Beautiful! My mom has dementia and just moved in with my family. We will do the Bethlehem night again this year. It was an incredible experience. My kids loved it. Mom will love it too. ❤. I'll take any tips you have on mom by the way.
I enjoy how each decor item has a little story. You have a gift to show us how the home reflects your past and present. I especially love the doll story, how precious she is for sure. The little dress, gift from a friend love it! Hard to believe your 8 yo son didn’t get a high five, that’s incredible for an 8 yo. Maybe he’s a future engineer. Great job, love everything!
😂we always hung bells on our doors and door knobs. However, our cat discovered them and would ring the bells all through the night. We took them down so we could get some sleep. 😅
The story about your mom’s doll made me cry. Precious memory for you and to share with your children. ❤. Everything looks beautiful. And your sweet son, must have been heartbroken by that judge’s comments. I think it is beautiful and what a wonderful keepsake. I used to put candle lights on my tree and loved it. However, mine were all connected and electric. I was always straightening them. Lol. I will have to try these battery ones. Everything looks beautiful and perfectly old fashioned. Love your home. Have a blessed and Merry Christmas. Christmas always brings back nostalgia and precious memories for so many. Thank God for His Grace and most precious Gift of His son to share with us all. Thank you for your decorating inspiration!
I have the very same doll! I received her for Christmas when I was 4 in 1948. I'm sure your mother cherished her as much as I did mine. I still have her.
@SheHoldsDearly I don't remember the name of the doll and I don't have the box anymore. I named my doll PollyPinkss after a character in a children's book my mother would read to me. Hopefully one of your viewers will know the name as I also would like to know. I enjoy your blog very much.
❤ The origin stories of the lace trimmed blanket, the doll house and the doll were so poignant and all about Christmas. This post has been one of the sweetest of all I have watched. May you and your family have a blessed Christmas.
From Massachusetts here….it cracks me up that you’re able to put real furniture, cushions, and pillows outside. Our weather does not permit, even on a covered porch. Lovely, and very welcoming though😊. I believe that it is “cold” where you are, but our freezing temperatures are on a different order.
I'm still obsessed with the colors in your living room, the walls and trim and furniture...it all looks so beautiful especially decorated for Christmas!
Beautiful as always!! Genius idea with the star topper!! I always have the hardest time to get a star topper to not tip over. I loved everything!! 🎄❤️🎄
Virginia is such a sweet and beautiful touch…oh, the Christmas’s she has seen! I have my mother’s doll, too. Some older neighbor girls passed her down to my mom in the early 1920’s. I cherish her. She is like having a part of my mom with me still. ❤All you’ve done is beautiful.
I've been watching your videos for years, and I have to say I think I like this Christmas at your home the best. The new lighter colors you're using really work well for an English Cottage look. I love the way you mix things up, old and new. You have a unique eye for decor, and I look forward to your videos so much.
So beautiful and cozy. I loved it all. The porch came out so warm and inviting. Your style is so much like mine . I love vintage and fresh greens and candles with riches of family memories sprinkled about. Your sons house he made came out standing! Maybe his foolish teacher thought you made it. Whatever her reason I thought her comment just horrible. I loved it!!! Have a beautiful blessed day 🙏🕊💕🎄🦌
On the porch, I think the urns at different levels go well with the decor around each space. It lloks very good and intentional. The whole house looks so nice.
Your Christmas home is so lovely. I really like the minimal staircase garland - so dainty and different than the norm. I lost my dad to Alzheimer's 13 years ago. It started in his early 70s and was a painful, slow goodbye as he lost his abilities. God bless your memories of your mom - her doll is the perfect touch under your tree.
That was AMAZING! I l8ve everything. This video is so peaceful. I get so stressed out decorating. Love the piano music. I also appreciate you showing the mess behind the scenes. God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas!
You have the sweetest decor, and everything is precious. I love how your decor is always real, not perfect and in a "perfect spot" but exactly as a person who would be decorating would just sit down their own home decor. I just love watching you. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
I’ve used my crocheted snowball puff garland every year since I made it following your video back in what was it, 2020 or 2021? Love your simple but lovely four dollar garland from value village on your banister, especially!! The scene with Nala in the window seat with the sun coming through and highlighting the vintage skates hung with beautiful ribbon is just so heartwarming ☺️🌲✨
You just have the touch.. you are just so elegant. Does your kids appreciate what you do. In your decorating. We have all boys and they never comment or their wives. So I really do it for myself and hubby. I, too, am paring down my Christmas. Tubs. Moved a bunch out and want to get to less tubs, too.
