3 ways to set a gorgeous holiday table, starting with stuff you own
By Jennifer Barger
The Washington Post
LONG BEFORE ANY-
one was “fridgescaping” their refrigerator interiors with vases of roses and artfully arranged fruit, people were decking out their dinner tables with greenery, fancy plates and flowers. “Particularly at Christmas and other holidays, I put more effort and energy into making my tables really special,” says Willow Crossley, a Cotswolds, England-based florist and author. “When you go to town with decorations, it’s a way to really welcome people into your home.”
Setting a gracious scene for Thanksgiving or winter holidays (Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa) doesn’t mean you have to shell out a lot of money — or head to HomeGoods or Target to buy up all the plates and glasses you can carry.
Instead, consider using flowers, vintage or thrifted goods, or items you already own to make seasonal magic.
Here’s how several pros recommend creating a memorable holiday tablescape.
Deck the table with flowers and greenery
Decorating with natural materials — dried corncobs for Thanksgiving or a fir tree in December — brings the outside in during colder months.
At the table, this might mean creating a runner of sorts with plants.
“I fill low vessels with smaller things like the succulents, air plants, or dried flowers and weave them down a table,” says Anna Weaver, owner of Proper Topper, a gift, hat and plant shop in D.C. “Things that are green are both pretty and fit with most decor. Then just add something shiny like mercury glass balls or tinsel.”
Crossley also favors shorter vessels because they make it easier for people to see one another across the table.
She often fills them with single blooms (ranunculus or anemones, for example) interspersed with forcedbulb flowers such as paperwhites and amaryllis.
Crossley sometimes loads cake stands or footed bowls with tiny oranges, wrapped candies or pomegranates.
“It’s like a Roman feast, and then the kids can nibble on things if they get hungry between courses,” she says. You can buy cut flowers at the expected spots — grocery stores, flower shops — or at Costco, which sells blooms in bulk at bargain prices. Flower wholesalers in some areas allow nonpros to shop where the floral designers do, accessing lower prices, higher quality and more variety.
When choosing roses, carnations or other blooms, remember that you don’t have to go with traditional holiday colors such as red and green, or blue and silver. “Play around with all white, or mix deep purple and burgundy,” says Halima Adetona, a floral designer in Washington, D.C. “It doesn’t have to feel like a Hallmark movie.”
Set a sustainable table
More than a month before Thanksgiving, websites for big-box retailers such as Williams Sonoma and World Market overflow with
pumpkin-shaped punch bowls, table runners emblazoned with fall foliage and platters festooned with turkeys. “But it’s wasteful to just purchase things you’ll use for one meal a year,” says Laura Fenton, a sustainability expert and the author of “The Little Book of Living Small.” So, unless you own a poultry or Christmas tree farm, set your holiday table with items that evoke the season instead of blatantly depicting it.
You can transform autumn leaves into place cards (write names on them with a metallic marker) or put out earth-toned napkins on Turkey Day. “In December, ask your local tree lot if they can give you some spare branches,” says Sarah von Pollaro, a flower designer in Arlington, Virginia. “Then spread them down the middle of the table or put them in vases with flowers.” Keep other decor simple and reusable, such as colorful lengths of ribbon tied in bows around candlesticks or napkins.
Then break out items you already own — family china, everyday glasses and jam jars repurposed to hold flowers. “You don’t need to buy a bunch of disposable plastic cups and plates just because people are coming over,” says Laura Hodges, a Baltimore-based interior designer focused on sustainability. “I even use glass glasses for kids’ parties.”
Don’t have enough dishes/knives/napkins for your holiday blowout? Consider
borrowing supplies from a friend or tapping a party rental outfit — many will hire out tableware even for smaller events.
Go for a vintage tablescape
Last December, Anna Weaver, a vintage dealer in Washington, D.C., dressed her holiday table with mid-century-modern white and silver plates,
antique brass candlesticks, a 1980s ruby red vase and a 19th-century textile repurwposed as a tablecloth. “A table is like a room: It needs to be layered to be interesting,” Weaver says. Like many fans of retro decor, she advocates blending eras and styles to keep your tablescape hip and festive.
If you don’t have a cabinet full of family heirlooms,
Anna Weaver went with a vintage look for her 2023 holiday table, including a 19th-century textile repurposed as a tablecloth.
(ANNA WEAVER / COVER PHOTO BY GENEVIEVE STEVENSON)
lee reich | In the Garden
I’VE GOT TO LEARN TO look up more, you know, the way tourists do; natives generally fix their gazes straight ahead to a destination or downwards, in thought. I am reminded of this when a visitor (a “tourist” in this context) walks up my front path, smiles, and tells me, “I like your green roof.” So, then I (the “native” in this context) look up and join in the appreciation.
My green roof was born about twenty years ago. After fumbling too many times with packages or keys in the rain at the front door, the time had come to build protection from the elements. Rather than cover just the area around the door, this cover would extend
over a small patio. And rather than just shingle the roof, why not make it a planted roof, a “green roof?”
So, my friend Bill and I built a sturdy, shallowly sloped roof supported on three corners by the walls of my house, and by an 8x8 white oak post in its fourth corner. The roof had enough slope so plants could be seen from the path, yet not so steep that a hard rain would wash the soil away.
To keep the wooden structure dry, it was covered with EPDM roofing material and flashed with copper. A twoinch high lip of copper flashing along the low edge keeps plants and soil from sliding down off the roof. To prevent water from puddling at this
lower end, I drilled holes and soldered short lengths of copper tubing at intervals into the lip, figuring that excess water would stream decoratively from each tube during rains. (It streamed, but not so decoratively, because some tubes kept getting clogged and the bottom edge of the roof was not exactly horizontal, so the flow burden was taken up by only a few tubes.)
Next was the gardening part of the roof. To keep the weight down, for low fertility to suppress weeds, and for good moisture retention I made a planting mix of equal parts peat moss and calcined montmorillonite clay (often sold as kitty litter).
