Christmas Home Tour

Holiday Greetings 

everybody! 

Today I am featuring a story about my

friend Betty from 

Carlsbad, New Mexico.  

I featured two stories about Betty 

last year and showed her Christmas 

decorating (Greetings from Carlsbad 

and Part Two- Greetings from Carlsbad )  

For a couple of years now Betty has been 

asked to allow her home to be a part of a 

local event called 

The Christmas Home Tour 

put on by the 

"Assistance League of Carlsbad"

and this year she accepted.  They

are a non-profit organization that

help with various charities.

* See below for more information

about the Charities supported

On Sunday Dec. 4th the tour

happened and took place during a 5 
hour period and hundreds visited her

home. There were 2 other homes

that were also on the tour. For a month

tickets had been sold all over town but 

on the day of the event 368 tickets

were sold at the door of her home 

alone!  Impressive!  

She snapped a shot when she
drove by to check at one point.
This street is residential and only a
few cars are usually parked on it at any 
one time.
She wasn't home while the tour ran
She felt it was too overwhelming to be
there so she and her daughter 

toured the other two houses.

 There is a person assigned to each 

room to keep an eye on everything.

They do have each guest slip on 

footies over their shoes so they don't

dirty the floors.  Can you imagine that

many people going through your home

in one day!!  They told her there was a

line up from the house to the street for

some time!  

Betty, her daughter Tracy and

Gaylon, a friend from a local furniture

store all worked steadily to set up the

home for the tour.

Part of the requirements were

to have a Christmas Tree in

each room of the house.

For months Betty was fine tuning

each bedroom and they all looked

like magazine show pieces!

For the past month they have been

going through the house decorating

trees and adding festive holiday

accents everywhere.

I'm going to start with her Foyer, then

her dining room, living room, tv room

and then the bedrooms.  I'll just post
them and let you travel through the
home on your own!


Foyer 

 Come on in! 

 Dining

The horns are centerd and this custom
built arrangement gracefully swags
off on the right side making for
a very dramatic statement
Her friend Gaylon created this swag and
the centerpiece on the dining table.
Betty owned all the decorations, it
was just gathered and created into
a new design!

 Living Room

 This is a traditional colonial home
built in the mid 60's and rather
unusual for the Southwest
This room is on the left as you
come in the foyer and the dining
was on your right- a very traditional
floorplan with all the bedrooms upstairs.

On the coffee table
and below on the desk

 Family Room
(which is straight ahead from the
foyer to the back of the house)

View from kitchen

The custom built cabinets on the
right came with the house. She's lucky
to have this tremendous storage space
for dishes, stemware and deco goodies!
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Now let's head up the stairs
to the 3 bedrooms

The hallway to the upper floor

The Rose Bedroom

The Red bedroom

The Blue Bedroom

Angels on the secretary
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And the final area of the home
the Master Bath and Bedroom
which are on the main floor


The Master Bath

The Master Bedroom

A wreath above the bed too!

Adorable greenhouse below!

Lots of details went into getting this
home ready for the tour.
Can you imagine having every inch of
your home ready for public display!
I can't!  That makes me nervous
just thinking about it!

Brandi and Barney are glad to have their
home back!  

I hope you enjoyed the tour!

* Charities

Assault Survivor Kits® Provides clothing and other essentials to victims of assault.
	Provides clothing and other essentials to victims of assault.

	Books & Beyond
	Members read with children who have below-grade-level reading skills and the children's efforts are rewarded with new books.

	Eleanor Harroun Merit Memorial Scholarship
	Provides a college scholarship to a Carlsbad High School graduate who demonstrates academic excellence and a commitment to volunteer service in the community.

	New Start
	Provides basic new clothes to women in the Carlsbad Mental Health Crossroads program and gently used clothing for their pre-school age children.

	Operation School Bell®
	Provides new school clothes and supplies to children in need in the Carlsbad and Loving school districts.