Nutcracker Christmas Kitchen Decor

Join in this Christmas home tour with these nutcracker Christmas kitchen decor ideas.  Fun and festive ways to dress up your kitchen for the holidays!

Today I’m excited to continue on with our Christmas home tour! Thank-you to Marty from A Stroll Thru Life and Simply 2 Moms for putting this home tour together. There will be 30 amazing homes on tour this week, all filled with beautiful Christmas inspiration and decor ideas that you can use for your own home.  I always love seeing everyone’s different styles and designs – there’s always something new to discover! I hope you enjoy the tours as much as I do.

For those of you coming over from Southern Hospitality, thank-you so much for visiting! I’m sure you enjoyed Rhoda’s beautiful holiday home and classic Christmas decor.

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Nutcracker Christmas Kitchen Decor

Today I’m going to be sharing our Nutcracker inspired Christmas kitchen with you. It was definitely a fun space to put together and a little outside of my usual style.

No matter what your style is, I wanted to share some simple tips to help you decorate your own kitchen for Christmas. A few little touches here and there can really make a big difference in your space. And a little bit of Christmas cheer definitely makes cooking and doing dishes a bit more bearable! So… here are some of my favorite Christmas kitchen decor ideas and tips for creating a festive Chistmas kitchen:

Get Inspired.

When I’m decorating any holiday space, I always like to start off with some kind of inspiration piece, theme, or color scheme. This year, I found this cute Nutcracker cookie jar at Home Goods and knew that he would be perfect for our Christmas kitchen.

Style a tray.

Using a tray as a base for your holiday decor allows you to keep everything corralled together and creates a less cluttered look. It’s also a lot easier for cleaning! When styling a tray, look to group items together, varying the heights and depth of the pieces. A common function or color scheme will help to establish a more cohesive look.  I found the nutcracker mugs at Michaels and thought they would work well with the cookie jar for a little hot chocolate and cookie bar.

Create a hot beverage bar.

For the last couple of years I’ve been putting together a little hot beverage bar in the other corner of our kitchen. No one actually drinks coffee at our house, but we do love tea, chai, and a good steamed milk.  Our Breville milk frother makes a delicious hot chocolate or milk chai and gets well used through the winter season. I used a couple of the same nutcracker mugs, a winter house jar for tea bags, and a couple of white house salt and pepper shakers that I fill with cinnamon.

Mix functional with decorative.

If you have a smaller kitchen space or don’t like a lot of clutter, just mix in a few of your favorite Christmas decor pieces with your regular kitchen items. I added some Christmas greenery and cute nutcracker pepper shaker to our kitchen utensil tray along with a Christmas rolling pin and whisk. I also found a cute Christmas tree cutting board and wood serving tray that I stacked up in behind.

Dress up the sink.

One of the first things that I like to switch up each season is our hand soap and dish soap. There’s something about a good Christmas scent that just brings back all of those Christmas memories! The Thymes Frasier Fir is my all-time favorite Christmas scent and you can get it in hand soap, dish soap, and a multi-purpose cleaner for the kitchen. One bottle usually lasts me a couple of Christmases. If you’re looking for something a little less expensive, the Mrs. Meyers Iowa Pine is pretty good too!

Change up the artwork.

One of the easiest {and most inexpensive ways!} to add a little holiday decor to your space is to change up your artwork. Since I knew I was going with a Nutcracker theme this year, I decided to create these cute Nutcracker printables. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted so I made three different designs to choose from.

If nutcrackers aren’t your thing, I have tons of other free Christmas printables available that you can choose from. There are lots of different designs and color schemes to go with any decor. Just click here to find one you love!

Light it up.

I never give up a chance to add twinkle lights to our Christmas decor! They just make everything look prettier and more festive. Add them to a vignette or tray, place them in a bowl with ornaments for a centerpiece, or string them with a garland.

My biggest tip for lights is to look for battery operated twinkle lights that come with a timer so you don’t have to remember to turn them on and off each day. Just set them once to come on when it starts to get dark and they’ll stay on for 6 hours. It’s nice to come home to a little twinkle!

My little acrylic nutcracker lights up too!

Add some greenery.

Adding some greenery {faux or real} is a quick and easy way to dress up your space for the holidays.

If you prefer fresh greens, create a pretty Christmas centerpiece to decorate your kitchen table. This one took less than 30 minutes to put together and adds a pretty, natural element to your decor. You can find the simple tutorial HERE.

Plus, it gives one more place that you can add twinkle lights! 🙂

Add storage.

One new thing that we added to the kitchen this year, are these cabinets that divide our kitchen space from the living room. We don’t have a pantry in our kitchen so I wanted to find some extra storage for pantry staples and kitchen ware. I’ll have to show you how I organized the inside of the cabinets – it’s amazing how much they hold!

I hope you enjoyed all of our nutcracker Christmas kitchen decor and found some inspiration for your own Christmas kitchen!

More Christmas Kitchen Decor Ideas

If you’re looking for more Christmas kitchen inspiration, check out our kitchen Christmas home tours from previous years. I love switching things up each year!

• 2022 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2021 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2020 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2019 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2018 Christmas Kitchen Decor
• 2017 Christmas Kitchen Decor

Our Full Christmas Home Tour

Thank-you so much for touring around our kitchen! I’m so happy you have you here. Hopefully you get a chance to check out the rest of our Christmas home tour too. In case you missed it, I shared our gingerbread inspired dining room last week HERE. I still have our Christmas bedroom and living room to show you too and will have these up soon!

More Christmas Home Tours

Before you go, be sure to check out the next stop on our tour at Bungalow 47!  Jill has a gorgeous home and beautifully incorporates her vintage finds into her holiday decor. You can also find the rest of the home tours below, each with their own unique decor and style. I hope you enjoy them and feel inspired for the season.

Monday’s Tours

Simply2Moms / Worthing Court Blog / Midwest Life and Style
DIY Beautify / Peacock Ridge Farm / The Stonybrook House

Tuesday’s Tours

Our Southern Home / Calypso in the Country / Chalking Up Success
Pink Peppermint Design / The House on Silverado / Lyndale Drive

Wednesday’s Tours

Southern Home and Hospitality / A Pretty Life in the Suburbs / Whispering Pines Homestead
She Gave it a Go / Decor to Adore / Eleanor Rose Home

Thursday’s Tours

County Road 407 / Thistle Key Lane / White Lilac Farmhouse
My Family Thyme / Southern Hospitality Blog / Clean and Scentsible / Bungalow 47

Friday’s Tours

Shiplap and Shells / It All Started With Paint / White Arrows Home
This is Our Bliss / Thrifty and Chic / Follow the Yellow Brick Home

I wish you all a magical Christmas season!