holidays – Kimberly Reuther

December 18, 2013November 23, 2016

holiday 2013 – colorful whimsy

As a kid, and even sometimes as an adult, I have an impossible time falling asleep on Christmas Eve. It’s easy to pinpoint the root cause as a child – the anticipation of the unknown wonders to behold on Christmas morning. All our presents magically appearing under the tree and finding “evidence” of Santa’s visit in half-eaten cookies was enough to satisfy my youthful curiosity. It wasn’t even so much about the presents, but really the “magic” of it all. So what keeps me awake now, as an adult?

I’d like to believe the holidays bring out a little child wonderment in all of us. Even though I hate the commercialization of the holidays, I think there are a few things that capture the whimsy we experienced as children. See below for a little inspiration and a few nostalgic favorites for this year!

I have to start off with the ever-increasing antics of the “Elf” assigned to families all over the US. In the name of Santa, parents have stretched their creativity to the limits to capture his nightly shenanigans!

reindeer_painted_advent_calendar — Pottery Barn Kids – Advent Calendar

navidad-tree-collar — Crate & Barrel – Felt Garland

red-scroll-red-and-white-stocking-1 — Crate & Barrel – Assorted Stockings

img99o — Pottery Barn – Advent Calendar Pillow

yule-town-8-plate — Crate & Barrel – Yuletown Platters

set-of-6-snowflake-coasters-2 — Crate & Barrel – Snowflake Coasters

October 31, 2013March 30, 2017

Pine Roping 101 – Concept to Installation

I’ve always loved the soft swags of pine roping I see in magazine photos. I finally got the perfect opportunity at my client’s house last year! See below for the process and the finished product!

218565388137399770_SIhfsro7_c — Here’s our concept photo!

So, the concept photo shows Mixed Greens roping which costs 3 times as much as the traditional White Pine roping and my client and I decided to go with the less expensive option, especially since it was our first time attempting this!

(1) 75 ft bundle of White Pine Roping – is it enough?!?

I had my handyman meet me at my client’s house while she was out running errands. I kind of wanted to play with this a bit without her feeling like we didn’t know what we were doing! Plus I wanted the “wow” reaction when she came home!

When we started to lay out the bundle, it was a like a clown car that just kept growing and I really began to get a sense for 75 feet of pine roping! At that point I was much more confident that we had enough to get the job done.

The pine only goes one direction on the swag and we decided it was easiest to start at the top of the stairs…

While Joe was draping, I started making bows out of the burlap so we could see how long to cut each ribbon. In order to secure the roping, we used plastic zip ties which wouldn’t scratch the wood railing and would hold the roping in place.

1 row draped doesn’t make enough of an impact…

2 rows draped and then we started adding bows!

Burlap Ribbon from Pottery Barn – looks beautiful!

My client and I were very happy with how it turned out and it added such a simple festive element to her entry. Not to mention the smell of the live pine roping was amazing! It didn’t cost that much for roping and the ribbon we saved which makes this something she can do every year.

If you have a concept for holiday decor that you need help executing, let me know!

Happy Decorating!

December 11, 2012November 23, 2016

holiday 101: sparkle

Who doesn’t love a little (or a lot) of sparkle? I am kind of obsessed with things that sparkle this year, in fashion as well as home decor! What’s fun about the shimmery elements is that they work in almost every holiday theme as well as for other occasions like New Year’s Eve and year round cocktail parties. Here’s my shortlist of fave baubles in holiday decor this year!