BH&G Christmas Ideas

Christmas Ideas brings holiday decorating to life and helps guide you to create the best Christmas experience for your family and friends. With inspiring and easy ideas for your home, this magazine converts decorating dreams into reality and gives you the confidence to move from dreaming to doing.

From the Editors

Better Homes and Gardens

Decorating

Merry Crimson • Louisa and Frank Craven attribute their love for the holidays to their European connections, including teenage years in West Germany on a U.S. Army base and later as a married Air Force couple. Today the dinnerware, nutcrackers, and more from their years overseas all are part of celebrations in the couple’s warm and welcoming Fredericksburg, Virginia, home.

Front & Center • FRESH COLORS, UNIQUE MATERIALS, AND CLASSIC SPARKLE TURN TRADITIONAL DOOR DECOR INTO THE NEW FACE OF YOUR SEASONAL STYLE.

Cultivating Style • COMBINING SHINY, SPARKLY, AND NOSTALGIC ELEMENTS INTO ROBUST GARLANDS AND ARRANGEMENTS, THIS CREATIVE HOMEOWNER SETS AN ELEGANT SCENE AGAINST THE SNOW-WHITE BACKDROP OF HER HISTORICAL HOME.

Holiday Blossoms • IMPRESS YOUR GUESTS (AND SAVE MONEY) WITH THESE SHOWSTOPPING ARRANGEMENTS. THE KICKER? YOU CAN GATHER ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND PUT THEM TOGETHER YOURSELF.

Trends

Happiness Is Handmade • AT CHRISTMASTIME, EMILY BARLOW’S IDAHO KITCHEN BECOMES A VERITABLE BAKERY WHERE SHE APPROACHES EVERY TREAT WITH THE EYE OF AN ARTIST.

Natural Surroundings • ORGANIC ELEMENTS HELP A NATURE-LOVING BLOGGER ALIGN HER HOLIDAY DECOR WITH THE GREAT OUTDOORS.

Custom-Made & Christmas Ready • CREATE DOZENS OF BEAUTIFULLY COORDINATED GIFT WRAPS OF YOUR OWN DESIGN USING A HANDFUL OF EASY STAMP AND STENCIL TECHNIQUES.

Beyond Basic • WITH BLACK AND WHITE AS HER HOME’S DECOR FOUNDATION, BECKY GRUNWALD MIXESIN PATTERN, COLOR, AND CHRISTMAS CHEER.

Mood Setting • INSPIRATION FOR THE CHRISTMAS TABLE EMERGES FROM WHAT’S NEW AND WHAT’S TRIED AND TRUE.

All Is Shiny & Bright • KELLY ELKO LIGHTS UP HER 1903 COLONIAL WITH A RAINBOW OF VINTAGE GLASS ORNAMENTS AND INVENTIVE HOLIDAY TWISTS ON EVERYDAY DECOR.

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