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Our Home for the Holidays: At Night!

Here’s a look around our holiday home in the evening. It’s that time when our Christmas tree shines and the lights sparkle, when the blankets come out and the snuggling begins.

A view of our dining room, with a Christmas tree and living room in the background | Our holiday home tour - at night! via Yellow Brick Home

When you think about the magic that surrounds this time of year, what comes to mind? For me it’s a feeling – the weight of a heavy blanket, the sound of soft music, the slower pace that seems to come with shorter days. The glow from the tree, the Christmas special on repeat (or in our case, Sesame Street). It’s that mix that makes me smile and gives me All the Feels for this time of year – and yes, I am that person who truly loves the holidays.

Close up of our Christmas tree with flocked tips, adorned with ornaments | Our holiday home tour - at night! via Yellow Brick Home
A living room with a Christmas tree, faux fur on the sofa, and in the distance, a dining table | Our holiday home tour - at night! via Yellow Brick Home
our tree | similar trees | arm chair | sectional | faux fur | floor lamp

But in a social media world of bright photos, endless bottle brush trees (guilty) and fresh snow, there’s a gap: the nighttime! And isn’t that the most special time of day for the holiday ~magic~? (À la A Night In, remember?) The lighting of a candle. The spoon scraping against that pot full of tonight’s dinner. Or maybe it’s the door swinging open and closed as the kids come and go, family in and out.

Scott reads Lucy a book with Jack by their side and a Christmas tree in the foreground | Our holiday home tour - at night! via Yellow Brick Home
A bowl of instant photos on a black marble end table | Our holiday home tour - at night! via Yellow Brick Home
marble end table | instax photos

So this is our home at night. My favorite time of day, really, and arguably the least documented.

A dining room credenza with faux fur stockings hung with care | Our holiday home tour - at night! via Yellow Brick Home
stockings (similar) | credenza

During the day, Scott and I work in our home studio upstairs. In an effort to bring the festive feeling into the office, Scott strung a strand of Christmas lights above the sofa and around a door. I added fairy lights (these) to the credenza that hides our printer. We thought, this is just temporary – just until we can hang a few hooks in the wall or bring in more greenery. But after 2 days, 3 days, a week – a month! – we never added hooks. No greenery.

Office credenza with floating shelves and fairy lights | Our holiday home tour - at night! via Yellow Brick Home
bokeh twinkling Christmas lights | Our holiday home tour - at night! via Yellow Brick Home
credenza | lamp | fairy lights (with remote)

Lucy loves the lights. We love the lights! They’re exactly as they should be.

Chocolate Chunk on her bed, surrounded by twinkling lights | Our holiday home tour - at night! via Yellow Brick Home
sectional | dog bed | pendant light | framed print | craft table

This is our home for the holidays – at night. We’d love to see yours, too, if you’d like to share! Tag us @yellowbrickhome so we can get a glimpse into that ~magical~ time of day.

PS: You can see our holiday home tour during the day right here, and this is a round-up of flocked trees in every shape and size.

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  • Karen12.17.19 - 7:21 AM

    UMMMM….BABY #2 on the horizon (re: FOUR stockings hung)?!  Maybe?!  Weeeeeee!!!  :)ReplyCancel

    • Kim12.17.19 - 8:32 AM

      Sorry to get your hopes up… the dogs share that fourth stocking! :DReplyCancel

    • JEM12.20.19 - 5:33 PM

      Wow. UGH. As someone who struggled to get one, I find comments like this to be appalling. And hurtful. Think before you speak.ReplyCancel

  • Angela12.17.19 - 8:48 AM

    Can you share the link (if there is one) to your floating shelves in the living room?ReplyCancel

  • Paige Cassandra Flamm12.17.19 - 11:35 AM

    These pictures are so dreamy! I love your space!

    Paige
    http://thehappyflammily.comReplyCancel

  • at home with Ashley12.17.19 - 1:15 PM

    Ahh so soothing! I love the lights!ReplyCancel

  • Eileen12.17.19 - 7:06 PM

    I was wondering what lightbulbs you use.  Mine always seem so yellowish or else suuupppeeerr bright. Thanks!ReplyCancel

    • Kim12.18.19 - 9:00 AM

      Our tree came pre-lit, but we always have lucky with 2700k bulbs! We stay away from ‘cool,’ since those are always way too blue for our tastes.ReplyCancel

  • Lindsay12.18.19 - 2:56 PM

    Thank you for sharing this perspective! Would you be willing to do a future post about how to take great nighttime photos with tree lights? My evening/night pictures never seem to capture the magic glow – it just looks blown out or flat.ReplyCancel

  • lak12.18.19 - 3:57 PM

    Lovely…I love the look of your home.  Slightly minimalist but warm and comfortable!  Happy Holidays!ReplyCancel

  • Jen12.12.23 - 8:06 AM

    Hi Kim and Scott! I know this is an old post and not sure if you will see this, but can you share how you hung your stockings on the credenza doors? I remember you had some great little hooks but can’t seem to find the info on them 
    Thanks!ReplyCancel

    • Kim12.12.23 - 11:20 AM

      Hi! We stuck command hooks on the inside of the door, UPSIDE DOWN. Then we looped the stocking around the hook and straightened it out on the front of the door. :) Any command hook would do, but if your stockings tend to get pretty heavy on the 25th ;), perhaps get heavy duty hooks so they can handle the weight.ReplyCancel

      • Jen12.12.23 - 12:34 PM

        Thank you! This is genius!!ReplyCancel

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