I know you don’t like the 60s retro Christmas trees but as a child we had a silver tree with red and green ornaments as well as a color wheel that projected different colors onto the tree and I loved it! My sisters and I would lay down on the carpet and just stare at the tree all night. A favorite Christmas memory of mine. Merry Christmas to you, Austin, and sweet Danny!
When the tree my sister got began to fall apart, she let me keep the color wheel light. I arrived in 63, she was 15 years older and as a 'tween of 12 I thought having a changing nightlight was the coolest thing! Lol
Wow - I used to lay under our tree as well and gaze up at the lights and ornaments. My mom, sisters and I made one ornament out of a styrofoam ball and about a MILLION multicoloured sequins. I would spin it like a miniature disco ball and admire the sparkly reflective effect. :)
I saw one other person comment that they wish the tree was on a box or stand or something to give it height and I came here to say the same thing! It would look so good with some height to it
I was born 1955. We never had a silver tree, my mom couldn’t stand them. We always had a beautiful green tree with lovely traditional and sentimental ornaments. Back in the day, we never tried to match our holiday decor with our house decor theme. We just decorated for Christmas. Enjoy!
My mom was born in 56 always wanted tinsel but her mom would never allow it on her green tree. Never had a silver tree ever. This year its all purple tree and I'm okay with it 😂 i like color
I also was born in 1955 and had traditional Christmas decor and Trditions. We had tinsel. We would remove it and my brother and I would put the new/now old tinsel from the previous year's tree and my Dad would put on the new for that year.
@@sourdoughchocobo I have an old wool plaid that I use some years and old quilts that are kinda not fit for a bed but great for under a tree or folded on a shelf.
Gorgeous ornaments! Love the vintage vibe. You should raise up the tree on a platform so it better fits the room since you have such tall ceilings now. I remember seeing that at malls (in the US) in the 70's and 80's where they had trees up on big blocks. Maybe give it a try?? You never know!
My jaw DROPPED when I saw the clip of Sanford & Son Vintage Market! I have a booth there! Thanks so much for visiting!! P.s the 400 market is only open on weekends but the antique mall attached to it is open all week! It’s located at the far right side of the building. Hope to see you back in this area again! *Second comment because I think my first one was deleted because I mentioned my booth name
I've just sat down with a peppermint hot chocolate! Your timing is impeccable 😍🎄 Edit: love the nutcracker, he's giving festive Voldemort with his lack of nose. Also those light bulbs as decorations are 😍
I'm 65. Been collecting all styles for many years. I have three tree that I swap out. One is a green traditional one is white and one is pink. One year I'll go whimsical one year glam and one year I'll go traditional. No need to use everything every year. It's fun changing it up every year
Yes! Me too! Almost same age as you, and every year my tree has a different vibe! We only have a green one….but would like a second one eventually (maybe flocked)…one year I put up all my dragonfly collection as ornaments! Btw, I loved the old lights in the beautiful mason jar! As is! I would use it as a decor piece on a table!
I love seeing Becky learn this style! Why do you guys not do videos together anymore? I do love the individual videos, but I miss you guys tackling videos together.
@@KelseyCodes i thought the same thing, but they haven’t been together in a video in 3 months since the diy hotel challenge with Kelsey and Becky. And before that it was a while too.
I suspect it’s partially because of Becky moving and not being in office every day. Their office is in Toronto, and based on the house tour and where Becky is thrifting in this one, I’m pretty confident she’s quite a ways out of the city now, so it’s not as convenient to go in to film videos together.
The thing with decorating anything is, just do you. When we are not confined by the need to fit into certain styles, we will find more joy and freedom into channeling our creativity and happiness through our creations. Just do what feels happy and right to you. Enjoy the process not to please other people's aesthetic standards but your's. Have a good holiday month y'all.
I feel like it's too short too, but don't know a constructive way to say it without being bitchy- it makes the rest of the area seem more empty because it's too small
I was born in the 50's. Most people I knew , including me, always had real trees. And, of course, icicles! Also, big colored lights with angel hair covering them to soften the glow.
Me too! We had Charlie Brown trees. Sometimes Dad would drill holes in the tree trunk and stick in branches. He'd cut down a big tree, use the top for our tree, put the rest in the wood pile. We had lots of Angel Hair and tinsel, the Nativities would be set up. The whole house glowed. My Mom and Dad were not people of means, but we had the happiest times. Merry Christmas, Gigi, and to everyone! God Bless 💖😇🌟👼👑🦁🐑🕊✝🙏💖🎄🎁🎅❄🐦💖
@@nessazee I'm not sure if they sell it any more. It's a roll or package of folded, extremely fine, white "Angel Hair". It's silken and so pretty, it's laid on the tree and spread out like a veil. It's got nothing to do with pasta, lol!!! 🤣🤣🤣 😇❤✴🐏🐫🥁👼👑🕊🦁🐑✝🙏❤🎄🎁🎅🍬❤
I feel like you would appreciate the "true" retro tree - a green tree with multi colored lights, funky-shaped and bright colored mercury class ornaments and tinsel!
Becky, love how your Christmas decor is festive with out going overboard. Just the right amount of holiday touches. I honestly never thought to look at antique malls for decorations but the prices you stated are not bad at all! I love how much you guys stay true to reusing things! ♻️🌹♻️🌹
I literally rearrange my house every year for Christmas and it is never the same. I always try and center a tree in a window. Always use more than one tree. Love the orange glass ornaments!
We went through x-mad stuff ourselves with stringing popcorn for garlands around the tree. The ornaments were homemade citrus slices and apple slices and glitter pine cones and wax and dough ornaments. That was the 70s
I finally found my style which is moody maximalist. Dark walls, warm wood tones bright jewel tones a mix of furniture styles. Now I’m just trying to figure out how to make it Christmas!
I enjoy the series about this house SO MUCH I don't even know why. I mean yeah you guys are Literally my favorite channel but this is extra special for some reason? I keep coming back to them, I think i have watched each one of the videos at least three times. The house has such positive vibes?! Can't wait for what's to come!!!
It’s like 1950’s-60’s-70’s Christmas with some Scandinavian touches which is literally all my Christmas decore. However all my wood is red and most of my ornaments are wood as well. I like the white & tan, it’s not my style but it’s cool to see the same thing have a different feel!
