1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,560 Hello and welcome back to Home and Hosting. 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,760 I'm Louis Bourke and today we're talking one of my favourite 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,160 times of year, Christmas. The reason why is because 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,960 particularly in Australia, not a lot of people decorate their 5 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,360 homes. However, when it turns December, 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,400 a lot of people start decorating people who wouldn't otherwise 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,800 and it's the time of year where I get to have conversations with 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,320 people I wouldn't normally about how to make their space feel 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,320 like home. So that's why it's one of my 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,840 favourite times of year. It's also the time of year where 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:40,480 I get to flex my styling muscles because Christmas decorating 12 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:43,360 involves a lot of styling tricks and tips. 13 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,400 It can feel quite overwhelming. So this episode I kind of want 14 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,240 to focus on a couple of the themes that I'm seeing 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,400 throughout department and homemaker stores, what I'm 16 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,200 seeing in some smaller boutiques and what I'm seeing online 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,720 because they're all different and they all have different 18 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,560 meanings and approaches. If you want to incorporate these 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,880 in your home. I'm going to talk about the ones 20 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,840 that I love as well as the ones that I don't love and ways to 21 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:15,840 make the tree and decorations you already have feel new again 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,880 and again each time Christmas rolls around because that's what 23 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,080 I'm here for. You will find a lot of interior 24 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:28,200 design or home based creators speak about renovations or room 25 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,160 makeovers or current interior design trends, but a lot of them 26 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,680 will not touch holiday decorating, be it Easter, 27 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,760 Valentine's Day or Christmas because they're tricky things to 28 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,840 do. You need to know the tips and 29 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,160 the tricks and that's why I'm here. 30 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:50,000 So without further ado, let's get into this very much 31 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,840 anticipated episode. I know you're excited, so get 32 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,040 comfortable and let's get started. 33 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,320 Starting off with the department and homemaker stores around 34 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:04,440 Australia, I have been into most of them and I can say that there 35 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,320 are very similar themes happening this year. 36 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,240 Every single one of them has a traditional Christmas theme, 37 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,520 which you would think is obvious, but other years some 38 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,440 department stores have not taken on the traditional Christmas 39 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,920 theme. And by traditional Christmas, I 40 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:25,560 mean the classic Reds, green, golds. 41 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,040 I'm fine with it. It's timeless. 42 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,600 I do think it's interesting because I feel like the stores 43 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,560 maybe just feel the pressure to do traditional Christmas because 44 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,440 when I speak to people in real life, a lot of them avoid the 45 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,760 traditional Christmas colours because it's very wintery. 46 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,560 And also Australians have a habit of having quite neutral, 47 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,760 light coloured homes, so incorporating the deep rich 48 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,960 greens, golds and Reds feels overpowering. 49 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,680 They're not very familiar with it so they kind of avoid it. 50 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,720 I don't think you should avoid traditional Christmas. 51 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:06,560 If you live in a terrace house or a workers cottage or a 52 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,360 cottage of any kind, the traditional Christmas is very 53 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,040 easy be to achieve because the shell of the home speaks to that 54 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,560 style. It is a little bit more 55 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:21,120 difficult to do in a home that's not of that style. 56 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,000 So I can totally understand and resonate with people who don't 57 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,280 do that typical traditional Christmas route. 58 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,680 But what I will say is that I prefer it over the Australiana 59 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,200 theme, which I do see across all the department and homemaker 60 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,240 stores. I know that it's meant to 61 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,840 celebrate our local flora and fauna, like the kangaroo baubles 62 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:48,240 and the koalas, the gum leaves, the galas, but I'm not a big 63 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,280 fan. It leans a bit novelty. 64 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:57,960 And I just think it looks like Australia theme on a Christmas 65 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,360 tree, like as though you were having an Australia Day party 66 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,400 and decided to whip out the Christmas tree and decorate it 67 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,280 because you didn't have something else to put it on. 68 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,520 Like, I think we all need to step back for a second and go, 69 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,160 does this make sense? Like, does it? 70 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,760 I'm not sure. And I think people go, well, 71 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,079 yeah, because I don't want to do polar bears and things that it's 72 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:24,680 like, yeah, but we don't need to do the animals and like visual 73 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,440 references to the season to speak to Christmas. 