Peek inside a converted schoolhouse home at Christmas

If first impressions are everything, then it won’t take long for guests arriving at Susan Sanchez’s home in Oakville, Ontario, to discern that she is passionate about holiday decor. Greeted by a front porch festooned with lush pine boughs, fairy lights and a traditional red-ribboned wreath, family and friends know this embellishment is just a hint of what’s to come inside.

“For these garlands and the wreath, we used a combination of seeded cedar, regular cedar, pine and juniper — all in very large quantities.” says Erin.

Door paint, Toucan Black, Benjamin Moore.