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The Love Of Home Files #11

Christmas day is right around the corner and will soon be a 2023 memory.

This is for when you’ve put up the Christmas stuff and vacuumed up all the glitter and such. In January maybe you’re ready with a clean slate.

You might feel the urge to organize and decorate and DIY and cook comfort foods. I always do.

After Christmas/Winter Decor:

In The Love Of Home Files #11, handmade snowflakes in a room where decor abounds.
French Creek Farmhouse

This post is actually about the little cross stitch snowflakes and how to make them. But I loved the entire room so much I wanted to show it as a decorative winter room.

Vintage Winter Living Room:

Cozy winter room with a winter festival sign
Liz Marie

This is a very cozy living room. The “Winter Festival” sign gives it a seasonal theme as well as the white furniture and throw.

Let In The Light:

In The Love Of Home Files #11, a cozy winter kitchen with greenery and a vintage jar and pine cones.
Maison de Cinq

Let in the light. Bring on the greenery. It’s cold outside and you want to be in your cozy kitchen baking food in the oven.

And everything is clean and sparkling in the light coming through the large window.

Winter White Candles, Greenery, & Pine Cones:

An arrangement of candles, greenery and pine cones
Willow Bloom Home Blog

Find a pretty pot and put greenery and pine cones inside. It’s a very simple winter DIY.

Head out to your yard or go foraging at a park and pick up what you need.

Winter Wonderland Snow Globe Forest:

In The Love Of Home Files #11, this is homemade winter snow globes
A Pretty Life

You can have your own little forest of snow globes after Christmas with this sweet DIY.

Deer are present in any season, and so are trees. So if you have Christmas snow globes out, put them up and make these cute winter snow globes.

Tea Light Candle In A Jar Craft:

Empty jar with a votive in it and ribbon around the jar
The Country Chic Cottage

I don’t think it gets easier than getting a jar, putting a votive candle inside, then wrapping ribbon around it. And the best part is that you can make it for almost nothing.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie:

In The Love Of Home Files #11, easy chicken pot pie
Recipes By Kelsey Smith

Nothing will warm the tummy better than chicken pot pie. The homemade variety instead of frozen means it’s even better!

Healthy Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes:

Scalloped potatoes
Joyful Healthy Eats

My older daughter always asked me to make homemade scalloped potatoes when she was young and still living at home.

We loved to have this comfort food on our table.

Southern Peach Cobbler:

In The Love Of Home Files #11, southern peach cobbler
Razzle Dazzle Life

Frozen peaches for this recipe make this a great dessert any time of the year. I’d especially love that sweet warmth in winter though.

I do love chicken and dumplings, scalloped potatoes, and peach cobber. They’re three of my favorite foods.

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I'm Brenda, creator of Cozy Little House. I live with my cat, Ivy, who keeps me laughing. I graduated from journalism school with a degree in professional writing and won awards for feature writing. I practice gratitude and enjoy my solitude. The glass is always half-full.

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11 Comments

  1. Those rooms are beautiful but I’m not in a big hurry to put away my Christmas decorations. Since we have a real tree we take it down in the beginning of January but all the other decorations stay up till at least the end of January. We don’t put them up until December though.

    1. Sounds just like us. Why are people always in a hurry. We like to enjoy the warmth of this beautiful season.

  2. Some good ideas for winter decorating once all the Christmas decorations are taken down. In all the past years, I’ve taken the Christmas decorations and tree down on the 26th or 27th. Was always so tired of looking at it and the clutter and would declare, “Christmas is over!” But this year I’m feeling differently. Maybe because I took longer to decorate and also didn’t do as much. I’m actually enjoying it a bit more this year and also don’t have the energy to take it all down in a few days. I feel like I just got done tweaking it all! Come January, I know I’ll feel differently. I like the idea of using greenery and pine cones for winter decor.

    I love chicken pot pie and haven’t made it in a long time. Good reminder that I need to make this again soon.

  3. I wanted to say very Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year to you and Ivy. Thank you for brightening my days this past year and I look forward to 2024 with you and your posts.

  4. Everything so interesting. Have went in and looked at the homes, now need to go look at the rest. Fun.

  6. Such lovely rooms! I love peaches, nice to have a recipe that uses the frozen ones.

  7. Those little snow globes are so cute! I think even I (with no talent whatsoever) could make a few with items I have on hand. The recipes – oh my! They all look so yummy. Reminds me I have to do the hike to the supermarket before the rain arrives to buy some items I thought I had (but don’t) to make a hearty ground beef casserole with mixed vegetables topped by cheesy scalloped potatoes. The white cabinet display (top image) is just stunning, such a treat for the eyes with so many interesting things to look at. The second room (by Liz Marie) is very nice; I’m not a fan of all white rooms but that room has a good balance of wood items mixed in that add a lot of warmth. The rustic looking fireplace also gives the room a real “at home in the country” feel.

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