I enjoy watching you and your style is so classic . Your godly spirit shines through . Love how you shared stitching the lace on the wool blanket as you cared for your Mom … precious ! Love your nativity set 😇 Love the Pom pom trims! Lol the pups adore the window seat ! Who wouldn’t ?! The vintage touch under your tree … very sweet… And your mothers Doll - 😭what a treasure ! Love the story !!! And the piano music ! The real sleigh bells! ❤ You home is so lovely! God bless you 😇🎄
Keep some Christmas decorations for when you have grandchildren. My granddaughter, age 4, had a great time playing with my Santa collection and snow globes. I like your porch with the planter making the look asymmetrical but still both sides are balanced.
Absolutely stunning…all the simple and lovely touches… esp . Your mother’s treasures. God bless you and your family(and pets) and have a merry Christmas❤I🙏🙌
What a beautiful display of Christmas! Your home is just my style! Well the style I’m slowly trying to create. But it’s hard to find vintage around here. I live in Mankato , Minnesota. I need to get up to the cities to look for vintage . But I love going to the thrift stores and find a good treasure! I love ❤ love your Home! So beautiful and cozy!
How excited I was to see your video pop up. It was the perfect thing to watch while on my treadmill. We moved across state lines this summer, and I downsized from 12 to 5 bins. And I still feel like it’s a lot. But glad I did that. Also I just love your living so much without the color drenching. It is so lovely. Merry Christmas!
I just love the nostalgia your home gives….you have such a talent for decor. It is the undone type of trees that makes it look from another time. Sarah I have to tell you I admire your beautiful red hair. I’ve always thought redheads are so stunning and your beautiful porcelain skin. Thank you for the tour, I loved every minute of it. Merry Christmas to you and your family 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Beautiful tour! My favorite Christmas tree decoration idea I want to share with you. At Home Depot you can get a plug in dimmer. Plug in your tree lights into it and they are dimmable! A great way to play with mood lighting. My Christmas gift to you and the group.(my husband did this for me years ago and we have done it every year since❤)
Everything is lovely! 😊. The doll is such a precious keepsake.❤. I, too, condensed my bons and thought I would have a minimalist Christmas, but No! It's impossible. Haha 😅. Merry Christmas from Vermont with 💕.
It’s so beautiful! I love the remembrance of your Mama. I lost my Mama three years ago and still miss her so much. I put special ornaments that she loved on my tree this year. Merry Christmas. ❤🎄💚
Very cozy and beautiful! Love the neutral colors with the vintage touches! The dollhouse is a work of art! Very beautiful! Enjoy hearing your heartfelt stories of the past. Thanks for sharing another special Christmas video! 🎄⛄️🙏🕯️🎅🧑🎄❤
My Mom was extremely talented is every way. One of her many talents was decorating the Christmas trees!! She did it a department as one of first jobs. She told me one of the guidelines was one hundred per every foot every foot your tree is tall, ie, 8 foot tree = 800 lights. She told me the Design Director of the chain of department stores where she worked told her this.
Your story about your mom touched my heart. This will be my third Christmas without mine. I used to keep myself busy by cleaning and organizing her closet at the assisted living, on the days she was sleeping when I got there. I wanted to ask, could you list your source for the clip on candle lights? Thank you!
Yes, a beautiful cozy Christmas home!🕊️ I like the planters on your porch the way you have them. One up by the door, taller, and the other one shorter. 😁👍🏼
A tip if someone has these wired green garlands they don't want you can cut them up into pine stems and attach pine cones and put them in buckets or vases or pitchers etc. for Christmas decor or make a wreath out of them.🌲🌲
I love everything you have done. Your Mom’s doll is so precious, and what a sweet thing Kristen did to give you the dress! The wool blanket looks so good outside, but aren’t you worried about bugs eating the wool? I would like to do that on my porch, but don’t want to risk holes in them. We have a Australian Shepherd and trained him to ring some bells we hung on the doorknob. FYI sleigh bells attached to a leather strap works best to keep marks off the door. Merry Christmas! God bless you and your family.
