This Home’s Vintage Holiday Decor Is the Most Charmingly Festive Display I’ve Ever Seen

“There were oak floors hiding under smelly, stained carpeting, original plaster walls with mismatched, peeling paint, and old damaged vinyl flooring that was lifting,” Shannon describes, admitting that she had to invest in repairing the “unfun” essentials first when she moved in 17 years ago, like a new roof and electrical updates.

“Once the house was livable, I could begin the stuff I was looking forward to. I started by doing the first thing I’ve always done when moving in to a new place. I hung my 1920s Murano glass chandelier in the dining nook. It was my biggest splurge in my first apartment.”

“As a renter, when I had to move, I would always hang my chandelier the minute I got the key to a new place. As a first-time homeowner, hanging it in my dining room was what made my new old house feel like my home.”

“After that, I painted the interior, had the kitchen and bathroom floors replaced with a more vintage-looking ceramic tile, added subway tiles to the wall in the bathroom, added baseboards, removed the old carpeting, and restored the original oak floors in the rest of the house,” she continues.

But while she did refresh the space, she made sure to keep plenty of “the vintage vibe that I loved when I bought it. It’s a fun mix of vintage pieces from a few different decades (mainly 1940s-1960s). It’s decorated in a soft color palette with a touch of glitz and glam. I love antiquing, and I’ve collected a variety of vintage treasures over the years,” Shannon writes.

And for over two decades, on the week before Thanksgiving, Shannon has been transforming her home into an incredibly sparkly and festive wonderland! “For the past 20+ years I’ve been tinseling my walls for the holidays,” Shannon explains.

“I punch holes in the top of foil fringe tinsel panels and hang them on 3M Command hooks on every wall in my living room and dining nook. Then I hang foil garland and fairy lights on those same hooks,” she continues. The result? One of the cheeriest, sparkliest, most festive holiday home transformations I’ve ever seen.

• Silver tinsel covering in living room and dining nook — Amazon
• Bedroom and Living Room Paint — Manufacturer Frazee “Sandy Lane,” but it’s covered in tinsel and Frazee is no more. But you can still get the paint. 
• Kitchen Paint — Frazee “Buttered Toast” 
• Vanity/Reading Room Paint — Frazee “Whispering Birch”

• All pieces are vintage except:
• Oxendine mirrored glass gold end table — Wayfair
• Round velvet pin tuck pillows — Urban Outfitters 
• Beaded curtains in the windows — Shop Wild Things
• Ornament storage — The Container Store
• Christmas decor and garland storage — The Container Store
• Base for Christmas tree platform — Amazon
• Wireless remotes for lights — Home Depot

• All pieces — Vintage
• Beaded curtains in the windows — Shop Wild Things

• Refrigerator — Chambers (Not called Chambers anymore though.)

• All pieces — Vintage

• 5-foot gold tinsel Christmas tree — Martha Stewart via Amazon 
• Loveseat — Target 
• Gold fringe chandelier — Amazon

Thank you, Shannon!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.

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