Hi everyone! I’m Kris from Driven by Décor and I’m so flattered that Sarah invited me to be a guest on her blog today. I love following along with Sarah and her husband as they renovate their home and am totally in awe of the projects that they tackle. I mean, did you all see the state of their house when they first bought it? It’s seriously unbelievable to look back at what they started with and compare it to how their house looks today. Sarah has some serious DIY skills (and great design taste to boot!).

Since fall is officially here and before you know it we’ll be sliding on into Thanksgiving and the holidays, I thought I’d share some of my favorite seasonal decorations with you. I don’t go all out with my seasonal decorating (who has time for lugging out boxes and boxes of stuff just to have to put it away again?) but I do like to add a few touches here and there. For fall, I love to decorate with natural elements such as feathers

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and dried grasses:

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but I also like to bring in some brighter seasonal colors like in my window boxes

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and accessories such as this fun DIY witch’s hat:

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For Christmas, I like to make use of all the free greenery that’s right outside in my yard. Last year I used it to decorate our front door, 

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our mantel, and our dining room chandelier:

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And ever since I was little I have loved to wrap presents so I wrap them up as soon as I buy them and leave them out as part of our holiday decorations:

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We have lots of fun holiday traditions, but I’m pretty sure my girls would say that their favorite is the one that we just started last year – making homemade marshmallows and setting up a hot chocolate bar. We are a family of sweet tooths!

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Now don’t be fooled by into thinking that our house is always clean and perfectly decorated throughout the holidays. What you don’t see in these pictures is the chaos that reigns behind the scenes – the dirty hot chocolate mugs left in the kitchen sink, the spools of decorative ribbon laying amok on my kitchen island, the whole family still in their pajamas at 2pm. Now THAT’s real life :)

 Thanks so much Sarah and all of you 702 Park Project readers for letting me come for a visit! When you have a chance, I’d love for you to come say hi at Driven by Decor or find me over on Instagram. Hope you all have a wonderful fall and holiday season!