Love the whole look. Its beautiful, elegant, cozy, and unique. Its great to see people decorate with their own sense of style. “Have a great, blessed, joyful, peaceful, fruitful, happy CHRISTMAS “❤
Beautiful. I always think of french blue.. for french kitchens . I love the changes. I have the same decor pieces but I always switch things around and stage them differently so it always looks fresh and different every year.
Love all the nostalgia and sweet memories you incorporate into your home decorating. I'm now 70, but I grew up with electric candles on the tree that my mother brought from Germany when she came to Canada to marry my father, who had come here 2 years prior. Seeing candles on a tree always reminds me of my childhood Christmas trees. I love the story of your mother's doll. I have a doll that I received for Christmas when I was 4. I also have the Christmas picture of when I received it. It was a bride doll. I'd love to be able to find a bridal dress for her. How sweet of Kristen to bless you with that dress for her. Kristen is such a lovely, down to earth, lover of Jesus woman. I enjoy her channel as well. A very blessed and Merry Christmas to you and your family.... oh, that house that your son made at 8... it's amazing for an 8 year old. He should have won.
You have a beautiful home, Sarah! Every last room looks like you spent a full day in each to decorate! Thank you for sharing your home. I hope that your Christmas was everything you wanted and that 2025 brings great blessings and happiness to you and your family! (I think that your son should have won 1st place on his house! I especially love my nativity figurines to be creamy... I found one of my nativity sets and all of the figurines were cream but it was missing baby Jesus! I found a small baby, just the right size for the manger, however it was pink... out came my cream paint....wala a perfect and complete set!
I'm a grandma and enjoyed this video so much, I watched twice and subscribed . Thumbs up! It was worth all the work. It brought back so many memories , of the doll I had, tiny tears and the clothes my mom made for her in an old fashion suitcase The doll house your son made was adorable. I brought mine out when I saw it. I also liked the touch of greens on the piano! All so lovely and cozy. I'm happy I found you, I do watch Kristen Hoffman & Andrea? pine & prospect. You all make wonderful homes for your family. Merry Christmas to you, you were cute doing the lights & sweeping the porch, I wish I had all that energy again. whew! Enjoy! many blessings! xxx
I'm watching this video a second time. There are so many great ideas!!! I had to give away a real vintage wicker set, no roof on my porch, and my daughter has it on her Victorian porch with a roof:) I have a friend from church that is giving me a trunk from her great grandmother, and she asked if I wanted the post cards from the 1800's that she had thrown in the trash can that morning! I was aghast, lol. Of course, she had to get them out of her trash for me. I used your link 2 years ago for my tree candles, that I saw on your video 3 years ago, they were out of stock for quite a while, LOVE THEM❤ Your Mom's baby doll is so precious...Kristen is a sweetheart, what a darling white dress perfection. I just recently started going through my Mom's stuff. Found her baby doll. She was born in 1943. But her doll was decomposing. I remember when you lost your Mom, started to cry because she just got diagnosed with dementia a couple of months ago, although we knew for 2 years, but she would not let us help her. She had a couple of close calls, she lives alone, my step dad passed away 2 years ago. She was night wandering in the middle of the night on a 5 lane road outside of her home lost. So thankful to God for intervening, she is somewhere safe now, in a memory care unit. I am so thankful for you and your lovely channel! Have a Blessed Christmas!
Hi Sarah Still have my fall decor up and really needed some inspiration to start decorating for Christmas . This was such a special video all the small details. Your house looks beautiful. Was so relaxing, watching and listening to all the sweet stories. The dogs playing at the window. The memories of your mom. One of my favorite videos of the season so far.
