Okay, as we are closing in on the last few weeks before Christmas, I am still in the festive mood and decorating accordingly. I love the little extra flare that Christmas brings everyones home. I did a look in One of the most coziest places in everyones home, the master bedroom, a few weeks ago [HERE], but I wanted to do a second look in this space to give another spin on Christmas decor. Since it is the backend of the Christmas decor season, I wanted to design this Cozy Bedroom Reading Corner, and have it easily ready to be converted from a Christmas look to a Winter look once Christmas passes.
A quick fact, I loooove winter decor and feel like its quickly overlooked, when I think it is one of the more important times to keep your home styled a cozy. I feel after Christmas people pull out all the whimsical and cozy elements that is found in Christmas decor, and leave their homes somewhat bare and prep for Spring… I could go on, but think about how much time that I spent indoors (at least in the midwest) and on days that daylight goes by in a blink of an eye. A cozy home for you and your family could completely change how you live the next few months until the warmer spring greets us all.
Okay enough soap boxing Liz, get to the space. So for this space, I decorated our bedroom faux fireplace mantel with seasonal greens, two cozy slip covered sofas, an ottoman, and a Christmas felt garland.
Seasonal Greens
The more bold element in the design is the garland that stretches across the top of the faux fireplace mantel. The season greens consist of a few different garlands. I used a real garland I picked up from a local flower shop. It is a cedar garland that original was 20ft long, but I cut it down to fit and slightly extend over the fireplace mantel.
With the real cedar garland as a base, I wove in sections of a real fresh mixed eucalyptus garland I got from Arhaus. This gives garland some added dimension and texture, as well as create a significant amount of volume that carries a majority of weight in the vignette.
While we quickly go right to Christmas when we think what season we are in, but its really the winter season. When Christmas passes, this garland will still fit within our seasonal look and anchor this design.
And a big tip is to mix these garlands with some faux greens too. Mixing faux stems and garlands in with reals ones is a great way to add volume and customize the garlands to you and your space needs.
Cozy Seating
Something that I strive to do in most of my designed spaces is to ensure I have cozy seating where it fits. Depending on size and space, bedrooms may or may not allow for larger wingbacks like these, but I encourage a little bench or single smaller chair to be worked into bedroom spaces. These spaces are already trying their hardest at being the coziest space in your home, add the extra bit with a chair to kick back and read book or scroll on your phone. Sometimes bedrooms are your only spaces to get time to yourself and the thought of sitting in bed may not be as ideal, especially during the time of year when nap time could be all day.
Christmas Garland
This super cute FALALALALA Christmas garland I got from SugarBoo, already neutral, strung across the edges of the mantel help transition the eyes down. I didn’t add anything to this garland because, it does help bring the eye down, it isn’t necessary. I chalk this up to the extra little flare that Christmas brings to a space. After Christmas I will pull this out of the look and everything else can remain for the rest of the winter design.
Faux Fireplace
We built this Faux Fireplace last year, you can find the DIY here. Our room is oddly shaped due to some remodeling that was done from previous owners. I think this a great area to address how to create some design structure in spaces that you feel need some defining. Long walls or oblonge rooms sometimes become hard to style and design. What I call, design structure, are more permanent items or large scale items like cabinets, dressers, and even a faux fireplace, that creates a transition in a room, or sections a room to act as a well or anchor. We have those spaces else were here in the farmhouse. But a way to cozy up a space is to add some larger more permanent elements that we are all very capable of doing. This Faux Fireplace anchored this space on this wall, something that was challenging to design before, and now welcomes us to relax in a cozy seat and turn off our brains.
I hope by explaining the thought process behind this space it helps you find inspiration in your Christmas and winter decor designs. I love creating these cozy little vignettes and helping others find those spaces in their home during this time of year. Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today and every other day, and if you have any questions about design let me know. XxLiz Marie
What color of white do u use for bedroom walls?
one word- obsessed. I am so in love with this, as I am decorating for Christmas I am trying to add things in that can transfer to winter décor. I may keep the twinkle lights out after the holiday because I am in love with the cozy glow.
Oh this makes me happy. Yes Winter decor sometimes is overlooked and forgotten. SO I am so happy this helps inspire your next look!
Walls and trim are both the same color. We went with Pure White by Sherwin Williams. Its a tad on the creamy and warm side which helps diffuse the green tones from the grass reflecting during the summer and warms up the room when its snowing out cutting down the blues. Hope this helps!
Hello beautiful friend, where did you get the felt garland falalalala?
Love this room and hope to make a fireplace like yours one day ❤️ Could you please tell me where the pillows are from? I love the soft cozy look of them.
Hi Sue, it is from Sugarboo & Co. here is the link! https://www.sugarbooandco.com/felt-fa-la-la-la-la-garland/
I love your comments and tips about keeping our homes cozy during the winter months, even after Christmas. I’m in Minnesota, and unfortunately winter doesn’t go away when the Christmas decorations come down. I’m with you, winter is hard enough as it is, lets keep our homes magical and cozy throughout the winter.
I, too, want to keep the cozy feel longer than December. I appreciate the thought process you’ve shared, that’s where I get hung up. I received your book as a Christmas gift earlier this month and am saving it til the Rush is over and I can curl up and enjoy with a cup of tea. Thanks from another Michigander.
Love all your cozy bedroom decor. Aquaphor is the best. Put on your lips before going to sleep. It works?
I guess I never thought about it but I basically just do winter decor. Natural elements all the way. Love your reading corner!! I got 2 white wingback on black Friday and cant wait to do the same thing in front of our master bedroom fireplace! Cheers!
Liz Marie is this your go to white for all your walls or do you use different ones depending on other factors for each room? I’m doing a room with white walls. I’m really nervous about it. I have not had white wall since my apartment days I do remember how cold they could be I do remember how cold they could be. By the way; Using the word cozy with the word white in the title of your book really captures your unique corner of the design world.
I really love this white in our home, but I will say the lighting in your home can completely change the way the white looks. I would recommend getting a sample first to make sure you like the way it looks in natural light in your home, not too warm or not too cool for your taste!
I so agree with your philosophy about decorating for winter, not necessarily for Christmas. I’ve been doing this for several years now and especially in the foothills of the Rockies it really doesn’t get old at least before Valentine’s Day and often beyond that if you just tweak it again for the romantic holiday and then remove those bits just like you did after Christmas.
Where did you get the little tree? I love it so!
Love your home & ideas. Where did you get the mirror above the fireplace? Unique. Elizabeth
I’m a big fan of keeping some winter that has sparkle out after Christmas. It will be fun to see how you edit this after Christmas.
Loving this gorgeous vignette, Liz. Especially your fireplace. I live in a century old home with closed mantelpieces in EVERY. SINGLE. ROOM. I’ve pained some of them with pretty patterns, added German shmeared brick, even painted the inside of one with chalkboard paint for my daughter to draw on. But I’m thinking of adding a firebox in our bedroom and living room to add that extra bit of cozy that I so crave. Where’d you get yours? Any tips for me?