Holiday Foyer

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The holidays are cranking up into full gear, and many of us are catching the decorating bug. We shot a video a few years ago in rural Pennsylvania of a home decked out for the holidays. This exemplifies what we like about decorating. First impressions count, so make your entryway and foyer exciting, theatrical, and magical. We love the snowflakes hanging from the brass chandelier, the Santa display on the center hall table, the white lights on the evergreen garlands draped over the banister, and the touches of gold everywhere.

Photo credit: The Residence

Helpful Bedroom Tips

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Here is a link to some good, old-fashioned how to make a nice bed information - like how to make hospital corners! And in the following video, we show you some helpful feng shui tips to help you make a bedroom spit spot, particularly a bedroom that you've just moved into or would like to completely change the energy around in.

Holiday Table Decor

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The soothing, calm, confident voice and decorating and gardening talents of P. Allen Smith make him the male equivalent of a M. Stewart. He brings us into his beautiful home, always with a roaring holiday fire in the background, and shows us something "quick and easy" that he just throws together. Perfectly. Without breaking a sweat. But far from hating the perfectionist final results, we can get some nifty tips from how he puts something together. Mr. Smith will sell you his holiday collection basic centerpiece (click on the link below) or you can use your own greenery and stick them in a florist clay base. Purchase a few skinny tin trays, fill them with water (put something underneath to protect your table surface from moisture and scratches), and set wet florist clay forms along the trays. This becomes the perfect medium for sticking in all the fresh greenery and other materials. Keep the clay and trays watered regularly and your greens should last a few weeks. Florist picks are also essential; wire them onto the end of ornaments and other items and stick them wherever you need along the centerpiece. Check out the P. Allen Smith holiday collection with Berry Family of Nurseries for instant fresh wreaths, garlands, and centerpieces.

Easy Holiday Tabletops

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We like to keep holiday decorating simple and tasteful, so we gravitated to this nicely produced video from My Home Ideas. You can pick and choose any of their ideas and tips, from hanging ornaments from a chandelier to ribbon-tied-with-greenery napkins. Click on the photo above for some more holiday decorating inspiration.