Holiday Home Tour 2011

Welcome

{Home for the Holidays}

With The Corson Cottage

We have Decked the Halls

(I do mean literally.....my maiden name is Hall...(chuckle:)

this holiday with all kinds of Christmas Cheer!

So, as a guest here at The Corson Cottage

I would love to invite you in for a cup of hot cocoa

with whipped cream & marshmallows...of course!

(Hey nobody said we had to watch what we eat this time of year)

I hope we will warm your hearts this holiday season!

Our Front Porch....come on inside.....burrr....it's chilly out there!

I have been very fortunate to have been blessed with wonderful memories

of the holiday season.  As I was decorating my home this year it made

me think of all the great times we had decorating our home

when I was a kid.  I actually think decorating for the holidays was my first decorating

memory ever.  I can remember my Mom would turn on the Christmas music and make Dad turn

off the TV and it was a family affair.  She would make hot cocoa and we would all decorate the tree.

 There were always holiday touches all throughout our home.

Won't you join us in our warm & cozy living room?

I can remember stringing cranberries and real popcorn making homemade garland

for our trees as a kid.  I could not believe my Mom was having us put food on the tree?

Really??? 

This year for the holidays I have been inspired by the warm heartfelt memories of my past.

So I made my own garland and hung it on our gallery wall you can see it here.

If you would like to hang in the living room a little longer feel free to visit here and here.

Hmm are you getting a little hungry?  I think I smell Christmas cookies baking in the kitchen.

As I get older it has become more and more important for me to

recreate the spirit of the Holiday season in our home for Travis & I. 

  Hopefully someday maybe a little Corson too.

So this year I went all out!

I made sure there were simple holiday touches in every room.

Our tiny cottage kitchen gets a little crowded maybe we should move on into

the dining room it's much more comfortable.

I really think, who am I kidding, I KNOW the dining room is my favorite room on our tour.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

I love all of the natural elements, the fresh greens, the poinsettia, my new lanterns!

We always spent most of our time at the dining table on holidays.

We could spend hours talking, laughing, eating, just being merry & bright!

For me it was important to create that feel in this room.

All the comforts of holiday you can sit down & stay a while and enjoy yourself in.

To sit and stay for a while in our dining room visit here, here & here.

Need an extra seat?  Let me show you our back porch.

This is our reindeer.....I haven't name him yet.

Any suggestions?

Our back porch is directly off the kitchen and the dining room.

It works perfect for extra seating.

Let me show you the upstairs....

Our office even has been touched by the little Christmas elfs.

I even got a little crafty and made this ribbon Christmas tree art you can see more here.

Our bedroom

I don't know about you but the holidays wear me out!

I hope you can see your way out.

I am going to curl up with my cozy cable knit throw.

I hope I have warmed your hearts with all the best of holiday spirit this holiday season.

I am so thankful and blessed to be able to make memories for my family

just like the loving memories my Mom made for our family.

I feel like I have finally created a

{Home for the Holidays}

Wishing you & yours a very safe and

Happy Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas

&

Happy New Year

The Corsons

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