You totally scored with the amber glassware! `Woodsy retro` is how i see your style, but whatever you call it, it works beautifully in the house. I was born in 1950 and our tree was always a real one, my mum and dad were both very artsy (Dad an artist, mum a drama teacher) and they would never put a silver tree in their house! lol . We lived in England til I was 14 though so I don`t know if the trees were a North American thing or what. I remember having the birds with the clips though.
Looks fantastic, I love all the color. Just two suggestions, I think maybe the tree is a little short for the space. And I think it would look so cool if you make it look like the faux fireplace is coming out of the original flue pipe hole.
I’m still dreaming of the orange chair left behind in the antique store lol. Loving the pants, ornaments, yellow top and the vases as candle holders too ❤
Becky, love how you are always yourself...it makes the experience with you so coherent!!! Grateful you discovered you...can't ask for anything more!!! The outcome really felt shiny, coppery and earthy colored glass moments... YOU!!!! Bonus points... a perfect diy!!! Yay!!! A great time was had by all!!!
A few years ago I found a remnant of white net fabric and I use it as my tree skirt. It reminds me of snow around the base of the tree. This year, I added white twinkle lights underneath to give it a very festive feel.
Am I the only one who was thinking "a like 8 foot tree would look so good and really fill in that tree corner" but your tree is so cute and cozy and as long as it makes you happy to see it there that's all that matters, even if it doesn't match the rest of the decor perfectly!
I haven't read the comments, but I'm a couple minutes in. Your outside space and part of the love of your house is so about nature. Get a big live tree and find the retro long silver, tinsel///upi thrift, you'll find them. I grew up with in the 60s. Merry Christmas!
Just a note: this is the only channel I don’t skip the sponsored parts of the videos, because they actually work with the sorrygirls brand and are appropriate in the videos
Though I hope they do reassess their relationship with Thredup. There have been a lot of changes since the company went public, including how they treat their workers and reports of the potentially covering up bedbug infestations. It's been a huge bummer since I really loved shopping with them previously.🙁
Hey ladies! Just wanted to say I love y’all and have been watching your channel for yearsssssssssss, but…can you please try to prioritize closed captioning in the future? I feel that it would really help with inclusivity & accessibility, and I personally have a much better experience when there is high quality CC available. Thank you for considering this!
My interpretation of "retro" christmas style is sentimental items, multi-colour lights, and cheery/cozy touches. I lean more to the red, teal, orange, pink, and purple of the 40's and 50's.
We went & cut our own tree. Many self made ornaments & decorations. Have fun & let it reflect you. Ever consider choosing a "best memory" for the year as an inspiration to decorate a bauble? I think that would be interesting
The tree looks like what my grandma had been putting up for decades. I love trees that don't look perfect and coordinated but just have color and history to them
I absolutely need more “that 70’s house” videos like PRONTO! I love these so much - Becky your home is coming together beautifully & I am so here for watching you style it!
I really wanted to try a black and white gothmas tree this year but unfortunately got sick and can't afford to now. Hopefully I can give it a go next year. I like how your space turned out, it's lovely
okay so i haven't watched the video jet but i think what would fit ur house alot is working alot with like orange slices and real candels everywhere oh and cozy pillows and blankets that are like christmasy
I feel like the utilimate goal and hobbie for girls in this day and age is to find an aesthetic and push it as far as it can in all aspect of life haha
When videos of becky comes up I’m always waiting for her to announce what should we call her episode like kelsey does with making home 😌 sending love all the way from the philippines ♥️
As a girl growing up in the 60's and 70's that retro vibe you showed with the silver aluminum trees was not the norm. My grandparents tree never looked like that. You need to research some other 60's Christmas decor. I love 60's retro Christmas -- but not aluminum trees.
I grew up during the 50s 60s and 70s, we never had a metal Christmas tree, it was always real or faux evergreen tree, but there was silver tinsel on it every year. By the way if you choose to put tinsel on your tree, it MUST be put on one strand at a time. Enjoy and have fun!
I sometimes use just a length of fabric for a tree skirt, especially when my color needs are not very Christmassy. Also a large basket might work, then with fake presents in the basket...the crock was a great idea, but not that particular one. I had a cast iron antique stand (for a real tree) that I loved, but it was very heavy (no kidding) and never really worked for the fake tree. It is now a kindling holder outside.
I loooooove this style, I think i would still call it retro/traditional. My great aunt has my favourite tree ever and all her decorations velonged to my great grandma and they are all like those colourful glass bulbs, drops, mushrooms and birds. The house is looking so pretty 🥹
We just keep our tree up all year long 😁😆 we call the front room it’s in “the white room” cause everything’s obviously whites & creams, essentially it’s used as a movie room and its EVERYONES favorite room in the house cause its sooo peaceful. We have the lights on the tree connected to a light switch too 🤭
Some of the retro 70's is ice cycles, drop bulbs, little bulbs that had like star things on the front for middle of the tree. BUBBLE BULBS and twinkle lights multi colors, beaded garland, or tinsel garland, folded paper stars or bells, just a few things. Always, candy cane and chocolate Santas that hung on the tree. Ice Cycles made out of strands of thin long thin tin foils strips called ice cycles. Peace!
a good hack for Christmas tree-skirts is cutting a thick card board into a cone the size of the tree skirt then cut a slit to be able to wrap the card board around the tree add stick on velcro to secure it shut and the skirt on to the card board keeps the skirt in place and it won't wrinkles :)
Yes! I was coming here to say this. I collect them. And honestly as a vintage buff and dealer, $40 for that amber pedestal decanter is such a steal. It would look amazing on a bar/bar cart once the holidays are over 😊.
Your home is coming together in such a lovely way! Love this series and how high-end everything feels. Becky knows her interior design and has elevated her game!
