Victoria Elizabeth Barnes
Dictator. Procrastinator. Hoarder
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Let’s trade favorite movies.

christmas decorating tips

Let’s end the year with some rusty auction fanciness!

Scored these antique urns at auction! Brought them inside to decorate our Victorian home for Christmas… take a holiday tour and see all my decorating ideas!

‘Tis the season for scoring stuff on Craigslist.

Decorating our Victorian home for Christmas… I used lots of evergreens and HUGE pinecones for simple and lush holiday decor.

The Glitter Troll is disappointed.

The Glitter Troll is disappointed.

The problem with the Internet is that you can buy stuff in the middle of the night.

Our Victorian home decorated for Christmas… Take a holiday tour and see all my DIY Christmas decorating ideas!

Holiday house tour – a giant fancy Christmas.

Holiday house tour. Restoring our Victorian home

Holiday gift guide— AND a giant fancy giveaway.

vintage christmas ads

Post-Christmas Decorating Wrap Up

Our Victorian home decorated for Christmas… Take a holiday tour and see all my DIY bows

When you assume your husband can help you sew DIY Christmas bows.

A simple bow turns your sofa pillows into Christmas decorations!! I LOVE the two-tone bow!

A Christmas Decorating Miracle

Decorating our Victorian home for Christmas… I used glitter to write on the giant gilded mirror I scored on Craigslist!!

DIY Giant Glitter Snowflakes

Decorating our Victorian home for Christmas

Christmas decorating… Part one.

Decorating our Victorian home for Christmas... I made the huge snowflakes, you can too!
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Victoria Elizabeth Barnes
  • Home
  • House Projects
    • Kitchen
    • Bathroom
    • Porch
    • Videos
    • Garden
    • Holidays
  • About
    • About The House
    • About Us
    • How we got here
    • About The Blog
    • Cats! Kittens! TNR! Foster!
    • Contact
  • Craigslist
    • ALL my Craigslist scores!
    • Kingdom Mirror
    • Portal to Narnia
    • Antique piano into kitchen island
    • Kitchen Manifesto
    • Bed saga
    • The time I was scammed on Craigslist
  • Read From Beginning
  • More
    • Cats! Kittens! TNR! Foster!
    • Our project videos
    • Books I Love
    • Instagram Links
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