house on a buffet platform.......See the basement window behind the Let it Snow Sign?

I wanted my house to have a basement and that is how I accomplished it.

The first floor has a sofa and a black baby grand piano.....and the second floor is the bathroom

I have some small Victorian dolls sitting around the house.....

The basement is a large bedroom and play area.....

The bedroom set and black baby grand piano are the only new pieces,   the rest were in the house when I gave it to my mother for Christmas.

Love the miniature carousel horse

Front .....................................................................................................Back

I will create more vignettes around the kitchen as I have time.  

 I may not get as much Christmas decorating done this year since I am a full time nurse for H        He  had surgery Wednesday and will be down for about a month.  



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