I had it all prepped when Jack came home from college for Thanksgiving break, and we spent the last day unwrapping it and putting the village together! The only thing left to do was drill a hole at the back of each shelf for the cords… I just gave it one coat, and that was it. So the next day, that’s exactly what I did, using Silk mineral paint in Saltwater since it doesn’t require a topcoat: I took a quick measurement to see if the shelves were tall enough to house my houses and they were just the right height!Īll I needed to do was paint the inside white to make it the perfect backdrop! Luckily, there was thin plywood beneath each drawer. So I took the drawers out to inspect a bit further… What if I could turn it into shelving to house my village? So one day as I was sitting at my desk, which is just to the left, I got to looking a little closer at that dresser I use for storage. (I really did not want to have to move everything again.) Besides being my home office, this room also functions as my workout space. This dresser holds many of my staging props. You can see the original makeover of this dresser HERE. Here’s what normally lives along that wall in my office: This year, I was determined to find a new solution! I was actually searching for shelving units to use solely for displaying our village. A new way to display that Christmas village This has worked for many years, but finding an empty wall in our new house to display two four foot tables is getting harder! I hate to have to move what lives on this wall in my office to display it all, and the other locations we’ve tried haven’t been ideal. Pretty soon I was filling two four foot tables: I searched eBay, found a couple at thrift stores, and also acquired several from yard sales! ![]() ![]() I used to only have enough to display on our mantel, but then I kept collecting…and collecting. Then after the holidays one year, I found several Christmas village pieces on the clearance and my obsession began! I started with this David Winters cottage my mom gifted me in my twenties: I absolutely love putting together our little village every year! Hello lovelies!! Welcome back! Today, I’m taking a short break from thrifty makeovers to share a new way to display that Christmas Village that always takes up so much space!
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