We never hurry with christmas decorations. We decorate our home, treee and nativiti scene just a week or even a few days before Christmas and have it till February the 2nd. I never can stand the silver, white, black, purple christmas trees. We have our blue spruce in a pot and decorated with gingerbread cookies, imagine the smell ;)
I would say you have a "retro inspired aclectic" style. No that silver tree retro style does not fit your house at all. I grew up in the 1970s.. we had a green tree.. but the tree decorations were colourful, fun and we used tinsel and trailing tinsel icicles. I don't know anyone who had those silver tinsel types of trees ..maybe that was "American retro style".. it definitely wasn't used in the UK. I have a traditional tree.. green tree, gold and red balls and handmade wooden ornaments as the base decor. Then lots of tree decor I have collected on my world travels and some original 1960s and 1970s tree decor my mum gave me when I left home to "start me off" or I was give in the 1970s from my Great Gran. My kids love the travel and old decor. My youngest loves the blush pink swan and gold cat and my oldest loves the gold bird. I love a little 1960s father Christmas. ... oh yeh.. and all the folding paper decorations that are popular this year .. they are also from the 1960s.. I have a 50cm high snowman and 40cm high carol singer from the 1960s.. my kids have them in their bedrooms. You have to move/remove furniture to make space for the tree. Use a fluffy blanket as a tree skirt .. duel use! Ps. Why did you make the mantle ON THE WALL?.. it would have been much easier to make it first and then install it on the wall!
I'd call this upscale bo-ho. The vintage ornaments are just right. Here is an idea to use the ornament box for decor: take a photo of the box with the ornaments inside, then attach the photo to the inside of the cover, hang the ornaments as usual, display the boxes together in a basket or other suitable display vehicle, drape some garland, beads, you know how Becky. I really like your use of old light bulbs for ornaments. I may put some in a jar simply for the aesthetic. Idk what you're doing, but Becky, you are looking so lovely. And that husband of yours, Austin, he's the best (all right, he has his moments, but...). Don't get me started on the sweet, beautiful Danny. Those eyes make me all melty. I want to hug him and give him some love. Truly an enjoyable video today. Thanks. Merry Christmas, God Bless 💖😇🌟👼👑🦁🐑🕊✝🙏💖🎄🎁❄🐦🎅🎄💖
Becky, I love your decor. It makes me so nostalgic. Usualy I don't like retro decor because it feels so kitschy. But you do it so tastefully it just seems natlural and comfy just like what I grew up with. 😁❤
I move two tall plant shelves that live in front of a large window for 10.5 months, so the tree can be enjoyed from both the outside as well as our living room. As for the Christmas theme throughout the apartment I don't really have one, but all the decor is gold, royal blue and purple. The decor is a mixture of vintage, thrifted, things from January sales and my mother. We'll be hosting Christmas day for the 3rd time and I'm already stressed, but all the cold drinks make the day go faster in the heat. Just decorate for Christmas and enjoy.
Becky, I love everything about your vibe. Maybe it's because I'm a fellow Taurus, but you are just delightful. Thank you for following your heart and instincts and giving us such amazing content in an all too stressful world. These videos are my escape and I just appreciate the heck out of you, and I wish nothing but good things for you, and Austin and Danny. Keep pursuing your bliss and thank you for sharing with us. Also, my boyfriend just watches me decorate the tree as well. Lol
I just want to tell everyone, that I did turn of the breaker but a few days ago... My husband meanwhile (dont know why bcs there is no relevant reason) turned it on... And now I went put on switchet and find out. So stupid I am. Check it EVERY SINGLE TIME. Do not be stupid as I am. Ps: obviously I am ok and nothing happend but might... And I am singing Kelsey's song since :D
Loooove the amber orange. I think the nutcracker could use some TLC to make him even more 70s :) Also love that for autumn decor at the old house you went colourful, and here you're going more simple (and orange!). the orange just plays so well with the palette of your house/surroundings. merry christmas!!!!
The antique roadshow you went to is 7 days a week I used to live in innisfil and get my records for there and it's the first time I'm seeing you in my area I used to live in Barrie too
😉Hide your boxes in plain sight. Make a skirted table in your entryway, hall, behind your sofa, or in some other nook. Depending upon your space, you could go from 29-36" height, 35-84" width, 12-15" depth with your stacked storage boxes📦. 😊 Best if your boxes are uniformly shaped, but you can stack them jinga style to fit a specific spot too. Rectangle bins work better where you place the longer side against the wall. Use a curtain panel, sheet, table cloth, or quilt that suits your decor as a skirt to conceal boxes. Use 🧷 or shipping tape to corral excess fabric discreetly in the back. Top with larger glass/mirror tiles, rattan/woven/stick placemats, table runner, or timber planks (stained &/or painted to match decor). Dress or merchandise top as you would a mantle or console. 📨ps For easy retrieval, number your boxes in marker on one short & long end that can face out. That way you could 👀read them from the front & sides. Create a computer legend or journal detailing contents. Make notes of what you add or remove. Great option for ❄️seasonal or 🎄 holiday gear. 💚Bridget from Cali☘️ (using my pal's YT acct)
Oh my goodness your tree is so little. This year for the first time me and my boyfriend made the decision to invest into a nice fake tree to use from now on. This is the first year we have had a full sized tree together since we moved into our first home at the beginning of the year. We have a beautiful 9 foot huge tree. I started decorating and then got the flu and haven’t been able to finish. This is giving me the motivation to finish😂😂
I think the orange floral blanket with white tassels at the first shop could have worked well as a retro tree skirt. I like the colour scheme you’ve gone for - burnt orange / amber is one of my favourites
I feel like Thred up's pricing is more like regular brand shops on sale. Prices around 80 dollars for a jumper are far from being second hand or thrift shop prices.
I grew up with my mom's 70's Christmas decorations. She was married in 1972. She told me her tree was all gold. She had a sparse-style fake tree. All gold lights with a really cool faceted cover on them. Satin thread-wrapped balls. Later, she added a red satin ball and bows to the gold ornaments when my dad grew tired of the monochromatic tree. It was simple but really pretty.