74 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,960 They're more accent details to Christmas. 75 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,240 But then people kind of take things and it all gets washed 76 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,600 down to being like, I'm only going to have character 77 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,480 ornaments and they're all going to be Australia themed. 78 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,640 Like, I just don't, I don't understand. 79 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,520 I don't get it. I just don't think it's right. 80 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,560 I would rather people do the traditional Christmas look than 81 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:51,160 do the Australiana theme with the galas and the Kangaroos. 82 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,040 It makes zero sense. So it's a no from me. 83 00:04:55,480 --> 00:05:00,120 Another take on the Australian theme, which I'm impartial to if 84 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,080 it's done the right way, is the ocean theme. 85 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,800 It's kind of toes the line. If it's done with restraint, 86 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,800 with like the soft Blues and using the coastal pine for the 87 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:16,120 wreaths and also the glass shells, capy shell, natural 88 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,040 twine. I do think he can look chic. 89 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,720 I do think you have to find the right balance that will suit 90 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,160 your home. If you don't live by the water, 91 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,320 it could be could read weird, but I don't actually think so. 92 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:32,280 If you're going purely off textures and colours, you can 93 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:35,360 get away with it in any place. It's more if you go into the 94 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,880 character front, which is what I'm talking about now, where 95 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:43,640 I've seen some like jellyfish and like starfish. 96 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,200 Like I think it goes like one step too far. 97 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,720 It's as soon as the characters start coming in. 98 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,640 And I think the stores do the characters because they want to 99 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:56,840 pull and hook people in with the characters to make them purchase 100 00:05:56,840 --> 00:06:01,160 because people get like, I don't know, roped into it. 101 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:07,000 I'm just not loving that vibe. But I do prefer the ocean theme 102 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,800 over the Australiana theme. If I had to pick between the 103 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:14,400 ocean theme and the traditional Christmas, I would do either or, 104 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:19,720 but I would focus hard on the colours and textures versus the 105 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:24,360 animal ornaments. One that I really just can't get 106 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,360 around, which I'm seeing everywhere, is pink. 107 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:32,560 The pink Christmas trend, whether it's tied up with red or 108 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:37,320 gold, I just think it's juvenile. 109 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,640 I think it's made for people that don't know how to decorate 110 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,520 and will only decorate if it's girly and feminine and they will 111 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,560 always have to decorate with pink. 112 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:52,240 And I think it's not a four year olds toddler and tiara's 113 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:56,760 birthday party. We get it, you like girly 114 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,920 things, but it doesn't mean that everything has to have pink. 115 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,160 You decorate with pink year round, you've got pink clothes, 116 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,040 pink cushions, pink throws, pink flowers. 117 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:09,880 Now you want to do a pink Christmas tree? 118 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,520 Like babe, I think it's like we're all talking about the 119 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,680 beige and the grey of it all. I think we need to talk about 120 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,920 the pink obsessed because why is it that we also come for people 121 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,360 who are obsessed with The Color Purple? 122 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:21,560 Like you know what I'm talking about? 123 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,400 We all know someone that is obsessed with purple and they 124 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,440 have everything purple. Why are we not talking about the 125 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,000 same thing when it comes to pink? 126 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,720 Like some people are going to stand up and be like, oh, it's 127 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,760 the Barbie core and it's setting up for being a girl and blah, 128 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,400 blah, blah. It's like, yeah, we can do that 129 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,480 in more ways than just decorating with pink. 130 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,040 I don't think it's doing any of that. 131 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,120 I think it's just, oh, pink, girly, cutesy, let me do the 132 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,400 pink. You can do it. 133 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,960 I wouldn't do it. I just think you can be more 134 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,480 creative. I think you can go beyond the 135 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,880 surface level of it all. I think we're all adults here 136 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,400 and we can progress and use pink in other occasions like birthday 137 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,040 parties, home to call throughout the whole year. 138 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,560 I think it's time that we, you know, stretch it a little bit 139 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,400 and go beyond that. And if you're going to be doing 140 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,000 the Rose gold with pink, like we're just not friends. 