Oh my gosh I love the doll house your son made! That judge is crazy! Love the swag on the piano! And the ice skates in the window looks so neat. I love the long pillow on the couch and your couch! Wow your room is huge and gorgeous! The garland is amazing. Oh the tinsel tree is beautiful! The house looks beautiful! Love the dog bed! My cats would probably kick the dog out!😂love the little music garland on the little tree. Everything is wonderful!❤
Oh Sarah, this is such a beautiful, beautiful video. Thank you for all of your wonderful ideas and sharing all of them with all of us❤️Also, as I watch your videos, I know you love Jesus and knowing this and watching the video is a gift to me🙏Thank you
To mini homestead, praying for the season with your Mom. I am a caregiver, 3:21 too. I have supported clients with Dementia. The most recent one had the vascular version. What a Holy appointment to see the Lord appear in and through every interaction. Your mom is a person, not a diagnosis. She has value because He says she does. I would ask my sweet friend questions to seek out her thoughts, she would say, "why do you want to know what I think?"...because what you think is important to me. A reminder to remember what He thinks of me is what matters most. Showing her that level of respect was a new concept to her. I really miss her. I care for my own mom now. Cardiovascular, vision, hearing, chronic pain challenges. She will be 87 next month. Divine opportunities still unfolding.
Amen!! None of this time is wasted. God did so much in me during that season. One of them was seeing my mother enduring suffering and realizing that I come from such a strong woman. I saw my heritage and it has stayed with me since and given me strength for life without her.😭😭
You've decorated your home beautifully. I thought it kind of cute with the stockings hanging by the fire. I also like how you've done pictures hanging together in various sizes.
What a great job! I love the simplicity and coziness of your home so so pretty. Hope you and your family has a wonderful Christmas and New Year ❤️🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
I found my mom's 2 dolls. She got hers after she nearly died from a ruptured appendix at age 3. The big one needs a new dress. The little one is super pretty with real like hair. I never thought to incorporate them. She was so thrilled when I pulled them out of my attic. She didn't remember she gave them to me years ago.
How precious the time you had with your mom. Stitching the lace, cherish the woman, the inspiration she gave you for life.
Absolutely beautiful! Merry Christmas 🎄
Beautiful! My mom has dementia and just moved in with my family. We will do the Bethlehem night again this year. It was an incredible experience. My kids loved it. Mom will love it too. ❤. I'll take any tips you have on mom by the way.
I enjoy how each decor item has a little story. You have a gift to show us how the home reflects your past and present. I especially love the doll story, how precious she is for sure. The little dress, gift from a friend love it! Hard to believe your 8 yo son didn’t get a high five, that’s incredible for an 8 yo. Maybe he’s a future engineer. Great job, love everything!
😂we always hung bells on our doors and door knobs. However, our cat discovered them and would ring the bells all through the night. We took them down so we could get some sleep. 😅
This Christmas home tour was so lovely. I enjoyed every second of it. There were so many meaningful moments…. Thank you for sharing. 💕🙏🏻
Thank you!❤️
I love that you start a project and go back and redo it. I do that. Guess I'm not a crazy as my hubs might think!
Looks like a Little Women Christmas. So cozy and inviting!🌲🎅
Needs colour!
Aw, thank you so much!! ❤️
The story about your mom’s doll made me cry. Precious memory for you and to share with your children. ❤. Everything looks beautiful. And your sweet son, must have been heartbroken by that judge’s comments. I think it is beautiful and what a wonderful keepsake. I used to put candle lights on my tree and loved it. However, mine were all connected and electric. I was always straightening them. Lol. I will have to try these battery ones. Everything looks beautiful and perfectly old fashioned. Love your home. Have a blessed and Merry Christmas. Christmas always brings back nostalgia and precious memories for so many. Thank God for His Grace and most precious Gift of His son to share with us all. Thank you for your decorating inspiration!
That white dress is beautiful! That was so kind of kristen! She is a lovely person!
Everything is so beautiful. You made me cry talking about your mom. So sweet. Merry Christmas.
❤ YOUR HOME IS REALLY VERY LOVELY YET VERY WELCOMING AND COZY.....GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ❤
I have the very same doll! I received her for Christmas when I was 4 in 1948. I'm sure your mother cherished her as much as I did mine. I still have her.
You are the same age as my mom! She received Virginia in 1946. Do you know the name of this doll??
@SheHoldsDearly I don't remember the name of the doll and I don't have the box anymore. I named my doll PollyPinkss after a character in a children's book my mother would read to me. Hopefully one of your viewers will know the name as I also would like to know. I enjoy your blog very much.
I really like the urns on the front porch at different levels. Your home is Christmas inspiration.
❤ The origin stories of the lace trimmed blanket, the doll house and the doll were so poignant and all about Christmas. This post has been one of the sweetest of all I have watched. May you and your family have a blessed Christmas.
Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas too!
love how you mentioned Kristen I love her channel too enjoyed when you visited her God Bless!! The doll story was so sweet
From Massachusetts here….it cracks me up that you’re able to put real furniture, cushions, and pillows outside. Our weather does not permit, even on a covered porch. Lovely, and very welcoming though😊. I believe that it is “cold” where you are, but our freezing temperatures are on a different order.
I'm still obsessed with the colors in your living room, the walls and trim and furniture...it all looks so beautiful especially decorated for Christmas!
Beautiful as always!! Genius idea with the star topper!! I always have the hardest time to get a star topper to not tip over. I loved everything!! 🎄❤️🎄
YES!
So pretty, cozy and calm. Just beautiful!
I love your dog helping! My two help sweep, mop, and vacuum also.
Virginia is such a sweet and beautiful touch…oh, the Christmas’s she has seen! I have my mother’s doll, too. Some older neighbor girls passed her down to my mom in the early 1920’s. I cherish her. She is like having a part of my mom with me still. ❤All you’ve done is beautiful.
I've been watching your videos for years, and I have to say I think I like this Christmas at your home the best. The new lighter colors you're using really work well for an English Cottage look. I love the way you mix things up, old and new. You have a unique eye for decor, and I look forward to your videos so much.
Thank you so much! That means a lot to me. ❤️
So beautiful and cozy. I loved it all. The porch came out so warm and inviting. Your style is so much like mine . I love vintage and fresh greens and candles with riches of family memories sprinkled about. Your sons house he made came out standing! Maybe his foolish teacher thought you made it. Whatever her reason I thought her comment just horrible. I loved it!!! Have a beautiful blessed day 🙏🕊💕🎄🦌
That doll & doll house are so sweet to add to your Christmas decorating!
On the porch, I think the urns at different levels go well with the decor around each space. It lloks very good and intentional. The whole house looks so nice.
A very cozy and creative Christmas home. Good Job! Christmas blessings.
Thanks Sharon!!
Beautiful! The story of your grandparents and your mom's doll was so sweet!! 🤗❤ What special memories. Thank you for sharing.
Your Christmas home is so lovely. I really like the minimal staircase garland - so dainty and different than the norm. I lost my dad to Alzheimer's 13 years ago. It started in his early 70s and was a painful, slow goodbye as he lost his abilities. God bless your memories of your mom - her doll is the perfect touch under your tree.
That was AMAZING! I l8ve everything. This video is so peaceful. I get so stressed out decorating. Love the piano music.
I also appreciate you showing the mess behind the scenes. God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you too, Regina!
Thank you sharing your heart with us Sara, and lease know you are beautiful inside and out. Your home so reflects the love of Family ❤️🎄❤️
Aw, that's so sweet, I appreciate that!
You have the sweetest decor, and everything is precious. I love how your decor is always real, not perfect and in a "perfect spot" but exactly as a person who would be decorating would just sit down their own home decor. I just love watching you. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Aw, thank you so much! I'm happy you enjoy my videos!
Thank you for the home tour! The music was beautiful and peaceful... Something we can all use this time of year!
It's the perfect music to put you in a festive mood.
I’ve used my crocheted snowball puff garland every year since I made it following your video back in what was it, 2020 or 2021? Love your simple but lovely four dollar garland from value village on your banister, especially!! The scene with Nala in the window seat with the sun coming through and highlighting the vintage skates hung with beautiful ribbon is just so heartwarming ☺️🌲✨
Loved Santa's desk so much last year. Just rewatched last years home tour and love this one too.
You just have the touch.. you are just so elegant. Does your kids appreciate what you do. In your decorating. We have all boys and they never comment or their wives. So I really do it for myself and hubby.
I, too, am paring down my Christmas. Tubs. Moved a bunch out and want to get to less tubs, too.
I enjoy watching you and your style is so classic .
Your godly spirit shines through .
Love how you shared stitching the lace on the wool blanket as you cared for your Mom … precious !
Love your nativity set 😇
Love the Pom pom trims!
Lol the pups adore the window seat ! Who wouldn’t ?!
The vintage touch under your tree … very sweet…
And your mothers Doll - 😭what a treasure ! Love the story !!!
And the piano music !
The real sleigh bells! ❤
You home is so lovely!
God bless you 😇🎄
Thank you so much, Donna! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. 😊🎄
Your home is the essence of a cozy Christmas! Lovely!
