Christmas Inspiration In The Kitchen
Are you ready for a little Christmas inspiration in the kitchen? Each side of my sink is now decorated with the holidays in mind.
There’s my beloved little lamb. He just stole my heart when I found him at a grocery store some years ago.
He’s such a cutie!
And there’s one of my Santa mugs. I found those at Target.com last year I think.
On the other side of my sink are my glass jars of sugar and flour.
They always look a little bit like Christmas because of the red and white polka dotted bowls inside to use as scoops.
The green glass vintage measuring scoops were an Etsy buy.
The Santa is from Walmart.com.
Other decorative additions are things I’ve collected over time.
The red and white pot that the flocked tree is in is a plant pot I found on Amazon some years ago.
I’ve never used it for plants. I’ve always found a decorative use for it instead. It’s almost too pretty to put plant soil into!
The kitchen towels with cats on them were a gift from Steve last year.
Now that I think about it, all his gifts and cards to me have been about cats. But then he knows I’m a cat lover. And so is he.
I’ve had the red and white polka dotted measuring cups for years. I can’t even recall where I got them.
Decorating Tips For Your Christmas Kitchen:
- Mix Christmas decor with regular kitchen items you use daily
- Mix vintage decor with new
- Corral small decor in trays to keep tidy
You can also go a more natural route by decorating with Granny Smith apples or pomegranates.
Or stick cloves into oranges. This will add a wonderful scent to the kitchen.
You can scent the whole house with stove top potpourri.
Below is various potpourri ingredients you could consider using:
- Sliced oranges (or any citrus fruit)
- Cinnamon sticks
- Whole cloves
- Allspice
- Cranberries
- Vanilla beans
- Rosemary or bay or sage leaves
In a sauce pan or crock pot, add 2-4 cups of water. Add the ingredients you’ve chosen.
Keep mixture on low heat on your stove top and fill your home with the wonderful scents of Christmas.
You can also slice oranges and dry them in your oven or food dehydrator for your holiday decor.
How To Dry Orange Slices:
Cut oranges into thick rounds. Wash and pat dry, then arrange them on a wire rack on a baking tray.
Place in a preheated low temperature oven (around 275) and bake for around 3 hours, turning them occasionally.
The oranges are done when dry and sticky-free.
How To Decorate With Dried Orange Slices:
After drying your orange slices, you could string them up and add them as ornaments to your Christmas tree.
You could also make a garland using dried orange slices. Or add them to a wreathe.
Decorating with dried citrus slices lends a natural touch to your home, making it reminiscent of holidays past.
Love this sweet Christmas kitchen decor and the pops of red! I know you had changed everything over to greens, which is lovely too – and a nice change – but I have to say, I’m partial to red in your kitchen.
I wish you had left the red or green bar at the top of your blog to read your newest post. I now have to scroll past many units to get to the bottom for your most recent post.
Did I miss something? I don’t get daily notices from you blog each day now. It took me a while to figure out how to get the most recent. This is the only blog I have gone to constantly for years. I lost two sons in the last two years, the most recent last September. I lost track of all my emails for a while. I also lost both of my little pugs in the last two years. It’s time for me to reconnect again and your blog was what I needed. I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving and hope you have a Merry Christmas. Sandra
Love the kitchen decorations!
Hi Brenda, Your kitchen is very pretty. Love your decorations. I will be doing mine soon. Can’t believe its almost christmas. Hugs hugs hugs……………..
Hi Brenda, I’m a little behind on my blog reading (my mom has been in the hospital) so I know this is a “late” comment, but I was wondering about the tray that you have your flour and sugar jars on. I have those exact jars with sugar and flour in them, and I was thinking about putting them on a tray. Then I read your blog and see that you have the exact jars with a tray under them : ) Do you remember where you got the tray or what size it is? Thank you!
I don’t comment often, but your blog is a daily read for me. I love reading about your life and Miss Ivy.
Your kitchen decorating is so cute. But not overly done. You find yourself taking the time to look at each individual piece. Well done.
Wonderful ideas. Granny Smith apples and oranges will be great for my decorating plans this year!
Beautiful, as usual, Brenda! Love that lamb!
Brenda, your kitchen is so cute!! I love the lamb. I did some decorating on Sunday, scaled down a lot, but used items already in my kitchen. I was at a Christmas pop up shop on Saturday, and found the cutest birds made out of felt..they are perched in my olive tree in the window. Speaking of cats I have a cute towel of little kitty faces stacked to look like a Christmas tree., and the cat ornament my Mom gave my son years and years ago, her handwriting is always with me with this ornament…..Happy Holdidays to you and your wonderful neighbors…..
So pretty as usual!
We decorated our tree on Sat.
I also put up a small tree with as natural ornaments that I put together. Bark, strawflowers, wheat, driftwood, hydrangea blooms and a few other natural pieces. I love it and have always wanted to do this.