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Griffiths has even partnered with Meg
Caswell, a Chicago-based interior designer
who won HGTV Design Star season 6,
to offer consultations virtually. Caswell
offers the interior design tips and Griffiths
executes them.
Holiday décor consulting is something
that Dee Ann Federico, an interior designer
based in the Hamptons who has
23 years of experience, also provides.
“It’s like a holiday mini-makeover,” she
says.
Clients will lay out all their decorations
and show her pictures of what they’ve
done in the past, and she advises on a
new way to set them up or how to include
new pieces. The “holiday refresh,” as she
calls it, simplifies and elevates a look “by
blending family favorites with updated
elements that can add new spirit and
sparkle to their home.
“I absolutely love to decorate for the
holidays. You can really just let yourself
go,” Federico continues. “People have
started to decorate their bedrooms, not
just the public rooms in their house…
There’s pretty much not a room where
you can’t put some holiday influence.”
And she doesn’t just mean those oldschool
holiday hand towels in the
bathroom.
This year, Federico recommends
incorporating mixed metallics.
“We all need that sparkle right now,”
she says, “and there are so many beautiful
metallic finishes, from platinum
to antique gold to burnished copper, in
everything from ornaments in a glass
bowl as a centerpiece to cozy pillows.”
She has also noticed a trend toward the
return of rose and pink tones in every
element of design.
“It has also carried over into holiday
décor, with rose quartz and rose gold
mixed with more traditional silver and
glass in ornaments and trim,” she says.
“For an instant rosy glow, try a string of
pink lights around your
favorite mirror.”
Lighting can be incorporated
anywhere, Federico
says, noting that battery
operated string lights
have been a game changer.
“Everyone wants bling,”
she says. “Nobody who
does anything doesn’t love
lights.”
Even a meditation area can be
festive.
String lights can even be
left out longer than the usual expiration
date of Christmas decorations, she
suggests, to provide a warm ambiance
through dreary winter months.
Jim Frankenbach knows a thing or two
about Christmas lights. Since 2002, he
has been setting up outdoor lighting
for homeowners and businesses across
the East End, and he is even responsible
for the tree lights in the Village of
Southampton. His team at Southampton
Christmas Lights provides illumination
for evergreen
trees, blanket
shrubs, branches
of deciduous trees,
and roofs.
Jobs vary from
big to small, and
typically he sells a
customer the lights
and gives a price for
putting them up,
taking them down,
and storing them.
Then the following
year, the customer pays just for the labor.
The more intricate the job, the more expensive,
of course. Wrapping individual
branches with white lights — by far more
popular than the colorful ones — can be
painstakingly slow, but the end result is
beautiful.
“Some people say, ‘Do Christmas!’” he
says. “Make the holiday shine for me.’”
This story first appeared in Behind The
Hedges.
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