We Have a Fireplace

For me, one version of a perfect day includes bad weather, good food, and a cozy place to read or watch a movie at home. Our living room is where I choose to spend these types of days, and now, with our new fireplace it is cozier than ever!

Here is a before and after of the same view

When we bought our house we knew we wanted to build a fireplace in this room. We were prepared for a big undertaking, but had our design, start date (January) and placement set. That was until I was in Big Lots last week and saw this one ready to go! The design was similar to what we had planned, it was under budget for the project, and would save us time. Check, check and check.

I am the type of person who starts to decorate for Christmas directly after Halloween. (Yes, I know how some people feel about this lol) I try not to dive head first into decking the halls, but slowly incorporate things leading up to Thanksgiving. Right now, our living room has a mix of velvet pumpkins and Christmas garlands that I like to put in the category of “holiday season”.

For the mantel I went the Christmas route. I love the texture these chunky garlands from Hobby Lobby add! Cant wait to see how pretty they will be with stockings hung in front of them.

I also found this print from Hobby Lobby that we can keep up all winter long, along with these candelabras.

The fireplace meant we no longer had room for our white chair in the corner, so we swapped it out with our smaller one, and thankfully were able to not lose any seating.

I love our pink cooler that used to be on this wall.. but it was feeling too summery and I was ready for a change. I swapped it for this cute coat hook and hung some extra blankets on it. I think it adds such great texture.

I painted this old dresser and added new knobs to use as an end table. The extra storage is great, and I like that the height balances better with the fireplace.

Thank you so much for reading! Are you an early Christmas decorator too? Or do you wait strictly until after Thanksgiving?