3 Homes that Nail Chic Holiday Decorating & How to Get the Look

Get inspired to bring joy and cheer into your home in an upscale way with these stylish homes that prove holiday decorating can be elegant and chic. Designer Scot Meacham Wood brought a  festive feeling to his holiday party with handsome layers of plaid in several colors as well as greenery strung from the chandelier to each corner of the room. Bring the look to your home by choosing plaid or tartan patterns with one unifying color in them. Use it for pillows, throws, chairs and even napkins!

 

Photos by Tinywater for Rue Magazine

Photos by Tinywater for Rue Magazine

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Designer Jessica Kelly ties her holiday look together by using a single accent color–fuchsia. She uses small touches of the color in ornaments displayed on the mantel and in decorative bowls as well as in pillows and carefully arranged gifts. She also adds touches of metallics in her area rug and accessories.

Photo by Donna Griffith for Style at Home

Photos by Donna Griffith for Style at Home

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The colors that are traditionally associated with Christmas are tastefully used in this California home’s dining room, where the family brings in a set of “Fox Red” leather chairs for the holiday season. The trick to making this color scheme work is to stay away from using true red and green, and instead vary the shades.

Photos by Michael Garland for Traditional Home

Photos by Michael Garland for Traditional Home

 

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Man Caves for Dad

Subscribe To Our Newsletter Designed by Ally Coulter If football, baseball, hockey and all other sports are major events for the dad in your life, give him the gift of a media room like this one designed by Ally Coulter. Fit with sports accessories and comfortable seating with lots of pillows, it’s ideal for watching a couple of big screen TVs (for multiple game viewing pleasure!). Designed by Felicia Zwebner for Lenox Hill Designer Showhouse If he is a business man who likes the finer things in life, create a posh yet masculine space with neutral hues, luxurious textures & a well-stocked bar. Designed by Richard Mishaan for Lenox Hill Designer Showhouse Is dad one of those guys that never misses a workout? Reflect his lifestyle with a stylish spot to break a sweat. Thick stripes and robust red accents combined with a closet converted into a workout nook will have him exercising his right to say ‘Thank You.’ Ah, the age old battle of the sexes-he wants a Harley in the living room while you’d rather not. Meet in the middle with feminine furniture shapes covered with masculine prints like herringbone, leather and plaid.

 

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4 Modern Ways to Bring an English Country Style to Your Home

The English Country style is both classic and charming. Bring this look into your home, while still keeping things modern, with these 4 ideas:

1. Play Matchmaker

Matching walls & furniture is oh-so English Country. Many provincial homes in England use one pattern throughout an entire room. For a modern take on this look, upholster your walls in the same print as the focal-point piece of furniture in your room. We like the traditional florals from Aerin Lauder’s collection for Lee Jofa.

Lee Jofa Fabric

Lee Jofa Fabric

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2. Add a Chesterfield Sofa

What would make a space more English than a sofa with British lineage? The Chesterfield sofa, designed in the 18th century by the Earl of Chesterfield, has been used in UK decor for decades. This piece of furniture is button-tufted and traditionally done in leather, but a charcoal velvet version makes it more current. Bring one into your living room and top it with a couple pillows in prints like a contemporary Ikat version of the Jacobean floral motif.

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3. Use a Dark, Layered Color Palette

A deep color palette featuring olive & oxblood is traditionally used in English Country decorating. This is because it makes a space feel warm, inviting & cozy (a good way to battle the cold, rainy weather). Layer shades of these hues on furniture, walls, accessories and pillows, allowing for a pop of blood orange for some brightness.

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4. Accent with Textured Textiles

Just a bit of plaid & tweed, patterns that both originated from England (see a brief history here), instantly bring the English Country look to any home. Do it in textures like wool, incorporating some masculine leather, for a more luxurious and dimensional appeal. We like the idea of upholstering just the back of a chair in a suiting plaid, a trick that doesn’t take much time or money.

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#WallpaperWednesday: Quick Holiday Decorating Tip

Happy #WallpaperWednesday! Quick Holiday Decorating Tip:  Wrap your lampshade in red plaid wallpaper—Pull it tightly around the shade & secure ends together with glue. Voila! A festive shade that can be removed after the holidays.

Get the Look > Cole & Son 86/2008 – Tartan Red/Brown – Price Per 11 yard roll $133.75

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A Brief History of Tweed, Herringbone & Plaid

Tweed, herringbone and plaid are patterns that we typically associate with menswear, yet their history goes beyond suit coats and ties. Get a brief history lesson of these three designs, and see modern ways to incorporate them into your home:

Tweed

Legend has it that the name “tweed” came about by accident when a London cloth merchant mistook its correct name, “tweel,” (Scottish for “twill”) for the Scottish river, Tweed. The fabric, made from unfinished wool, is rough in texture with a homespun, slightly unfinished look. It was popular with the Scottish the upper-class, who used it for country apparel like shooting jackets because of it’s durability. It became popular again in the 1960’s, reinventing itself in a houndstooth pattern. Today, tweed is used in menswear, particularly with hipsters who have an appreciation for vintage, but its also making its way into the homes of style-setters.