Thank you so much!
Keep some Christmas decorations for when you have grandchildren. My granddaughter, age 4, had a great time playing with my Santa collection and snow globes. I like your porch with the planter making the look asymmetrical but still both sides are balanced.
I wish I had the passion to be this dedicated to decorating for the season! You’re pretty amazing to me.
Absolutely stunning…all the simple and lovely touches… esp . Your mother’s treasures. God bless you and your family(and pets) and have a merry Christmas❤I🙏🙌
What a beautiful display of Christmas! Your home is just my style! Well the style I’m slowly trying to create. But it’s hard to find vintage around here. I live in Mankato , Minnesota. I need to get up to the cities to look for vintage . But I love going to the thrift stores and find a good treasure! I love ❤ love your Home! So beautiful and cozy!
I love all the meaningful decor. Your house is like a warm hug❤️
How excited I was to see your video pop up. It was the perfect thing to watch while on my treadmill. We moved across state lines this summer, and I downsized from 12 to 5 bins. And I still feel like it’s a lot. But glad I did that. Also I just love your living so much without the color drenching. It is so lovely. Merry Christmas!
I just love the nostalgia your home gives….you have such a talent for decor. It is the undone type of trees that makes it look from another time. Sarah I have to tell you I admire your beautiful red hair. I’ve always thought redheads are so stunning and your beautiful porcelain skin. Thank you for the tour, I loved every minute of it. Merry Christmas to you and your family 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I’m so glad you enjoyed the tour!
Beautiful tour!
My favorite Christmas tree decoration idea I want to share with you. At Home Depot you can get a plug in dimmer. Plug in your tree lights into it and they are dimmable! A great way to play with mood lighting. My Christmas gift to you and the group.(my husband did this for me years ago and we have done it every year since❤)
Everything is lovely! 😊. The doll is such a precious keepsake.❤. I, too, condensed my bons and thought I would have a minimalist Christmas, but No! It's impossible. Haha 😅. Merry Christmas from Vermont with 💕.
It’s so beautiful! I love the remembrance of your Mama. I lost my Mama three years ago and still miss her so much. I put special ornaments that she loved on my tree this year. Merry Christmas. ❤🎄💚
Thank you so much, Cindy. Your mama sounds wonderful, I love that you are able to remember her in that way. ❤️
Very cozy and beautiful! Love the neutral colors with the vintage touches! The dollhouse is a work of art! Very beautiful! Enjoy hearing your heartfelt stories of the past. Thanks for sharing another special Christmas video! 🎄⛄️🙏🕯️🎅🧑🎄❤
My Mom was extremely talented is every way. One of her many talents was decorating the Christmas trees!! She did it a department as one of first jobs. She told me one of the guidelines was one hundred per every foot every foot your tree is tall, ie, 8 foot tree = 800 lights. She told me the Design Director of the chain of department stores where she worked told her this.
Your home is beautiful. I loved that you had so many pieces of sentimental value.
Just beautiful. Warm, cosy and full of love. X
Thank you so much, Christina!
Year after year your Christmas videos are my absolute FAVORITE!
That's so sweet to hear, thank you!!
Love how your staircase area turned out. Simple, but yet just enough. So pretty.
I am so glad you liked it!
Probably my favorite Christmas decorating videos this year. So pretty!!
Oh, Thank you so much, Doreen!!
‘Less is more... except for Christmas’. I read that on the Ikea website.
Bahaha, IKEA has it right!!
Your story about your mom touched my heart. This will be my third Christmas without mine. I used to keep myself busy by cleaning and organizing her closet at the assisted living, on the days she was sleeping when I got there.
I wanted to ask, could you list your source for the clip on candle lights? Thank you!
❤ I hope this Christmas is filled with lovely memories of her.
Here are the candles:
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Yes, a beautiful cozy Christmas home!🕊️
I like the planters on your porch the way you have them. One up by the door, taller, and the other one shorter. 😁👍🏼
I agree, I love how that looks!
A tip if someone has these wired green garlands they don't want you can cut them up into pine stems and attach pine cones and put them in buckets or vases or pitchers etc. for Christmas decor or make a wreath out of them.🌲🌲
Great tip!!
You could alway place visqueen over the door, since it opens in and paint it. It’ll dries in the house. On a nice sunny morning with a hot fire going!
