Hi and welcome to our Bloggers Holiday Living Room Tour! If this is your first time visiting Our Vintage Nest or you’re a regular reader… I’m glad you’re here! Special thanks to Sandra at The Rustic Life for organizing this fun tour!
It’s been a crazy four weeks of moving in and getting settled into our new home. Our living room is the first room I tackled and I love how it’s transformed for the holidays… Our favorite time of year!
We’re excited to finally share our decorated living rooms with you! So, grab your favorite steamed beverage and enjoy the tour! 
Welcome to our grand living room with vaulted ceilings and shiplap accent wall. I designed this room with our builders carpenter, adding 9-foot built-ins on each side with shiplap above and surrounding the mantle. You can read more about our home choices in my “Design Details” post. We love the exposed beams; they add so much character in this room! It’s been fun to see it come to life after months of anticipation and a bonus to be able to immediately decorate for Christmas! 
Here are a few close-ups of some details I’ve added… Lots of neutrals and textures!
This nativity scene was one of the first purchases I made when I was a newlywed and I love it more and more every year! I love the intricate details and the faceless figures, it’s the first piece I set out and the last to be put away until next year. 
I’ve always wanted a hearth to display things like rustic olive buckets and lanterns. But mostly, for that memorable Christmas picture of my kids that we can look back on years from now.
This flocked tree from King Of Christmas is a dream come true! I’ve always loved the look of them and now that we own one… I’m in love! It doesn’t take much to decorate this beauty! In fact, it sat bare for two weeks before I adorned it with ornaments. I went with a neutral and natural elements theme this year. Birch wood ribbon, birdhouses, berry picks, pinecones, snowflakes and sparkly burlap ribbon. The top is a combination of picks I added to make it look more full and beautiful.
Believe it or not, these buffalo check curtains were hung just a few days ago! I just love the warmth and feel they bring to this room!
This sweet “Have a Very Merry Christmas” banner from Pottery Barn is the perfect touch to our 9-foot flocked tree. I get a lot of questions about the Love is Patient sign above our mantle. It was made by the sweet and talented, Tara at Between You And Me Signs!
These bookshelves were so fun to style! I added subtle pops of green and red throughout, and of course my vintage treasures take the spotlight! I love how the white makes everything stand out! 
I love our stockings this year! I made the dark gray stocking from an old sweater and the others are from HomeGoods and Target! The beautiful metallic felt ball garland is from my sweet friend, Megan at Sheep Farm Felt.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my holiday living room tour! Be sure to visit my talented friends who have opened their homes to share their festive spaces!
LIVING ROOM TOUR LINKS:
Sandra @ The Rustic Life
Laurie @ The Glam Farmhouse
Summer @ She Leaves A Little Sparkle
Amy @ One Artsy Mama
Leslie @ The Leslie Style
Allison @ A House and a Dog
and me, Alicia @ Our Vintage Nest
Wishing you the happiest of holidays to you and yours!
Blessings,
Oh my Alicia, not only is your living room beautiful with those rustic beams and light and stone fireplace you have done a beautiful job making your house into a home just in time for Christmas. All the rustic details lovely and your stockings and garland are soon cute! Love them together!
Thank you, Sandra! It’s been a fun and crazy process! Love this opportunity to share with all of you this holiday season! Merry Christmas!
What an absolutely gorgeous room to begin with, and it’s so pretty all decked out for Christmas! I have that same nativity and I love it too!
Thanks, Amy! That nativity scene will always be in our family… So classic! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Alicia, I just love the way your home has turned out! you have styled everything so beautifully and that shiplap is gorgeous. Your tree looks magical and I love that banner. I bought one last year so mine might look a little similar ha ha. But aren’t those king of Christmas trees just the best?! This is such a beautiful winter wonderland. Happiest Christmas to you and your darling family!
