My dad was meticulous at winding the lights around a piece of cardboard. But the thing I remembered was when they came out of the box they were a tangled mess. One of my fondest memories is of dad and I sitting in the middle of hundreds of lights, untangling and testing each light individually (.yes, I’m feeling old) if a strand didn’t work. It wasn’t until years after my dad died that I realised he must have purposely tangled the lights so that we spent time untangling them together. I remember sobbing when I realised that I’d been conned and the reason behind it. I miss my dad so much.
I had a “Charlie Brown” tree when I was stationed in Japan. My middle brother was also stationed there at the time. I smuggled him into my room (no men allowed) and we sat up all night talking by the lights from that “Charlie Brown” tree. It’s still one of my favorite Christmas memories.
I so enjoyed this video ….actually laughed so hard I snorted over the Charlie Brown tree light cut, the ornament falling and the garland sliding slowly down the stairwell. Truly a reality decorating session! Thanks for the giggle
Fun fact, I believe the candle stick holder you picked up before hand is one that would be used on boats. It tips back and forth so it can move with the swells👍
Dani I really appreciate the fact you left your struggles for us to see. So many times we are only given perceptions of perfection which isn't real life. I love watching your channel. It inspires. I loved all the twinkle lighting you did. And the minimal tree.
My cat is named Batman and of I have a shirt and pants 😼 Love the Xmas decorations so cozy. I need the dog candle and loved the black and gold. Your awesome 🌈☃️
That burlap deer Winston looks like a mummy. It reminds me of finding really cool dryrotted old toys in my grandmother's attic. I'm not trying to be mean. It is a really cool country/vintage aesthetic that works with your dark moody scheme. We go more kitchy, traditional Wal-Marty Christmas in my house, but we have a foam skull that somehow missed the Halloween bin in October and stuck around at Christmas the first year in our new house. He has a Santa hat now and gets mounted on the banister end each Christmas. His name is Morbid Marley.
By popular demand - the batman sweater I am wearing is from a brand called Merchoid. I don't think they sell the one I am wearing anymore BUT they have tons of new options in the same style!! GO NOW! www.merchoid.com/ ALSO - The tree lights I used are from Home Hardware.- www.homehardware.ca/en/1000-led-warm-white-8-function-rice-light-set/p/5645872
I have a great aunt who does not like to light and decorate her tree every year. She used wire to tie her ornaments to her "fake" tree. She uses a timer for the lights. When the season is over, she sets the tree in a huge leaf trash bag, pulls another one over the top, then tapes the middle together. The whole thing goes stored in her garage, lol. I have another friend who keeps the light strands on each tree section. Unplugs each section before taking it apart, then stores the lighted sections.
Dear Danie Just want to wishyou and your hubby a Happy Holiday full of Health and a lot of Love , Happiness so happy you .... I love all your diys....Take career
Danie, everything looks so magical! You truly stayed true to your mood board! I love every detail, but that butler candle stick is everything! I have thrifted, collected over the years, received as gifts and purchased my Christmas decorations. But this year I redid how I always did my decorations and just reused, repurposed everything I used to use. And I’m so glad I did, for the first time in a long time, I feel my room is magical. I added a lot of fairy lights to almost every space I could! Thank you for sharing your absolutely beautiful, magical Christmas decorations!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the edits! The DIY DANIE that was perfectly combined with the Christmas music, the sassy little comments on the "minimal Christmas tree", yesss
Yes! That reminded me of a super quirky museum I came across in Nebraska in the states. There is a Pulley museum in Crofton, NE. Its in an old building also used as a reception and event space.
I'm obsessed with your home and your content! I feel like your aesthetic is so different from other diyers on here and I'm grateful for the inspo! My partner and I are Canadian millennials who bought our first home last year and we've been so stuck on how to make our house our own home (on this day actually! It's our housaversary!) and your style suits our vibe so much. Thank you for being you!