I love everything you have done. Your Mom’s doll is so precious, and what a sweet thing Kristen did to give you the dress! The wool blanket looks so good outside, but aren’t you worried about bugs eating the wool? I would like to do that on my porch, but don’t want to risk holes in them.
We have a Australian Shepherd and trained him to ring some bells we hung on the doorknob. FYI sleigh bells attached to a leather strap works best to keep marks off the door.
Merry Christmas! God bless you and your family.
Those crepe paper garlands remind me of my childhood Christmas years here in England ❤
Love the whole look. Its beautiful, elegant, cozy, and unique. Its great to see people decorate with their own sense of style. “Have a great, blessed, joyful, peaceful, fruitful, happy CHRISTMAS “❤
Beautiful. I always think of french blue.. for french kitchens . I love the changes. I have the same decor pieces but I always switch things around and stage them differently so it always looks fresh and different every year.
Love all the nostalgia and sweet memories you incorporate into your home decorating. I'm now 70, but I grew up with electric candles on the tree that my mother brought from Germany when she came to Canada to marry my father, who had come here 2 years prior. Seeing candles on a tree always reminds me of my childhood Christmas trees. I love the story of your mother's doll. I have a doll that I received for Christmas when I was 4. I also have the Christmas picture of when I received it. It was a bride doll. I'd love to be able to find a bridal dress for her. How sweet of Kristen to bless you with that dress for her. Kristen is such a lovely, down to earth, lover of Jesus woman. I enjoy her channel as well. A very blessed and Merry Christmas to you and your family.... oh, that house that your son made at 8... it's amazing for an 8 year old. He should have won.
Those are such wonderful Christmas memories! I love that you have those special pieces from your childhood to cherish!
I would love to be a fly on the wall to hear yours and Colby's conversations ! I know he must be very patient and loving with your ideas.
He really is a saint! 😄
Everything looks so lovely! I love how you keep things very subtle. It looks so cozy and peaceful. Thank you for sharing a peek of your home.
Deborah, I'm so glad you liked it! I love keeping things cozy for the holidays.
You have a beautiful home, Sarah! Every last room looks like you spent a full day in each to decorate! Thank you for sharing your home. I hope that your Christmas was everything you wanted and that 2025 brings great blessings and happiness to you and your family! (I think that your son should have won 1st place on his house! I especially love my nativity figurines to be creamy... I found one of my nativity sets and all of the figurines were cream but it was missing baby Jesus! I found a small baby, just the right size for the manger, however it was pink... out came my cream paint....wala a perfect and complete set!
Did a nice job on the porch,so inviting into your Christmas tour.
Thank you, Marilyn!
Celebrate the season! Love it. ❤
I'm a grandma and enjoyed this video so much, I watched twice and subscribed . Thumbs up! It was worth all the work. It brought back so many memories , of the doll I had, tiny tears and the clothes my mom made for her in an old fashion suitcase The doll house your son made was adorable. I brought mine out when I saw it. I also liked the touch of greens on the piano! All so lovely and cozy. I'm happy I found you, I do watch Kristen Hoffman & Andrea? pine & prospect. You all make wonderful homes for your family. Merry Christmas to you, you were cute doing the lights & sweeping the porch, I wish I had all that energy again. whew! Enjoy! many blessings! xxx
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, Gayle. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
I'm watching this video a second time. There are so many great ideas!!! I had to give away a real vintage wicker set, no roof on my porch, and my daughter has it on her Victorian porch with a roof:) I have a friend from church that is giving me a trunk from her great grandmother, and she asked if I wanted the post cards from the 1800's that she had thrown in the trash can that morning! I was aghast, lol. Of course, she had to get them out of her trash for me. I used your link 2 years ago for my tree candles, that I saw on your video 3 years ago, they were out of stock for quite a while, LOVE THEM❤ Your Mom's baby doll is so precious...Kristen is a sweetheart, what a darling white dress perfection. I just recently started going through my Mom's stuff. Found her baby doll. She was born in 1943. But her doll was decomposing. I remember when you lost
your Mom, started to cry because she just got diagnosed with dementia a couple of months ago, although we knew for 2 years, but she would not let us help her. She had a couple of close calls, she lives alone, my step dad passed away 2 years ago. She was night wandering in the middle of the night on a 5 lane road outside of her home lost. So thankful to God for intervening, she is somewhere safe now, in a memory care unit. I am so thankful for you and your lovely channel! Have a Blessed Christmas!