141 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,960 Like I just know we're not. I know you're not even listening 142 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:12,880 to this podcast, So let's move on. 143 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,080 No more pink. The other one that I will say 144 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,800 that's been made for the more new build homes is this sort of 145 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:26,720 grey Navy silver motif. It's very like clean, safe, kind 146 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,800 of personality free. It definitely doesn't offend me, 147 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,360 doesn't necessarily excite me, but I can get around it and that 148 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,600 it feels the most of a traditional Christmas in 149 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,320 Australia. I just don't love it when it 150 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,480 goes to glam. But that's just my personal 151 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,040 style. I'm not a huge glam type and I 152 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,320 think some people do run into the glam of it all. 153 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,960 And I the thing I'll say about glam is it can just get a little 154 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,160 bit too sweet. It's like glam overload. 155 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,200 You know, if you have something that's too sugary, that's the 156 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,840 same energy I get when I see something that's too glam, it 157 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:07,800 starts to go gaudy and not in a cool way, just in like a no. 158 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,920 We need to just tone it down just a touch. 159 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:15,200 So they're the main ones that are in department and homemaker 160 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,600 stores. There is a taste of these themes 161 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,760 that I'm seeing online in some of the stores, which let's get 162 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,840 into now. The first one I'm going to say 163 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:30,320 is woodland. Think owls, mushrooms, mossy 164 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:36,560 textures, it's cute, it's very cottage core, it can be a little 165 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:39,480 close to Australiana. It makes you wonder whether it's 166 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:43,560 Christmas or forest season. But what I will say is I really 167 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:47,800 appreciate the colours and the earth tones and the textures 168 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,600 found within this theme. A few department stores do take 169 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:56,320 on this woodland Evergreen theme and I really like it. 170 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:02,840 Green, brown, gold textures, beautiful geometric shapes. 171 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,040 The baubles, That's where I would go if I was looking for 172 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,320 baubles this season in Australia. 173 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,400 If you're planning on revamping your whole space, I think you 174 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,640 can't go wrong with earth tones because they're colours that we 175 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,800 see out in nature no matter where you live, so it feels 176 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,160 global. You go with the shapes that like 177 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:26,400 the stars and the baubles and the droplet ornaments and they 178 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,520 feel fresh. They never date, they look 179 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,520 timeless. They're the right amount of chic 180 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:36,120 and elegant. I just wouldn't go down the 181 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,960 deers, the owls, that kind of thing. 182 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:44,120 Again, just moving away from you can do characters, just don't do 183 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,400 all characters. You know, the next thing I've 184 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,240 got here is Ralph Lauren Christmas. 185 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:50,720 You would have seen on my TikTok. 186 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,040 I did a video about it because I saw it trending and spike in 187 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,200 popularity on TikTok. So I jumped onto the occasion 188 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:01,120 just to showcase and, you know, bring awareness to that trend. 189 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,960 So I do like it. It's traditional but refined. 190 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,400 It's like deep burgundy's, tartan ribbons, Navy accents, 191 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,840 warm lighting. It's very timeless. 192 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,280 It's kind of masculine. It's chic. 193 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,480 There's like a clear interpretation of luxury 194 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:21,840 tradition without overdoing it and I think that it's 195 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:26,840 encouraging people to use other things than baubles and tinsel. 196 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,040 I love ribbon. I think it's really effective 197 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,400 and the tartan ribbon is really cool. 198 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,240 It's a pattern, but it doesn't feel really loud. 199 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,360 It's got stripes, but it's also, you know, there's something 200 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:39,400 there. I really like it. 201 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,320 I will say that it is a little bit more suited to the northern 202 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,200 hemisphere. It can look quite heavy in 203 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,640 Australia, but if you want to take it on, I think go for it. 204 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,360 Why not? The next one I've got here is 205 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:55,160 the glass Droplets and romance. This was big last year. 206 00:11:55,160 --> 00:12:00,880 The glass droplet ornaments, the burgundies, the satin ribbons. 207 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,760 It's very romantic, it's lovely if you want something that's 208 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:08,360 quite gentle and elegant. It's very European Christmas and 209 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,400 I'm not mad about it. I would say that it is the more 210 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,000 feminine version of the masculine Ralph Lauren 211 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,840 Christmas. I don't think it's going 212 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,800 anywhere. It's not necessarily the most 213 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,480 popular, but I definitely see it around. 214 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,720 I wouldn't say that it's a new approach to Christmas, but I do 215 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,600 like it and there's a reason why it keeps coming around each year 216 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,200 because it is timeless. What I will say is I think we go 217 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,320 a little bit too far. We start incorporating roses. 