Brendan Fogarty Owner
The author’s green roof, now colonized by a variety of plants. (LEE REICH PHOTO)
GARDEN NOTES
STOCKBRIDGE
Upcoming program
Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming program: Tuesdays, Nov. 26 to Dec. 17, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. “Plant Health Care.” This four-session program, taught by Jen Werner, focuses on factors that affect plant health care, including insects, diseases, pathogens, and abiotic influences. Basic diagnostic techniques will be taught. Learn to minimize potential problems through proper site management, plant selection, and placement. Managing problems using biological, chemical, and cultural techniques will be discussed with a focus on integrated pest management. Cost is $215 members, $240 nonmembers. To register or for more information,
visit www.berkshirebotanical.org. Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 West Stockbridge Road.
SPRINGFIELD
2025 Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Contest
The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts together with the USDA, Forest Service and National Garden Clubs, Inc., are giving students the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of wildfire prevention and basic environmental conservation principles through original drawings of Smokey Bear or Woodsy Owl.
Children from first through fifth grade are invited to participate in this annual drawing contest featuring conservation icons Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl. Individual children can enter but groups, clubs and
schools are encouraged to use this as an opportunity to impress upon their members or students the importance of taking a personal role in preventing wildfires or conserving natural resources. Posters are to be completed by individual students, have correct spelling and all posters must feature Smokey Bear or Woodsy Owl. Smokey Bear posters must include Smokey’s wildfire prevention message: Only
You Can Prevent Wildfires! Woodsy Owl posters must include Woodsy’s conservation messages: Give-A-Hoot, Don’t Pollute or Lend a Hand - Care for the Land. Complete rules including size requirements, allowed materials and other important contest rules can be found on the GCFM website at www. gcfm.org/ngc-youth-contests.
Being a member of a garden club is not a re-
quirement, but all contest entrants must be sponsored by a GCFM recognized local garden club. Entries must be submitted to the sponsoring club by Jan. 10, 2025. For more information or to connect with a recognized garden club contact Mary Bandouveres at gcfmyouthcontests@gmail.com.
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The root environment on the roof was going to be harsh for plants.
Only a 2-inch depth of root run.
And, in contrast to the moderated temperatures within soil out in open ground, roots on this shallow roof would experience mad swings in temperature that would closely mirror that of the air.
And even though peat moss sucks up and holds moisture, there’s not much peat moss moisture to draw from in 2 inches of rooting.
The plant choice, given the conditions, became obvious: some kind of hardy, succulent plant. I chose hens-and-chicks.
After filling enough 24x10inch planting trays with the planting mix, I plugged in hens-and-chicks plants every 4 inches in each direction.
All this planting took place almost a year before
the roof was readied for the plants, important so the hen-and-chicks could make enough “chicks” to spread and pretty much cover the planting trays, which otherwise would have left too much planting mix exposed to washing from rainfall. Up the trays eventually went on the sloping roof, laid down like tiles on a tile floor. Everything looked very neat and trim.
Despite very little intervention from me, the years have brought some changes to that green roof. This was not a garden area that I ever planned to weed, and I stuck to my plan. I figured that a green roof with a weed-free planting mix, sheltered on two sides by walls, and eight to ten feet off the ground would not harbor weeds.
I was wrong. Some weeds have moved in. Well, not weeds per se, because a “weed” is a plant in the wrong place, and the roof is welcome to pretty much any plant.
Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting
A chest fit for an emperor
THE ART OF ADDING MOTH-
er-of-pearl inlay to lacquerware has been practiced in Korea for more than a thousand years. The Korean term for it is Najeonchilgi, from the words najeon, meaning mother-of-pearl, and chilgi, lacquer. It is a lengthy process that requires skill and patience the artisan builds through years of training.
The artisan must prepare the mother-of-pearl shells, cut them into delicate slices or intricate shapes, lacquer to the object to be decorated, apply the shells, add more coats of lacquer and finally sand and polish the object. Even today, artisans prefer using traditional materials and methods that have been handed down over generations.
Najeonchilgi has lost popularity since the 1970s, but some artisans continue to practice it and make works of art or luxury goods on commission. Older pieces are sought as antiques. Auction house Nye & Company described this Najeonchilgi chest as an Emperor chest and sold it for $2,048.
Q. We had a 4 1/2-inch vase in our home when I was a child (I am 82). It is light blue with raised figures in white. There is a woman with two angels and a lot of scrolls and flowers. It looks like Wedgwood to me, but there are no marks on the bottom except the numbers “3200.” I would be thrilled to know if it is really Wedgwood and how old it is.
A. Your vase sounds like jasperware, a type of nonporous pottery with a solid background and raised decorations in a contrasting color. It was invented by Wedgwood and is still one of their most famous products, but it became so popular that it has been made by many other factories around the world. Wedgwood pieces are almost always marked. If your vase is not marked, it sounds like it is probably a copy made by a giftware company in the 20th century. The number on the bottom may be a mold number or inventory number. For more information about Wedgwood jasperware and to help identify pieces, check your library for books like “Wedgwood Jasper Ware: A Shape Book and Collectors Guide” by Michael Herman or “Wedgwood Jasper” by Robin Reilly.
Q. I have a “document” that starts out with “Address delivered at the dedication at the Cemetery
Traditional Korean craft and elaborate mother-of-pearl inlay called Najeonchilgi make this chest fit for an emperor.
(PHOTO COURTESY NYE & COMPANY)
at Gettysburg,” signed by Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863. I have had it since 1966, given to me and my mother, who said she got it from her late father, my grandfather James Elmer West. He was born in 1863 in Lincoln, Nebraska, and lived most of his simple life as a baker and one of the first mail carriers by horse and buggy in his small community in northern Minnesota. I am guessing that it is a copy of some sort but would like to have someone look at it. It is on parchment paper (or what appears to be) and I have always had it in a glass frame, as did my mother. Any suggestions as to where we could take it?
