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Vintage book stack Christmas tree

November 20, 2014 By Jennifer

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.

I recently shared my hand drawn Christmas village scene on my own blog, with free printable downloads included!

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!

I hope you will follow me on Facebook or Instagram to see more of my decor, project ideas and tidbits of my daily life!
Till next time…
~Alice W.
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Comments

  1. Judy Pimperl says

    November 20, 2014 at 6:28 am

    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.
    judypimperl.blogspot.com

    • Alice W. says

      November 20, 2014 at 10:34 am

      Thank you so much Judy! ~Alice W.

  2. susan says

    November 20, 2014 at 7:34 am

    I love your blog-always so inspirational and creative. Your village is over the top beautiful. Thank you

    • Alice W. says

      November 20, 2014 at 9:03 pm

      Thanks so much Susan! ~Alice W.

  3. Karla Harney- Thompson says

    November 20, 2014 at 8:25 am

    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!

    • Alice W. says

      November 20, 2014 at 9:03 pm

      Thanks!! ~Alice W.

  4. Gigi Harlan says

    November 20, 2014 at 12:21 pm

    I love the book stack tree! Such a unique idea. The coffee filter angel wings are so pretty!

    • Alice W. says

      November 20, 2014 at 9:04 pm

      Thanks Gigi! ~Alice W.

  5. Kris says

    November 20, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    Wow!!!!! This is genius Jen. How simple and beautiful and what a wow factor this brings. Love!!!!!
    Kris

    • Alice W. says

      November 23, 2014 at 2:39 pm

      Thanks Kris! ~Alice W.

  6. Peggy says

    November 21, 2014 at 8:38 am

    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!!

  7. Lourdes says

    November 21, 2014 at 11:11 am

    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!

  8. Sandi says

    November 22, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    So cute and so creative!!

  9. Donna Wilkes says

    November 22, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    Such a clever use of old books – loving, pinning, and sharing.

  10. Jennifer @ Town and Country Living says

    November 23, 2014 at 9:18 am

    Alice is so creative! Love this book stack tree with the pom pom trim!

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