218 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:37,800 That feels a bit more Valentine's Day. 219 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,960 I think this is the thing, as we start celebrating more and more 220 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,840 holiday seasons, people who are unfamiliar with like the 221 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:50,040 symbolic motifs get things mixed up because maybe they don't 222 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,600 decorate for other holidays, so they just want to pull things 223 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,240 out and bring them into different things. 224 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,600 I do think that there is a time and place for certain symbols, 225 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:03,920 like roses speak to romance, so Valentine's Day, you know, 226 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:09,640 pumpkins speak to Halloween. I just think we should just have 227 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:14,640 things be placeholders for what they are and what holiday 228 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,520 they're speaking to. And let's not mix it all up in 229 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,760 Christmas. Just don't think that that's the 230 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,320 go. I think we all need to just, you 231 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,640 know, that's why we're having this podcast, a little lesson, a 232 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,080 little class to break down and define what is and what is in 233 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,240 Christmas, what things we should take on and how we should 234 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,400 approach it. So the other thing I'll talk 235 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,720 about are the smaller boutiques and the niche themes. 236 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:38,680 This is where things get really interesting. 237 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:41,400 Like if you go out to a couple of those Christmas warehouses 238 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,200 out of like out in Melbourne and I'm sure there's some in Sydney, 239 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:45,640 they're very strange. They're kind of like a 240 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,200 combination of what's found online as well as what's in 241 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,520 store. So the first one here is 242 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,440 gingerbread. I have places amongst the more 243 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,840 gaudy themes at Christmas, but I'm not mad about it. 244 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,600 I do think it's the best one of them all. 245 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,320 It's warm, it's nostalgic, it smells like cinnamon, it feels 246 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,400 like Christmas without being too cringe. 247 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,640 The thing I will say again, it's a little bit northern hemisphere 248 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,680 energy because it's like snowy houses and things like that. 249 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,600 But I think people love it because it plays into like the 250 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,080 beige and white theme, so it feels quite approachable for 251 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,680 neutral homes across Australia. Where I draw the line is the 252 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,640 candy theme. It's probably my least favourite 253 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:28,080 amongst the whole list, both the colour palette of like the light 254 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:33,200 pastel pink with the acid green and hot pinks and the lollipops. 255 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,640 It's definitely reading like more Willy Wonka than Christmas. 256 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:42,320 The candy cane theme is fine. It can be quite full on because 257 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,000 of the stripe, the bright red and the bright white and so much 258 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,800 stripe. It starts to play a little bit. 259 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:51,000 Horror to me feels a little bit more Halloween for some reason. 260 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,240 I don't know. It just feels like it goes a 261 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,400 little bit too wild because it's kind of got the like hypnosis 262 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,760 pattern of the candy cane. Do you get where I'm going with 263 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,000 that? It just feels a bit much. 264 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,200 There's the Grinch, which look, I get it. 265 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,440 It's fun for the kids, but like we're decorating a home for 266 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,080 Christmas. We're not really decorating a 267 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,440 theme park. So I do think we need to 268 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,480 decorate accordingly. You know, like I like the 269 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:19,440 Grinch, I like the Grinch sheet set that's on like Pottery Barn 270 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,760 and things like that. But I don't love it in like a 271 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,560 full on theme. The last one I've got here is a 272 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,920 Nutcracker, which I do think is classic. 273 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,320 It's I've seen it around, but depending on how you do it, it's 274 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:36,040 nice, it's fresh. It's like, you know, it's, it 275 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,280 still feels traditional Christmas in terms of a 276 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,680 character that I think you can use across the board. 277 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,440 It's a little bit more European. I guess maybe that's reason why 278 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,080 I like it. Maybe I like the more European 279 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,640 themes versus the American themes. 280 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,040 Like the American theme feels a bit more Grinch candy and then I 281 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:52,800 like The Nutcracker and the gingerbread. 282 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,160 So I don't know, maybe I'm just liking the more European themes 283 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,080 versus the American themes. So now that we've covered all 284 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,840 the themes across all the different scales like online, 285 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,080 department store, homemaker and boutiques, the ones that I would 286 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,200 lean on, like I said earlier, is the Evergreen. 