Christmas time at my house!
As I mentioned yesterday, here are pictures of my apartment in all its Christmas glory!
Here is my living / work out room (I wish I had more space! That elliptical needs a new home).
And here is our cute, lil’ tree! It’s a fake 2 footer. My condo building does not allow real trees. I purchased the tree from the Salvation Army thrift store for $12. The glass balls on the tree were purchased for $4 and the LED lights for $8. And H made the star! 
I obtained all of these decorations years ago. None of them were purchased new. They were either purchased from a thrift store or given to me.
That candy dish is sure looking lonely! Maybe I need to fill that up! I purchased the red candle from Ikea for $2. Everything else was purchased second hand.
Decorating on the cheap!
- A lot of people buy new decorations each year and donate their “old” stuff. Check out your local thrift stores before buying new! You can pick up some cute things for half the cost.
- If you have children let them make handmade decorations. Snow flakes, paper garland, tree ornaments etc..
I use to have a real tree, in my old house. So I have some bigger balls that do not fit onto my current fake tree. I took them and placed them into this glass jar, just to add some Christmas colors to my bookshelf – and it worked nicely.
I have tons of wrapping paper that was given to me years ago! I usually end up wrapping any pictures that I have hanging on my wall. I just add a bow and they look like hanging Christmas presents! It’s such an easy way to add to the Christmas theme. This year I just wrapped one picture…
And here is what those cheap decorations look like in their place… 
Your turn… How are YOU decorating your home for the holiday season?
Krystal on December 9th, 2009
We don’t have a single bit of Christmas decoration up. Neither of us had any, and we haven’t mustered up the energy to start up a collection. Not that we’d have space for it anyway.
Oh well.