Hello everybody! This is Alice W. from Thoughts from Alice and I am thrilled to be back with you today. I am giving you a sneak peek into some of my Christmas decor for this year with a stacked book Christmas tree that I set up inside our mantel.
I always love using old books in my decorating and vignettes. I was trying my darndest to come up with a good filler for our salvaged mantel, when this idea struck. I started by gathering up as many old books as I could find all around our house (I am a bit of a collector, I guess you could say) and made a book stack Christmas tree.
I gathered books of all sizes, so that I had a lot of options for building my “tree.” To keep a consistent look, I put the spines towards the wall and the pages facing out.
It took some playing around to get the shape of a Christmas tree. I started with the largest and thickest books at the bottom and worked my way up.
I had to keep playing around with placement of the books, and occasionally, had to make another run around the house for more books! Our dog, Renoir, thought this was all very interesting.
It definitely got trickier as I worked my way up, trying to keep it balanced and finding books just the right sizes to fit. Eventually I got it there though!
Then, I just needed to make it look festive and Christmasy. I strung some pom-pom trim for garland to coordinate with my mantel decor above.
And also added a bottle brush star on top. I put a flameless candle behind it, so it would glow.
It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas around our house and filling me with all of those childhood feelings of wonder and whimsy. I absolutely love this time of year.
I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek into my home decorated for the holidays and will come by to visit me to see the full reveal in December! I also have lots of creative projects that I am sharing throughout this month to get ready for Christmas. I do hope you will stop by!
The book Christmas tree…how cool and funky! I love it. And, the coffee filter angel wings-think I’m gonna have to try that.
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Thank you so much Judy! ~Alice W.
I love your blog-always so inspirational and creative. Your village is over the top beautiful. Thank you
Thanks so much Susan! ~Alice W.
Love, Love the book tree! I enjoy using books to decorate in my shabby Chic home as well. You have elevated the idea! The vintage star is the perfect “cherry” on top!
Thanks!! ~Alice W.
I love the book stack tree! Such a unique idea. The coffee filter angel wings are so pretty!
Thanks Gigi! ~Alice W.
Wow!!!!! This is genius Jen. How simple and beautiful and what a wow factor this brings. Love!!!!!
Kris
Thanks Kris! ~Alice W.
OH I LOVE love love the vintage book stack tree! and even more is the pompom trim… I simply adore pom poms! In fact I am off to JoAnn’s to see if I can find any pom pom trim in stock as I want to use it in our bedroom. Have a truly marvelous weekend!!
I love this idea with the vintage books and mantle but my favorite part is Renoir!! 🙂 I have a Westie too! Her name is Sophie – she is the best part of my life!
Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!
So cute and so creative!!
Such a clever use of old books – loving, pinning, and sharing.
Alice is so creative! Love this book stack tree with the pom pom trim!