It's almost New Year's Eve! Don't you love these mirror ball balloons in a shop window on College Avenue, Berkeley, CA? What a great and easy way to bring "celebration" into our rooms. No matter what you're doing New Year's Eve, there's still time for quick and easy celebration decor. Let's look at couple of ideas to set the mood for New Year's Eve. 100layercake.com Focus on just one space in a room - a dining room table or a fireplace mantel - and pile up paper party hats, string any kind of banner. I once stuck post-it notes on the fireplace surround spelling out "Happy New Year." 88homedecor.com In Portland one year, P came up with his own version of a New Year's Eve Party. We bought
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 little shopping - red velvet pillow covers, some glass balls (Michael's), a bucket of peppermint melt-away candies. Now, our house smells like peppermint. On the living room mantel, a collection of mercury glass trees and
Just guessing your holiday front door doesn't look anything like this. Turns out, those British really know how to shout, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Let's take an armchair look at some creative decorations from London to Hayward (CA) to homes in Oregon. hellomagazine.com (mcqueen's florist) Another amazing door decoration in London. hello magazine. com. (home of english singer stacey solomon) Not even close to a basic Christmas wreath. hellomagazine.com (home of english tv star billie faiers) A London winter wonderland. Back across the pond in Hayward (CA), Kimberly makes all her fantastic ornaments. Kimberly created these framed Christmas trees from old jewelry. Incredible! In Oregon City (OR), Con
Happy 2020! Don't you love a new decade? Filled with optimism and that lovely thought of starting fresh. This article was originally published on 12/10/2016 but I thought you might enjoy seeing it again. It's never too early to start making your own artwork for next holiday! Take one look at this wreath and I bet you're thinking just what I did. "Hey, I could do that." Seems we all have ready "stock" just laying around our rooms for assorted projects. Why not open those costume jewelry boxes, spray paint some existing decorations white or a metallic color and assemble into a new piece? A piece to be cherished for years to come. Here's some ideas we can all do. fddbf05googlegoods.com v
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 colorful pillows, wreaths trimmed in hot pink ribbon and a tree jammed with ornaments. Even the gift wrap picks up the theme of a colorful room that's just plain fun. pinterest.com Ask your local Christmas tree lot for some
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 affordable or easy to make and only limited by your imagination. Here's some favorites this holiday season. birchandbird.com A traditional boxwood wreath hung on the door by a simple string. What could be more perfect? esprit
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 skirt but after looking a lots of Christmas tree skirt solutions (see last week's article, "Christmas Tree Skirting"), I came up another idea. Using bungee cords, I attached the tree base to the table and then rolled a leng
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 to a tree skirt. marthastewart.com Well, maybe not this look but it does include my beloved moss. mydomain.com A simple basket. roomsforrentblog.com A cozy, snowy wrap. countryliving.com A stoneware crock. countryliving