Everything is really beautiful and if anyone that comes to your home is not in the Christmas spirit, after walking in that beautiful kitchen and living room they will be. It's a special room. There is a feel to the rooms, like from 100 yrs ago feeling. Sorry, can't explain what I'm trying to describe. Now, my favorite part is the little Christmas tree. Plus the part where you cut the lights, lol. The tree makes me feel like when I was a child all excited on Christmas Eve waiting to open my presents. Plus watching cartoons on Christmas day. Love every part of this video Danie, you have amazing talent to create anything your mind can think of. ❤❤❤
When you pause to screenshot over and over again. Then you know its beyond good. It looks MAGICAL! So personal, special and super cozy. I absolutely love your home, Danie. Happy Holidays from Sweden! 🌲 🇸🇪 🎄 🇺🇸 🌲
This is hands down the best christmas decor/set up ive seen yet. You always find the BEST thrifted items! I don’t know how you do it. And you’re right, going $30 over budget was worth it.
Danie EVERYTHING you touch turns into MAGIC and you Christmas 🎄 decor is over the top! Both rooms are perfect for the Holidays, Sipping Eggnog, celebrating with friends and loved ones.
Love the classic colour scheme. So elegant. The peanuts tree is my favourite decoration and the crocodile nutcracker is my fave thrift find. Great video. Thank you!
I love the set! It’s motivating to see you install all this, almost easily ! Impressed by the lantern painted black with the golden touch. I also like the living room to be less crowded.
I love how your house turned out. Festive but not too much. I do think that Winston deserves some holiday bling. At least a plaid scarf and maybe some antler jewelry. The shelf behind your table came out perfect. It is beautiful and my favorite.
Danie, everything was wonderful! You are so incredibly awesome. Such an inspiration for DIY and decor. Your home looks so happy and filled with joy. Hope you have a beautiful holiday!
Oh my God,your kitchen looks like a painting!I wish I could come down to make my morning coffee to this dreamy setting..!(AND having real snow out the window? Come on!) Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!😍😍😍
Hooray! Winston is back! 😻😻 😻It‘s so good to see he hasn’t changed! 😂😂😂 Everything turned out beautiful,as always, and matches wonderfully with the items from last year! I still love the houses! So beautiful! 😻😻
Why does a Christmas sweater looks so good on Danie? She’s the batgirl of DIY. Saturday is my favorite DIY day. I just decorate my living room now I’m rethinking it. I love the Charlie Brown tree!!
I've always thought it would look pretty to spray paint pine cones metallic to match whatever (gold, silver, bronze) for the tree as decorations. And my trees always have holly berries and cardinals...
As Always; Your Halorious if that'd happened to Me I'd Gone Back to Bed or Sat Down watched TV and did it tomorrow Instead... But, You Go Girl...You Rock... You fixed it & Made Your House Awesome !!!! Merry Xmas, Dania Love ❤️❤️❤️❤️ To You & Yours Great Video Share
My favourite parts were all the little accidents along the way; cut the lights, dropped garland a few times trying to adjust. Made me chuckle because it reminded me of all my misadventures decorating for Christmas 🎅. None the less, everything looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing your home and have a wonderful Christmas.🌲❤️
Not only are you amazing at DIY, but your comedy is absolutely hilarious, so inspiring that you don’t have to spend a fortune to make Christmas magical Love Lesley England xx
Could not love your finished decorations more!! 🥰 dark,moody,quirky and so christmassy!! Especially love the little dog dude and had to give a mention to kenobi’s trench 😂 kenobi,as always,is adorable!! And that batman sweater,geektastic 🦇
I laughed so much when you cut the lights cable 🤣 really you made my day. Your energy and personality just makes everything you touch magical!. The space looks beautiful and I LOVED your thrift finds.😍💖 Happy Holidays!!
That dog candle holder, so goodd!! You are the first person on you-tube that matches my taste to a tee. It's moody/still pretty/ but always personalized with something, either dorky/nerdy. I'm here for it!
I love everything!! I'm a dedicated thrifter! 75% of my decorations I have used year after year, have been thrifted. When something goes totally out of style, tear it apart and use it just as you did. Love your eye for "the peace and joy" of it all!! Thanks for sharing!