A. Your document is a copy of the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in American history. Reporters transcribed the speech onsite and printed it in newspapers the following day. The first copy with Lincoln’s signature was printed in the book “Autograph Leaves of Our Country’s Authors” in 1864 to sell at a fundraising event for the Union war effort. This version, often called the “Bliss copy” after the book’s publisher, Alexander Bliss, is considered the authorized version of Lincoln’s speech. It has been reprinted and copied many times since then. Antique copies can be worth hundreds of dollars. To authenticate yours, you may want to consult an antiquarian book dealer in your area. You could find one through The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (abaa. org). An autograph dealer may be able
to help. The Professional Autograph Dealers Association padaweb org can help you find one. If you decide to get your document formally appraised (a word of warning — appraisals are expensive), you can find qualified appraisers through the American Society of Appraisers appraisers.org, the International Society of Appraisers isa-appraisers.org or the Appraisers Association of America appraisers association.org
TIP: Mother-of-pearl for inlays can be bought at a guitar factory. You may have to sand the back to make the inlay thinner.
Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer readers’ questions sent to the column. Send a letter with one question describing the size, material (glass, pottery) and what you know about the item. Include only two pictures, the object and a closeup of any marks or damage. Be sure your name and return address are included. By sending a question, you give full permission for use in any Kovel product. Names, addresses or email addresses will not be published. We do not guarantee the return of photographs, but if a stamped envelope is included, we will try. Questions that are answered will appear in Kovels Publications. Write to Kovels, The Republican, King Features Syndicate, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803 or email us at collectorsgallery@kovels.com.
CURRENT PRICES
Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic
conditions.
Fishing, wall hanging, figural, lure, wood, painted, green, red, yellow, scale texture, hair tail, hook, marked, Carl’s Shore Birds, Niskayuna, N.Y., 24 inches, $60.
Lustres, cranberry glass, shaped rim, gilt trim, enamel, flower garland, prisms, baluster stem, 12 inches, pair, $80.
Basket, Iroquois, staves, potato stamped, alternating green leaves and red medallions, round lip, square base, 12 x 12 inches, $90.
Pottery-midcentury, vase, squat, mottled brown glaze, repeating stylized starbursts, shoulders, flared lip, signed, F. Carlton Ball, 4 inches, $345.
Bank, mechanical, owl, glass eyes, turns head, J.&E. Stevens & Co., c. 1880, 7 1/2 inches, $405.
Textile, flag, American, 46 stars, Grand Army of the Republic, gilt and black lettering, In Memoriam Bosworth Post No. 2 G.A.R., Portland, Maine, c. 1909, 29 x 44 inches, $630. Furniture, stool, piano, Sheraton, mahogany, round seat, upholstered, needlework flowers, reeded legs, cross stretcher, adjustable height, c. 1810, 25 inches, $945.
Advertising, sign, Sherwin Williams Paints, Cover The Earth, paint can pouring over globe, yellow can, red paint, green globe, porcelain, 42 x 23 1/2 inches, $1,440.
Tiffany silver, tray, round, pierced, chased leaves, center monogram, scalloped rim, short foot, 1900-1950, 12 1/2 inches, $1,475.
Lamp, faience base, bottle shape, Persian blue, ormolu mounts, electrified, marked, Theodore Deck, France, c. 1875, 26 1/2 inches, pair, $2,580.
Average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the US slips to 6.78%
By A lex Veiga Associated Press
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged lower this week, ending a six-week climb.
The rate slipped to 6.78% from 6.79% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s still down from a year ago, when the rate averaged 7.4%.
Borrowing costs on 15-year fixedrate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their
Deeds
AGAWAM
ATR Realty LLC, to Kenneth Robert Turner, Kenneth Turner and Janet Rose Turner, 135 Brien St., $510,000.
Catherine M. Jodoin, Catherine M. Diakolambrianos and Ioannis N. Diakolambrianos to Christine M. Hager, 5 Corey Colonial, Unit 5, $245,000.
Diane Kasperzak and Diane Scalia to Maxwell O’Connell, 139 Thalia Drive, $313,000.
Francis Magagnoli Jr., Francis P. Magagnoli Sr., estate, and Francis P. Magagnoli, estate, to Kenneth Florence and Lori Florence, 1270 Main St., $250,000.
John M. Choiniere to Frank V. Scala, 7 Beech Lane, $331,500.
Michael LaPointe and Michael A. LaPointe to Bulldog Realty Group LLC, 119 Florida Drive, $100.
Philip H. Kimball and Kathi L. Kimball to Steven S. Powers Jr., 43 Perry Lane, $359,900.
AMHERST
Michelle K. Hosp to Michelle K. Hosp, trustee, James A. Cabral, trustee, and James Cabral & Michelle Hosp 2024 Trust, 60-62 Fearing St., $100.
Michael V. Grybko, Patricia Schoenberger and Patricia Grybko Smith to 949 JSSVSL LLC, 949 Pleasant St., $400,000.
Michael V. Grybko, Patricia Schoenberger and Patricia Grybko Smith to 949 JSSVSL LLC, Kingman Road, $115,000.
W.D. Cowls Inc., to Lyme Quabbin LLC, Flat Hills Road and Overlook Drive, $1,039,500.
Maureen B. Jones to Glynis Anna Jones, 338 Pelham Road, $100.
Eason Chau and Siu Wong to Jeffrey David Aliber and Alison Adams Ernst, 75 Amity Place,
home loan to a lower rate, also eased this week. The average rate slipped to 5.99% from 6% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6.76%, Freddie Mac said.
Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including the yield on U.S. 10-year Treasury bonds, which lenders use as a guide to price home loans. Bond yields have been rising in recent weeks following encouraging reports on inflation and the economy.
$434,000.
Rudy Toledo, Rudy Davis and George B. Davis Jr., to Dominic Kirchner II, trustee, and Ushokoledi Realty Trust, 145 Eames Ave., and 145 Eames Place, $356,500.
BELCHERTOWN
Leon M. French and Elizabeth A. French to 357 Rockrimmon Street Trust and Matthew R. French, trustee, 357 Rockrimmon St., and 357 Rockrimmon Road, $100.
