Today I'm excited to be taking you on a Holiday Tour of my Sister Launa's beautiful brick home! Aside from Halloween, our family celebrates all of our holidays here and I'm proud to be sharing it with you! Lets get started!



The front porch area is always very festive and welcoming. I just love her gorgeous wood doors! Lets step inside..




Right inside the front door is Launa's music room.




I love this room. Here you see her  antique piano dressed up for the holiday season. This piano is sister to my "Jenkins" piano in my living room. We found our pianos in the basement of our church some years ago. She always displays one of her nativity scenes on top during Christmas.




One the other side of the room she has a beautiful antique cabinet that holds many of her precious family heirlooms. The violin on the wall belongs to one of her daughters.




The silhouettes above the candles are very unique, if you look closely each has a French style scene painted on them.




Launa decorates the most beautiful trees, and out of all of them I think the music room tree is my favorite. Its is draped in gold beads, gorgeous crimson ribbons and baubles of all sorts, some of are even musical instruments. The tree is showcased in front of a large window and shares the spotlight with someone special. Meet "Chris". He is an amazing vintage Store display Santa from the 1950's.



Chris stands about 5ft tall and is positioned in front of the large bay window at Christmas. He is a favorite with the neighborhood children and they always look for him in the window each season as the bus drives by. I just love him!




Now that we've toured the music room, lets move to the family room.




This sweet little tree greets you as you enter the family room. Launa created a memory tree to honor loved ones that have already passed on. Its filled with cherubs and gold frames, each featuring a loved one.



This frame holds a picture of our Grandmother. Many of the heirlooms you see in my home, as well in Launa's home today, belonged to her.




The family room has an impressive brick fire place that is built from floor to ceiling. This year a special nutcracker stands guard next to it. Meet "Pierre Noel'"!




Isn't he amazing? Pierre was a Christmas gift from her husband a couple of years ago. He is very detailed and makes quite the impression in person.



The fireplace area is always so cozy and a great spot to sit and relax. My son loves this area because my sister has had all of cousins spend the night before and they got to roast marshmallows and make smores. We don't use our fireplace at home, so this is a special memory for him.

Also check out her antique fire place screen!





Next we will tour the dining room. Many of good times and laughs have been shared here.




The antique mirrored buffet that you see here, belonged to our Grandparents and is a special focal point of the room.




She always has it decorated so nicely! This Christmas she displayed a beautiful ceramic Madonna that our Aunt made many years ago.




Hanging above the buffet is an amazing ''Putti" style cherub playing a violin.




He is my absolute favorite!





Can you believe she found him at a thrift store!?! She has the best luck at finding cherubs.




Another cherub that she recently found is displayed beautifully in her antique silver on the dining room table.




I absolutely love it!




The dining room tree is elegantly  done up in frosted fruits, birds, magnolia branches and gold accents.





Here you see two heirloom pictures that belonged to our Great Grandparents. The are absolutely beautiful.




A sweet vintage nativity sits under the tree.  In the background you can also see her amazing European bar cart.




The last room we will be touring is the downstairs living room. As you walk down the stairs you will see this sweet vintage mistletoe featuring Santa and Mrs. Claus. This was our Grandma's.  Launa  was so sweet to surprise me and our other sister with our very own similar ones a couple of years back at Christmas. I absolutely love mine and have it hanging in my doorway, with a pink ribbon of course.




The downstairs family room is where we open our gifts on Christmas morning.




The tree down here has a very vintage vibe. Growing up we always decorated our Grandpa's tree for him and Launa's tree in this room is very similar to how his was decorated.




Grandpa's tree was always decked out with simple balls, vintage ornaments and of course tinsel! We love tinsel!




I absolutely adore this tree, and the topper is absolutely amazing! Its a very old painted Santa face, and I believe its made out of paper mache.




She literally found this at a garage sale!! Oh my goodness its an amazing find!!




The sled in front of the tree was her husband's grandmother's.




The stockings are hung with care along the banister.




Such beautiful sight!




I'm so glad that I was able to take you on this tour of my Sister's and her family's home.




I hope you enjoyed seeing it!




The Joyce Family wishes you a Merry Christmas!




Thank you for visiting!

-Larissa

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A few weeks ago I was so honored to become a Jord Watch Partner! If you are not familiar with Jord, let me introduce them to you. Jord is an amazing family owned company based out of St. Louis, Missouri. They have a wonderful selection of natural wood watches, along with eyewear, hats and now handbags! They even carry Apple Bands!


The word "Jord" is actually Swedish for "from the earth, land or soil." My very favorite thing about this company is that they strive to use already fallen trees for their wood timepieces, and the more rare and exotic wood they actually try to use remnants from furniture! As someone who also loves to repurpose and reuse items in my own life, I truly love this aspect! If you would like shop around and familiarize yourself with Jord click here.





