We all have a house in the neighborhood where the owners are so enthusiastic about the Christmas season that they just don’t know when to stop! Although these homes are fun to drive by, we recommend a more sophisticated approach to decorating your home for the holidays. If you keep true to your home’s style and the area’s vernacular you can’t go wrong. Adding personalized touches such as a mix of materials or a unique color scheme will reflect your true style.

Sally decorated this stately home in traditional Christmas style, but added some special touches that really gives the  home presence during the holidays.

These elegant decorations add just the right holiday note to this gracious Boston home.

A lively basket is a welcome change from the traditional wreath.The flat backed basket is filled with long-needle pine and English holly, cedar and shore pine, eryngium blue bells, juniper and winterberries

The simple lighting is elegant and keeps the focus on the home’s welcoming entrance.

The black and white check is a welcome change from the traditional Christmas colors and complements the home’s front door. The topiary was made by wrapping a kissing ball with white lights, placing it on a stake and planting it in an urn surrounded by ivy

This home was recently featured in an article by the Associated Press. If you would like to read the entire holiday decorating article just click here.