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Merry Christmas! Here's hoping you're all settled down with shopping done and presents wrapped. Last Christmas, I was a bit lost in any decorating scheme. As you may remember, I pared down my Christmas stash by about 75%. The negative is that it's still shocking to look in the basement expecting to see more bins full of decorations. The positive is that decorating this year was fast and fun. I've embraced the Multi-Color-Everything theme of decorating. I did do a litt

What's fresh for holiday decorating? This year, it's lots of multicolor rooms - cheerful and of course, colorful! Let's take a look at some quick decorating multicolor tricks - and to get us started, don't you love this idea for your table? A length of black butcher paper, some chalk and the sky is the limit. Now that the table is set, let's look at more colorful ideas. houseandhome.com A perfect room from the Canadian magazine, House+Home. The graphic rug, loads of colo

First published 11/26/16, let's revisit these beautiful Christmas wreaths. Every home should have a wreath - whether it makes an appearance for holidays or is displayed year round. One of the most ancient decorating traditions, the wreath seems to date back to Persia, eventually finding its way to the first heads of Olympic Athletes in 776 BC. Maybe some athletes saved their wreaths by hanging on a wall. Wreaths are still a world-wide decorating trend. A wreath is afford

This Happy Hour is all about getting some kind of skirt for our Christmas tree table. In 2018, we gave away our 8' Christmas tree. It took a village to get it out of the basement, up two flights of stairs and set up. I love my new two-piece 4.5" tree, pre-lit with 450 lights and weighing just 18 lbs (Amazon). I easily assembled it on a 24" high small table, making it a total of 6.5' in height. As you can see, that table looked bare. This year, I thought I'd sew up a ski

Don't you love Christmas tree skirts? I especially like the handmade ones with lots of personality. Growing up, my mom wrapped a white sheet at the base of the tree and called it a day. For years, I used a length of moss green silk duponti. Last year, we traded in our 8' tree for a 4-1/2' which we sat on a 24" high table but the whole thing didn't look quite right. What do this year? Turns out, there's a ton of possibilities. Here's some great choices for an alternate