My friend, Joy, was so kind to let me photograph and share her holiday home with you this year.
Here's Joy welcoming us at her front door.
Pottery Barn stockings for each of her grandchildren and nutcracker soldiers are just waiting for Santa to pop down the chimney.
Her table is set with Lenox Holiday Platinum china. The plates and bowl are decorated with holly and berries.
It's all Ho Ho Ho in the kitchen!
Here's Joy welcoming us at her front door.
Step inside to Joy's living room where the stockings are hung over the fireplace.
The shelves in Joy's living room are filled with family memories. You will notice the cute little red-tailed animal used throughout Joy's house. Keep it quiet but it's a clue to her last name!
Joy has a "Count Your Blessings" bowl on her coffee table in the living room. She says it is filled with blessings. I love these collages of her many family blessings displayed on the wall.
Joy's tree in the living room where ornaments with many memories fill the tree.
The tree seems to have multi-function lights. In the pic above they are white and in the pic below they are blue and green.
Let's go into Joy's dining room next. It's just off of the living room and it is festive too.
Her table is set with Lenox Holiday Platinum china. The plates and bowl are decorated with holly and berries.
Her flatware is Spode Christmas Tree.
To the right of the table is a bar cart ready for some holiday cheer.
Next is Joy's kitchen and breakfast area.
Her counters are decorated with lots of holiday touches from the coffee corner to the holiday baking area.
It's all Ho Ho Ho in the kitchen!
The breakfast area is "Merry & Bright" for a breakfast with her grandkids.
The table is set with Lenox Christmas melamine dishes. No worries for the grand kids here. The dishes are beautiful and no danger of breaking. You can see some small cups for kids and stemware for adults.
Just to the right of the breakfast table is a beautiful breadrack filled with Longaberger baskets.
Let's head upstairs for a few more holiday touches. On the way to the staircase, Joy had a gold nativity set made by her Mother-In-Law.
On the landing at the top of the stairs is a special chest with a small cabinet of dishes Joy's mother had as a child and a metal manger scene. Notice the angel holds a banner "Joy to the World".
One of Joy's guest rooms has lots of pillows and several are Christmas pillows.
Notice that cute fox picture on the night stand beside the bed.
Upstairs Family Room with lots of little foxes on the bean bags.
One last room to share, and it is a second guest room. Pretty "joy" pillow on the bed and notice those small granny glasses on the bed tray. They belonged to Joy's husbands great-grandmother.
As we head down the stairs, there is one more pic to remind us whose house we toured today.
Thanks Mrs. Joy Fox for sharing your Christmas home with us - Judy.
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Sundays at Home @ My Soulful Home on Saturday
Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound
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