Wood Gingerbread House Decorations

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This year I’m all about simple Christmas decorating

So far, anyway…

Mr. Redoux has almost finished the wood floor in the living room!

So we’ll see if I still keep it simple once that room is ‘done’

But for now, I’m just adding little touches of Christmas

In the spaces where I can

Yesterday I got the idea to make faux gingerbread houses

And I had so much fun with these!

I started with a 2x8 and a 2x6 board we already had in the garage

Then I made some templates of the shapes and sizes I wanted my houses to be

I used the exact width of the boards for my widths

I traced the shapes onto the boards

And I cut them out

We used a miter saw

But you could use a skill saw or a jigsaw to cut them out

Then I lightly sanded each one

Then I stained them and sanded them again

But I didn’t like the look of the stain — too 70’s looking!

So I painted over that with craft paint in ‘Territorial Beige’

I rubbed the paint in and rubbed some of it off so it wasn’t a solid coat

When it was dry, I sanded it down

Letting just a little of the stain and raw wood come through

Then I used Puffy Paint like icing to decorate them

I drew on windows with a chalk pencil

And added detail at the roof

The Puffy Paint takes a little bit of a steady hand and I was doing these at 11:30 last night so some areas are a little squiggly but I think that adds to the rustic home-made gingerbread house charm

To finish them off I sprinkled a little fine iridescent glitter on the roof decoration for just a little subtle sparkle

I added some fairy lights on beaded wire, some bottle brush trees and some bleached pine cones and called it Christmas! See how to bleach pine cones HERE

Now my sitting area feels like it’s ready for the holidays

Get more great simple Christmas decorating ideas HERE

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