Audrey L.F. Safford to Audrey L.F. Safford and Andrew M. Safford, 74 Sabin St., $100.
Stephen C. Connors Sr., and Anne L. Connors to Diana Cerutti, trustee, and Diana Cerutti Revocable Trust, 111 Daniel Shays Highway, $450,000.
Jeffrey V. Nardi and Rebecca M. Brown to Scott Stephenson and Sreymach Stephenson, 550 State St., $125,000.
Roger M. Fleury Jr., and Kathleen Fleury to Roger M. Fleury Jr., trustee, and Revocable Indenture of Trust of Roger M. Fleury Jr., 670 S. Washington St., and 670 South Washington St., $100.
Alain Corriveau to Eric Rucki and Renee Archambault, 91 Barton Ave., $505,000.
McCulloch Enterprises Inc., to 1210 Federal Street LLC, 1082 Federal St., $320,000.
Falcon Valley Cold LLC, to Principal Property Management LLC, 401 Mill Valley Road, $725,000.
Karl P. Longto to Dominic Santaniello, trustee, Lucas Giusto, trustee, and Naples Home Buyers Trust, 47 North St., $100,000.
Dennis Arbeit and Laurie A. Arbeit to Dennis Arbeit, trustee, Laurie A. Arbeit, trustee, and Dennis Arbeit Trust, 68 Orchard St., $100.
BRIMFIELD
Wayne T. Mahall and Donald E. Mahall to Lawrence Urbon and
Last week, bond yields surged on expectations that President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to lower tax rates, increase tariffs and reduce regulation could ultimately lead to higher U.S. government debt and inflation, along with faster economic growth.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury was at 4.41% at midday Thursday. It was at 3.62% as recently as mid-September.
Despite its recent upward move,
Abbie Urbon, Lake Drive, $35,000.
CHESTERFIELD
Mary Ellen Frye to Charlotte M. Dugan and Timothy J. Dugan, 43 Munson Road, $505,000.
CHICOPEE
Carlos E. Aviles Gonzalez to Julie Gardner and Luis Lopez, 587 Granby Road, $325,000.
Christian Thompson to Shannon O’Neil, 28 Frontenac St., $331,000.
Francis A. Getto Jr., trustee, and Getto Family Trust, trustee of, to Scott Walter Litz, 18 Yorktown Court, $238,000.
Guillermo De Los Santos and Anna De Los Santos to Curshelle Floyd, 166 Hendrick St., $405,000.
Matthew J. Bieda and Noelle Bieda to You & Me Investment LLC, 2830 Sunnymeade Ave., $243,000.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., to Elvin J. Oliveras, 104 Gill St., $215,000.
Scott W. Litz to Raymond Turbides and Cynthia Lopez, 133 Madison St., $375,000.
Sophia C. Finn and Margherita Wilson to Nicholas Garcia, 608 James St., $360,000.
Susan Niemero and Patricia Dobosz to Brian Piecuch and Jennifer Ventura Piecuch, 60 Meadowlark Lane, Unit 60, $195,000.
Thomas R. Wilusz, trustee, and Wilusz Realty Trust, trustee of, to Murabia Landlords LLC, 436 Chicopee St., $240,000.
Timothy D. Roberts to Marybeth Lajoie, 107 7th Ave., $311,000.
Vantage Home Buyers LLC, to Tricia A Fitzgerald, 116 Woodbridge Road, $234,000.
Waycon Inc., to Wieslaw Bielech and Elzbieta Bielech, Stockbridge Street, Lot 15, $465,000.
Westmass Area Development Corp., to Koi 2 Koi Associates LLC, Robbins Road, $150,000.
the average rate on a 30-year mortgage is still down from 7.22% in May, its peak so far this year. In late September, the average rate got as low as 6.08% — its lowest level in two years.
Economists predict that mortgage rates will remain volatile this year, but generally forecast them to hover around 6% in 2025.
Elevated mortgage rates and high prices have helped keep the U.S. housing market in a sales slump going back to 2022.
Westmass Area Development Corp., to Robbins Road Property LLC, Chicopee River Business Park, $2,100,000.
CUMMINGTON
Arnold Simmel and Andrea Hoffman to Allison Bernhard, 6 Clark Road, $341,000.
Ronald E. Wolf to William E. Dane, 375 Stage Road, $485,000.
DEERFIELD
Daniel M. Kuzmeskus and Marilyn J. Kuzmeskus, trustees of the Kuzmeskus Investment Trust, to Evan Hamilton Campbell Grant and Pamela Christine Toschik, Upper Road, $48,000.
EAST LONGMEADOW
Albert R. Verdile to James B. Craig, 81 Millbrook Drive, $386,900.
David Bashein and Elizabeth Morgan to Yuefeng Luo and Xiaojing Wang, 45 Windsor Lane, $661,000. David Casali to Elizabeth Ruetsch, trustee, Elizabeth O’Neill, trustee, and Elizabeth O’Neill Trust – 2024, trustee of, 100 Bent Tree Road, $670,000.
William G. Wise Jr., trustee, Mary E. Wise, trustee, and Wise Realty Trust, trustee of, to Alexandra Pessolano Nataloni and Michael Nataloni, 18 South Meadow Road, $485,000.
EASTHAMPTON
Christopher S. Wernik, trustee, Jonathan S. Wernik, trustee, and Sigmond A. Wernik Living Trust to Jaime Manz and Gina Simoncelli, 17 Westview Terrace, $400,000.
GILL
GRANBY
Susan J. Enos, “fka” Susan J. Egan, trustee of the Egan Irrevocable Real Estate Trust, to Jennifer Goguen and Todd Goguen, 19 Hill Drive, $130,000.
You & Me Investment LLC, to Matthew J. Bieda and Noelle Bieda, 29 Morgan St., $555,000.