Harris Tweed Weaver, Scotland c1960

Tweed Shooting Jacket

Philadelphia Tweed Bicycle Ride

S. Harris Fabric – Claridge Tweed – Ink

Stroheim & Romann Fabric – Cambon Tweed – Moonstone

B. Berger Fabric – 1250-10 Latte

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Herringbone

Herringbone is a V-shaped zig zag pattern that is usually made from tweed/twill fabric. The herringbone pattern dates back to the Roman Empire (Opus spicatum), where it was used in road paving systems, and in the textiles and jewelry of ancient Egyptian elite. Its name quite literally derives from the bones of a herring fish, which it closely resembles.

Fireplace with opus spicatum, Usk Castle, c. 1120, Photo by Andy Dingley

Ancient Egyptian Jewelry

Skeleton of Herring Fish

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Plaid/Tartan

Plaid, a pattern that is made up of 90 degree criss-crossed lines of different widths, is traditionally known as tartan in Scotland, where it became popular with clans in the mid-nineteenth century.  What we Americans call plaid is actually a Scottish tartan cloth that is worn over the shoulder as an accessory to a kilt. Although plaid is most commonly associated with Scotland, the pattern actually dates back to ancient Celtic populations of the British Isles between the 8th & 6th centuries BC, where each clan or family had their own unique plaid design. Plaid made a comeback in the 1970s with the emergence of punk music. Today, plaid is back in style in both fashion and the home.

Highland Regiment Soldiers wearing Kilts & Plaids c. 1744

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Menswear-Inspired Decor

Ralph Lauren’s New “Apartment No. One” Collection

Ralph Lauren’s latest collection, Apartment No. One, is made for “the modern Duke and Duchess.” There’s a little something for the guys—timeless menswear-inspired plaids and pinstripes—and also for the women—invigorating solid sheens in fuchsia and royal purple. Combinations like Clarendon Satin and Borrough Court Tartan balance each other out, making them the perfect couple.

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Winfield Thybony’s Menswear Textures

Winfield Tybony is known for its unique, raised-texture wallpapers. From herringbone wood veneer to tweed-like grasscloth in denim blue, these papers that are representative of menswear textiles will add subtle detail to any room. We like Bamboo Herringbone as a backdrop for lots of framed pictures.

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Introducing the NEW Beauchamp Collection Distributed Through Clarence House!

From power suits to classic dress shirts, menswear favors the stripe. Whether it’s thin pinstripes or lines of various width and color, the new Alexander Beauchamp collection, distributed through Clarence House, adds a touch of “masculine businessman” flair to a traditional space. We like Sherbourne, a wide stripe pattern with a Fleur-de-Lys medallion detail overlay.

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Schumacher’s Luxe Lodge Collection

Create a strapping retreat with Schumacher’s Luxe Lodge collections of both fabric and wallpaper. Patterns from the line, like stitched leather, wool blanket plaids, reversible herringbone and richly textured tattersall give any space—especially a study—a robust, rough-hewn sensibility. Try the reversible Colorado with Aspen Cashmere.

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Wooly Delight

Wool, the one material that truly represents the fall/winter season. The wool of the past used to be scratchy and stiff, today this natural blend fabric is anything but, allowing us to wear it with ease.

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From mittens to blankets, wool is the one fabric that will help keep you warm all winter long.

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Just as it will keep you warm during the cooler winter months ahead, wool is the perfect fabric choice for your home.

From your sofa…

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Schumacher Oxford Embossed Wool Fabric in Moss at DecoratorsBest

To your walls, yes we said walls.

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Maya Romanoff Blanket Yarn And Stitch Wallcovering Heathered Charcoal/Grey at DecoratorsBest

Even your window treatments, so go ahead and dress it up with wool.

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Lee Jofa Colindale Wool Plaid at DecoratorsBest

Wrap your home in the warmth of wool this winter. Head over to DecoratorsBest to see our extensive collection of wool fabrics.

 

Fabric Friday: Wool Plaid

Happy #FabricFriday! Today we’re feeling inspired by this Ralph Lauren wool plaid fabric, which adds a classic touch to any room & chases away winter’s chill.

Ralph Lauren – Willard Tartan – Red/Brown $153.99

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Fabric Friday: Prep Your Design Eye

#FabricFriday Were getting ready for the Preppy theme of next week. This Duralee plaid in the color Hyacinth is perfect for that modern prep. In need of designing your new dorm, look no further.

“Duralee 15362 – 618 Hyacinth”

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