Loved our silver tree we had it in a south facing window in Niagara region Ontario. It was a Mylar like foil. The glass ornaments looked amazing in the sunlight. We also had real trees but in a large pot. We would plant it in the spring. My parents home still has a few of them growing and they are BIG lol
Oh gosh Becky, I feel like you captured a lot of good vibes, I grew up with a lot of 70's things, and our Christmas tree had glass ornaments that had cool shapes and great colors, we also had ice cicles that my mom and I would put on the branches every year, we also had garlands that were made out of beads that wrapped around the tree. I still have a lot of those older ornaments and I also gave my daughter and son in law and grand kids some of the older ornaments because I wanted my daughter to enjoy those ornaments that were her grandparents. I also remember that the tree skirt that my parents had was made from felt and had some decor onround it that my mom made from beads and sequens I still have those they are just no longer attatched to the tree skirt that wore out. Thanks for a really fun video that I loved watching, Merry Christmas to you, Austin and cute Danny, stay safe and happy, sending love and hugs, bye!! 🥰💚🌺❄☃🎄
I feel like we're getting a sneak peak of some future episodes while watching this decorating. Probably not, but I was still taking in the living room greedily, lolol
YOU are "Organic Retro". Having been a totally alive-to-style teen in the 60's (12 in 1964 - Beatles, yeah, 1967, 1968 (civil unrest, police at Dem convention, Vietnam War protests, 1969 Summer of Love). I NEVER liked the 60's styling -- tthe neon colors, the plastic, the aluminum trees, the hot pink, cyan, cheap-looking stuff, even flamingoes bugged me). Your love of certain plaids TOTALLY reminds me of the bell-line skirts my mom made me out of synthetic, bright-hued tartans and plaids. Checkered-plaids, very much. Dark grounded fabric w tiny posies of flowers like tiny forget-me-nots all over it. Purple patent leather orthopedic "old-lady" shoes w 2-1/2" chunky heels -- my signature, Danskin tights of EVERY COLOR. Merged into...carried over + into... The 70's. "Norwegian Wood" vibe. Chestnut brown suede, olive green suede, oatmeal toned ceramic dishware, anything suede. Birch plywood, brass from India, engraved, big bangley earrings, all kinds of jewelry from India, World Market anything. The smell of carved wood furniture from the Balkans + the Middle East, sheepskin coats, goatskin coats (they STANK) imported, everything imported. Embroidered chambray shirts, skirts, dresses, Aussie sheep- + goatherder hats + dusters. Real blue jeans, Woody Guthrie, Jefferson Airplane. THAT was all my style.
I'm totally a 60s tinsel tree guy but I can totally see why people don't dig that super manmade aesthetic at the holidays. Woodsy/antique makes perfect sense for Becky's place IMO! Looking forward to seeing more
Here in The Netherlands 🇳🇱 we didn't really sell fake Christmas trees in the 60s/70s. My Parents (b.1931/b.1933) always had a real tree. "Our" Christmas decoration style slowly chanded over their 50+ year marriage. As a small child, in 1976, I still remember we had real Christmas candles in our real tree (with my Dad and and a bucket of sand next to it - if the tree should accidentally go up in flames!!). That was, till real trees (even tiny ones) got sooo expensive, at the end of the 80s. So that's when we invested in a, German bought, small fake one in 1989. Which served my elderly Parents till they both passed away in 2019. I still have some of their most cherished real glass tree ornaments from the 60s, that I display (I don't have a Christmas tree: because of storage room issues). Decorating Christmas trees is such a personal thing: when it comes to the style choice. ✌🏻☺️🇳🇱
That looks amazing! I've been wanting to do a retro-Christmas with my Grandparents Christmas decor for years now, but sadly that wasn't passed down to me (& my Grandma had so much amazing stuff, quilted ornaments and window candles, candy cane and dots garland, so much wonderful stuff!) I think you need some retro, light-up stars in your windows!! (Yes?...Maybe?...)
Hated those 😱 white go go Boots and I still was never a fan ; makes the feet look oddly misshapen & Huge So much nicer look with darker boots.. Love the top 💝and the Leather pants Sure you're not Scottish 🤣😂Do Love Your Home & Xmas Decor ❤️🎄
This might not be the right retro vibe you’re going for but I think dried up orange slices would look cute in your house
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Agreed! 🍊
Oranges are a great vibes for traditional Christmases. :) 🎄
I know you don’t like the 60s retro Christmas trees but as a child we had a silver tree with red and green ornaments as well as a color wheel that projected different colors onto the tree and I loved it! My sisters and I would lay down on the carpet and just stare at the tree all night. A favorite Christmas memory of mine. Merry Christmas to you, Austin, and sweet Danny!
Yep, I remember the rotating color wheel for the silver tree! Grandparents has one.
I remember plastic tinsely garlands, chunky colorful string lights, ridiculous amounts of tinsel everywhere, lots of sparkly ornaments.
I had that too!!
I thot that wheel was THE coolest thing lol
When the tree my sister got began to fall apart, she let me keep the color wheel light. I arrived in 63, she was 15 years older and as a 'tween of 12 I thought having a changing nightlight was the coolest thing! Lol
Wow - I used to lay under our tree as well and gaze up at the lights and ornaments. My mom, sisters and I made one ornament out of a styrofoam ball and about a MILLION multicoloured sequins. I would spin it like a miniature disco ball and admire the sparkly reflective effect. :)
I saw one other person comment that they wish the tree was on a box or stand or something to give it height and I came here to say the same thing! It would look so good with some height to it
I was born 1955. We never had a silver tree, my mom couldn’t stand them. We always had a beautiful green tree with lovely traditional and sentimental ornaments. Back in the day, we never tried to match our holiday decor with our house decor theme. We just decorated for Christmas. Enjoy!
I’m the same age and we too had traditional Christmas decorations.
My mom was born in 56 always wanted tinsel but her mom would never allow it on her green tree. Never had a silver tree ever. This year its all purple tree and I'm okay with it 😂 i like color
My mom was born in 56 and I still have some ornaments from her. They are so beautiful and simple and I would buy more like them if I could. 🥰
I also was born in 1955 and had traditional Christmas decor and Trditions. We had tinsel. We would remove it and my brother and I would put the new/now old tinsel from the previous year's tree and my Dad would put on the new for that year.
I'm sure that's what the people were doing with silver trees. Just enjoying their home that is perfect to them.
Becky, for a free skirt use a blanket that you have around that has the colour and feel that you fit the vibe of your room!
I was going to suggest the same, plaid with orange and green etc.
Why did I not see this comment sooner! Great tip 👍
@@sourdoughchocobo I have an old wool plaid that I use some years and old quilts that are kinda not fit for a bed but great for under a tree or folded on a shelf.
Oh and I even used burlap for a couple of prim trees.
Genuis! lol
Gorgeous ornaments! Love the vintage vibe. You should raise up the tree on a platform so it better fits the room since you have such tall ceilings now. I remember seeing that at malls (in the US) in the 70's and 80's where they had trees up on big blocks. Maybe give it a try?? You never know!