Megan E. Swain and Calvin Eckerle to Boone Gibson, Corinne Epstein and Heidi Schreuder-Gibson, 111 New Ludlow Road, $370,000.
GREENFIELD
80 School Street LLC, to First Generation Investments Group LLC, 76 School St., $215,000.
Huiping Chen and Jinji Chen to Christopher Scherm, 31 Champney Road, $475,000.
HADLEY
Adam S. Woodrow and Kara L. Kapinos to Hong Thai Ly and Hanh Ngoc Phung, 8 Moody Bridge Road, $578,000.
Linda Selleck to Diane K. Berg and Richard L. Schrader, 21 East Commons Drive, $650,000.
Michael J. Klesch, Heather S. Klesch and Heather S. Dawson to Cynthia Joy Bush, 2 Bargate Lane, $600,000.
Andrea Krawczyk, personal representative, and Beverly Rhodes, estate, to Holly Turbill, 2 Hibbard Lane, $515,000.
Lanette A. Palmquist, personal representative, and Florence E. Palmquist, estate, to Thomas Quinlan Sr., 145 Bay Road, $275,000.
Lanette A. Palmquist, personal representative, and Florence E. Palmquist, estate, to Thomas Quinlan Sr., 111 Rocky Hill Road, $174,900.
HAMPDEN
Albert F. Jones and Jeffrey W. Jones to Mel K. Kwatowski, 310 Chapin Road, $400,000.
Deeds
Jillen F. Holmes to Cornelius R. Flynn, North Road, $9,800.
Newrez LLC, and Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing to Aura Lux LLC, 47 Woodland Drive, $232,000.
HATFIELD
Richard S. Lennon, trustee, Gary Kinyon, trustee, and Carol K. Longley Family Irrevocable Trust to Kestrel Land Trust Inc., 96 Mountain Road, Mountain Street and Whately Road, $775,000.
Stephen J. Herbert, Michael Herbert and Joseph J. Czajkowski to Cindy Shy and Cheryl A. Bohonowicz, Depot Road and Cronin Hill Road, $165,000.
HOLLAND
Michael J. Swanson to Hillary Dahl, 23 Collette Drive, $150,000.
Ronald G. Say to David Bourbeau and Deana Bourbeau, 0 Stony Hill Road, $1,000.
HOLYOKE
AAD LLC, receiver, Holyoke City, Jun L. Zhen, Yee M. Li and TD Bank to AAD LLC, 148-154 High St., $625,546.
Dominick M. Ciuffreda and Justine O. Ciuffreda to Nicholas J. Mulveyhill and Rachel Mulveyhill, 24 Scott Hollow Drive, $415,000.
Edward J. Stapleton to Erasmo D. David, 1823 Northampton St., $385,000.
Elisabeth Laprade Lagace and Lauren Monique Lagace to Cheryl A. Relihan and Adrian Burgos, 12 Liberty St., $435,000.
James R. Slaney and Caylee Chunga to Angelica Flores, 32 Maple Crest Circle, Unit G, $215,000.
Joanne Gauthier, representative, and Robert H. Konsewicz, estate, to Nicole Boggio Plummer, 355 Hillside Ave., $269,000.
Mark A. Beauregard, Lizabeth A. Weaver, Lizabeth B. Weaver, Nancy J. Nastasi and Nancy B. Nastasi to James Joseph Kelley and Elizabeth Kelley, 60 Longfellow Road, $450,000.
Mark J. Hawkins and Georgina Serra to Trent J. Hufnagel and Kimberly B. Hufnagel, 6 Arbor Way Unit, 6D, $145,000.
Matthew Randall Ingellis to Sidmarie Sandoz, 20 Maple Crest Circle, Unit I, $220,000.
Property Advantage Inc., to Phantom Holdings LLC, 222 Walnut St., $145,000.
Tiffani B. Curtis to Richard P. Vaden, 285 Hampden St., Unit 5, $219,000.
Windsor Realty LLC, to Essex Apartments LLC, 145-149 Essex St., $2,040,000.
LEVERETT
Diane P. Flaherty and William A. Gibson to William Greineder and Craig Griffith, 9 Drummer Hill Road, “fka” 9 Long Plain Road, $820,916.
LONGMEADOW
Anthony G. Dallessandro and Catherine K. Dallessandro to Jared A. Kaminski and Christine Gayle Kaminski, 112 Captain Road, $520,000.
John D. Ouellette to Brendan Alan Cordeiro and Trisha Marie Cordeiro, 125 Emerson Road, $505,000.
Khadiga Ahmed and Kabir Ahamad to Helen E. Santaniello and Anthony J. Santaniello, 591 Pinewood Drive, $723,000.
Thomas Gartman and Elizabeth Gartman to William Bennett Sandore and Shekeyla Nicole Sandore, 45 Viscount Road, $507,000.
LUDLOW
Jarred R. Belisle to Benjamin P. Desimone, 303 West St., $230,000.
Joaquim E. Dos Santos and Maria Delourdes F. Dos Santos to Tami L. Keirsey, 0 Chapin Street, $500,000.
Ludlow Housing Authority to Dinesh Patel, 361 West Ave., $251,100.
Michael Begin to Marguerite Ghioni, 665 Center St., Unit 310, $246,250.
Michelle St. Amand Gunschel, Mark Bisnette, Lorraine Dziedzic, James Bisnette and Diane G. St. Amand to Alice M. Mazzaferro, trustee, and Mazzaferro Family Trust, trustee of, 82 Chapin Greene, Unit 82, $318,500.
Thomas Dowd to Daniil Gerasimchuk, West Street, Lot 15, $70,000.
MIDDLEFIELD
Catya Belfer and Jonathan Freiermuth to Nichole L. Ryan and Tracy V. Ryan, 172 Skyline Trail, $402,000.
MONROE
Daniel B. Whiteley and Deborah L. Whiteley, “fka” Deborah L. Hogan, to Bryan F. Albano, Moores Road, $40,500.
MONSON
Alice M. Mazzaferro and Alice M. Krok to Kyle Oliveira and Stephanie Oliveira, 85 Maxwell Road, $475,000.
