Fun and Festive Holiday Colors Schemes

Are you feeling stuck in a holiday decorating rut, and don't want to pull out your red and green? Try switching up your color scheme this year and pick a color, or colors that suit your home, your personality or just pick your favorite. 

This year, I even used our wedding colors as inspiration and have incorporated teal in with our red and silver.... Call me crazy but I think it adds a nice punch!

Here are some other color combos to spark your creativity!

 
Blue and Silver

White and Burlap

All White

Green and Orange

Multicolored

Pink and Green

 All Gold

 Happy Decorating!!
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Easy Ornament Wreath

Between the cooking, the cleaning, the organizing and the laundry, you might have forgotten your Thanksgiving front door decor....If that is the case, this could be  the perfect post to you. 

It was brought to my attention by my AMAZING and crafty aunt who texted me this beautiful creation...

YA...I know!! AMAZING!!!

I was totally blown a way, and asked for her secret, to which she replied...Pinterest. I should have known :) I did some digging and found the directions courtesy of this blog site. It is very simple and only requires a foam donut, a glue gun and LOTS of glue sticks and your favorite colored ornaments....EASY!

DIRECTIONS:

Step 1: Take all the "hanger" pieces off the ornaments. Then, glue the biggest ornaments on first in an even pattern around the Styrofoam wreath.

Step 2: Glue the next size down ornaments on

Step 3: It's starting to fill in now. Continue gluing on the smaller ones.

Step 4: This is the finishing stage where you fill in all the extra space with the smallest ornaments you have. Not all the balls are connected to the wreath either. You just glue them all on to one another. You just fill in anywhere you can still see the wreath.

 There you have it! I love this because it can be used for really ANY holiday. You just have to buy different colored ornaments.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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10 ways to transition from Halloween to Thanksgiving decorating!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Because Halloween and Thanksgiving are so close, I thought I would get a jump start before you start throwing away all your pumpkins after the last trick-or-treaters leave tonight!! It is still fall and the winter chill has not fully set in, so we might as well keep feeling festive and re-use our Halloween decoration

.Here are some ideas to transform your pumpkin and other decorations from Halloween to Thanksgiving!

1. Use leaves from your yard or leaf garland and wrap an old wreath or a styrofoam donut to create a very colorful wreath for your front door

2. Display hollowed-out pumpkins filled with potted fall flowers for a stately on your front steps or a gorgeous table centerpiece.

3. Adapt Christmas lights for the Thanksgiving season. Position branches in a pot half filled with small rocks.. Fill in the top of the pot with gourds and pumpkins to add a splash of color, and wrap strands of lights around the bare branches.

4. Turn an old or summer planter into a pumpkin perch for fall. Hot-glue corn-husks to a straw wreath form and set the wreath on top of a planter and place a pumpkin in the wreath. This way you won’t have to put them away for the holiday seasons!

5. Add some pizzazz to your front yard by lining a walkway with pumpkins.

6. Poke holes in the top of  your left over Halloween pumpkins with a screwdriver and insert leaf-covered or bare branches with lights into the holes and flank your front door for a dramatic entrance for family and friends.

7. Spray paint tiny gourds and pumpkins in a metallic gold and bronze and put them in a large vase or serving vessel for a table centerpiece. 

8. Cut off the top of the gourd and scoop out the goods to create a perfect “flower vase” for your fall flower arrangements and Thanksgiving centerpieces.

9. Paint your mini pumpkins from Halloween in a white or cream color and place them on candle holders, on top of your mantel for a nice display.

10. Use colorful ears of corn with their husks left on and wrap around glass hurricane using twin for a dramatic Thanksgiving candle holder. 

Tis' the season to give THANKS

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Trends from High Point Market

You probably have been wondering where I have been because of my lack of blogging….or not! In case you WERE, I have just been negligent, honestly, but also in was in Highpoint, North Carolina for the annual Furniture Market.

“High Point Market is the home of the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world that brings together more than 80,000 people and 2,000 vendors. Twice a year, retailers, designers, and industry insiders come in droves to see what is new, hot, and trending in home decor.”-Houzz

I have gone for the past 3 years and ALWAYS look forward to it. It gives me the opportunity to see what is new and happening in the design world, first hand.

Here are the trends that I noticed while I was there this year!

1-Animal Skins

 Cow hides have been around and trending for some time, but this year Shagrin leather (Stingray Skin), and Ostrich skin gave cowhide a run for its money! All three showing up on seating, tables, even picture frames!

 

2-Molded Chairs

A new take on the classic Charles Eames chair, but now in various versions made from many different materials. This year, none were as clever as the bicycle seat inspired ottomans from Palecek.

 

 Classic Eames Chair

 Palecek bicycle inspire seat

 3-Chairs with Handles

I guess it is easier to pull out from the table with a handle. I thought this was interested but relatively a simple concept that can do duplicated easily

 

4-Citrus Colors

 

5- Hardcase Sofas

 I noticed that a lot of furniture manufacturers pushed the concept of encased sofas as the hot new trend for seating this year

 

6-Leather Chairs

 Been there done that… I know, but these are different- They have a vintage inspired look with modernization through aging processes, coloration, or unique applications.

7- Metal/Wood Como Furniture

Also known as “Live Edge” furniture, this was seen all over! I love this look because is has a great juxtaposition that really lends itself well to the environmental chic look popping up in retail stores all around.

8-Lucite

 This material was showing up in the most unexpected places…very retro-chic!

9-Quatrefoil and Clover Patterns

 As seen HERE in my logo for our wedding…I am a HUGE fan of this pattern and it is showing up in the design world, everywhere in fabrics, furniture and accessories! I am a HUGE fan!!

10-Snout to Tail

 It seems that manufacturers are looking to animals as their inspiration. From a new take of taxidermy to really looking down and using animal’s feet as bases; this was seen form showroom to showroom. Very interesting look but put some bird legs in gold leaf and I might even love it!

Happy Friday

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