Red and White Classic Holiday Kitchen and Family Room

Finding inspiration in the Christmas song phrase “comfort and joy”, I’ve decorated with deep red, silver and white to create that feeling of nostalgia, home, and the joy of Christmas in our kitchen and family room! ⟹

Welcome to my home and the third post of my Christmas decorating tour!! Today let’s meet up in the heart of our home and where we spend most of our time together as a family…the kitchen and family room.

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If you missed the first two posts and want to catch up on the tour you can find them here:

Visit the Christmas foyer and staircase and the Christmas living room.

As you read in my Christmas living room tour I nicknamed my Christmas decor style, “Comfort and Joy” because that is the feeling this color combination of cranberry, white, and silver gives me! This deeper shade of red has more of that nostalgic “comfort” feel and looks more fitting in my home and its style. The bright quality of white and silver lightens everything to make it cheery and bright, bringing in the “joy!”

Christmas in the kitchen.

In the kitchen I added just a few Christmas touches to the counters, mostly switching out other decor instead of adding to it to preserve counter space.

This vintage-look Santa punch bowl and mug set is one of my very favorite Christmas decorations and it just makes me happy every year when I unpack it! I emptied this corner of the counter to make room to display it by itself and let it take the spotlight in this area of the kitchen.

On the kitchen island, I kept my breadboard and vase in place and added a little Christmas cheer with a Santa to greet everyone. And a chalkboard sign when you enter the kitchen reminds you to eat, drink, and be merry here!

I switched the greenery in this big mercury glass vase for some Christmas greens and red berries…

And added more Christmas greenery to the kitchen with these faux cedar picks on the range hood.

You can see how I hung this greenery on the vent hood here.

And more Christmas greenery on the other side of the kitchen with small wreaths in the dining nook windows.

I loved these mini wreaths so much when I saw them at Hobby Lobby that I bought two styles because I knew they would be so versatile!

You can find the red and white stripe ribbon I used here. It complements both farmhouse and French country styles so well!

I created this triple wreath craft with the other mini wreath style.

On the kitchen table, I filled this white pitcher with a flocked faux small tree and added some red berry picks and a couple of faux pine pieces.

I filled in the dough bowl with lots of shiny Christmas baubles…mercury glass ornaments and jingle bells in bright silver and aged brass.

The festive family room.

The family room is also so merry and bright, decorated in the same crimson red, silver, and white!

On the fireplace mantel, I layered faux garlands in two of my favorites southern greens...magnolia and pine.

See my tip for layering garlands like this here.

Both of the garlands came with the pinecones attached which help fill it out and add to the natural look.

I inserted more magnolia picks and a few sprigs of white berries. I finished by winding a crimson velvet ribbon throughout.

The garland has such a presence on this wall, I didn’t want to add a lot to the top of the mantel. These two simple, sleek copper-colored metal deer fill in this area nicely.

The usual frames on the shelves next to the fireplace stayed, but I replaced the pictures with Santa photos of my kids when they were little and a family Christmas photo. I love using family photo memories as a way to decorate for free! Photo mats brought in a little pop of red. And I filled the vase with more red berries.

On the coffee table, I wanted to use this red Pottery Barn Oversized Finial Mercury Glass Ornament I bought back in October.

I placed it in a large silver tray along with ornaments of all sizes, in red and silver.

I snipped real cedar off of the trees in the yard laid it among the ornaments.

I cozied up the sofa with holiday pillows and a cranberry and white throw blanket…

I loved the ivory cable knit pillows from Target…just like a warm sweater! And these Everywhere Velvet Pillow Covers in Cardinal from Pottery Barn match the red of our Christmas stockings which are also from there. They are both such a beautiful crimson red!

The ornament and snowflake pillows and the cute red and white plaid throw were finds this year at TJ Maxx.

We of course spend more time in this area than the formal living room where our Christmas tree is. I don’t have a lot of space for a tree in the family room but I wanted at least a small one to enjoy while we watch tv, cook, and eat.

So I moved over one of the chairs and put a small six-foot tree in this corner. It looked a little too small with the twelve-foot ceilings in here, so I helped give it a little more height by placing it on top of the wicker footstool that I keep near these chairs.

I used one of my fluffy white winter throws to cover it all. I think this corner would be an excellent candidate for a slim 7 1/2″ foot tree… next year goals!

I filled it with cranberry red velvet and ivory satin ribbon. Then lots of ornaments in red, white, and silver!

You can seee the easy way I put the ribbon on this tree here.

It is always so simple to put a few seasonal touches in this hutch that was my mother-in-law’s because I always keep white ironstone in it.

See why white dishes like these make the perfect decorating accessory!

I layered in some vintage look Santa appetizer plates and a cookie jar Santa enjoying some milk and cookies.

I stacked a few Santa mugs under the cloche and added some faux winter greenery to the basket. These few simple decorations added just a bit of Christmas to the last corner of the family room.

I hope this Christmas kitchen and family room tour inspired a feeling of comfort and joy for the holidays! Thanks for stopping by and come back for the next mini tour Christmas post where I’ll show you the front porch!!

Happy Holiday Decorating!

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