Making a Christian Home

I had an idea and thought to myself, is there such a thing as Christian home décor? How do we make a Christian home? Silly question to be sure. I know it seems like a narrow term and thought, let me Google it and share with you ladies what I find. I searched on a few various terms of Christian home décor and Christian decorating and got from a quarter to over half a million hits. I know that in the scheme of things on the internet it probably isn’t a lot, but it is a lot.

And what is it, this Christian home décor? Is it all novelty; is it half a million hits of Thomas Kinkade and angels? Mostly yes. But I went digging for treasure.

If you’re trying to make a Christian home and are interested in not overstating your faith you might want some simple tips from Lady Lydia. Her site, Lady Lydia speaks on Christian Values in Home Decorating. She reminds us that home decorating is fashioned after the Christian home.

Annie’s Home Decorating Ideas Page asks us if we are able to invite Christ into each room of our home. Both ladies seem to concur that making a Christian home is not about the novelty items that profess we are Christian and clutter our homes.

You can find books on so-called Christian decorating, Simply SenseSational Decorating by Terry Willits, but you won’t feel so moved as to believe you’ve decorated in a Christian manner.

Perhaps if we give some thought to the Bible, some thought to the hospitable people who opened their hearts and homes to others. That is the key really. The word would be hospitality.

Hospitality was about caring for people, feeding and nurturing them, consider both Martha and Mary. Consider the Proverbs 31 woman, organized, handling her business, nurturing her family, was this not a Christian home?

Consider decorating your Christian home with love and hospitality.

How do you decorate your Christian home? Do you think the Bible has a model for making a Christian home as well as building a Christian life? Share your favorite decorating idea.