Comments on: Uhhh, Christmas is in TWO WEEKS??!!

By: sherri/the claw

sherri/the claw — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:15:14 +0000

I love all of these, yours looks great too, simple and lovely! This really ups the ante though and makes me realize I need to be more creative next year. Thanks for this post.

By: Danette

Danette — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:20:15 +0000

Superlove the big branch thingy over the table.

By: Pearl

Pearl — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:55:41 +0000

I’ll be travelling to my parents. These give me some inspiration: will be putting up tree and so forth once I get there.

By: RIchtsje

RIchtsje — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:42:30 +0000

To find a tree yesterday was a real struggle in here, although I think we weren’t thát late this year. Anyway, we decorated everything. Great ideas you showed in this blog!

Funny thing, your wooden santa is nearly the same as the one I have in here (see my blog), which was made by my son last year!

By: karly

karly — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:35:01 +0000

Bo Bedre has the BEST decorating suggestions… i just wish i could understand it!

By: lindsay

lindsay — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:26:00 +0000

We are tree-less too. Maybe this weekend. We do have paper snowflakes hanging above our dining table, but technically they’re left over from my daughter’s 5th birthday, a winter wonderland theme…(i have pics on my blog)

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:01:13 +0000

Oh, the Myliving tree is gorgeous! Love the candy cane detail. (ps this vintage Eames making-of video is fantastic)

By: Fiona

Fiona — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:15:23 +0000

I have a tree up. That’s it. I am not even sending Christmas cards this year, and it’s my kid’s second Christmas, so I have no excuse to be all jaded about Christmas cards.

By: jennifer in sf

jennifer in sf — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:29:47 +0000

No seriously. The other day I suddenly wanted some glogg, and realized it’s almost Christmas! Yikes.
I really like that picture with the branch hung with ornaments over the dining room table. I will definitely be taking that as inspiration.

By: E

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:48:30 +0000

I LOVE THIS! So inspirational. My idea this year is candlelight, candlelight, candlelight.. and if possible, more candlelight without burning down my apartment building.

By: Jules

Jules — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:40:25 +0000

I never put up decorations or sent out cards before I had kids. Time just seemed to move too fast, and before I knew it, it was too late. Now, with the boys, I get excited watching them get excited and my decorations are up almost immediately after Thanksgiving.

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:42:45 +0000

Hope you’re feeling better.

I have zero decorations up –
except I do have a homemade advent wreath.

It’s a bit difficult to get in the mood when ya live in Florida. This native Iowan misses snow!

We plan to purchase our tree this weekend and listen to Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, and bust out those old “GoodYear Christmas” albums…

Merry Christmas to you!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:02:57 +0000

If it makes you feel any better, we haven’t done anything yet either. We planned to cut down our tree last weekend, but it was 20 degrees and windy, so we decided to hold off. This weekend we have to go no matter what the weather! Oh, yeah, and THEN we have to start shopping… And hopefully we’ll finish up in time to savor the days we have off for making dome cookies, pizzelles, and homemade peppermint Oreo ice cream!

By: Romana

Romana — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:59:44 +0000

I know, I’m not ready yet either! But getting there slowly :) Great collection of shots, I love the one with the blue-grey chairs of all sorts and the great Christmas mobile above the table.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:00:41 +0000

I’ve given up on decorating – my cousin’s daughter smashed my three(!) Christmas ornaments. I’ll be lucky to get my Christmas shopping done at this rate.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:56:02 +0000

I really like the idea of having a different tyoe of tree as a christmas tree! I have never been very into decorating for christmas myself, since I always spend it with my family in Sweden, where there are plenty of that kind. But that modern type of christmas tree is very nice, but where can you get hold of a tree like that? Do you simply have to go to the forest and steal one ;)?

By: Anna at D16

Anna at D16 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:03:13 +0000

Laura, the ink drawing of the bird is by my father, Bruce Dorfman. I think it was done in the ’50s or ’60s—I keep meaning to ask him and then forgetting!

By: verhext

verhext — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:43:45 +0000

i managed to put up a small pine bough. the warm weather makes holidays here so un-festive, it’s sad.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:19:07 +0000

Hi,
I recently discovered your blog and now read it everyday! Where did you get that great bird print in your first photo?

By: kim

kim — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:33:10 +0000

I think we are all quickly coming to this realization, we all now get how a day can just “sneak up on us”
i am all out going crazy in the house this weekend, it has to be festive and awesome…Christmas is also my birthday so it is especially exciting for me.

ps those pictures are all a great inspiration to me. i love reading your blog everyday