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How to Decorate

Ep. 335: Holiday Decorating and Hosting Q&A (Part 2)

How to Decorate

Caroline McDonald

Arts, Business, Design

4.4838 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ribbons and garland and mistletoe, oh my! This week, we talk all about fall decor and transitioning from Thanksgiving to Christmas in Part 2 of our 2023 Holiday Hosting Q&A. We share our favorite traditions and how they have evolved over the years, when we start to put the turkey themed items away and put up the tree, and our favorite things from smaller ornaments to large decorations. We also get into some gift wrapping techniques (that even your dog will love), where to score some beautiful garland and mistletoe, and advice for creating a cohesive look in your holiday festivities.  Watch along with this week's episode here on the Ballard Designs official YouTube channel. What You’ll Hear On This Episode: How our holiday decor has evolved over the years.  Kid-friendly holiday craft ideas that involve the whole family.  Must-do’s for a beautiful ribbon that won’t be a hassle to work with.  What we’re adding in our Christmas collection this year, including gorgeous wreaths and Garnet Hill Mistletoe.  How to match your wrapping paper with your holiday decor - it’s possible!  Mixing modern vs traditional Christmas decor.  Okay, really how long should we keep the pumpkin for?  Great tips and tricks for holiday entertaining.  Mentioned in This Episode: Ballard Designs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to How to Decorate from Ballard Designs, a podcast all about the trials and triumphs of decorating and redecorating your home.

0:08.9

Each week will help you unleash your inner decorator.

0:11.6

I'm Caroline, and I'm on the marketing team.

0:14.0

And I'm Taryn and I'm a product designer.

0:16.0

And I'm Liz.

0:16.8

I head up the Ballard creative team.

0:18.4

We're your host.

0:19.9

Join the expert team at Ballard Designs for tips, tricks, and tales from interior designers,

0:24.2

stylists, and other talents in the design world.

0:26.1

Plus, we'll answer a listener question at the end of each show.

0:29.0

So don't forget to send them to podcast of Ballarddesigns.net.

0:32.1

Yes, we love answering them.

0:33.8

Now on with the show.

0:37.0

Okay, we are back.

0:38.8

So last week we did our entertaining questions all about hosting.

0:44.1

We kind of talked about Thanksgiving and Christmas.

0:46.3

But now we're going to talk about decorating.

0:48.2

So, you know, your fall decor, which is maybe a little late for fall decor, but, you know, for next year.

0:55.5

Yeah. And then Christmas and how do you transition when do you transition what are y'all's Christmas

0:59.6

decorating like traditions and what are you doing this year all that so for anyone

1:05.8

listening in your podcast just wanted you to know that if you can if you want to watch this on

1:10.1

YouTube you can go to our YouTube channel and see the full episode you can see

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