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2022 Trending Christmas Décor

THINK PINK

Following in the footsteps of Barbiecore 2022, where pink has dominated red carpets and runways. A pink hued Christmas will be more popular than ever. Create on a budget it by adding pink elements to gold for an easy transition to modern up your old décor.

THE BEDROOM

Spread the spirit of the season to the bedroom, especially guest rooms, if family and friends are coming to stay. Slumber in a cozy, festive sanctuary. An easy addition is to switch sheets for holiday designs, and pops of color with jolly throw pillows.

MANTELSCAPING

Make the fireplace the focal point of the room and get creative with it. This trend has no rules and lets you be as creative as a Santa’s elf. Invest in a Christmas garland to layer up and experiment. Add lights for extra glow, and ornaments for texture and height.

WELCOMING FRONT DOOR

The trend gained popularity, as people embraced being home due to the pandemic. A decorated doorway is a first impression of the family who call the inside home. Make it a grand one, upping your curb appeal and delighting neighbors in the process.

life on the Lake

Written By Hannah Ryder Photography By Jaqueline Southby

Any way you look at it,

Lake Michigan is a gorgeous, limitless body of water. It carries freighters full of supplies around the region, provides the state treasure that is the Petoskey stone, and brings us lake effect snow. Its shores are a vacation destination for many and home for some. Since 2019, Dr. Martha Nelson and two of her sisters have been part of the lucky few who get to call their slice of Lake Michigan home year-round.

After a twenty-year stint in Portland, Oregon, Martha felt drawn to return to Michigan after she retired. More specifically, she wanted to return the Onekama/Manistee area where she and her six siblings had spent their summers in the family cottage just three miles south of her current home. “It’s beautiful, and it’s a great location. The beach is wonderful…the winter weather’s terrible, but otherwise, it’s lovely,” Martha laughs.

One day, while at her family’s cottage, Martha bumped into a man who owned some lakefront property and was looking to sell. “There was an old house built on this property before and the guy who owned it lived in Japan. I started talking to him one day on the beach and he mentioned he wanted to sell it. I looked at it and thought it was great,” Martha says. Everything fell into place for her. “I bought the property in the mid-2000s and hung onto it knowing someday I would build a nice house here and once I got it built, we moved in and have been here ever since!”

Dr. Martha Nelson with her sisters, Catherine and Margaret