Love the dining table with decor best! Looks so inviting. Also, your joy at putting up the lights on that pulley! :) Lots of great thrift finds and yeah, it would be hard to stay on budget! I have those Ikea lanterns and have wanted to paint them. Had no idea the glass part can be taken out. I will go for antique gold. The two deer on your "mantle" - really like them!
What great thrifted finds! the butler dog candle holder is probably my favorite. Winston makes a statement from across the room-- the lights do make it magical!
I'm an avid thrifter and cheapskate, My suggestion is keep an eye out for decor year round. When you see it buy it. I like the string of lights on the block & tackle.
♥️😂♥️😊 I come for the beautiful genius ideas in your brain.... I stay for the "Later me problems" ♥️😂♥️😊
My dad was meticulous at winding the lights around a piece of cardboard. But the thing I remembered was when they came out of the box they were a tangled mess. One of my fondest memories is of dad and I sitting in the middle of hundreds of lights, untangling and testing each light individually (.yes, I’m feeling old) if a strand didn’t work. It wasn’t until years after my dad died that I realised he must have purposely tangled the lights so that we spent time untangling them together. I remember sobbing when I realised that I’d been conned and the reason behind it. I miss my dad so much.
Oh the laughter when the lights got cut 🤣🤣🤣 feel like Grinch now..
Why does this give me the shire at Christmas time? 😍
Beautiful! I love the way Winston teases you! ;)
That into is so precious aaaah Kenobi is so precious 🥰
I had a “Charlie Brown” tree when I was stationed in Japan. My middle brother was also stationed there at the time. I smuggled him into my room (no men allowed) and we sat up all night talking by the lights from that “Charlie Brown” tree. It’s still one of my favorite Christmas memories.
That's... that's so sweet T-T
I so enjoyed this video ….actually laughed so hard I snorted over the Charlie Brown tree light cut, the ornament falling and the garland sliding slowly down the stairwell. Truly a reality decorating session! Thanks for the giggle
Yes I agree. Also pleased that not everything goes right the first time but Danie is not afraid to show that.
Fun fact, I believe the candle stick holder you picked up before hand is one that would be used on boats. It tips back and forth so it can move with the swells👍
Dani I really appreciate the fact you left your struggles for us to see. So many times we are only given perceptions of perfection which isn't real life. I love watching your channel. It inspires. I loved all the twinkle lighting you did. And the minimal tree.
I feel like a kid again. Excited to wake up Saturday mornings to see what Danie posted today!! Love the sweater!
Ahh thanks Jamie! xo
Happy holidays yall 🎅🌲❤💚
My Saturday morning routine is to watch you and Alexandra. It's my absolute favorite! 💕
That's a great line up! 💜
Same!! 🥰 love my Saturday mornings.
Add Laugh, Cry, DIY to your lineup! She is absolutely hilarious.
OMG 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 I was hysterical when I seen that face, so funny, love your vidios dani and your sence of humour💕
My cat is named Batman and of I have a shirt and pants 😼 Love the Xmas decorations so cozy. I need the dog candle and loved the black and gold. Your awesome 🌈☃️
Hahahahaha...Kenobi's trench? Love it Editor...gave me a good chuckle ❤💚💜💙💙
yassss at the taylor swift reference
It looks amazing. I love it.♥️♥️♥️ Oh man you cracked me up when the garland slid down the stairs. Lmao 🤣
Just lovely. Sorry but I did chuckle when you cut the lights...luv the Charlie Brown tree.
That burlap deer Winston looks like a mummy. It reminds me of finding really cool dryrotted old toys in my grandmother's attic. I'm not trying to be mean. It is a really cool country/vintage aesthetic that works with your dark moody scheme. We go more kitchy, traditional Wal-Marty Christmas in my house, but we have a foam skull that somehow missed the Halloween bin in October and stuck around at Christmas the first year in our new house. He has a Santa hat now and gets mounted on the banister end each Christmas. His name is Morbid Marley.
