Custom Bedding - Finishing Touches

We are in the final stages of a project with 4 bedrooms of custom bedding and window treatments. We’ve been working on this project since the beginning of construction, and we are excited that the house will be finished shortly after the first of the year.

To keep the fabrics and ideas for each bedroom separate, we decided to create a fabric sample sheet for each room. The color pages are a great visual representation of what will be going in each room.

The Style Statement- Audrey Walter

Our office is taking an exploratory journey into our personal style by reading and answering the questions in the book The Style Statement by Carrie McCarthy and Danielle LaPorte. Cheryl heard about this book from a fellow designer in High Point and we thought it would be fun to complete the book together.
The book is kind of like a workbook: you read several pages of other people’s profiles, then answer a series of questions about yourself. The questions range from a list of either/or choices, like “cabin/condo” to “what does your voice sound like to you?” Of course everyone has different answers , and usually Cheryl and Audrey have opposite answers – like in the case of cabin/condo, Audrey picked cabin, Cheryl picked condo.
The questions are broken down into categories like “Home and Stuff”, “Spirit and Learning”, and “Relationships and Communication”. Right now our office has made it through the first couple of sections of questions. We continue to get a kick out of the frank and honest answers we each write, and we all look forward to reporting our Style Statement after the first of the year.

Holiday Decorating Idea

Greenery and red berries add a simple festive look to pendant lighting for the holidays.

Fun Wine Toppers for the Holidays

We just discovered this adorable mail order catalog! Just in time for the holidays!
It has lots of fun and festive ideas for holiday decorating or last minute gift giving. And for the wine afficiandos out there ... how cute are these!! www.atwestend.com

'Tis the Season

There are a number of ways you can choose a color scheme for your Christmas decorations. Here are a few examples....

Your Home's Color Scheme
Focus on the colors you have in your home year 'round and select complementary colors that bring out the seasonal feeling.

Colors from Your Childhood Christmases
If you have particularly happy memories from Christmas past, try to choose a color theme to enhance that memory. If you loved all the candy canes, choose a red and white color scheme. Did your tree have shiny silver tinsel laid over the boughs? Maybe you'd like a silver glittery color scheme. How about the bubble lights from the 50's and 60's? Choose a color scheme that brings all those colors to mind.


Colors from a Decorating Motif
Do you love the luscious and luminous beaded fruits? Then you might want to bring the jewel tones into all your Christmas decorating. Do you love rustic, earthy decorations? Then you might want to stick with greens, browns, and golds.

A Piece of Fabric
If you have seen a beautiful fabric that would be spectacular on the center of your dining room table, draw your Christmas colors from the fabric design. Bring the hues into all the rooms for a unified look.

A Sentimental, Collectible Christmas Decoration
Were you given a special Christmas decoration from your childhood home? If so, make that the focal point and use the colors from it for your color scheme.

Hues from Your Home
If your home has warm colors, it would be best to choose golds and reds for decorations rather than icy white and silver. Keep with the feeling of your home for a harmonious decor.

Holiday Gift Wrap
You see lots of color schemes used in Christmas gift wrapping paper. See which ones you like, and think about the style, colors, and motifs represented. Choose a paper that would look good in your home and find more decorations in the same colors to place around the house.

Holiday Decorating Ideas

We hope the following photos insipire you as you decorate your home this holiday season.

Holiday Decorating

Christmas is a wonderful time of year, a time for celebrating with family, friends and colleagues. However, with the festivities comes the decorating.. but who has the energy, the time, or the expertise to put it all together? We do!

Leave the decorating to the professionals. Our design experts can create a simple or elaborate display for your home or business. Whether you are creating a whole new holiday look or updating your existing holiday decor, CSA will execute a cohesive and festive look for your business or residence.

Let us take the hassle out of holiday decorating so you can enjoy yourself this season.

Call our office at 828 697-2012 or email us at kim@cherylsmithassociates.com to schedule your appointment.