Dining Room Holiday Tips

The primitive dining room can be so warm and inviting, especially around the holidays.  Here are a few tips to make your holiday special.

In keeping with your primitive theme I'm sure alot of you have shutters somewhere in your room.  Whether they're on the windows, on a wall, or just standing in a corner somewhere, decorating these for the holidays is so much fun!  I love to hang my Christmas cards in the slats of my shutters.  Hang a holiday grapevine or greenery wreath on one of the top corners of the shutter to give it that little bit of extra at the holidays.  If you have a primitive holiday doll hang her from your shutters as well.





 

For this example I chose to use small holly berry wreaths (you can buy these at any craft store or dollar store) and put one around each candle on my chandelier.  Add a few primitive jingle bells around it and you have a simple but very effective tip for the holiday season.




For my primitive dining room table centerpiece I used a large grapevine wreath and placed it right in the middle of the table.  Next I placed a smaller wreath on top of that one.  A large pillar candle will go right in the center of this wreath.  If you don't want to put a smaller wreath inside the larger one, after you place your pillar candle in the middle fill in the empty space around it with pine cones.


 

Next I went in my stash of holiday fabric and found some red and green check I wanted to use.  I cut 8 strips about 7 inches long and 1/2 inch wide.
 


I then weaved each strip through a large jingle bell and tied evenly spaced around the top of the grapevine wreath.  Just knot and let the ends hang.

 

Around my pillar candle I cut a piece of the same fabric about 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide.  Tie this around the middle of your candle and just knot.

 

Next cut a piece of jute about 16 inches.  Put a smaller jingle bell at each end of the jute and knot.



Now tie the jute with the bells around your candle and tie in a bow!  That's it!



Many of the items above can be changed to whatever primitive accent you like.
 


Place a large plate underneath your grapevine wreath centerpiece so it can be moved off the table with ease.  Especially if your using pine cones to fill in the space.
 


A really cute centerpiece that will make your primitive dining room warm and inviting for the holidays!

 

                      May your holidays be filled with the joy of family and friends!


                                                 and remember---

                                                               "Home Is Where The Heart Is"