Donald J. Rhodes to Calvin J. Eckerle and Megan Swain, 13 Stewart Ave., $500,000.
Freedom Mortgage Corp., to 269 Hovey Road LLC, 269 Hovey Road, $295,000.
MONTAGUE
Lighthouse West Trust LLC, to James Hughes, “aka” James M. Hughes, and Bree Wisniewski, 70 Hight Street, “aka” High Street, $405,000.
Daniel J. Zimmerman, James R. Zimmerman, Kathleen A. Zimmerman and Michael J. Zimmerman to Sarah M. Harris, 19 Hillside Ave., $233,500.
Benedict Land, “aka” Ben Land, to John Dunphy, Troy Santerre and Stanley Smith, 202 Millers Falls, $60,000.
NORTHAMPTON
Freeman Stein and Wendy S. Stein to Sara Schlotterbeck and Yael Tarshish, 27 Fairfield Ave., $742,000.
Dawn Fay Fay to Robert E. Gougeon, 52 Main St., $255,000.
Dody Riggs and Patrick J. Kelley to Madeline Taylor, 410 Fairway Village, $414,700.
Lisa Laprade and Gary Frain to Kate Hamilton and Jenny Posnak, 101 Bridge Road, $400,000.
Annika S. Amstutz to Mary T. Rivest and David G. Rivest, 40 Forest Glen Drive, $405,000.
Marla O’Shea Bulman and Daniel J. O’Shea to Calista Bulman and Joshua D. Lander, 1 Beech St., $359,150.
Gordon L. Pullan and Paul Robert Lanoix to Shaine A. Meulmester and Stephen E. Toriello, 58 Norwood Ave., $546,000.
Barbara Jo Metcalfe to Kipa Realty Inc., 39 North St., $998,500.
Beth L. Bellavance-Grace to Kathleen M. Devlin, 53 Clark Ave., $372,000.
Jeffrey M. Siegel, personal representative, and Judith B. Pool, estate, to Julian Kronick and Katherine McGonagle, 46 Winthrop St., $385,000.
Stuart Warner and Leeann Warner to 98 Pine Street LLC, 15 Glendale Ave., $880,000.
Janice Dumond Neiman, trustee, Revocable Indenture of Trust of Janice D. Neiman and Revocable Indenture of Trust of Janice Dumond Neiman to Edward Gamber
and Jenifer Gamber, 329 Prospect St., $1,015,000.
O’Connell Hawley LLC, and O’Connell Development Group Inc., to Alan McBride and Heather McBride, 10 Hawley St., $750,000.
Young Kee Lee and Koon Ja Lee to PRDNVK LLC, 104 Conz St., $450,000.
ORANGE
Gary B. Willard Jr., to Aaron R. Desreuisseau and Andrew R. Desreuisseau, 10 Eddy St., $211,000.
Curtis R. Nichols and Elizabeth A. Nichols to Ashley M. Ehlen and Tasheen M. Wanzo, 28 Johnson Road, Unit 2, $245,000.
PALMER
Adrian Syrowik to Carlos E. Aviles, 14 West Ware Road, $415,000.
Brianna Stanley to William Vega Martinez, 4192 High St., $230,000.
Dawn J. Kwasnik, Dawn Jennifer Campelo and James F. Kwasnik to Angela Boss and Paula Boss, 4011 School St., $269,000.
Elaine R. Leborgne and Elaine R. Marlow to Wayne Bynoe, 2 Desimone Drive, $420,000.
Jeanie M. Cauley and Jeanie M. Palka to David F. Acosta and Fanny E. Erazo De Acosta, 61 Mount Dumplin St., $320,000.
John J. Mercier to Jesse Bejarano and Lupe Bejarano, 2099 Calkins Road, $410,000.
Richard P. Marceau to Grace Fominyam, 4033 Church St., Unit 1, $265,000.
Roger A. Parker to Ashley Wilson, 3149-3151 Main St., $300,000.
PELHAM
Ronald C. Mannino to Ronald C. Mannino, trustee, and Revocable Indenture of Trust of Ronald C. Mannino, 17 Arnold Road, $100.
RUSSELL
Jesse McComas and Monica McComas to Michael J. Blasco and Hannah R. Blasco, 20 Park St., $320,000.
SHELBURNE
Joan B. Greenfield to Lynn Benander and Daniel Post, 90 Main St., $610,000.
SHUTESBURY
Francis E. Farrington and Suzanne Hayden to Carolyn Hayden and Edmund T. Hodgen Jr., 184-186 Wendell Road, $420,000.
Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, trustee of Stanwich Mortgage Loan Trust F, to Carl Edward Lounder Jr., 29 Ladyslipper Lane, $185,000.
SOUTH HADLEY
Mary Couture to Christine Jennings, 13 The Knolls, $340,000.
Patrick G. Carter and Jane M. Carter to Flipping Best LLC, 11 Canal St., $230,000.
Thomas R. Rohan and Deanne M. Rohan to Sean T. Rohan, Julie M. Rohan and Andrew L. Rohan, 15 Hildreth Ave., $100.
Michael Rzasa, personal representative, and James A. Rzasa, estate, to Hannah Montgomery, 11 Upper River Road, $570,000.
Lindsey M. Lord to Ollie Schwartz, 344 Newton St., $253,950.
Devon Santos, Devon Powers and Lawrence Santos to Elisabeth Lagace and Lauren Lagace, 41 Park Ave., $465,000.
Mary Couture to Christine Jennings, 13 The Knolls, $340,000.
SOUTHWICK
Andrew Gorenc to Keith Long and Tara Gorenc, 93 North Lake Ave., $32,000.
Nancy A. Gay, trustee, and Nancy A. Gay Revocable Trust, trustee of, to Roy E. Frye and Mary V. Frye, 5 Wynnfield Circle, Unit 5, $375,000.
