Displaying my presents

I finally put all the Christmas decor away last weekend (while I had no water courtesy of my frozen pipes might I add). Then I got to put out all the lovelies I had gotten for Christmas!!

So re-doing a "fixer upper" can get overwhelming at times, especially without a plan. At first I didn't have a plan. I was just doing something here, something there and I never felt like I was changing anything. So I took a page out of my Aunt Gail's (the queen of remodeling) book and made a plan to do it a room at a time. Also, to make myself feel like the task wasn't impossible, I started with my smallest/least to do room, the downstairs half bathroom. I always knew I wanted two shelves with white pots on them in this bathroom, but I didn't really plan for what was going to go on the shelves with the pots. Once I decided I wanted pretty perfume bottles on there, I had trouble finding any (typical). Mom to the rescue, she gave me two great bottles for Christmas and now I feel like the shelves are complete and look fab. Also Robyn gave me the pretty little plate for Christmas and I felt like it fit in perfectly. It is vintage Limoges china, tres chic!

A close up of the bottles, the clear ones are Mom's Christmas presents to me, the green one is from believe it or not Hobby Lobby, and the pink one is Michael Kors Very Hollywood perfume that a vendor sent me for Christmas (thanks Pam!).

At Holiday House there was a booth filled with the most wonderful shabby chic items, and I made sure my mom knew how much I loved all of their stuff. And of course because she's the best she took note and bought me stuff from there for Christmas and managed to keep it a secret for over a month. My first item, a beautiful hanging crystal that now hangs on my french doors.

The other thing she got me was the cutest little odds and end rack that I put at the top of my staircase so I can grab things on the run. Hope they come back to Holiday House next year, I have a feeling there is nothing they have that I wouldn't love.

The last one was really a gift I gave myself, but I think it is pretty perfect since my condo number is 2 and I really love the old timey font.

Those are all the wonderful home decor items I was given for Christmas. I am off to do some crafting, will post pics tomorrow (if the crafts turn out that is). Also go Cowboys, big playoff game tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed.