Winter Eclectic Christmas House Tour in a Cute Rental Home

Renter-friendly decorating in an eclectic Christmas house tour. Enjoy all of your favorite bloggers’ holiday homes in this festive blog hop.

Seasons Greetings my friend! I enjoy participating with other bloggers and sharing lots of inspiration for the holidays with you. So once again, it’s time for another festive blog hop!  

Did you see the My Home Style: Christmas Tree Edition?  I’ll share the lineup of homes again at the bottom for you in case you missed it. I’m sure it will give you Christmas tree decorating ideas you won’t want to miss!

Today I’m sharing our first home tour in a traditional Japanese house as part of  Winter Eclectic Home Tours hosted by Domicile 37.

The tours started Monday, so if you missed any of the previous ones, here they are (and they are beautiful!).

Monday

Bright Green Door // CAD Interiors // Domicile 37

Tuesday

Casa Watkins Living // Maggie Overby Studios // House Homemade // French & French Interiors // Style Mutt Home

Winter Eclectic Christmas House Tour

Here’s a quick update.  We just moved (military orders) to mainland Japan from Okinawa and have downsized again to under 1300 sq feet this time!  Our house is a traditional Japanese home with three tatami rooms.  

A little goes a long way in our charming home, so decorating happened in no time.

Welcome to our holiday home!

The living area is very small but we managed to squeeze in our couch and baby grand piano.  I’ve sold a lot of furniture (including our big screen TV) and decor for the last two weeks.  

I’m excited to shop for a larger dining room table for the downstairs tatami room.  We couldn’t fit in a dining area in our Okinawan home.

I added Christmas touches with holiday books, ornaments, and tinsel garland (from last year’s tree).

This morning I quickly put together a couple of moss wreaths for the wood shutters and printed out free Christmas art from Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body to display on the piano.  

I shared my Christmas tree Monday where you can find my shopping guide and top ornament picks!

Since we’ve just moved in, I haven’t had any time to look for new Christmas decor.  I used my stash of floral and oriental fans to change up the tree this year but am thrilled with the outcome and love that our Christmas house tour includes Japanese decor.

My go-to styling tip for bookcases is to color coordinate seasonal decor with books organized by color. It has such a fun impact and really makes tricky shelf decorating easier.

The DIY modern nutcrackers are a quick dollar store DIY.

From this angle, you can see a wood French door that leads into the foyer. Japanese homes are usually heated or cooled only in the room you are occupying so there are many doors in this house.

To the left, right next to the tv corner, are a pair of sliding doors that open up to the downstairs tatami room.  I set up our faux fireplace in there with  DIY stockings.   I have big plans for this room after the holidays!

I’ve added a little Christmas cheer to our bedroom too but I’ll share that with more Christmas DIYs next week.  I hope you enjoyed our Christmas Japanese home.  It really feels like a little cottage, doesn’t it?

Next on the tour is my friend Jen from The Striped House.  Her home and Christmas tree are stunning and I can’t wait to see more!

Scroll down for the rest of the tours and My Home Style Christmas trees!

Monday

Bright Green Door  // CAD Interiors // Domicile 37

Tuesday

Casa Watkins Living // Maggie Overby Studios // House Homemade // French & French Interiors // Style Mutt Home

Wednesday

Up To Date Interiors // The Striped House // Designing Vibes // Iris Nacole // Fearfully & Wonderfully Made // Blue i Style

Thursday

PMQ for Two // Maker of Home // Go Haus Go // Whimsical Blue Living // FOXY OXIE

Friday

This is Our Bliss // Monica Wants It // Insieme House // Jest Cafe // The Gathered Home

My Home Style Christmas Tree Blog Hop

Monday

Casa Watkins Living

Blue I Style

Polished Habitat

Southern State Of Mind

Up To Date Interiors

Lovely Etc.

Tuesday

Elizabeth Joan Designs

Roots North and South

Postcards From The Ridge

The Striped House

Pocketful Of Posies

The Gathered Home

Wednesday

Boxy Colonial

Ciburbanity

PMQ For Two

Farmhouse 40

Monica Wants It

Thursday

The Happy Housie

Organized Nashville

Designing Vibes

This Is Our Bliss

Iris Nacole

Friday

Fresh Crush

Domicile 37

Cassie Bustamante

Flourish and Knot

A Designer at Home

Head over to the winter holidays, DIYs, and decor page for more stories and resources!

Join me on Instagram for behind-the-scenes, DIYs, decorating tips, room tours, and home inspiration. I’ll see you over there!

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