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Our Coastal Woodland Christmas Home

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Our dog, Hercules, is wearing his Christmas fireplace sweater.
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Welcome to our Coastal Woodland Christmas Home in the South Carolina Lowcountry! We live in an area that has “seas surrounded by trees.” The maritime forest is loaded with loblolly pine, red cedar, sweet gum. wax myrtle, and live oak trees. Red foxes, barred owls, raccoons, eastern gray squirrels, blue herons, egrets, and white-tailed deer live among the trees and ponds. The amount of deer, squirrel, and sea birds we see on a daily basis is amazing.

Let’s Start With the Coastal Woodland Christmas Tree

coastal woodland christmas home
coastal woodland christmas home
Coastal Woodland Christmas Home Tour

You don’t have to forego a woodland theme just because you live on the coast instead of in the mountains. Turquoise and vintage green items are sprinkled in with the berry red and white colors in our home to reflect the maritime vibe. The blues and greens separate coastal woodland from the deeper reds, greens, and browns of a northwoods or cabin decor theme. We bought the buffalo plaid and vintage green reindeer from Target several years ago, and found the glass cardinals, woodland houses, and mushroom ornaments at World Market. The wood chunk foxes and owls are available in my Etsy shop. My favorite part of the tree is the owl topper surrounded by frosted pinecone picks. Mrs. Claus needs to wrap some presents to go under that tree.

The Coastal Woodland Christmas Home Living Room

Step inside and take a look around.
Coastal Woodland Christmas Home Tour

Our Lowcountry home is decorated with fur, santas, reindeer, bottlebrush trees, nativities, and family pictures of past Christmases. Vintage green and turquoise touches are sprinkled in and among the Christmas vignettes.

The living room, dining room, and kitchen are open-concept. The walls, cabinets, living room furniture and backsplash are in the taupe/gray family of color, so the berry reds and bluegreens really pop. Our new house is not painted as vibrantly as our little cottage was, but I have enjoyed adding color to the neutral background with pillows, blankets, signs, and knick knacks for each season. It’s like having a blank canvas that you can pair with any palette or style of accessories.

The Dining Room and Kitchen

My appliances, canisters, and etc. go well with the color scheme.
I ordered the wooden snowflake in the boxwood wreath from Hobby Lobby. It doesn’t snow in the deep south very often, but we can still dream of a White Christmas. My faux boxwood wreath can be adapted for any season with a bow or centerpiece.
The dish towel featuring a cozy cottage with the berry red roof and turquoise snowflakes was perfect.
The cookie jar is filled with acorns, poinsettia, glittery turquoise, pinecone, and starfish picks. The vintage gingerbread spongeware cookie jar was made by Three Rivers Pottery. I adore vintage dishware, but tend to use it decoratively rather than functionally.
The Hand Painted Coastal Christmas Cutting Board was featured in a 2019 blog post.
The industrial-style spice rack hangs on the kitchen wall next to the pantry. It holds all of my spices and doubles as a shelf for seasonal decor.
The pantry is elevated with a faux boxwood wreath ($10 from Amazon) that can be adapted to any season with a change of bow or centerpiece.
The mudroom is the new landing spot for the snow village. Do you see the Pioneer Woman Barn and Merchantile? I also have a Walmart for my village peoples’ shopping convenience.

Outside on the Front Porch

Luckily the rocky river exterior of our home coordinates well with the bluegreens and berry reds. The Upcycled Lucy Goosey Christmas Porch Sign was a fun project. I love finding thrifted treasures and using them as holiday decor items.

The woodland wreath is perfect for a Coastal Woodland Christmas, and the live greenery baskets waft fresh pine goodness in the air as we go in and out of the front door.

The Back Porch

The Christmas cactus bloomed right on time inside the Gingerbread Man Flower Pot.
The Cozy Cottage Buffalo Plaid Sign is special because it was the first tutorial I made for Love My Little Cottage Blog. I have made so many friends and have been blessed so greatly by blogging.
The back porch is my happy place to watch the sea birds peck for insects on cool days. Look at the beautiful sky and evergreen trees. The Lowcountry is truly a beautiful place.
DIY Nativity Christmas Wreath– Jesus is the reason for the season.
The egg chair is my special place to read and write when the weather is fair.
The cool, neutral colors on the back porch make it easy to add orange for fall, red for Christmas, pastels for spring, and patriotic colors for the summer. The Christmas lights are up, but we don’t turn them on until dusk.
Our cat, Meg, likes the egg chair too. I know she’s been there when I see grass, leaves, and pine needles that she’s gathered on her outdoor rambles.

Have a Merry Christmas Season!

Hercules loves the fur rug in front of the fireplace (if you look closely, you can see my reflection).

I hope you enjoyed visiting our Coastal Woodland Christmas Home.

Merry Christmas,

Kristie

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Comments

  1. jeanie says

    It’s absolutely beautiful and I love every photo and vignette! Absolutely — woodland is wonderful. I live in the city and one of my trees is woodland and it crops up on more than a few of the others. And the mantel. It’s just a lovely feel. Your home is so delightfully festive. Happy December! Jeanie (from Marmelade Gypsy)

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  3. Kim says

    Your home is super charming, I adore all the ornaments on your tree (especially those tiny mushrooms!) and the colors in your kitchen!

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