Our Red and White Master Bedroom at Christmas

I enjoy decorating the entire house for Christmas, but over the last few years I have come to find that our bedroom is the spot I quietly enjoy most of all. When I go up the stairs at the end of a long day, I love to see the twinkling Christmas lights on the tree there to greet me.

We keep the lights on the tree on a timer so they go on at dusk and then off right before we fall asleep.

On our bed, I added a couple of quilted Euro shams that I found for a steal at Pottery Barn after Christmas last year. I always love Pottery Barn's quilts, but not their prices. So I know to grab them when I see a good sale. Also, these shams have a lovely bold pattern and color. Therefore, using just the shams is an affordable way to add a bit of style without going overboard. I paired them with a white duvet cover with simple red stitching from Ikea that I purchased a few years back. At the end of the bed, I added a fair isle throw from HomeGoods (purchased this year).

I usually start each room with a piece of "something" that inspires me. This year I knew I wanted to use the shams and also I found the cabin pillow at TJ Maxx, which depicts just what all of my holiday "cabin in the snow at Christmas" dreams are made of.

I traded out our blue and white drapes for simple off white curtains for the season. Our yellow bee chair got a holiday makeover by way of a tartan plaid throw "slipcover". Especially at the holidays, I find that using a throw is the easiest and most affordable way to camouflage an item that doesn't fit in with the rest of your holiday decor. I added a new pillow with a Christmas Golden Retriever motif (purchased at HomeGoods this year).

Everything else is reused from past years. I will add a list of sources to the bottom of the post.

This is Dax's favorite spot - at the end of the bed, where all of the goings-on in the rest of the house can still be monitored while resting.

And I couldn't resist adding one last Dax smile to this post! I hope it brightens your day as much as it does mine.

Please stop back tomorrow for the big HouseWalk. I will be sharing our holiday family room for the first time and a compilation of all of my favorite photos from this weeks' posts. I can't thank you all enough for your lovely comments this week. I am smiling, just like Dax, because of your kindness. :)

Sources:
Red and white check pillow covers (in window seat)- Ikea
Peace pillow- Marshalls last year
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas sign- old from HomeGoods
Beachcomber basket on bed- Pottery Barn
Red and White quilt shams- Pottery Barn
Cabin pillow - TJ Maxx (this year)
Red and white plaid throw on bed- HomeGoods (last year but I have seen similar this year)
Fair Isle Throw- HomeGoods (this year)
Barn picture over dresser- HomeGoods (old)
Pine Furniture- VERY old from Yield House
Wreaths on window- Trader Joe's
Tartan plaid throw- Wayfair
Golden Retriever pillow - HomeGoods (this year)
Golden Retriever mug - HomeGoods
Golden Retriever - Gold Rush Goldens - Princeton, NJ :)