Hi Summer! You’re just the sweetest! Thankful for your friendship and the time we spent last month. Happiest of holidays to you too, my friend! xoxo
I love your living room and what you’ve done with your Christmas decor! Your book shelf wall is just stunning!
Thank you, Heather! Appreciate you stopping by… Happiest of holidays to you!
Gorgeous job Alicia! I love the beams so much!!
Thanks, Leslie! The beams are our favorite part too! :)
Alicia, this is absolutely gorgeous! Love your nativity set also!
Hi Ashley! Thanks, friend… That nativity set was purchased with hard earned dollars… 15 years ago! :)
Love this and seeing your new house!
Thanks, Allison! Enjoyed doing this holiday tour with you! Merry Christmas!
What a lovely home! I just checked out your blog for the first time and I already have so many ideas. We just started building our new home and my color selections, cabinet colors, and flooring are almost identical. Seeing your results make me excited and gives me confidence in my design choices. Question, how were you able to contract with a carpenter? We are using a production builder and I wanted a shiplap wall, but assumed I would have to do it on my own after our home was built.
Hi… The carpenter was assigned to me through the builder. We purchased a custom home, so these were just a few perks, I suppose. I wouldn’t hesitate to ask your builder to do certain things and see what they quote you. You may be surprised what they will do for you! Good luck and I’m glad my design choices have helped you!
Very pretty! I love the garland you hung on your barrel chandelier above your dining room table. I have the same light. Where would I find that garland? Also the boxwood wreaths you posted on instagram on your kitchen cabinet doors…where could I find those?
Hi Kim… The garland around my light came from a place in Arlington, TX called Decorators Warehouse. The boxwood wreaths are sourced through a link on IG. When you sign-up for LikeToKnow.It, they send you emails with links to shop every time you like a post. Hope that helps and thanks for your interest!
I’m kind of obsessed with your built-ins!! Love this :)
http://www.maggiealamode.com
Thanks so much! So nice of you to stop by for the holiday tour! Happiest of holidays to you!
Im so happy I found your blog! You came up as a suggested post on instagram and I cant believe how similar our homes are! We just moved into a new construction that we designed as well,and our kitchen and living room is very very similar! Do you design virtually? Would love to get your thoughts since our layout so close to yours.
Hi Krista… No, I’m sorry, I don’t have an e-design service. But, I’m happy to talk further with you via email and create some moods boards based on your likes and interest. Let me know!
How special to be celebrating your first Christmas in your new home! 💛 Your living room looks wonderful!
Thanks so much! Hope you had happy holidays!
Love watching the process as you continue to add more design elements, looking forward to seeing the every day, after-Christmas look! Where do you have your tv? Would love to see your design solution for that.
Hi Jessica… At the time of this post, we had not hung it yet. We were only in a few weeks. We have since installed it above the mantle. You can check out my Instagram account @ourvintagenest to see updated photos. Thanks for your interest!
Love, love your style! So pretty! We are building a home right now. I am not a decorator so I sure appreciate some of your ideas!! Can you tell me where you got the chandelier from in your living room? I would really appreciate it!
Best!
Hi Bridget… I have a blog post specifically dedicated to our interior lighting. Everything is sourced there, thanks for your interest!
Hello, you have done such a beautiful job on your fireplace! I absolutely love your style!!! Any chance you have detailed plans on how you built it?!? We just bought a new house, and my father and I are trying to build a surround with an electric insert.. thank you
Hi Shannon… Thanks so much! We based our plans off of a design photo I found on one of my favorite blogs. I believe the inspo photo is posted on my IG feed in late 2016. Hope that helps.
Hi Alicia, you have great style for decorating your home…it’s so well put together! I’ve been inspired by your IG posts and benefited from many of the sources you’ve shared. I am having cedar beams installed in my home but struggling with the stain color. What stain did you use for yours? I too am using Agreeable Gray for my great room.
Hi Janet… I’m afraid I don’t have the stain color for our beams. They stain matched them with our flooring. I would ask your builder to match your floor color. Hope that helps!