287 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,400 I do also like the ocean theme if it's sticking to the colour 288 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,120 palette. I don't mind the Navy silver 289 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,480 one. I also don't mind The Nutcracker 290 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,640 and I also don't mind the gingerbread. 291 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:21,800 They're probably the ones that I would look at. 292 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,240 And also traditional Christmas, if you do it in that Ralph 293 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,400 Lauren aesthetic, I think it's quite nice. 294 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,440 So now The thing is, I bet you're asking now, Louis, like, 295 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,520 what am I meant to do? Am I meant to be buying 296 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:33,960 Christmas gifts and presents every year? 297 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:38,400 No, no, of course you're not. I think some people jump to 298 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,960 excuses. That's the thing with online. 299 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:45,040 This online thing is they'll find any excuse to avoid things 300 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,680 and they get really negative and they decide, well, 301 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,040 overconsumption and you should not be buying something new 302 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,360 every year and blah, blah, blah. And it's like you could just 303 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,040 find something for Christmas and not feel so overwhelmed that you 304 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,080 have to get defensive. You know, let people do what 305 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,080 they want to do, but I don't think you need to be buying a 306 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,079 new theme every year. No one ever said that. 307 00:17:05,319 --> 00:17:07,800 It's just people take things and they pick the face value of 308 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,400 stuff and they roll with it. So what I will say is this, if 309 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,839 there are areas and room for improvement, why not? 310 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,160 Like if you don't have great Christmas decorations, maybe 311 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,920 each year you buy a pack of decorations that you really 312 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:24,839 like. Same goes for the lights. 313 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:26,800 You don't have enough Christmas lights and this year you're 314 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,080 dedicating some money to Christmas lights. 315 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,840 Or you know what? Your tree sucks. 316 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,880 You need to buy a new tree because I am telling you now, if 317 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,720 you buy a beautiful Christmas tree, you're going to have it 318 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:42,640 for years and it's going to just make a huge impact. 319 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,520 The greenery, the garlands, the wreaths and the Christmas trees. 320 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,320 Australia, the stores they suck at doing them. 321 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,400 The best ones I've seen are obviously Balsam Hill. 322 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,360 Costco also have a good one and Pillow Talk has a good one for a 323 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:58,240 good price. It is a little bit gappy. 324 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,160 But The thing is, this is the thing I will say. 325 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,000 Don't buy the Christmas trees that are super plush because 326 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,240 they're quite difficult to decorate because there aren't 327 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:09,040 enough holes and gaps to put baubles in so it can actually be 328 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,760 quite tricky. The ones that look really plush 329 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,240 look quite good without any decorations on them. 330 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,520 So if you like that vibe of a more bare empty tree which is 331 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:21,320 the lights, definitely get one of those plush Christmas trees. 332 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,240 But I'll say in comparison to the 2 balsam hill trees I have 333 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,200 the noble fir and the Norway spruce. 334 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,160 The noble fir is more difficult to decorate because it's very 335 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:35,640 plush and dense, whereas the Norway spruce is easier. 336 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:40,120 It has just the right amount of like volume and texture, but 337 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,640 enough room to decorate. Love them both, but for 338 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,320 different reasons. So what I will say. 339 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,960 So you're thinking, oh you know, what am I going to buy this 340 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,800 year? Maybe it's a tree, maybe it's 341 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,560 some Garland and a wreath. Maybe you've got a 30 centimetre 342 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,600 wreath and you want to buy a 60 centimetre wreath. 343 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,320 What I'm saying is that this whole idea of you buying 344 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,920 something new each Christmas is not meant to mean that you're 345 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:02,360 doing a complete and utter overhaul. 346 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,200 You're just buying things to add to your collection, which is why 347 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:11,040 you should be wary of these character ornaments because the 348 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,320 characters are the things that you're going to toss versus 349 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,840 buying a different like accent called that you could use again 350 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,320 and again and again. What I will say, instead of 351 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,840 buying different baubles, maybe just buy a different ribbon. 352 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:29,080 I have two boxes full of ribbon, different sizes, wide ribbon, 353 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,040 velvet ribbon, satin ribbon pattern. 354 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,880 It is incredible the difference ribbon makes on a tree. 355 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,520 It instantly makes it more elevated. 356 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,440 It instantly makes it look like a stylist has done it and it did 357 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,480 not cost you that much money. You can go to spotlight and pick 358 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,160 up some ribbon or you can buy some off Timu or Amazon. 359 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:50,880 They're all coming from the same place. 