The French Dollhouse has become a Christmas centerpiece since it movedto the antique table in the living room. I stuffed it with twinkle lights and itsbeen the most amazing and cheerful thing to have greet us each dark wintery morning.A dollhouse tour was a big hit on my Instagram page, and its available under my highlights if you want to see the interior.This year we don't have a full size tree, as our spaces are stuffed to the gills waiting on the lake house to be built and delivered next spring. Its like having two pounds of chocolates in a one pound box, all the wonderful antiques and new additions slated for New Hampshire added to our existing things.  So the wrapped gifts are shoved them under the table to be opened by our small family pod of 4 on Christmas morning, this dreary and downsized Covid year.  All is merry and bright, well it is calm for sure.  The quiet Christmas spirit is alive and well and each morning hubs and I gather in this room with our coffee and the twinkling lights and the pups by the fire.  Why this dollhouse all dressed and lit for Christmas may become a new tradition.Its a magical touch with a nod to the best of childhood Christmases.In the dining room, where purple transferware reigns, I always try to hunt down the elusive purple poinsettia.  And there has only been one place I have ever found them....at Lowes!Set in a punch bowl, this purple painted and glittered poinsettia is the perfect ...