Life By The Pool. . .it's just BETTER!: Holiday Style

Good morning and welcome to our Holiday Style tour. Today we are in the breakfast room.

Grab yourself a cookie and a cup of milk or if you'd like, I'll make you a cup of coffee. I wouldn't want you to go hungry while you meander through the room.

We eliminated our dining room many years ago so our breakfast table functions as our dining table. We have a leaf to add to it to make it big enough for our family. (Our dining room is now my office.)

As you can see, I keep the table quite simple without a table cloth. I find it makes it much easier to dust or wipe clean.

The hubs and I were at Target last Tuesday evening picking up the last of the grandkids Christmas gifts when I came upon these darling little plates. They are made of melamine and were less than $2 each. They are the only new things in this room.

I wanted something different for the centerpiece so I searched the house over and discovered the plaid on the Snowman's scarf (kitchen counter) matched the napkins. Voila! A centerpiece was found! :)

I placed a snowman ornament at each place setting.

Here's the table with the usual centerpiece.

Oh...if this little guy could talk he would tell you how neglected he is. Almost every.single.night I walk right by him to turn off the Christmas lights...turn off everything else in the kitchen...turn and look back...and this little guy is shining brightly. I have been known to leave him on all night.

Yes, that is a wreath hanging on the fence over my flower box.

The Joyeux Noel apron is a nice reminder of Louisiana.

This little guy hangs on the breakfast room door.

The wreath is as old as the garland over the fireplace. This year I stripped it down to only one ribbon throughout the wreath and I like it so much better though it did take me a while to get used to it.