360 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,800 They're all different prices. Just buy some ribbon, tie some 361 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,480 bows, and also don't stick with just bows. 362 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,560 Some people. Oh I'm so over the bow trunk. 363 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:03,040 Ribbon does not have to be bows. Ribbon can cascade down. 364 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:07,960 Go on a deep dive on YouTube. Americans, they know how to work 365 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,680 with ribbon. They know ribbon and Christmas 366 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,360 trees really really well. You will get, you will just 367 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,560 you'll become obsessed. You will watch back to back 368 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,440 videos of people doing ribbons on Christmas trees. 369 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,640 Instantly elevates it instantly makes it feel better. 370 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,800 If you are going to buy bows, put the bow above a bauble 371 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,600 please. I don't really love when the 372 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:35,760 bows are just sitting vacant. Like provide a bit of context to 373 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,520 the bow. You don't really do bows just 374 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,680 Willy nilly. You put a bow in your hair, you 375 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:46,120 put a bow on a present. So therefore you put a bow with 376 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,680 something with a ball ball, not just like on a branch. 377 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,080 Yeah, I think bows are not going anywhere for Christmas, and I 378 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,480 never want them to because I love bows, but I love them in 379 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,640 the context of them sitting with something. 380 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,640 The next thing that I'll say, which is the huge game changer, 381 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,160 which you can do immediately, is cutting all the strings off your 382 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,760 baubles and replacing them with ornament hooks. 383 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,040 You can get them in silver, gold or green. 384 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,760 Green disappears. Silver can go with silver, gold 385 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:17,640 can go with gold. Instantly makes everything look 386 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,600 so much better because there's so much visual noise of the 387 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,440 strings on a tree. It ruins it. 388 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,880 It looks like a mess. The strings are terrible. 389 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,560 I wish they, I wish they never brought them out and did that on 390 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,200 decorations because previously you would have to tie your own 391 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,560 strings on ornaments and then they started doing it for you 392 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,360 and then they got real creative with the strings and it makes 393 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,360 everything an absolute mess. So please do me a favour, cut 394 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:42,920 off all those strings and buy yourself some ornament hooks. 395 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,800 It's instantly a game changer. So again, one of those things 396 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,840 you could pick up ornament hooks and ribbon super cheap, very 397 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,520 effective at changing the look and feel of your Christmas tree 398 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,320 every single year. Then is it, are we going to 399 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:58,920 upgrade some things? Are we going to buy some 400 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,160 beautiful Cape shell stars this expensive? 401 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:03,680 They're expensive. We're going to buy them when 402 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,400 they go on sale, which what like I'll add, Christmas stuff goes 403 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,720 on sale around November. Do not wait till Boxing Day 404 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,400 because they don't go on sale on Boxing Day. 405 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,440 They go on sale in November. They will not go back on sale. 406 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,720 They will just pull them away, put them in a warehouse and 407 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,240 bring them back out the following year. 408 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,720 So don't wait for the end of Christmas. 409 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,320 It doesn't work that way. The next thing that I'll also 410 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,440 say here is think about the gift wrap. 411 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,680 The gift wrap acts as decor as well. 412 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,200 Wrapping your presents in beautiful gift wrap really 413 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,720 changes the look and feel of your Christmas tree at the base, 414 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,120 especially if you don't have a nice Christmas collar. 415 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,600 They're really hard to find at a good price. 416 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,600 They're all very expensive. The one I have is super 417 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,720 expensive from Balsam Hill. I don't expect everyone to be 418 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:50,040 buying that. I do think you could get some of 419 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,720 those boxes if you're doing online shopping. 420 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:56,000 Wrap them up beautifully and stick them under the tree and 421 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,760 that will solve your issue when it comes to the base of your 422 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,040 tree. I've also seen some people buy a 423 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:06,200 Garland in the same texture of their tree and they stick it 424 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,600 underneath so then it looks like the tree is starting from the 425 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,520 floor and goes all the way up. Very cool. 426 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,480 Also makes it look taller, more grand. 427 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,320 Very about it. Another solution and one more 428 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,320 other thing which I thought about which you could swap out 429 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,480 but it's slightly more expensive is like a pic like a poinsettia, 430 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,440 which might I say people say poinsettias are very northern 431 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,240 hemisphere because it speaks to winter, but they're actually 432 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,400 not. Poinsettias are South American 433 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,800 flowers, so they're actually are grown in a warm climate. 