Sarah…your home is stunning…..Marry Christmas to you and your family…..
Thank you so much, Suzanne! Merry Christmas to you too!
Hi Sarah Still have my fall decor up and really needed some inspiration to start decorating for Christmas . This was such a special video all the small details. Your house looks beautiful. Was so relaxing, watching and listening to all the sweet stories. The dogs playing at the window. The memories of your mom. One of my favorite videos of the season so far.
Oh, I loved the teacup and saucer on the porch table. It says "someone was just sitting here!"
Oh my gosh I love the doll house your son made! That judge is crazy! Love the swag on the piano! And the ice skates in the window looks so neat. I love the long pillow on the couch and your couch! Wow your room is huge and gorgeous! The garland is amazing. Oh the tinsel tree is beautiful! The house looks beautiful! Love the dog bed! My cats would probably kick the dog out!😂love the little music garland on the little tree. Everything is wonderful!❤
Ah! I'm so glad you loved the details, Karen! Thank you. ❤️
Oh Sarah, this is such a beautiful, beautiful video. Thank you for all of your wonderful ideas and sharing all of them with all of us❤️Also, as I watch your videos, I know you love Jesus and knowing this and watching the video is a gift to me🙏Thank you
That is so sweet of you Susan, thank you! ❤️
You put together a beautiful Christmas decor. ✨Less is more! Simple, elegant and calming. ❤
Thank you so much! I love a calm and elegant Christmas.
Your house looks beautiful! I especially love your cat under the woodstove❤
I love the way you did your banister perfect touch!
Beautiful house and I absolutely loved the fur babies, especially laying on the window seat ❤❤❤
Aren't they sweet? :)
To mini homestead, praying for the season with your Mom. I am a caregiver, 3:21 too. I have supported clients with Dementia. The most recent one had the vascular version. What a Holy appointment to see the Lord appear in and through every interaction. Your mom is a person, not a diagnosis. She has value because He says she does. I would ask my sweet friend questions to seek out her thoughts, she would say, "why do you want to know what I think?"...because what you think is important to me. A reminder to remember what He thinks of me is what matters most. Showing her that level of respect was a new concept to her. I really miss her. I care for my own mom now. Cardiovascular, vision, hearing, chronic pain challenges. She will be 87 next month. Divine opportunities still unfolding.
Amen!! None of this time is wasted. God did so much in me during that season. One of them was seeing my mother enduring suffering and realizing that I come from such a strong woman. I saw my heritage and it has stayed with me since and given me strength for life without her.😭😭
Celebrate the season!
Your dog on the porch while you were sweeping was making me laugh!
Love everything. One idea that I do is string lights straight down the trunk, it gives such a lovely glow
Thank you for the tip!
Everything looks beautiful 🌲🦌🌲
Absolute perfection! Love your videos. God bless you and pray you have a joyous Christmas season!
Love the wicker, the porch is beautiful!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful home. ❤ Loved the stories about various pieces.
Again sweet friend, your home is absolutely stunning. ❤
You've decorated your home beautifully. I thought it kind of cute with the stockings hanging by the fire. I also like how you've done pictures hanging together in various sizes.
Thank you!! I love how it all comes together!
Just lovely!
Lovely understated elegance! Merry Christmas to you.
That silly pup. 😂😂
So calming! I love the stories! Do precious. Love you!
sweet, simple and classic~ beautiful!
I love your home Sarah! It’s just perfect❤ Merry Christmas! 🙏🏻
Everything came out so beautiful! God bless
What a great job! I love the simplicity and coziness of your home so so pretty. Hope you and your family has a wonderful Christmas and New Year ❤️🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Thank you, Cathy!
I always learn so much from you, Sarah! Thank you ❤️
Thank you, Emily!
Everything looks so pretty!
Thank you so much, Joanne!
I found my mom's 2 dolls. She got hers after she nearly died from a ruptured appendix at age 3. The big one needs a new dress. The little one is super pretty with real like hair. I never thought to incorporate them. She was so thrilled when I pulled them out of my attic. She didn't remember she gave them to me years ago.