One of Home & Garden director Sarah Gunn’s favourite things about this time of year is trimming the tree. Whether your holiday style is modern, romantic or more on the traditional side, she has a new take on Christmas-tree decorating just for you.
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Number each gift and turn the tree into an Advent calendar.
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Wrap your tree in mini gifts. Vary the size of the packages for visual interest, but keep the look uniďŹ ed by sticking to a simple colour scheme; in this case, we were inspired to create a traditional red-and-white palette. Once wrapped, presents were tied to branches using coordinating ribbon and twine. High Park seven-foot lifelike pine tree (throughout), canadiantire.ca. Marcel sofa, Woodford coffee table and Hugo rug, urbanbarn.com. Cushions, tonicliving.com. Essex mantel, hearthmanor.com. Simply White OC-117 paint (on wall), benjaminmoore.com.
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