434 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,960 I think what happened in history is they brought them up to add a 435 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,960 splash of colour in America back in the day. 436 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,920 So look, you can say they're wintry, but they're not. 437 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:50,560 But they're actually, you know, an equator flower, so hot, dry 438 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,000 season flower. So they're kind of tropical. 439 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,480 So I think you can use them around. 440 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,960 The thing is with like I said, with flowers, it's probably the 441 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,640 only file that I'll probably accept on a Christmas tree, but 442 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,320 I wouldn't go too overboard. But you can use like Berry picks 443 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,040 and sticks. They can be pricey, but they do 444 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,200 make a huge difference when it comes to adding a little bit 445 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,800 more texture and dimension to your tree. 446 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,520 And if you want to mix it up one year, maybe you're adding the 447 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,120 pics. And the best thing is, is that 448 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,960 you did all the pics one year and then you can use the pics 449 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,480 again in a vase on your tree accented. 450 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,720 Not as many, you know, there's varieties. 451 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,720 I have also seen some paper accordion trees. 452 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,520 If you live in a small apartment or don't want to decorate too 453 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,320 hard for the holidays, I do think they're very effective. 454 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,280 You can get stars Christmas trees, you can even get life 455 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,240 size accordion paper Christmas trees. 456 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,040 Now they are quite expensive though. 457 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,360 But what I do like about them is that they're recyclable. 458 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:46,200 They fold down really flat, so they're really easy to store. 459 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,240 You don't have to get the brown and the beige. 460 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:52,520 You can go out and get burgundy, green, blue, purple, you name 461 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:53,480 it. This year. 462 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,560 When it comes to Christmas themes, I would say it's a 463 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,080 little bit slower normally. Every year I definitely see a 464 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:03,360 stand out that I go for. Last year I did the yellow 465 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:05,560 Christmas tree, which I think did quite well. 466 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,120 I wanted to do something different. 467 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:09,040 I didn't think it would be a trend. 468 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,080 I just wanted to stand out and I think it did that. 469 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,040 I did the character ornaments because I think that we were on 470 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,960 the cusp of the Christmas nostalgia and then now it's just 471 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,760 gone full swing into Ralph Lauren. 472 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:25,160 I don't think that I'll do Ralph Lauren because again, like I 473 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,680 said, I don't think it'll play out as well with the Australian 474 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,400 viewers. I did provincial home living 475 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,960 last year, which was green and white and everyone loved it, I 476 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,640 think because it felt fresh. That's something I will say too. 477 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,400 Don't be afraid to decorate your table with fresh flowers, 478 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,160 particularly if you live in Australia that in season you can 479 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,920 grab some beautiful hydrangeas and green and white. 480 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,200 It feels really fresh and you can also grab some really nice 481 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,560 green and white stuff over at Provincial Home Living. 482 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,440 They have really good candles as well. 483 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,000 Candles, flowers, things that you would use in spring, summer 484 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,480 that you can use again. In terms of what I'm thinking, I 485 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,440 will do a combination of two trees that I did, the character 486 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,680 tree with West Elm ornaments and also the silver and blue velvet 487 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:10,880 ribbon. I think I will do this year as 488 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,360 well as on my second tree. I've got all those Capez 489 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:18,120 ornaments from Balsam Hill and I also picked some up from a bed, 490 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:20,640 bath and table. I thought I might do gold and 491 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,240 burgundy. So we've got like a gold 492 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:27,880 burgundy Capees shell tree on one and then we've got the 493 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,840 silver and blue with the character ornaments and a little 494 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,880 bit of Lameta tinsel on the other. 495 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,320 So I've got a nice little balance of like the yin and Yang 496 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,280 opposites attract the trees opposites in shape and style. 497 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:41,600 So I think that'll go really well. 498 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,960 I would love to grab some of those paper accordion trees from 499 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,920 Country Rd just like in the modern spot of my house, like in 500 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,680 the living room. So it's sort of like the 501 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:54,280 traditional Christmas theme with the wreath, the garlands, the 502 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,800 two trees are in the front terrace. 