DIY New Year’s Crafts

New Year's Tablescape This year, we have a brand new New Year's tablescape that we released just last week! It's the perfect solution if you're...

New Year’s Eve Tablescape

Bringing the New York City Ball Drop to You The inspiration for our New Year's Eve tablescape theme was, naturally, the iconic New York City...

Neighbor Gift Ideas

Neighbor Gift Ideas Cookie Boxes To start things off, we thought we should probably mention our cookie boxes. This is such a fun, easy way to...

Becoming Jennifer Tran

Meet Jennifer Tran Jennifer Tran is an artist and the founder of Papetal. She is best known for her work with paper flowers, which is encapsulated...

Five Classic Christmas Crafts

Day One of Our Classic Christmas Week Pomander with Becky Edwards   The first of our classic Christmas crafts was pomanders. Becky Edwards graciously helped us make...

Christmas Tablescape

Christmas in the Studio We spend pretty much all of our time in the studio here at The House that Lars Built. That means we...

Nativity Paper Dolls

Our Mid-Century Heirloom Nativity If you're new to this whole thing, I should start by introducing our mid-century heirloom nativity set. Inspired by the set...

Quilted Shower Curtain

Quilted Shower Curtain More of a curtain than a shower curtain, I knew I wanted this to be the big, eye-catching statement piece of the...

Christmas Decor Ideas

Christmas Advent Calendars To start off our list of favorite Christmas decor ideas, we had to include advent calendars! I love advent calendars, which is...

Christmas Bulb Advent Calendar

Christmas Bulb Advent Calendar We couldn't have our classic Christmas week without including an advent calendar. Advent calendars have been around since the 19th century,...

Paper Snowflakes with Sheryl Ellsworth

Paper Snowflakes Paper Snowflakes are one of those tried and true Christmas crafts that just never get old. Honestly. There are so many endless variations,...

Christmas Poppers with Romy-Krystal Cutler

Christmas Poppers If you're not familiar with this traditional Christmas craft, you're in for a treat! Christmas Crackers originate from British Christmas traditions, where these...