Christmas in a 950-Square-Foot Condo, From a Croquet Box to a Snowy Cloche

Meegan of What Meegan Makes shares the Christmas decorations in her condo in this guest tour, with photographs from the original feature.

My grandpa’s croquet box changes with the seasons. For Christmas it holds thrifted blue bottles, book pages, pinecones, and a crystallized branch. That mix of family pieces and thrift finds runs through our 950-square-foot condo, where my cottage style leans toward white, blues, greens, and vintage objects.

Meegan, the creator of What Meegan Makes

White Christmas decor for the kitchen shelves

Our open kitchen shelves are a focal point, so I gave them a white-and-natural theme. My mom’s husband made the wooden candleholders, and the nativity is one of the first sets I owned. A crystallized wreath with simple word ornaments hangs above the display.

Grandpa’s croquet box and Grandma’s snow angels

I collect blue bottles from thrift stores, and the croquet box gives me a place to group them with pinecones and a crystallized branch. I tucked book pages into the arrangement, a material I also used in my glittered book-page pumpkin.

My Epsom salt jar displays use jars, natural materials, and small decorations. The snow angels belonged to my grandmother in the 1940s. I set them on a vintage mirror with imitation snow, where they look as though they are skating.

A bell cloche holds pinecones, blue ornaments, greenery, and imitation snow. Nearby, a thrifted shutter carries a Dollar Tree moss wreath and a Merry Christmas ornament.

Nativities and a flocked tree on the blue shelves

The living-room shelves hold nativities and small Christmas pieces. I hung a banner made from jute and cardboard chalkboards. A little flocked Christmas tree in a terracotta pot sits beside my blue birdhouse.

My grandmother’s sequin ornaments went into an apothecary jar, and another nativity sits under glass. The cloches let each arrangement stand on its own among the other shelf decorations.

Small displays in the office and guest bath

I used glittered birdhouses and empty frames to dress the office shelf. The guest bathroom got its own decorations, including angels that remind me of family members who have passed away.