503 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,480 And then we go into the paper accordion stuff out in the more 504 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,840 modern living room. You let me know what you think. 505 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:08,040 I just need to find one because Country Rd hasn't launched them 506 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,280 yet. I spoke with the team and they 507 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,640 said they were going to be doing green, but I would really love 508 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,320 the beige ones just because I feel like I've already got 509 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,680 enough green going on with the other trees. 510 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,600 I think a little switch out would be nice in terms of where 511 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,560 I see us going in future. I think next year purple will be 512 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:29,360 a quite a big theme, purple and silver and grey tobacco. 513 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:32,640 Like it's sort of like a grey brown because I know the 514 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,000 pendulum is swinging and we're swinging more into the cool 515 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,880 tones again. We've had the warm tones in 516 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,880 quite some time. People have just been sleeping 517 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,600 on it, but that's just, you know, that's just people. 518 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:46,320 We've lived in the beige warm world since 2020. 519 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:50,840 It's been about 5-6 years. So now it's time for us to head 520 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:52,880 back into the cool tones. And I think the way we're going 521 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:57,560 to do it is through the tobacco shades, silver purples, purples, 522 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,360 also a colour of Advent. So I do think that that will tie 523 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:03,080 quite well. And with Christmas, particularly 524 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,240 traditional Christmas. So I do see that coming. 525 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:11,680 I also see beige isn't going to go anywhere quickly because so, 526 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,840 you know, some people are just like coming to terms with it. 527 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,920 I think Burberry is having a revival. 528 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,760 And if people who want to do Ralph Lauren but in a neutral 529 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,840 way, they might do the Burberry print ribbon. 530 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,440 Keep an eye out for that. Also, there's been a big motif 531 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:33,720 with like black and white spots, like Dalmatian black and white. 532 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,760 I feel like there could be a resurgence of that. 533 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,560 The 80s and 90s has been back for a little while, so we could 534 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:43,000 see the houndstooth black and white energy. 535 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,920 It does exist in some territories, particularly over 536 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,360 in the US, so keep an eye out for that. 537 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,040 It's all very interesting. Christmas has so much going on, 538 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,840 which is why I don't love like the pink because I'm like, 539 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,440 there's so many options you could choose from and you're 540 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,880 just going to go with the pink. You do pink every other year, 541 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,440 Like come on, like not year, but all the time. 542 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,200 Move on, move on from the pink, do something different. 543 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:09,840 I could talk about Christmas for hours on end, but at the end of 544 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,880 the day, Christmas styling should just feel like you. 545 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,920 Whether it's traditional, coastal or completely your own 546 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:20,240 style, the goal is to make your home feel festive, not forced. 547 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,200 And the trends, the yes, they come and they go, but a well 548 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,520 considered tree and thoughtful details always hold up. 549 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,160 It's just the way that you do it. 550 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,480 So if you enjoyed this episode, make sure you're following the 551 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:36,280 show wherever you listen and tag me at Louisbourg if you're 552 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,800 styling your space. What time are you going to be 553 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,760 starting Christmas decorating? Some people have had their tree 554 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,120 up since September. I have been putting it off till 555 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,800 November. I have shared some Christmas 556 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,200 things from last year on my feed because people have been asking. 557 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,920 I will be doing the Christmas Tree Review series on Tiktok 558 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:59,600 again this year, so stay tuned for that and submit your tree, 559 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:01,560 please. I think lots of people who 560 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,920 submit their trees are not that passionate about Christmas. 561 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,800 They just want me to review their tree. 562 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,800 I want some good ones in the mix. 563 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,880 All of them are good in their own way, but I want people who 564 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,400 are passionate about Christmas to also submit. 565 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,080 So I would love to see what you're doing. 566 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,480 I'm going to be decorating. Stay tuned for that. 567 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,960 I'm going to be seen across online, I've got a couple of 568 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,960 people coming around to shoot a few home tours and print 569 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,160 publications and that's very exciting. 570 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,240 Lots to see over here for Christmas at Beecherburg, 571 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,080 following me across all socials at Louis Burg. 572 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:38,400 And until next time, enjoy the rest of your day and happy 573 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:39,120 holidays.