All over blogland the frenzy of Christmas projects and decor has been keeping us steeped in glitter and pinecones and ornaments and all things Holiday related. It’s fun to see everyone’s homes wearing their Christmas best. The trees have been amazing this year and the housewalks have been plentiful and decked to the hilt.
Today I’m going to share a few photos with you that are bit different. As I was shooting my ‘beauty shots’ of my living room on the only sunny day we’ve had in weeks, I stopped and looked around. And I just had to snap a few not-so-pretty shots to share.
Here’s to keeping it real with the Christmas Decor Frenzy!
You can see my home tour here if you missed it.
As I was shooting this room, I did all the things a blogger does – fluffing the pillows, straightening the rug, rearranging the gifts, making sure all the stray socks and bits of string were picked up.
And then I looked behind me – the sweeper was shoved just out of view of the whole room shot. The dining table was piled high. Bits of this and that kept getting shoved out of the camera’s view as I angled the camera for different shots.
With a rueful smile I turned around and shot the not-so-pretty scene. Cause everyone appreciates a bit of ‘keeping it real’ now and then don’t they?
Pillows in process, gift wrap, books and toys all piled out of the picture. No my house is not all neat and clean and pretty at one time!
Ottoman to be slipcovered, IKEA stool moved here and there as I needed it to get the decor into high up places.
This shot was also taken as I could crop all the clutter out of my viewfinder.
But on the other side was all this mess.
Wrapping paper hidden around the corner of the cupboard.
Shoes and books just to the left of the shot.
A rug rolled up and leaning in the corner.
And the worst of it all – my work room. Piled high and with skinny paths to get to my serger, sewing machine and iron.
It’s bad peeps – really bad. I’ve done a quick organization of the mess in my workroom. I’ve totally and completely outgrown the space but at the moment I still have to make it work – somehow. Hoping God has something else in store for me in the (near) future!
So there you are my friends – just keeping it real with the Christmas decor frenzy! It’s home and we live in it. Yes we like it pretty and neat and clean but life happens 😀
Jill
I love this, Jill! So true of me too when I’m snapping photos for the blog. I tend to move junk from one room to the next. Thanks for keeping it real!
I think we all do it Alison. I like to do a keeping it real post now and then – keeps me humble! LOL!
Well, now I feel normal. I do the same thing when I’m taking pics of my home for the blog. I move things out of camera view and crop the photos if necessary. My kitchen table is piled high right now with wrapping paper, cards and papers. My sofa is usually disheveled. My kitchen sink has dishes in it etc. Oh, and my beds aren’t always made. Real life with a family. Maybe empty nesters don’t have that problem, but the rest of us do! Thanks for sharing your real life.
Kelly there are a couple rooms that have never been shown much on my blog – this old house has no closets for storage – so our bedroom has become that storage spot and it’s not pretty. My laundry room is half redone – not pretty. and my kitchen is such mishmash of this and that and way too small and it’s just rarely photographable! Maybe someday…
Thanks for being real!
That is why I stopped blogging. I love, love, love my house, but those picture perfect shots of other houses made me feel inadequate. They didn’t always show the real pic. Love that you do!
Have a blessed Christmas! Your house IS beautiful.
Kate
PS- now when I think of you, I am going to picture fabric threads and scraps sticking to your socks!
Heehee! Kate I laughed out loud at your comment about my socks – it’s like that every single day! I am always sewing so there are always threads around! And don’t ever feel inadequate – if you love your home that’s what really matters!
Thanks for making me feel better about my own piles of stuff and chaos. 🙂
You are quite welcome Kellie! Only those with a maid or two can have everything neat and in place and clean all at one time 😀
Ahhhhhh, a TRUE Christmas home! Gorgeous girl!
Keep it real, cause that is most homes anyway!
Thanks Hope! there’s always something out of place just out of the frame of the camera!
Love it when you make us feel normal (by the way my tree isn’t up yet and neither are my decorations!!!)
Thanks Donna! And if you don’t decorate at all – then you won’t have it all to put away like I will be doing in a week!
Oh girl! This post is way too true!!! Love that you are truthful. I really wonder sometimes when I look at the wonderful pictures of rooms, just how it really looks out of frame. Now you have shed a light on that!
It’s all good in the blog world. We all have to “get real” sometimes.
Merry Christmas… 🙂
Merry Christmas Diane! I like to share some ‘real’ posts now and then – just so no one ever starts to think I have it all together all the time! 😉
I love keeping it real because that’s the way we all live. As I shop for Christmas I put everything in my closet. I never seem to wrap gifts as I buy them. So my closet is a very dangerous place right now. You take your life in your hands to enter!! Hopefully, I’ll get some wrapping done this weekend.v
Thanks Nancy! All the gifts get piled in our bedroom and a coat gets thrown over them so no one peeks!
Thanks for making me smile! I posted my dining room today…with boxes in the hall and kitchen. Merry Christmas, sweet friend and here’s to a fabulous 2015!~There are wonderful things coming for you…I just KNOW it! xoxo
Ahh, thanks so much my friend! I hope this coming year includes meeting you in person – somehow!
Thank you so much for keeping it “real”!! I LOVE it! Merry Christmas to you!
Merry Christmas to you too Amber!
Honestly, while the “clean” shots of rooms are lovely, your “not so perfect” shots feel more real and honest. Love your staircase! I can see quilt blocks on the faces of the risers…paint, fabric with modpodge? So jealous!!! Your home looks lived in and loved, not set up for a magazine shot!! Thank you – it looks real, not so fake!! Now every time I see a pic on a blog, I’ll be imagining all the real stuff just out of view of the camera!!
Thanks Susan! Our home is very lived in all the time! I love a clean and neat home but it’s impossible to live and have it perfect all the time!
Jill, I love your style and your home is so fun and full of your personality! That’s what keeps it real, too! 🙂
Susan
Thanks so much my friend! Christmas blessings to you and your family!
Not what I had expected at all. This post just makes me adore you even more than I had before. You live so beautifully…and so honestly. Thanks for keeping it real.
Ahhh, thanks Amy! have a wonderful christmas!
Your work room made me take a sigh f relief and feel so much better. That is a behind the pretty picture shot any time of year for me. Awesome “keeping it real” post. Thank you!
Thanks Holly! It helps so much to know you are not alone huh?! Have a Happy New Year!