My jaw DROPPED when I saw the clip of Sanford & Son Vintage Market! I have a booth there! Thanks so much for visiting!! P.s the 400 market is only open on weekends but the antique mall attached to it is open all week! It’s located at the far right side of the building. Hope to see you back in this area again!
*Second comment because I think my first one was deleted because I mentioned my booth name
I've just sat down with a peppermint hot chocolate! Your timing is impeccable 😍🎄
Edit: love the nutcracker, he's giving festive Voldemort with his lack of nose. Also those light bulbs as decorations are 😍
no YOUR timing is impeccable
I'm 65. Been collecting all styles for many years. I have three tree that I swap out. One is a green traditional one is white and one is pink. One year I'll go whimsical one year glam and one year I'll go traditional. No need to use everything every year. It's fun changing it up every year
Yes! Me too! Almost same age as you, and every year my tree has a different vibe! We only have a green one….but would like a second one eventually (maybe flocked)…one year I put up all my dragonfly collection as ornaments! Btw, I loved the old lights in the beautiful mason jar! As is! I would use it as a decor piece on a table!
@thesorrygirls…..nice! Btw, to be safe, you can get battery operated candles to put up on your mantle! Way safer! I found some while thrifting too!!
Our 60’s tree WAS a silver aluminum tree with the color wheel. We went from real tree to the silver and we were IN LOVE. We thought it so fancy.
I love seeing Becky learn this style! Why do you guys not do videos together anymore? I do love the individual videos, but I miss you guys tackling videos together.
Was thinking the sane thing.
IIRC each month they do one together, and then the other three videos that month are individual
@@KelseyCodes i thought the same thing, but they haven’t been together in a video in 3 months since the diy hotel challenge with Kelsey and Becky. And before that it was a while too.
I suspect it’s partially because of Becky moving and not being in office every day. Their office is in Toronto, and based on the house tour and where Becky is thrifting in this one, I’m pretty confident she’s quite a ways out of the city now, so it’s not as convenient to go in to film videos together.
The thing with decorating anything is, just do you. When we are not confined by the need to fit into certain styles, we will find more joy and freedom into channeling our creativity and happiness through our creations. Just do what feels happy and right to you. Enjoy the process not to please other people's aesthetic standards but your's. Have a good holiday month y'all.
I feel like the tree really needed like a box or something under it to make it taller also I believe it's a decanter for Brandy
Wanted to add that point but wrote too much in my post!!! Hope she reads this!!!
I feel like it's too short too, but don't know a constructive way to say it without being bitchy- it makes the rest of the area seem more empty because it's too small
@@SherittaNesbitt I was a little worried it would come off bitchy too, but I think it would fill up the space better cause as is it seems rather short
Maybe a fun vintage milk or wood crate! Her ceilings are so amazing and tall that it makes sense to have the tree taller. 😄
@@SunnySensei exactly what I was thinking!!
I was born in the 50's. Most people I knew , including me, always had real trees. And, of course, icicles! Also, big colored lights with angel hair covering them to soften the glow.
Me too! We had Charlie Brown trees. Sometimes Dad would drill holes in the tree trunk and stick in branches. He'd cut down a big tree, use the top for our tree, put the rest in the wood pile. We had lots of Angel Hair and tinsel, the Nativities would be set up. The whole house glowed. My Mom and Dad were not people of means, but we had the happiest times. Merry Christmas, Gigi, and to everyone! God Bless 💖😇🌟👼👑🦁🐑🕊✝🙏💖🎄🎁🎅❄🐦💖
Same for my family! And popcorn garland a few times.
Question: what is Angel hair? The only kind I’m familiar with is pasta lol
@@nessazee I'm not sure if they sell it any more. It's a roll or package of folded, extremely fine, white "Angel Hair". It's silken and so pretty, it's laid on the tree and spread out like a veil. It's got nothing to do with pasta, lol!!! 🤣🤣🤣 😇❤✴🐏🐫🥁👼👑🕊🦁🐑✝🙏❤🎄🎁🎅🍬❤
Is that another name for tinsel?
I did a Scandinavian tree with vintage mercury glass bulbs & I think it still has the MCM vibe.
That sounds lovely 😊 ❤
I feel like you would appreciate the "true" retro tree - a green tree with multi colored lights, funky-shaped and bright colored mercury class ornaments and tinsel!
Becky, love how your Christmas decor is festive with out going overboard. Just the right amount of holiday touches. I honestly never thought to look at antique malls for decorations but the prices you stated are not bad at all! I love how much you guys stay true to reusing things! ♻️🌹♻️🌹
I literally rearrange my house every year for Christmas and it is never the same. I always try and center a tree in a window. Always use more than one tree. Love the orange glass ornaments!
We went through x-mad stuff ourselves with stringing popcorn for garlands around the tree. The ornaments were homemade citrus slices and apple slices and glitter pine cones and wax and dough ornaments. That was the 70s
I finally found my style which is moody maximalist. Dark walls, warm wood tones bright jewel tones a mix of furniture styles. Now I’m just trying to figure out how to make it Christmas!
Becky, you look especially radiant in today's video. Absolutely glowing ✨️
Glowing 🥰🙏
Is she expecting? She doesn’t look it but seems to be hiding her tummy area. Maybe I’m just imagining 🥰
I enjoy the series about this house SO MUCH I don't even know why. I mean yeah you guys are Literally my favorite channel but this is extra special for some reason? I keep coming back to them, I think i have watched each one of the videos at least three times. The house has such positive vibes?! Can't wait for what's to come!!!
Yes!! Me too ♥️ Love Becky and Austin's new home🤩 Can't get enough of it....
I love Becky’s personality, she’s super sweet and relatable! Love her content!
It’s like 1950’s-60’s-70’s Christmas with some Scandinavian touches which is literally all my Christmas decore. However all my wood is red and most of my ornaments are wood as well. I like the white & tan, it’s not my style but it’s cool to see the same thing have a different feel!
You totally scored with the amber glassware! `Woodsy retro` is how i see your style, but whatever you call it, it works beautifully in the house. I was born in 1950 and our tree was always a real one, my mum and dad were both very artsy (Dad an artist, mum a drama teacher) and they would never put a silver tree in their house! lol . We lived in England til I was 14 though so I don`t know if the trees were a North American thing or what. I remember having the birds with the clips though.
Looks fantastic, I love all the color. Just two suggestions, I think maybe the tree is a little short for the space. And I think it would look so cool if you make it look like the faux fireplace is coming out of the original flue pipe hole.
I’m still dreaming of the orange chair left behind in the antique store lol. Loving the pants, ornaments, yellow top and the vases as candle holders too ❤
Becky, love how you are always yourself...it makes the experience with you so coherent!!! Grateful you discovered you...can't ask for anything more!!! The outcome really felt shiny, coppery and earthy colored glass moments... YOU!!!! Bonus points... a perfect diy!!! Yay!!! A great time was had by all!!!
A few years ago I found a remnant of white net fabric and I use it as my tree skirt. It reminds me of snow around the base of the tree. This year, I added white twinkle lights underneath to give it a very festive feel.
Thrifting for decor is one of my favorite things. I love how everything turned out! So creative
Am I the only one who was thinking "a like 8 foot tree would look so good and really fill in that tree corner" but your tree is so cute and cozy and as long as it makes you happy to see it there that's all that matters, even if it doesn't match the rest of the decor perfectly!
She def needs a larger tree, she’s got the space now. It will also allow her to get the vibe across with out the over crowding of ornaments !
I haven't read the comments, but I'm a couple minutes in. Your outside space and part of the love of your house is so about nature. Get a big live tree and find the retro long silver, tinsel///upi thrift, you'll find them. I grew up with in the 60s. Merry Christmas!
Haha I think I'm "whatever this is"... I love when it looks like a rainbow threw up on my Christmas tree 😂🌈🎄
Just a note: this is the only channel I don’t skip the sponsored parts of the videos, because they actually work with the sorrygirls brand and are appropriate in the videos
Though I hope they do reassess their relationship with Thredup. There have been a lot of changes since the company went public, including how they treat their workers and reports of the potentially covering up bedbug infestations. It's been a huge bummer since I really loved shopping with them previously.🙁
@@llamaloop that’s sad to hear
The bottle is Jeannie’s home. Love the I Dream of Jeannie bottle.
Hey ladies! Just wanted to say I love y’all and have been watching your channel for yearsssssssssss, but…can you please try to prioritize closed captioning in the future? I feel that it would really help with inclusivity & accessibility, and I personally have a much better experience when there is high quality CC available. Thank you for considering this!
My interpretation of "retro" christmas style is sentimental items, multi-colour lights, and cheery/cozy touches. I lean more to the red, teal, orange, pink, and purple of the 40's and 50's.
I realized I love the grinch colors! The colors in the original movie are so intense💕💕🎄
You may need to build a block/cube to add height to your tree. It's a beautiful tree, but the ceilings are so high it looks a bit small.
That's what I was thinking. I was a kid and we had such a window the tree nearly went to the ceiling.
@@barefootmdn Yes - they have the space and it's a lovely tree.
Homey Comfort. I love how you put things together to give you this homey comfort feel.
We went & cut our own tree. Many self made ornaments & decorations.
Have fun & let it reflect you.
Ever consider choosing a "best memory" for the year as an inspiration to decorate a bauble? I think that would be interesting
The tree looks like what my grandma had been putting up for decades. I love trees that don't look perfect and coordinated but just have color and history to them
Absolutely loving your new house and the direction you're going. I'm a MCM girl too! 👍💙
I m a 60 s girl and your tree looks so original love the floating shelf with all it’s decorations 🎅❤️😄🇬🇧
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My holiday vibe is Charlie Brown tree....
My family always has a "Christmas tree spot" and we definitely keep it empty all year until November 😂
I absolutely need more “that 70’s house” videos like PRONTO! I love these so much - Becky your home is coming together beautifully & I am so here for watching you style it!
I really wanted to try a black and white gothmas tree this year but unfortunately got sick and can't afford to now. Hopefully I can give it a go next year. I like how your space turned out, it's lovely
okay so i haven't watched the video jet but i think what would fit ur house alot is working alot with like orange slices and real candels everywhere oh and cozy pillows and blankets that are like christmasy
I feel like the utilimate goal and hobbie for girls in this day and age is to find an aesthetic and push it as far as it can in all aspect of life haha
When videos of becky comes up I’m always waiting for her to announce what should we call her episode like kelsey does with making home 😌 sending love all the way from the philippines ♥️
The "vase" with the peg seems to be a carafe for liqueur. For a decanter the top part is way too narrow and a vase and a decanter don't need a peg :D
As a girl growing up in the 60's and 70's that retro vibe you showed with the silver aluminum trees was not the norm. My grandparents tree never looked like that. You need to research some other 60's Christmas decor. I love 60's retro Christmas -- but not aluminum trees.
Our late 60s/early 70s tree was green and HEAVILY flocked with that fake snow. Heaven help us all....
Well heavy flocking, aluminum trees were popular a neighbor had one. Not every style ages well lol. Do what speaks to your heart not what’s trendy
Yeah, my family never had a silver tree. I think the ornaments were more vintage - the bubble lights, etc.
I grew up during the 50s 60s and 70s, we never had a metal Christmas tree, it was always real or faux evergreen tree, but there was silver tinsel on it every year. By the way if you choose to put tinsel on your tree, it MUST be put on one strand at a time. Enjoy and have fun!
I sometimes use just a length of fabric for a tree skirt, especially when my color needs are not very Christmassy. Also a large basket might work, then with fake presents in the basket...the crock was a great idea, but not that particular one. I had a cast iron antique stand (for a real tree) that I loved, but it was very heavy (no kidding) and never really worked for the fake tree. It is now a kindling holder outside.
I'm not sure if that tree is big enough for the new house, like you have vaulted ceilings! You totally have the space for a BIG tree
I thought that the vintage bulbs looked great just in the jar!
But not sure that would have matched the vibe, I guess.
