Good morning, chic readers! With cooler weather closing in, it’s the perfect day to grab a cozy blanket, a steaming mug of hot cocoa, explore this beautiful cabin designed by Wade Weismann and get a few tips for sprucing up your holiday decor. Christmas music is optional but highly encouraged!
Tips for sprucing up your holiday decor:
- Make room for new traditions. Perhaps this year it is hosting a festive cocktail-making competition with family and friends or a private dinner party in which guests make small contributions to a charitable cause important to you.
After the changes of the past year and a half, new traditions could be a breath of fresh air!
2. Refresh your coffee table book collection, perfect for flipping through in those bad weather days and in the quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s. Assouline has a great selection of books to satisfy your winter wanderlust.
3. Break out the luxury throws. Pillows, blankets, everything to keep you and your guests feeling comfy and cozy. Embrace velvets, chunky knits, and cashmeres.
5. The winter season is a great time to elevate your cocktail-making skills. Mulled wine is a beautiful drink best enjoyed on a cozy night in watching holiday classics or playing board games around the fire. It also fills your home with a lovely, rich smell.
To impress and delight guests, pair festive herbs with Empress 1908 Gin for sophisticated flavors(and don’t forget to play around with the beautiful amethyst color of the gin — pairing it with different liquors and mixers can produce different color results!).
6. Create an atmosphere of warmth throughout your home. Candlelight exudes a soft, cozy glow that will put everyone in the holiday spirit. Taper candles are a great option for the dinner table, and since they are available in so many colors, can be coordinated with your tablescape. Meanwhile, a gloriously scented candle such as one by Diptyque encourages relaxation. Try their Feu de Bois scent, which is warm, familiar, and reminiscent of a wood fire.
7. Make the small details matter in the big moments around the dinner table by indulging in a set of luxurious dinnerware. I love Ginori 1735 for their designer collections that fit every taste and table setting
8. Think about adding rich fabrics, luxurious linens, and colorful rugs to your home. I am particularly fond of Fortuny, E. Braun & Co., Stark, and Mansour.
9. I love listening to opera music year-round, but there is something especially enjoyable and fitting about listening during the holidays.
Favorites include Luciano Pavarotti, Sondra Radvanovksy, and Cecilia Bartoli.
10. Build an outdoor fire in a classic brick fireplace or firepit and take delight in some fireside drinks and s’mores, all while curled up with some blankets.
So many great tips, Wade, and now we’re ready for the holiday celebrations to begin!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, dear friends for making Christmas in Peachtree Bluff a NYT BESTSELLER!!
CHRISTMAS IN PEACHTREE BLUFF released Tuesday in the biggest way thanks to all of you! Pick up your copy that Mary Kay Andrews called “the kind of gift readers will unwrap with glee” and E! said, “We dare you not to wish you were a member of this family as you read about their attempts to come together to save their town as the storm of the century approaches.” Check out the trailer below!
And if you’re looking to get a jump on your holiday shopping–hostess gifts, teacher gifts, something fun for that hard-to-buy-for sister-in-law–signed books make great gifts!
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WINTER PARK, FL | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021 | 10:30AM – 12PM
“Books and Bites” in Conversation with Kristin Harmel
Writer’s Block Book Store
316 N Park Ave
Winter Park, FL 32789
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KISSIMMEE, FL | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021 | 2 – 4PM
Solivita Circle Talk and Signing
Solivita Palms Amenity Center
1055 San Clemente Ave
Kissimmee, FL 34799
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021 | 6PM
B&N Mount Pleasant Signing
Barnes & Noble
1716 Towne Centre Way
Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
MYRTLE BEACH, SC | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021 | 11:30AM
A Moveable Feast sponsored by Litchfield Book Store
21 Main At North Myrtle Beach
719 North Beach Boulevard
Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021 | 5PM
Pelican Bookstore at Talk, Sip & Sign with Kristy Woodson Harvey
Silver Coast Winery
6680 Barbeque Rd NW
Ocean Isle Beach, NC
MOREHEAD CITY, NC | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021 | 11AM – 12:30PM
Books & Bellinis with Kristy Woodson Harvey
Dee Gees Books & Gifts
508 Evans St
Morehead City, NC
BEAUFORT, NC | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2021 | 2 – 3:30PM
“Trick or Read” Sip & Sign
Beaufort Linens
331 Front St
Beaufort, NC, 28516
SUMTER, SC | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2021 | 5 – 7PM
Sumter County Museum Author Reception
Sumter County Museum
122 N Washington St.
Sumter, SC 29150
CHARLOTTE, NC | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021 | 3:30-5:00PM
J. McLaughlin
6815-D Phillips Place
Charlotte, NC 28207
SOUTHERN PINES, NC | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021 | 4PM
The Country Bookshop
Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities
555 E Connecticut Ave, Southern
Pines, NC 28387
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VIRTUAL EVENT | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 | 7PM
Virtual Event with Ron Block and the Cuyahoga County Library
RALEIGH, NC | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2021 | 2PM
Quail Ridge Books
4209-100 Lassiter Mill Rd
Raleigh, NC 27609
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BLUFFTON, SC | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2021 | 4PM
A Christmas Cookie Event With Patti Callahan & Kristy Woodson Harvey
Montage Palmetto Bluff
477 Mt Pelia Road
Bluffton, SC 29910
NOTE: This is a private event for residents of Palmetto Bluff and their guests.
WILMINGTON, NC | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2021 | 11AM – 1PM
Open House at Inlet Blue Market and Porter Co Book Shoppe with Stephanie Gray
Porter Co Book Shoppe
303 S Topsail Drive
Surf City, NC 28445
CAPE CARTERET, NC | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2021 | 12:30PM
Talk and Signing with Kristy Woodson Harvey
Western Carteret Library
230 Taylor Notion Rd
Cape Carteret, NC 28584
ATLANTIC BEACH, NC | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 | 12PM
Christmas in Peachtree Bluff Luncheon with Beaufort Historic Site
Coral Bay Club
1901 W Fort Macon Rd.
Atlantic Beach, NC 28512
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ATLANTIC BEACH, NC | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2021 | 11:30AM
Crystal Coast Country Club Author Luncheon
152 Oakleaf Dr.
Pine Knoll Shores, NC 28512
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ATLANTIC BEACH, NC | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2021
Christmas in Peachtree Bluff Dinners at Beaufort Gro & Aqua
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BEAUFORT, NC | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021 – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2021 | 1:30PM
Leaves from 100 Block Turner Street
Beaufort North Carolina 28516
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