Decorating

Holiday Plants

Choosing the Best Poinsettias

Despite holding the official title of most popular potted plant, the familiar poinsettia remains full of surprises.

Gardening: The humble plants that saved Thanksgiving

Home Grown Centerpieces

Getting the most from your holiday plants

Live plants add warmth and color to holiday celebrations, but every poinsettia, live Christmas tree, Christmas cactus and amaryllis carries with it a question: What happens when the celebrations are over?

Martha's Favorite Amaryllis

Amaryllis offers something rare in the world of gardening—almost instant gratification.

Paper-whites Kit

Bundle together everything you need to grow—and give—paper-whites: bulbs, pebbles, and a decorative container

Holly, mistletoe entwined with holidays

Victorian England did deck the halls with boughs of holly

Poinsettias a favorite holiday adornment

Christmas and poinsettias are practically inseparable. As you venture forth on one of the busiest shopping days of the season, you'll likely see poinsettias adorning more stores, more homes and more businesses than any other plant.

Trees

Choosing a Christmas Tree

Real trees, bought at corner lots and garden shops, are the choice of an estimated 37 to 38 percent of Americans celebrating Christmas.

Christmas Tree Cleanup

Here’s the best way to take down a Christmas tree.

Evergreen trees of holiday season

Mother Nature has given us many from which to choose.

Martha Stewart on Choosing a Christmas Tree

The freshest tree you can buy is one picked from a field and cut in front of you.

Popular fresh-cut tree species for Utah

Types and characteristics of the various local fresh trees.

 

Setting Up a Christmas Tree

Once you’ve chosen the perfect Christmas tree and brought it home, the next step is getting it to its designated spot in the house.

Tips For Trimmimg; Balance Is the Key To a Terrific Tree

Decorating a Christmas tree is not a matter of simply slapping up the pine or fir and helter-skelter covering it with all the lights and ornaments you've collected over the years. Do it this way and -- voila. A mess.

Trying on a Tree: Christmas trees come in every shape, variety, size

Shopping for a cut Christmas tree entails more than finding that perfect pyramidal form in the lot. There is color to consider, spacing of branches, texture of needles and aroma.

 

Table Decorations

Gingerbread Cottage from Good Housekeeping

Bake Our Charming Gingerbread Cottage.

Pumpkin Vase

Pumpkins wear many hats this time of year, appearing in pies and soups as well as in centerpieces. Here's another use: Transform one into a colorful homemade vase.

Scented Candles

Not sure how a wedding day, approaching storm or Christmas night is supposed to smell?

Table trimmings

For holiday dinner parties, success is all about presentation.

 

Thanksgiving Fruit Centerpiece

Fruit has a long history of being used as an adornment that fills the space in the middle of a tabletop.

Thanksgiving Decorations

More delightful decorating ideas for your turkey day.

Turkey Trivia Place Card

Print out a template for this fun Thanksgiving dinner enhancement.

Wishbone Napkin Ring

To make “silver” napkin rings, save wishbones from roast chickens, wash and dry them thoroughly, and spray them with chrome paint.

Other

Don't Get Strung Out Over Holiday Lights

The first step is to get all your lights out and untangled, so you'll know what you have to work with.

Enhance Holiday Glow without Endangering

And holidays require extra caution as you decorate, light candles, and run extension cords to Christmas trees. Here are some suggestions to enhance the holiday glow without endangering your house, yourself, or your guests.

Holiday Decorating can be a Natural and can Save on the Old Pocketbook

Holiday decorations, whether for the Christmas tree or as a table centerpiece, need not be expensive.

Thanksgiving Decorations

More delightful decorating ideas for your turkey day.

Not Your Grandma’s Holiday Cards

Holiday cards are developing into an art, going beyond mere greetings, becoming part of holiday décor with music, photos, pop-ups and more

Showcase Your Collections

’Tis the season for collectors. Holidays come but once a year, so here’s how to collect and decorate in style

Stop Dreaming of a Red-and-Green Christmas

This holiday season, unwrap some new hues

DIY Holiday Decoration Idea:

Family Photo Mobile

Welcome to Your Holiday Home

More intimate than outdoor lights that scream down the block, front-door decorations invite guests in with a hint of the holiday décor style yet to come

Handmade, Heartfelt: How We Deck The Halls Now

Reinvent your holiday home with DIY decorations for every room

Get The LED Out

Reinvent your light show this holiday season with energy-efficient LED lights

Tips From the Top

Holiday decorating doesn’t have to be a challenge. Here’s how to make it fun, memorable and beautiful from holiday pros who know their way around a tree

All Shades of Green

No need to choose – there’s room in your home for both real and artificial greenery. Here’s how to spice up your holiday décor

Show Me The Tree!

Redefine how your home reflects the holiday season starting with your Christmas tree

How-to Holiday

Festive ideas for spreading holiday cheer throughout your home