• 6 Steps to Building Your Holiday Tablescape

    6 Steps to Building Your Holiday Tablescape

    The holidays are the best time to gather around the table and focus on family, friends and food. Whether you’re hosting for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas...

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    The art of decorating your home for the holidays may now be just another item on your to-do list. But beyond your indoor décor and outdoor lights, don’t forget about your front porch. A festive display draws in guests and sets the tone for the merriment that is about to come. St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles asked three local design shops to put their seasonal spin on a classic Clayton exterior recently rehabbed by Period Restoration. The expert elves from Mary Tuttle’s, Rusted Chandelier and The Jeweled Cottage had just 30 minutes to sprinkle their tinsel, ribbons and garland.

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    When Kevin and Keely Travers put the finishing touches to the construction of their house at Bellerive Country Club in July 2016, the traditional red and green of Christmas couldn’t have been farther from their minds. It wasn’t until months later that the fresh color palette put the brakes on the family’s first spate of holiday decorating in the new home.

  • Easter: Something Old, Something New

    Easter: Something Old, Something New

    St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles welcomes guest blogger Jean Carnahan. Known well around our great city, Jean was the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate after...

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    1 Antler napkin ring, available at Pottery Barn.

    2 Prancer napkin ring, by MacKenzie-Childs, available at Three French Hens and B. Davis.

    3 Feather napkin ring, available at House in Style.

    4 Snowy pine cone napkin ring, available at The Jeweled Cottage.

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    Peggy Deguire and Richard Supanich took the leap from single-family-home ownership to condo living and haven’t looked back since. They purchased their St. Louis Hills home right out of college and thought they’d spend the rest of their lives there; but as time went on their plans began to change. “As we’ve gotten older, we want to travel more,” says Peggy. With 2,500 square feet to upkeep as well as a yard, the thought of condo living was very appealing to the couple.

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