Okay, I promise this is my last holiday-centric post. I put away the last of the christmas boxes into storage yesterday and finished striking decor at client's homes earlier this week, so the season really does feel over. But it's a little sad, and I wanted to take one more chance to reminisce on the magic of the holidays. There is no other time of year that I enjoy so much, and I think it's because it's a time when everyone celebrates in a visual, aesthetically pleasing way. I'm not saying that every light display and every tree is beautiful, far from it, but I think everyone attempts to make their decor beautiful. And that, in itself, is beautiful.

Images | Decor by Lauryl Lane.

Because I was so busy with decorating client's homes and businesses this year, I had to seriously simplify my own holiday decor. One of the only days my husband and I were even at home was Christmas Day, but a little festivity is always necessary. We chose a small tabletop tree to put in our street-facing window, and decorated it with mini red and gold balls, white crocheted snowflakes, and a variety of lovely hand-pressed and hand-painted ornaments from Victoria Hoke Lane's new ornament collection (on sale to the public for the 2013 Holiday Season, I got a preview as I styled all of the pieces for the collection photos!). It wasn't our traditional fare, but perhaps we're starting new traditions. We had our favorite ornaments, and although most of our boxes of decor stayed in storage, it was fun to have a few touches of Christmas about the house. Now that I've taken everything down, the house feels a little forlorn. Ah well, I'm sure the next holiday season will be upon us before we know it!

Images | Styling | Decor by Lauryl Lane.