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Keep holiday touches subtle Department Stores. He recommends clear glass hurricanes to NEW YORK — You love it hold the candles, while Sforza when your house is decked out in might lay an inexpensive mirror its holiday finest, reflecting all on the dining table and put pillar the good cheer and festive spirit candles on top, surrounded by inside. At least, you love it until greenery for Christmas and confetti on New Year’s Eve. Dec. 26. “The most important thing is Then you can’t stand to look at to buy things you love,” Snyder another candy-cane plate. Smart shopping means choos- says. “Then you’ll want to use ing items you can use year-round, them season after season, year afexperts say, then adding little ter year.” He suggests investing in the touches and accents to change it up. Think separate colors, lots of trend of bringing nature inside. candles and see-through glass, That means natural fibers, gray pillows and linens, and blond and say no to stripes. wood — all of which are This way, you’ll end up easily jazzed up with with items that are usable metallics, red or even beyond the season, easily more novelty motifs packed away or simply such as snowmen. (Red gone. cardinals will last you “With less discrelonger through the tionary income, you have winter than reindeer or to make your dollars go far, snowmen, he notes.) but you want to decorate for “The bigger the the holidays,” says Patty Warwick, vice presi- Birch bark candle. piece, the more neutral it should be. The dent and general mervery seasonal items chandise manager of should be small and home at Sears. “What’s easy to store — like red evolving is a practicalinapkins, although you ty.” could use those on ValAt the home of Nicole entine’s Day again,” Sforza, senior home ediSnyder says. tor at Real Simple, you’ll Watson is a mother of find several clear-glass five and a believer in vases filled with candy, budget- and ecowhich she likes to sepfriendly holiday decor. arate by color: green in St. Nicholas one container, red in Square Snowflake She suggests beginning with real-butanother. “You won’t Hurricane Pillar cheap wine glasses have leftovers. It will Candleholder. and clear-glass dinner all be gone,” she promplates bought at a dollar store. ises. The same vases could have Then, the glasses get ribbons been used last month to hold her around the stems — maybe even Thanksgiving centerpiece of jingle bells — while the plates sit clementines, and they’ll hold on colorful, cheerful scrapbook flowers in the summer and col- paper that shows through the glass. ored leaves in early fall. Sometimes, she’ll use brown Colored candles, which are so easy (and inexpensive) to switch craft paper as the tablecloth. It out depending on the occasion, gives her flexibility, she says, and add an inviting glow to the house, because the dishes are glass inespecially when it’s dark and cold stead of paper, it seems tasteful outside, says Ralph Snyder, de- and special. Real Simple’s Sforza thinks sign director of homes for Kohl’s white dinnerware is a wise buy By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL Associated Press
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These faux-fur throws are available at Sears. Around the holidays, sofas can get a quick makeover with decorative pillows or throws, and a guest bedroom is more inviting with a faux-fur comforter.
because it complements any redand-green or silver-and-gold themes you might have going on, and an all-white theme can be sophisticated. “It’s very festive if you use it all across the board — and it’s not cliche.” For that touch of “holiday,” she’d go with red or gold (note that’s not red AND gold) placemats for the pop of color. They’re easier to store than dishes or glasses. Don’t limit yourself to the dining room though, adds Sears’ Warwick. Sofas in the family room or living room get a quick makeover with decorative pillows or throws, and a guest bedroom is more inviting with a faux-fur comforter. Guests always seem to work their way into the kitchen, where you can line up holiday-themed mugs for coffee or even all-red dessert plates, she suggests. None of these are space hogs in the closet, a problem you might have with giant serving platters.
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