A Neutral Christmas Dining Room

Come see my neutral Christmas dining room, all decked out for the holidays! I've featured my flocked farmhouse Christmas tree and my new DIY media console!

Hi friends! I'm so excited to share my Christmas decor in the dining room this year.

I do love the decor on my main tree, which is definitely a different direction from any themed tree I've done in the past. I did a navy buffalo check and turquoise tree last year, which I loved. But I'm mostly excited today about the mini-reveal of my newly built buffet, which I finished last week!

It's been a couple of years since I built a large piece of furniture like this, and it was daunting. So daunting, in fact, that it took me 3 years to muster up the courage to start the project.

I bought the supplies back in September. Every time I go back to the hardware store for another piece of lumber, the sweet cashier keeps asking what I'm building now. I sheepishly have to tell her I'm still building the same buffet I started months ago. LOL

Come see the reveal of the media console/buffet.

Since I don't have big chunks of time to work, I had to take an hour here and 45 minutes there and just build the next thing on the list.

OK, but enough about the buffet, we're here to talk about Christmas!! I wanted to get it done in time for this tour, because I was dying to decorate it.

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This year I stuck with a neutral theme with lots of wood tones and greenery. I just wanted to keep things simple. All the sources are at the end of the post if you see something you'd like to add to your own home.

The main tree in the front window of the dining room is my “theme” tree. It's the one I change up every year and think about all year long, planning how I'm going to decorate it.

Last year I saw some of the prettiest trees with cotton stems and lamb's ear in them, so I decided to do that with my tree this year. I added my mini wooden sign Christmas ornaments and a few other simple decorations, and called it a day!

I'll have a dedicated post on the tree very soon, so I'll try to remember to come back and link it here.

I just love how it turned out with the galvanized tree collar, which is also a new addition from the Hearth and Hand with Magnolia line at Target.

I built the buffet for one main reason: I wanted a perfect place to hang my large wooden sign from the fall. It's too pretty to put up only part of the year, so I decided it could have a permanent home here in the dining room.

The top of the buffet is something I get giddy about. Anytime I get a new surface to decorate, I want to do a happy dance.

I know I've barely scratched the surface of how I want to decorate this space, but this is how it looks for now, with my nativity scene, magnolia garland and a few more things.

I really want to set up a hot chocolate bar on top of the buffet. But I'm afraid the little hands of my 2-year-old will get into it. I'll probably keep everything on a tray and put it away when we're not using it or have people over. That way a certain someone won't be tempted.

So keep an eye out for an upcoming Hot Chocolate Bar post. It's been a dream of mine to have a beverage station in my home, so I can't wait to set it up!

This feels like a preview post, because I haven't yet shared about the Christmas tree, the buffet or the hot chocolate bar. Haha! So be sure to check back for all of those very, very soon! I can't wait to share more!