2025 Tree and Mantel! (family room)

Norway Spruce Tree (50% off!) / clip on candles in gold / similar clip on candles / gold mercury ornaments/ red bows / similar red bows / similar gold bead garland here & here/ similar red wood bead garland / star ornaments / tree topper / similar burgundy ornaments / tree skirt

The tree and mantel in my family room are done! I kept things simple and classic this year and you’ll recognize a lot of these ornaments because I use them again and again! The shelves behind my tree are NOT done.. ha. I just set a few things there when I was decorating and then remembered after I took pics that I still need to style them. I have a few rooms and spots that are still in complete chaos around here. Holiday decorating is a marathon, not a sprint. At least for me anyway. I start early and end late! On purpose so the decorating can last a while. :)

The only new addition on my tree this year is the red bows. I’m having so much fun with red after a few years of neutral holiday decor in our most lived in rooms! I feel like the lit candles add so much to every tree when I add them. Such a favorite!

fa la la pillow / textured chenille pillow / similar throw here & here

Speaking of favorites. :) I’ll never get tired of my fa la la pillow!

arched metal framed mirror 36×40 / cedar garland / norfolk garland / battery operated candles / candle holders (similar candle holders here)/ bow pillow cover / pillow insert / similar plaid pillow / gold target house / gold metal church / similar gold tree / gold tree / similar metallic gold trees / similar gold bead garland here & here / classic velvet red stockings / gold mercury ornaments

Here is this year’s mantel! I might still add something above the mirror and I might not. I can’t decide! But I wanted to share how it’s looking now if you need ideas!

Ignore the weird lighting.. it was cloudy when I took these pics! I used my two favorite garlands again. You can mostly see the cedar garland but if you look in person there is a lot of norfolk garland mixed in too. I love it off to the side and can’t quit that look so the garland is similar to last year.

I added garland over my mirror and topped it with a red bow. Then I mixed in the cute copper houses I shared earlier, a variety of gold trees and gold candle holders with my favorite battery operated candles.

gold mercury ornaments / star ornaments

I also added some of the same gold ornaments I have on my tree in the corner of the garland (just attached them with twist ties!) It was such an easy way to add a little something extra.

similar gold bead garland here & here

I had no clue what I was dong with my mantel when I started it (I never do!). I just started adding things and playing with it and this is where things landed. I thought this bead garland might look weird hanging below the cedar garland and assumed I’d try it and then take it back down, but I actually love the way it turned out. Kind of fancy! :)

classic velvet red stockings

My kids are THRILLED I brought back our actual stockings. These are the stockings we have always had since they were little and use on Christmas morning. The past 4-5 years I have mixed up our mantel with neutral stockings and just bring these out on Christmas Eve.

I hung the kids’ stockings on this ladder next to the mantel. They are smaller! Easy for Santa to fill every year. :) Does anyone reading remember the story of how we came up with Kole’s name? It has to do with his stocking and I shared it on my blog years ago! If you do remember thank you for hanging with me so long. ;) I’ll have to share it again at some point. I can’t see these little stockings and not think about it!

This mantel is especially pretty at night! The houses and trees and candles light up so beautifully! I’ll try to take some night pics soon.

Cutest pillow pairing. The green bow pillow I ordered back in October when it first came out and I couldn’t buy it fast enough! It was just marked down 50% off and I’m sure will be gone soon. I hope some of you get a better deal on it! Still no regrets over here. I’m a sucker for green. And bows. :)

See my ladder in the background of this pic? Definitely still in progress around here. :) But sharing how my pillows are coming together! Love this cute throw.

sherpa tree pillow / bow pillow / plaid with ruffle pillow / sectional

I’ll share my dining nook table arrangement when I finish it too. :) This sherpa tree pillow is right up there with my fa la la as a Christmas staple! The other two are new this year.

tree pillow / Vernon Barrel Accent Chair / Tufted Ottoman / Floor Lamp

I love this tree pillow too!

Now it’s time to just enjoy this space! I will be sad to take this mantle down.. it’s already making me so happy. I saw a funny reel on IG about decorating for Christmas early and all the lights and the person who made it said his light bill could power a small country but he was buying serotonin, not electricity.. ha ha.. isn’t that the truth!? Holiday decor is just HAPPY. If decorating early and going overboard for Christmas is wrong then I don’t want to be right. :)