Coastal Holiday

By Julie Liebetreu

Earlier this month, I was featured in On the Coast Magazine for coastal holiday decor. Holidays on the coast can be one of the most beautiful times of the year. Often the unexpected is the most wonderful way to create that coastal element of design. Bringing nature in during the holidays is a great way to create a warm, coastal holiday home.  

A simple sand dollar hung with a ribbon pinned to the back of a hostess chair is a great way to give that coastal touch.

Mercury glass and burlap are wonderful elements to complement to coastal holiday décor.

The possibilities are endless.  Find your inspiration from the beautiful area we live in.  Why not decorate for the holidays to match our lifestyle?

Coastal Decorating Must Haves:

1 – – You can never have enough wire ribbon and it can be used year after year.

Wire ribbon can make even the novice decorator look professional.

2 – – Burlap, Mercury Glass, Natural Coral, Driftwood, and Candles.

3 – – Battery Candles with timers can be placed everywhere.

4 – – Nest Holiday Classic Candle and Scented Reeds, available at

Lovelace Interiors.

Fashion Comes Home

By Bunny Hall

A symbolic relationship and they go hand in hand, fashion and home design. This Fall’s runway fashions are very much in sync with trends happening for the home.

There are many new trends in prints: different looks in animals prints in bright vibrant colors, in teal, acid greens, and true blues; but not forgetting the basic of grey and black, cheetah, leopard, embossed leathers, and many metallic skins.

We will see trends repeat themselves in bold floral prints that pop into both worlds of Fashion and Interior Design. From small to large, designers that walk hand in hand: J. Crew and Brunschwig & Fils in floral prints and geometric. Diane Von Fustenberg brings florals and animal prints, and she brings it home with her Cumulus Sunset pattern, for Kravet fabrics.

Escada, in a retro look in a stunning purple hyacinth print, Osborne & Little shows some dramatic color from Matthew Williamson for Osborne & Little. Kate Spade shows her new look of “cyber” cheetah, with Kelly Wearstler’s strikingly similar print in wall covering.

For a while now, many designers have bridged the fashion world and Interior Design. To name a few: Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang, Charlotte Moss,  Nanette Lepore, and Fendi extended their world to opulence in lighting. So step out of the box and move your living space to a high fashion look for 2015.