SPRINGFIELD
2705 Main Street LLC, to 2705 Main Realty LLC, 2705 Main St., $1,900,000.
AGA Brothers LLC, to Oscar Naula, 95-97 Northampton Ave., $200,000.
Alan Wayne Bardsley to Lillian Colman and Tho Le, 125 West Alvord St., $300,000.
Alfred J. Albano Jr., commr, and Tammie L. Vancini to ast Llc Real Estate Investments Northeast LLC, and CFC Development LLC, 85 Edendale St., $110,000.
Appleton Grove LLC, to Rema Thompson-Brown and Rowell Tucker, 76 Athol St., $306,000.
Ashley J. Parent to Yesenia Almonte, 14 Thornfell St., $250,000.
ATAB LLC, to Cristal Joanne Bermudez and Ana Dejesus, 4 Langdon St., $289,000.
Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, and Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities 2006-SD3, to Sareen Properties LLC, 97 David St., $192,000.
Bettyann M. Ferraro, trustee, Angelo A. Ferraro, trustee, and 5
How to make the bathroom the liveliest (looking) space in your home
By D ina C heney
Special to The Washington Post
DESPITE THEIR STUFFY-SOUNDING name, powder rooms are where designers tend to have the most fun — and so can you. This formal space offers a lower-stakes place to experiment with wild wallpaper or use a natural stone you couldn’t afford to install in an entire kitchen. “We generally subscribe to the idea that less is more, but in a powder room, more may actually be more,” says Carrie Moore, North Carolina-based interior designer and co-founder of Carrie Moore Interior Design. Here’s how to make yours sing.
Start with wallpaper
Since the toilet and sink take up so much space, the walls are prime territory to make a statement. “I love a larger-scale pattern with bold colors in a small powder room,” says Wisconsin-based Emily Winters for Peabody’s Interiors. “It’s a chance to take a risk or be more outgoing with color and pattern than you might be in your main spaces.”
Deeds
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Putting Green Circle Irrevocable Trust, trustee of, to Sheila Holland, 5 Putting Green Circle, $289,900.
Copenger LLC, to Felicha Erazo, 1614 Dwight St., $375,000.
Dreampath Homebuyers LLC, to Kendra R. Couceiro and Ryan P. Fisher, 408 Tiffany St., $292,500.
Edmond P. Lonergan and Karen R. Bogdanovich to Cleotha Robertson, 110 Clarendon St., $430,000.
Fernando Jorge Dossantos to Haping Chen, 129-135 Putnam Circle, $480,000.
Gary Lindsay Sr., trustee, and 107-109 Wellington Street Realty Trust, trustee of, to Laurence Davis, 107-109 Wellington St., $350,000.
Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield to Hammond Business Center LLC, 254-262 Bridge St., $300,000.
Hassan Saleh and Rula Baki to Yaritza M. Martinez Rosado, 15 Lawton St., $295,000.
New England Farm Workers Council Inc., to Sachdev Real Estate Development Inc., 1676-1708 Main St., $750,000.
Jamison O. Atkins Jr., to Cheri Burton, 3 Intervale Road, $329,000.
Jose G. Ayala and Laura E. Ayala to Gary Bestman, 17 Forest St., $195,000.
Charleston-based Margaret Donaldson of MDI Luxury Design recently jazzed up her client’s powder room with wallpaper in a bright wildflower pattern. Its coral, pink and blue color scheme lends the space a lively, happy vibe, she says.
Let the walls guide your color scheme “Read” your wallpaper like a road map, pulling out a couple of its colors to use on the vanity or
Joseph O’Malley to Wanda Vazquez Lopez, 82 Fieldston St., $250,000.
Joshua C. Adams, representative, and Sharon M. Adams, estate, to Jennifer A. Silvestri, 22 Yorktown Drive, $275,000.
Katharine Hickson and Atheer Albahadly to New Life LLC, 58-60 Howe St., $400,000.
Kijuana Middlebrooks to Alice Baiyee, 44 Belmont Ave., $270,000.
Nolava LLC, to Lima & Co. LLC, 683-687 State St., $1,410,000.
Pah Properties LLC, to Jesus D. Santos Diaz, 110 Kensington Ave., $255,000.
Palpum Raw LLC, to Sandy Preval, 33 Brooks St., $410,000.
Peter J. Sawyer to Kayla Mejia, 7 Gillette Ave., $309,000.
Property Advantage Inc., to Ortins Capital Partners Group LLC, 173-177 Hancock St., $350,000.
Raymond Hervieux to Juan Jose Matos Antigua and Juan Matos Batista, 265 Ambrose St., $270,000.
Ronald C. Swider to Franklyn Filpo, 65 S Tallyho Drive, $330,000.
Sandra A. Rowley and Martin F. Schoenemann to Jose M. Lopez Jr., and Genesis Velez-Roque, 29 Davis St., $310,000.
Sheena H. Watkins to Nishant Mathur, 4547 Bloomfield St., $425,000.
Uprawls Realty LLC, to Abeba Seifu Attles, 22-24 Mansfield St., $505,000.
WALES
wall trim. Or aim for contrast by working in a new hue. “A unique paint color on the vanity creates a dramatic focal point in a small space,” says Rhode Island-based Janelle B. Photopoulos of Blakely Interior Design.
For her client’s powder room vanity, she selected a saturated salmon pink, which pops against the blue and white palm frond-patterned wallpaper.
Rodney S. Smith to Andrew Ross, 128 Mount Hitchcock Road, $175,000.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
Ann M. Fortin to Paul Alvarado Santos and Michelle Lena Alvarado, 1066 Amostown Road, $441,000.
Anthony J. Valentino to Valentina Gavel and Nikolay Gavel, 197 Woodbrook Terrace, $540,000.
Jennifer Higgins to Chelsea M. Szmania, 80 Brush Hill Ave., Unit 68, $160,000. KMAK LLC, and Ryan Randall Realty LLC, to West Co. Investments LLC, 42 Gregory Lane, $310,000.
Nicolle Serafino to Zachary James Weiland, 456 Cold Spring Ave., Unit 1B, $135,000.