The mantle is amazing!🤩
I love the retro amber bottles! Those will look perfect in your home all year long.
only becky can make something like christmas decor be so unique and fun and such a vibe. i love it
Fun seeing you drive around like 10 minutes from where I live ☺️
I loooooove this style, I think i would still call it retro/traditional. My great aunt has my favourite tree ever and all her decorations velonged to my great grandma and they are all like those colourful glass bulbs, drops, mushrooms and birds. The house is looking so pretty 🥹
We just keep our tree up all year long 😁😆 we call the front room it’s in “the white room” cause everything’s obviously whites & creams, essentially it’s used as a movie room and its EVERYONES favorite room in the house cause its sooo peaceful. We have the lights on the tree connected to a light switch too 🤭
Some of the retro 70's is ice cycles, drop bulbs, little bulbs that had like star things on the front for middle of the tree. BUBBLE BULBS and twinkle lights multi colors, beaded garland, or tinsel garland, folded paper stars or bells, just a few things. Always, candy cane and chocolate Santas that hung on the tree. Ice Cycles made out of strands of thin long thin tin foils strips called ice cycles. Peace!
a good hack for Christmas tree-skirts is cutting a thick card board into a cone the size of the tree skirt then cut a slit to be able to wrap the card board around the tree add stick on velcro to secure it shut and the skirt on to the card board keeps the skirt in place and it won't wrinkles :)
That bumpy amber bottle is an Empoli italian "genie" decanter. See if you can find the stopper online, they're beautiful.
Yes! I was coming here to say this. I collect them.
And honestly as a vintage buff and dealer, $40 for that amber pedestal decanter is such a steal. It would look amazing on a bar/bar cart once the holidays are over 😊.
Your home is coming together in such a lovely way! Love this series and how high-end everything feels. Becky knows her interior design and has elevated her game!
Hi, I'm not positive but think that top belongs on the larger vase x
I bet your holiday style is SCANDI
We never hurry with christmas decorations. We decorate our home, treee and nativiti scene just a week or even a few days before Christmas and have it till February the 2nd. I never can stand the silver, white, black, purple christmas trees.
We have our blue spruce in a pot and decorated with gingerbread cookies, imagine the smell ;)
I would say you have a "retro inspired aclectic" style.
No that silver tree retro style does not fit your house at all. I grew up in the 1970s.. we had a green tree.. but the tree decorations were colourful, fun and we used tinsel and trailing tinsel icicles. I don't know anyone who had those silver tinsel types of trees ..maybe that was "American retro style".. it definitely wasn't used in the UK.
I have a traditional tree.. green tree, gold and red balls and handmade wooden ornaments as the base decor. Then lots of tree decor I have collected on my world travels and some original 1960s and 1970s tree decor my mum gave me when I left home to "start me off" or I was give in the 1970s from my Great Gran. My kids love the travel and old decor. My youngest loves the blush pink swan and gold cat and my oldest loves the gold bird. I love a little 1960s father Christmas. ... oh yeh.. and all the folding paper decorations that are popular this year .. they are also from the 1960s.. I have a 50cm high snowman and 40cm high carol singer from the 1960s.. my kids have them in their bedrooms.
You have to move/remove furniture to make space for the tree. Use a fluffy blanket as a tree skirt .. duel use!
Ps. Why did you make the mantle ON THE WALL?.. it would have been much easier to make it first and then install it on the wall!
I'd call this upscale bo-ho. The vintage ornaments are just right. Here is an idea to use the ornament box for decor: take a photo of the box with the ornaments inside, then attach the photo to the inside of the cover, hang the ornaments as usual, display the boxes together in a basket or other suitable display vehicle, drape some garland, beads, you know how Becky. I really like your use of old light bulbs for ornaments. I may put some in a jar simply for the aesthetic. Idk what you're doing, but Becky, you are looking so lovely. And that husband of yours, Austin, he's the best (all right, he has his moments, but...). Don't get me started on the sweet, beautiful Danny. Those eyes make me all melty. I want to hug him and give him some love. Truly an enjoyable video today. Thanks. Merry Christmas, God Bless 💖😇🌟👼👑🦁🐑🕊✝🙏💖🎄🎁❄🐦🎅🎄💖
Becky, I love your decor. It makes me so nostalgic. Usualy I don't like retro decor because it feels so kitschy. But you do it so tastefully it just seems natlural and comfy just like what I grew up with. 😁❤
I move two tall plant shelves that live in front of a large window for 10.5 months, so the tree can be enjoyed from both the outside as well as our living room. As for the Christmas theme throughout the apartment I don't really have one, but all the decor is gold, royal blue and purple. The decor is a mixture of vintage, thrifted, things from January sales and my mother. We'll be hosting Christmas day for the 3rd time and I'm already stressed, but all the cold drinks make the day go faster in the heat. Just decorate for Christmas and enjoy.
Becky, I love everything about your vibe. Maybe it's because I'm a fellow Taurus, but you are just delightful. Thank you for following your heart and instincts and giving us such amazing content in an all too stressful world. These videos are my escape and I just appreciate the heck out of you, and I wish nothing but good things for you, and Austin and Danny. Keep pursuing your bliss and thank you for sharing with us. Also, my boyfriend just watches me decorate the tree as well. Lol
Surprised you didn’t DIY some mercury glass ornaments. Totally suits the vibe.
I just want to tell everyone, that I did turn of the breaker but a few days ago... My husband meanwhile (dont know why bcs there is no relevant reason) turned it on... And now I went put on switchet and find out. So stupid I am. Check it EVERY SINGLE TIME. Do not be stupid as I am.
Ps: obviously I am ok and nothing happend but might... And I am singing Kelsey's song since :D
I was so hoping you were going to do tinsel!! I love a good vintage tinsel filled tree
Yes!! Tinsel!!
Loooove the amber orange. I think the nutcracker could use some TLC to make him even more 70s :) Also love that for autumn decor at the old house you went colourful, and here you're going more simple (and orange!). the orange just plays so well with the palette of your house/surroundings. merry christmas!!!!
i think the glass 21:05 you love was made for like brandy or bourbon
The antique roadshow you went to is 7 days a week I used to live in innisfil and get my records for there and it's the first time I'm seeing you in my area I used to live in Barrie too
Your amber glass vase looks like a bong!
Becky: "I can't wait to not be surrounded by boxes of things"
Me, seven years after buying my apartment, still semi-surrounded by boxes of things: 👀👀👀
😉Hide your boxes in plain sight. Make a skirted table in your entryway, hall, behind your sofa, or in some other nook. Depending upon your space, you could go from 29-36" height, 35-84" width, 12-15" depth with your stacked storage boxes📦.
