December Home Products 2016
6 Items That Will Help You Create a Cozy Holiday Home
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With all the parties, gift buying, and downright chaos of the holidays, it's easy to focus on everything except your home — but this month is actually the perfect time to feather your nest. At no other time of the year are small decor touches appreciated as much as they are in December, when family and friends gather indoors for an elegant dinner or just to cozy up on the sofa to sip wine and reconnect. In that spirit, we've gathered six pieces of decor that will help you create a welcoming holiday home.
Festive Heirloom Centerpiece
"There are the holiday decorations you throw up for a season or two before tossing, and then there are those that you pass down from generation to generation. This miniature wooden candle carousel ($78) falls into the latter category. When you put candles on this festive traditional German centerpiece, the carousel begins to spin, hypnotizing dinner guests young and old." — Maggie Winterfeldt, editor, Home
Pillows For an Awesome Cause
"The Maryn, launched by Lonny cofounder and former Domino Editor in Chief Michelle Adams, is the new online lifestyle store that should be on every design girl's radar. While there's an abundance of stylish decor, its pillow selection is especially on point. These gorgeous pillows are handcrafted in Africa by Tensira, a company that employs more than 40 full-time artists in its Republic of Guinea workshops, organizes a training school for young artists, and provides fair salaries and good working conditions. This boardwalk pillow cover ($40), Montauk pillow cover ($38), and shorebreak pillow cover ($48) are my favorites." — Angela Elias, content director, Living
Hip Wrapping Paper
"Wrapping presents can be tedious, but when you have stylish wrapping paper, the holiday ritual is a whole lot more fun. And then there's the gleeful reaction your beautiful packages will elicit from the receivers! This holiday beep beep wrapping paper (5 sheets for $15) is guaranteed to garner a smile." — MW
Christmas Tree Diffuser
"Buying a fresh Christmas tree doesn't guarantee that your home will be filled with piney goodness, but Lafco's Tree Holiday Diffuser ($65) does. Notes of pine needles, spruce, balsam fir, and incense pack the perfect fragrant punch every Winter home needs." — AE
The Ultimate Cocktail Accessory
"Plop one of these whiskey ice balls ($17) into the next old fashioned you serve and you're bound to impress any guest. The large, round shape keeps cocktails at the perfect cool temperature without diluting a drink that is mean to be sipped, not pounded. An essential for the holidays!" — AE
Firewood Candle
"No fireplace? No snow? No problem! You can conjure up the Christmassy feeling of sitting by the hearth in a picturesque Northeastern estate simply by lighting the Franlon candle ($16) Tangtongtavy. With its alluring cedar and masculine woodsy notes, this hand-poured soy candle will turn homes in any climate into cozy Winter wonderlands!" — MW