Saturday morning routine, get coffee and watch my diy 👑!!!
YASS - save me a cup will ya?!
By popular demand - the batman sweater I am wearing is from a brand called Merchoid. I don't think they sell the one I am wearing anymore BUT they have tons of new options in the same style!! GO NOW! www.merchoid.com/
ALSO - The tree lights I used are from Home Hardware.- www.homehardware.ca/en/1000-led-warm-white-8-function-rice-light-set/p/5645872
I have a great aunt who does not like to light and decorate her tree every year. She used wire to tie her ornaments to her "fake" tree. She uses a timer for the lights. When the season is over, she sets the tree in a huge leaf trash bag, pulls another one over the top, then tapes the middle together. The whole thing goes stored in her garage, lol. I have another friend who keeps the light strands on each tree section. Unplugs each section before taking it apart, then stores the lighted sections.
Can you link your christmas tree lights? I love them and want them for my tree.
I have that exact one... :D
Haha that SWEATER is fabulous.💋
Dani, thanks for putting the link in.
Dear Danie
Just want to wishyou and your hubby a Happy Holiday full of Health and a lot of Love , Happiness so happy you .... I love all your diys....Take career
I enjoy so much your videos, Danie, thanks for bringing joy into my life! Cheers from Mexico 🇲🇽
Danie, everything looks so magical! You truly stayed true to your mood board!
I love every detail, but that butler candle stick is everything!
I have thrifted, collected over the years, received as gifts and purchased my Christmas decorations.
But this year I redid how I always did my decorations and just reused, repurposed everything I used to use. And I’m so glad I did, for the first time in a long time, I feel my room is magical. I added a lot of fairy lights to almost every space I could!
Thank you for sharing your absolutely beautiful, magical Christmas decorations!
I honestly laugh out loud at the light interrumption of the peanuts tree and at the stairs garland. Sorry. Everything is beautiful.
Love this look 😍.
The music choice is fantastic!!!
I peep the Ten Hundred sticker 😎😎
I like the smarty mouth deer, "I can make fun of you from here, too." LOL! Great thrifting finds. The brass bell wind chime is the best.
I love seeing your dog 🐕 in the videos - adorable how he wants to hug you and be with you 🥰
LOVE LOVE LOVE the edits! The DIY DANIE that was perfectly combined with the Christmas music, the sassy little comments on the "minimal Christmas tree", yesss
Those pulleys! 💕💕 I love the moody look against the greenery and wood. Well done! 👏👏
Yes! That reminded me of a super quirky museum I came across in Nebraska in the states. There is a Pulley museum in Crofton, NE. Its in an old building also used as a reception and event space.
I'm obsessed with your home and your content! I feel like your aesthetic is so different from other diyers on here and I'm grateful for the inspo! My partner and I are Canadian millennials who bought our first home last year and we've been so stuck on how to make our house our own home (on this day actually! It's our housaversary!) and your style suits our vibe so much. Thank you for being you!
Everything is really beautiful and if anyone that comes to your home is not in the Christmas spirit, after walking in that beautiful kitchen and living room they will be. It's a special room. There is a feel to the rooms, like from 100 yrs ago feeling. Sorry, can't explain what I'm trying to describe. Now, my favorite part is the little Christmas tree. Plus the part where you cut the lights, lol. The tree makes me feel like when I was a child all excited on Christmas Eve waiting to open my presents. Plus watching cartoons on Christmas day. Love every part of this video Danie, you have amazing talent to create anything your mind can think of. ❤❤❤
The lights on the pulleys blew my mind! What a unique to decorate. Everything looked so magical!
So cozy! Laughed so hard when you cut the light in the little tree so thank you for that😂😘
I adore the bulldog candle stick. He needs a name. My suggestion is Sebastián ❣
When you pause to screenshot over and over again. Then you know its beyond good. It looks MAGICAL! So personal, special and super cozy. I absolutely love your home, Danie.