😊 Best if your boxes are uniformly shaped, but you can stack them jinga style to fit a specific spot too. Rectangle bins work better where you place the longer side against the wall. Use a curtain panel, sheet, table cloth, or quilt that suits your decor as a skirt to conceal boxes. Use 🧷 or shipping tape to corral excess fabric discreetly in the back. Top with larger glass/mirror tiles, rattan/woven/stick placemats, table runner, or timber planks (stained &/or painted to match decor). Dress or merchandise top as you would a mantle or console.
📨ps For easy retrieval, number your boxes in marker on one short & long end that can face out. That way you could 👀read them from the front & sides. Create a computer legend or journal detailing contents. Make notes of what you add or remove. Great option for ❄️seasonal or 🎄 holiday gear.
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Oh my goodness your tree is so little. This year for the first time me and my boyfriend made the decision to invest into a nice fake tree to use from now on. This is the first year we have had a full sized tree together since we moved into our first home at the beginning of the year. We have a beautiful 9 foot huge tree. I started decorating and then got the flu and haven’t been able to finish. This is giving me the motivation to finish😂😂
I think the victorian Christmas vibe would be PERFECT. It’s full and it’s so easy to make your own.
I think the orange floral blanket with white tassels at the first shop could have worked well as a retro tree skirt. I like the colour scheme you’ve gone for - burnt orange / amber is one of my favourites
The white furry rugs you placed by your fireplace would look good wrapped around your tree. Love the vibe you landed on. Looks cozy!
20:47 - I can’t help but notice that your new vases would make gorgeous bongs ❤
I feel like Thred up's pricing is more like regular brand shops on sale. Prices around 80 dollars for a jumper are far from being second hand or thrift shop prices.
I grew up with my mom's 70's Christmas decorations. She was married in 1972. She told me her tree was all gold. She had a sparse-style fake tree. All gold lights with a really cool faceted cover on them. Satin thread-wrapped balls. Later, she added a red satin ball and bows to the gold ornaments when my dad grew tired of the monochromatic tree. It was simple but really pretty.
My holiday decorating is so minimal. I let my toddlers decorate the tree. So the top half is bare lol (I love it) and they love it
How about a regular treee with tinsel?
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Loved our silver tree we had it in a south facing window in Niagara region Ontario. It was a Mylar like foil. The glass ornaments looked amazing in the sunlight. We also had real trees but in a large pot. We would plant it in the spring. My parents home still has a few of them growing and they are BIG lol
Oh gosh Becky, I feel like you captured a lot of good vibes, I grew up with a lot of 70's things, and our Christmas tree had glass ornaments that had cool shapes and great colors, we also had ice cicles that my mom and I would put on the branches every year, we also had garlands that were made out of beads that wrapped around the tree. I still have a lot of those older ornaments and I also gave my daughter and son in law and grand kids some of the older ornaments because I wanted my daughter to enjoy those ornaments that were her grandparents. I also remember that the tree skirt that my parents had was made from felt and had some decor onround it that my mom made from beads and sequens I still have those they are just no longer attatched to the tree skirt that wore out. Thanks for a really fun video that I loved watching, Merry Christmas to you, Austin and cute Danny, stay safe and happy, sending love and hugs, bye!! 🥰💚🌺❄☃🎄
I feel like we're getting a sneak peak of some future episodes while watching this decorating. Probably not, but I was still taking in the living room greedily, lolol
I think that adding Christmas tree candles would definitely make it look retro!
YOU are "Organic Retro".
Having been a totally alive-to-style teen in the 60's (12 in 1964 - Beatles, yeah, 1967, 1968 (civil unrest, police at Dem convention, Vietnam War protests, 1969 Summer of Love).
I NEVER liked the 60's styling -- tthe neon colors, the plastic, the aluminum trees, the hot pink, cyan, cheap-looking stuff, even flamingoes bugged me).
Your love of certain plaids TOTALLY reminds me of the bell-line skirts my mom made me out of synthetic, bright-hued tartans and plaids. Checkered-plaids, very much. Dark grounded fabric w tiny posies of flowers like tiny forget-me-nots all over it. Purple patent leather orthopedic "old-lady" shoes w 2-1/2" chunky heels -- my signature, Danskin tights of EVERY COLOR. Merged into...carried over + into...
The 70's. "Norwegian Wood" vibe. Chestnut brown suede, olive green suede, oatmeal toned ceramic dishware, anything suede.
Birch plywood, brass from India, engraved, big bangley earrings, all kinds of jewelry from India, World Market anything.
The smell of carved wood furniture from the Balkans + the Middle East, sheepskin coats, goatskin coats (they STANK) imported, everything imported.
Embroidered chambray shirts, skirts, dresses,
Aussie sheep- + goatherder hats + dusters. Real blue jeans, Woody Guthrie, Jefferson Airplane. THAT was all my style.
I'm totally a 60s tinsel tree guy but I can totally see why people don't dig that super manmade aesthetic at the holidays. Woodsy/antique makes perfect sense for Becky's place IMO! Looking forward to seeing more
Your tree needs tinsel to give the " vintage feel" lol. My mom made us put every strand on individually
Here in The Netherlands 🇳🇱 we didn't really sell fake Christmas trees in the 60s/70s. My Parents (b.1931/b.1933) always had a real tree. "Our" Christmas decoration style slowly chanded over their 50+ year marriage. As a small child, in 1976, I still remember we had real Christmas candles in our real tree (with my Dad and and a bucket of sand next to it - if the tree should accidentally go up in flames!!).
That was, till real trees (even tiny ones) got sooo expensive, at the end of the 80s. So that's when we invested in a, German bought, small fake one in 1989. Which served my elderly Parents till they both passed away in 2019. I still have some of their most cherished real glass tree ornaments from the 60s, that I display (I don't have a Christmas tree: because of storage room issues). Decorating Christmas trees is such a personal thing: when it comes to the style choice. ✌🏻☺️🇳🇱
That looks amazing! I've been wanting to do a retro-Christmas with my Grandparents Christmas decor for years now, but sadly that wasn't passed down to me (& my Grandma had so much amazing stuff, quilted ornaments and window candles, candy cane and dots garland, so much wonderful stuff!) I think you need some retro, light-up stars in your windows!! (Yes?...Maybe?...)
Hated those 😱 white go go Boots and I still was never a fan ; makes the feet look oddly misshapen & Huge
So much nicer look with darker boots..
Love the top 💝and the Leather pants
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