Holiday Home Style 2020

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Southern Home1 min readLeadership
Southern Home Special Issues
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Phyllis Hoffman DePiano EDITOR Jordan Marxer MANAGING EDITOR Melissa Lester ASSOCIATE EDITOR Karen Callaway ASSISTANT EDITOR Leslie Bennett SENIOR PROJECT EDITOR Anna Hartzog PROJECT EDITORS Barbara McCarthy, Lauren Gentry Walker SENI
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Editor’s Letter
Planning for Christmas offers an excellent opportunity for thinking like an interior designer. Why not move furniture pieces that have occupied the same spaces for months, store a portion of the room’s decorative items, and create a fabulous setting
Southern Home1 min readFashion
Opener
Adorned with a glittering array of cherished keepsakes, these havens sparkle with the magic of Christmastime. Aromatic boughs of fresh-cut greenery and a treasury of ornaments imbue traditional interiors with a spirit of welcome. ■
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Fresh and Fragrant: A Natural Beauty
“I love natural materials and can’t stand skimpy garlands,” jokes interior decorator D.A. Tynes (a.k.a. Dawn Ann). “You really need to honor the scale and proportion of your rooms and work to create that perfect balance, even with holiday décor,” she
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Cirque du Noel
The Christmas trees are decorated with elephants, zebras, giraffes, and clowns; the table is graced with a fishbowl filled with plump oranges; and tarlatan stockings hang near a Victorian mantel. Ladies and gentlemen, let the show of shows begin! Com
Southern Home1 min readFashion
Among Prized Possessions
When it comes to decking the halls, Janet Rooney has always been exuberant. “I suppose more is more,” she says with a laugh, “and more is better.” Treasures from relatives have sparked vignettes throughout her home. The dining room features a wedding
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A Time for Joy
“Take joy. That’s what I do,” said Tasha Tudor, the beloved illustrator and author, whose simple, peaceful way of life in rural Vermont infused her work with wit and wisdom. Although generations of readers have delighted in Tasha’s knack for celebrat
Southern Home1 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Opener
“The pleasure of your company is requested.” Whether for an intimate tea party, a lavish dessert reception, or a gracious family meal, what joy fills the heart at such an invitation! Entertain guests throughout the season with our delectable menus. ■
Southern Home5 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Ambrosial Fare
Makes approximately 10 drinks Crushed ice3¼ cups plus 2 tablespoons pure cranberry juice2 cups simple syrup1¾ cups gin6 tablespoons fresh lemon juiceGarnish: cranberries threaded on fresh rosemary sprigs Fill a large pitcher three-fourths full with c
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Inspired Gatherings: A Holiday Meal
Makes 10 servings ¼ cup olive oil3 tablespoons butter3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed2 white onions, peeled and sliced thin2 yellow onions, peeled and sliced thin2 Vidalia onions, peeled and sliced thin2 Spanish onions, peeled and sliced thin1 red
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In Praise of Jane Austen
The literary world was introduced to one of its great lights on December 16, 1775. Although, in an irony Jane Austen no doubt would have appreciated, that fact would remain unacknowledged universally for at least a century after her death. Of her per
Southern Home6 min readCooking, Food & Wine
A Sideboard of Sweet Temptations
One of the architects of the most reputable salons was the marquise de Rambouillet, a woman of letters admired for her social skills and graces. So popular were her gatherings that her home became known as the Hôtel de Rambouillet, described in Brewe
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Memory’s Branches
Each October, I begin to listen once again to the music that opens my heart. My husband smiles. My sisters and my mother, if they happen to visit while a carol is playing, roll their eyes and exclaim, “Too soon!” My children understand. They let the
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Opener
Escape the everyday with memorable sojourns to favorite destinations—among them idyllic villages, historic landmarks, and snowy getaways. Dressed in holiday finery and aglow with the warmth of hospitality, these inspiring retreats bid visitors to see
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A Hometown Christmas
Towering alabaster pillars may be the closest thing Madison, Georgia, gets to a white Christmas, but even without snow, the town transforms into a picture-perfect holiday card. With the community’s 3,900 citizens intent on merrymaking, cookie baking,
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Alive with Holiday Magic
When Maria von Trapp first gazed at the snow-blanketed hills and valleys of Vermont’s Green Mountains after she and her family fled Nazi-occupied Austria, the area looked much like home—a sister scene to her beloved Alps. In 1943, the famous Sound of
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Christmas at Mount Vernon
Despite rising to prominence as commander of the Continental Army and achieving acclaim as the father of his country, George Washington was called back throughout his life to his home at Mount Vernon, on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax Coun
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The First Snowfall
One by one, I gently lift snowflakes carefully acquired over the years and hang them from the ceiling. First, the complex three-dimensional paper cutouts, larger than dinner plates. Then the glittery handblown glass snowflakes, the beaded ones, the p
Southern Home2 min readRegional & Ethnic
Credits, Where to Shop and Buy, and Recipe Index
CAROL BULLMAN: page 79 JEANNE DE LATHOUDER: pages 11–24 KATE CARTER FREDERICK: page 43 WENDY LEONARD: page 109 STACEY NORWOOD: pages 63–70 KATHRYN RENNER: pages 93–104 NANCY A. RUHLING: pages 25–32 KIMBERLY FINKEL DAVIS: pages 63–70 KATE HEADLEY: pag

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