Happy Holidays from Sweden!
🌲 🇸🇪 🎄 🇺🇸 🌲
So great and LOVE Winston the smartass!😂
oh my goodness! The decorations turned out beautiful! What stood out to me we're all the lights and candles. Absolutely beautiful.
I adore the icicle lights on the beams. They add so much whimsy.
Sometimes as you are working on items I think…oh my…where is this going….and then when all put together it’s a wow! Love it all!
literally my life in a nutshell LOL
Those pulleys made to look like the lights are coming from them. What an idea! Love love love.
The batman sweater was pretty cool! It reminded me of the sweaters I wore as an 80's kid. The house looks magical!
This is hands down the best christmas decor/set up ive seen yet. You always find the BEST thrifted items! I don’t know how you do it. And you’re right, going $30 over budget was worth it.
I had to sneeze at the exact moment that creepy face came on fb market place. I had a laugh sneeze!!
Danie EVERYTHING you touch turns into MAGIC and you Christmas 🎄 decor is over the top! Both rooms are perfect for the Holidays, Sipping Eggnog, celebrating with friends and loved ones.
The kitchen is really my favorite room. I love the accumulation of lights (christmas lights are my favorites)
Love the classic colour scheme. So elegant. The peanuts tree is my favourite decoration and the crocodile nutcracker is my fave thrift find. Great video. Thank you!
Love how twinkle twinkle lights makes it so beautiful and cozy Christmas 🎄. Love thrifty Christmas 🎄
Looks beautiful and cozy. Love that you always thrift and show how to decorate and renovate for any budget.
Everything was wonderful but the pulleys with lights wrapped around them were my favorites!! I love this moody look!!!!
I love the set! It’s motivating to see you install all this, almost easily ! Impressed by the lantern painted black with the golden touch. I also like the living room to be less crowded.
“Go lie down now,”
Dog continues to stand there. 💕
You put me in a such good mood. Thank you. I was having a rough few days or may I say 2 weeks. Thank you🤗🤗🤗
I love how your house turned out. Festive but not too much. I do think that Winston deserves some holiday bling. At least a plaid scarf and maybe some antler jewelry. The shelf behind your table came out perfect. It is beautiful and my favorite.
What a complete joy! I love the work you do and message you bring. Such a fun episode. Thank you Danie!
Danie, everything was wonderful! You are so incredibly awesome. Such an inspiration for DIY and decor. Your home looks so happy and filled with joy. Hope you have a beautiful holiday!
It's just enchanting it's has the traditional magic that Christmas should be I love it 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely beautiful. I just love your videos, you're so real and down to earth....and funny. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Jennifer! ♥️
I just bought that same taper holder today. It's a nautical candle holder. It stays upright as the boat sways. Thought it was kind of unique.
Twinkle lights and candlelight - so magical! You nailed it!
Oh my God,your kitchen looks like a painting!I wish I could come down to make my morning coffee to this dreamy setting..!(AND having real snow out the window? Come on!) Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!😍😍😍
YES MOODY (XMAS) YULE!! It's so refreshing to see not the usual kitsch or scandi holiday decor.
Oh this is just beautiful. The dining area is just perfection.
Hooray! Winston is back! 😻😻 😻It‘s so good to see he hasn’t changed! 😂😂😂 Everything turned out beautiful,as always, and matches wonderfully with the items from last year! I still love the houses! So beautiful! 😻😻
I love seeing you take multiple items that don't match and making them fit your vibe
Why does a Christmas sweater looks so good on Danie? She’s the batgirl of DIY. Saturday is my favorite DIY day. I just decorate my living room now I’m rethinking it. I love the Charlie Brown tree!!
ha! Batman and I have a long standing love affair - that must be it!
I love everuthing you did here! The dog candleholder is my favourite and the part where you cut the lights. And John Wayne, WOW!
Your home looks so warm and welcoming - so Christmasy.
I've always thought it would look pretty to spray paint pine cones metallic to match whatever (gold, silver, bronze) for the tree as decorations. And my trees always have holly berries and cardinals...
