Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Last minute holiday magic!


If you have been too busy to decorate for the holidays up until now, try a few of these quick, last-minute tricks to give each room in your home instant holiday magic!

I love a mini tree, so cute and easy to do. Stay with one color theme, traditional red and green, or red and white. Do not be afraid to try a new color combination like blue and brown for example. You do not have to have a lot in your home to look festive.

Use your beautiful wrapped gifts as decorations throughout your spaces, small packages down the center of your dining table, or on table tops adds holiday sparkle.

If you have lots of books around your home take stacks of three or four and tie ribbon on them and have some laying down on your bookcases and some standing up.

Fresh flowers always festive and a treat to all the senses, stop by your local florist and bring home a gift for yourself.

Enjoy the season, by not stressing out over your homes holiday decor, simple touches will wow your guests.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Holiday Decorating Tips

Many of you may be decorating your home in the upcoming days for the holiday season. We wanted to give you some decorating tips and share some of our favorite trends that we're seeing! This season, we are seeing brown and bronze everywhere! It's a wonderful mix with traditional red and gold, especially. We are using this in most all of our clients' homes this season. Below are some of our quick, easy to follow decorating tips that anyone can implement into their home this year!

-Use the same color ribbon throughout your home
-Cluster family ornaments on garland and run it on your banister or on top of armoires
-Use fishing line to hang ornaments from chandeliers and over islands with cup holders
-Use greeting cards as part of your decor~run ribbon in an empty frame and tape or glue cards to the ribbon
-Make fun bunches of stick greens and ornaments to decorate your banister instead of the traditional garland
-I love holiday runners and fabric! I use this to drape under village houses or to just add a nice layer effect to a rooms' decor
-Make sure to change out photos in frames throughout your home, you don't want a beach scene in the winter! Find fun, family seasonal photos. Also, add a touch of greens or a bow to frames as well~so cute!