I was blessed to receive the "Conway" timepiece crafted from Walnut. This watch is extremely beautiful and impressive. Every year I struggle to find my husband the perfect gift for Christmas, so when I the Conway watch arrived I had to give it to him early. He was thrilled!!!




I wanted to get some photos of this stunning piece to share with you, and all I could think about was how this watch was truly a classic piece and defiantly heirloom quality. I decided to photograph it with my Husband's green 1969 GMC Sierra Grande truck. This truck is so special to him as it was his  Grandfather's and will one day be our son's.



I thought both the Conway timepiece and the Truck would compliment each other nicely as they are both classic, durable and timeless pieces. Definitely both are heirloom pieces.






The Conway came in this gorgeous wooden cedar box with a "J" engraved in the top for "Jord", but is also perfect for my husband as our last name is Jenkins.  Our little guy was fascinated with the box, as it has a compartment up top as well as a small drawer that pulls out from the bottom. This box acts as a humidor tho hydrate the wood, so be sure to store your watch in it! The cedar box also contains oil and a cleaning cloth to keep your wood watch hydrated and clean.






Because of Jord, I actually took the time to photograph my husband and son together for the first time with my good camera. I have to say it was a pretty special experience and I wish I would have done it sooner.



Delaine loved sitting in his Dad's vintage truck for the photos and just had a blast.




I had to go against my husband's wishes and put a Christmas tree on the truck for the photos. I couldn't resist! lol its the decorator in me..




I love how Delaine's little eyes are just barley peeking over the dash in this photo. Just darling!




Speaking of little eyes, he could not quit looking at his Dad's new watch, so we took it off and let him hold it and try it on.


This is not a staged photo, I actually snapped this at the perfect time to capture his excitement.

He loved wearing it.



We had a great time capturing photos of our new "Conway" timepiece, and in turn ended up capturing some very special Daddy and Son memories along the way.





As a Jord Partner I get to share with you all some of Jord's newest pieces and I'm so excited for this new adventure! I will be sharing more here on my blog, as well as on my Instagram page!

Thank you so much Jord for this awesome opportunity!

-Larissa

The living room mantel is decorated for Christmas. Soft pink roses and cedar clippings are on display in an antique silver ice bucket. I recently found the bucket at a thrift store, its definitely worn and bent in places, but I still love it.




A couple of months ago I found these amazing cherub urns while thrifting and I immediately had thoughts of Christmas. I fell in love with the French style detailing and floral swags draped across each side. I decided to fill them with cedar clippings and pink and silver ornaments.




Then candlelight creates a pretty glow on the mantel.




This year there is fresh garland on the mantel with pearls draping down underneath.



I love how soft and feminine the Christmas decorations look this year.




This could be my favorite Christmas look since we've lived here at Welch House.











Each mirror is dressed with fresh evergreen clippings. Some even get pink satin bows.




The sofa is layered with comfy pillows and throws. I love the leopard print with the pink!




The angel statue was my Grandma's and is always on display in my home. She would display faux fruit in it. I have filled it with vintage pink poinsettias, pine cones and greenery.




This holiday season is flying by so fast! There are several more rooms I want to share with you, so stay tuned! I hope you enjoyed my pink Christmas mantel! Thank you for visiting!

-Larissa

 Welcome to the Holiday Door Decor Bog Hop! I'm so excited to share with you my front door decorated for Christmas! I want give a big thank you to Amber from Follow The Yellow Brick Home for organizing this blog hop and for inviting me to join in! If you are coming from Cloches and Lavender I would like to welcome you to my home!




I have to be honest and say that I don't usually decorated the outside of my home for Christmas, usually I just have a fresh wreath on the front door. This year I purchased several artificial wreaths at  Walmart from the Better Homes and Gardens line. They look very realistic!              




Over the summer I found this pair of very old and worn black ice skates. The tag said circa 1901. I decided to display them in the center of my wreath.




My absolute favorite items for my front door display are this pair of Nutcracker soldiers!




I happened to be at Walmart a few nights ago and when I spotted them, I knew that I had to have them!




They look so festive on either side of the door. The nutcrackers have a motion sensor and when activated they play "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" and their buttons light up.



I have a lighted garland around the door that I picked up Black Friday shopping this year.




I placed my black lions next to the nutcrackers. Each lion has a wreath around their neck along with a red ribbon.




Overall, I think my Christmas display looks nice and the nutcrackers add a lot of charm. I can't wait to display them each Christmas! They are definitely keepsakes!



When my little boy got home from school yesterday I heard him gasp from the sidewalk.  I looked up, and his little eyes were shining at the sight of the nutcrackers...and that's what its all about for me...to create a bit of magic for him at the holidays.





Next year I hope to improve on this set up, but I'm happy with how it looks considering I didn't own any out door Christmas decor last year. I'll have a great start for next year!



Thank you so much for visiting!

-Larissa