You totally achieved your desire of the Moody dark beautiful holiday look
Your thrift finds are so charming and quirky! I love the bell, the bulldog, and the nutcracker all so much!
Love your moody vibe! And I love all the lights. Everything looks so festive and beautiful!!
As Always; Your Halorious if that'd happened to Me I'd Gone Back to Bed or Sat Down watched TV and did it tomorrow Instead... But, You Go Girl...You Rock... You fixed it & Made Your House Awesome !!!! Merry Xmas, Dania Love ❤️❤️❤️❤️ To You & Yours Great Video Share
I love the bull dog candle and the lights on the pulley. You home really does look magical. Enjoy the season.
My favourite parts were all the little accidents along the way; cut the lights, dropped garland a few times trying to adjust. Made me chuckle because it reminded me of all my misadventures decorating for Christmas 🎅. None the less, everything looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing your home and have a wonderful Christmas.🌲❤️
Not only are you amazing at DIY, but your comedy is absolutely hilarious, so inspiring that you don’t have to spend a fortune to make Christmas magical Love Lesley England xx
Totally agree. Loved it all but best of all was the Alligator Nut Cracker- what a great find!
Could not love your finished decorations more!! 🥰 dark,moody,quirky and so christmassy!! Especially love the little dog dude and had to give a mention to kenobi’s trench 😂 kenobi,as always,is adorable!! And that batman sweater,geektastic 🦇
I am so in love with the moody Christmas feel💕💕
I laughed so much when you cut the lights cable 🤣 really you made my day. Your energy and personality just makes everything you touch magical!. The space looks beautiful and I LOVED your thrift finds.😍💖 Happy Holidays!!
Love all the greenery on the mantle, stairs and shelves 👍🥰👏
Love the dog butler candle stick holder, and all the pulleys with twinkle lights
I drool over your home on the regular buy this ...wow...*chefs kiss*
Love the lights around the pulley especially! Genius!!!
Your home is so beautiful and it look like your energy through and through. Well done. Enjoy your lovely life!
That dog candle holder, so goodd!! You are the first person on you-tube that matches my taste to a tee. It's moody/still pretty/ but always personalized with something, either dorky/nerdy. I'm here for it!
Yay, the Return of Winston! What a magical holiday wonderland you've created!!! ❇❇❇❇❇
This is HANDS DOWN the best decorate for Christmas with me episode I've seen...I think this year or at all. Great job!
So awesome! Love the colors & the character of all the thrifted items. Spray paint is so transformative. Happy Holidays!
Love it! Looks fabulous!
I also love the expression on your face when something doesn't go as planned. Thanks for leaving those parts in. 😊
I liked it all but the Peanuts Tree and the spray painted lanterns are my favourite.
Very festive and fun! Love the icicle lights used indoors.❤🎄
I love everything!! I'm a dedicated thrifter! 75% of my decorations I have used year after year, have been thrifted. When something goes totally out of style, tear it apart and use it just as you did. Love your eye for "the peace and joy" of it all!! Thanks for sharing!
Love the dining table with decor best! Looks so inviting. Also, your joy at putting up the lights on that pulley! :) Lots of great thrift finds and yeah, it would be hard to stay on budget! I have those Ikea lanterns and have wanted to paint them. Had no idea the glass part can be taken out. I will go for antique gold. The two deer on your "mantle" - really like them!
Beautiful, I love the pulleys that you ran the lights through!! Very unique!! 👏🏻👏🏻
What great thrifted finds! the butler dog candle holder is probably my favorite. Winston makes a statement from across the room-- the lights do make it magical!
It’s wonderful!🎄
It was nice to see Winston again!
Love LOVE that Harry Potter bomber jacket and the Aldo bag, and the gap tee. 🥰🥰
My favorite, you cutting through the light string! So good 👍
I'm an avid thrifter and cheapskate, My suggestion is keep an eye out for decor year round. When you see it buy it. I like the string of lights on the block & tackle.