Valentina Gavel and Nikolay Gavel to Ilova Zhalovska, 40-42 Merrick St., $410,000.
WESTFIELD
Done Right Homes LLC, to Vincent J. Johnston and Brianna E. Johnston, 16 Crown St., $450,000.
Fitzgerald Home Solutions LLC, to Hunter Leveille, 11 Clinton Ave., $300,000.
George H. Jacques Jr., and Chandra L. Jacques to Dominick M. Ciuffreda and Justine O. Ciuffreda, 21 Sabrina Brooke
Lane, $565,000.
WILBRAHAM
Benjamin Pieciak, Susan E. Pieciak, David P. Pieciak and Anna Maria Rodan Pieciak to James Robert Slaney and Caylee Mae Cartwright Chunga, 41 Manchonis Road, $360,000.
David N. Ostrom to Cornelius W. Phillips III, 6 Stonegate Circle, $640,000.
Gregory Falcone and Caron Falcone to Jared M. Falconer and Rebecca L. Falconer, 6 Porter Drive, $525,000.
J. Luke Ross Sr., and Joanne Ross to John Bonavita, trustee, and Kaben Realty Trust, trustee of, 299 Stony Hill Road, $300,000. Jon Sandman and Kathleen Sandman to Pamela Krusiewicz and Shelly Krusiewicz, 2205 Boston Road, Unit Q165, $300,000.
Kevin J. Prendergast to Kathleen M. Fernandes, 26 Lake Drive, $7,000.
Louis J. Scungio and Sheila D. Scungio to Gerard C. Smith, 20 Oaks Farm Lane, $599,900.
Maria F. Gomes, trustee, Jeffrey W. Roberts, trustee, and Richard A. Courtney 2018 Trust, trustee of, to Carol C. Judge and Christine A. Welch, 485 Glendale Road, $100.
Nancy J. Drury to Eric Cunha, 21 Decorie Drive, $325,000.
Pamela L. Krusiewicz to MCO Construction LLC, 25 Pineywood Ave., $240,000.
Hanna Li of Hanna Li Interiors sings the praises of zellige, a variety of tile with irregularities in tone and texture. (ADOBE STOCK IMAGES)
Bathroom
Go wild with tile
Tile is ideal for a damp environment and can make as much of a statement as wallpaper, especially if you lay it with a generous hand. Southern California-based Hanna Li of Hanna Li Interiors sings the praises of zellige, a variety with irregularities in tone and texture. In a powder room she designed for a client, Li applied green and brown tiles to the floor and walls, creating a spa-like enclave evocative of a Turkish bath.
Splurge on the vanity
To enhance the old-world feel of her client’s tiled bathroom, Li included a largescale floating marble sink. If your bathroom or budget can’t accommodate that amount of Carrara, try capping an inexpensive vanity with a new stone top or going small but bold — Photopoulos added a distinctive, albeit diminutive, sink to one client’s powder room.
Panel the walls
One trick for making a small room appear
grander: Install wainscoting that climbs two-thirds of the way up to the ceiling. Photopoulos used the technique in her client’s powder room and then painted the woodwork a glossy dark navy. For a more relaxed and nautical feel, try white or blue shiplap instead.
Hang a bold mirror
Try a mirror with an unusual silhouette: Santa Monica-based Christine Markatos Lowe of Christine Markatos Design paired the Noir Cooper Mirror with a fuchsia vanity and graphic blue-and-white wallpaper. For alternatives, look to the Candelabra Home Emmett Mirror and Atoll Rectangular Mirror.
Add some finishing touches
Good design and hospitality often come down to the details. Kathleen Kowalksi of Create a Colorful Life added a gold towel bar to the door-facing side of the vanity in her own powder room. “I love to swap out the hand towel to add extra color and pattern,” she says. And don’t overlook niceties like hand lotion and a scented candle. After all, a powder room shouldn’t only look good; it should smell good too.
Table
thrift stores and estate sales are good sources for storied plates, glasses or serving ware. “If you want to try estate sales, most have photos up online [try EstateSales.net or EstateSale.
com],” Weaver says. “Look at the images before you go, because it’ll give you an idea of the household’s taste and style. Ask yourself, ‘Would I be best friends with this person?’” Weaver counsels buying things in sets — say, six plates or eight glasses — to be sure your table isn’t too mismatched.
Or amass multiple pieces in a single color such as yellow or green. “Vintage glassware can be a real heavy hitter,” says Libby Rasmussen, a D.C. social media consultant and owner of the vintage shop Libby and My. “Mix glasses in the same hues, but in different styles,
with simple, modern plates from CB2 or West Elm.” She’s partial to the grassy green of 1930s Depression glass for a yuletide fete. Another top vintage buy? Table linens, which tend to be higher quality and lower priced than modern stuff. “Older napkins can be so charming, and they don’t even all need to match,” Hodges says. “Just buy as many as you can in white.”
For the ultimate throwback touch, nestle a few vintage holiday ornaments along the table. “I like to fill a big bowl with Shiny Brites, these mid-century glass balls which are really colorful,” Weaver says. Or repurpose vintage postcards (snowy travel destinations, holiday scenes) as place cards.
Jennifer Barger is a writer in D.C. Find her on Instagram and via the Souvenirist, her newsletter about the intersection of design and travel.
Gazing up on my roof now, I see, in addition to the original hens-andchicks, plenty of foxtail grass, quite decorative through the year with green shoots in spring and tawny, fuzzy foxtails in fall and winter. Also, a single cedar tree about two
feet high.
I had a hand in introducing another sedum, Angelina. This sedum has borne small, yellow flowers and, just as decorative, its fleshy leaves turn a deep red color in winter. Angelina started out as a single plant I set in a nearby stone wall; over time a few plants of it appeared up on the roof. She looked good up there, especially when draped over the front lip.
She also multiplied rapidly both on the wall and on the roof. To further encourage her, I grab bunches wherever in excess on the wall and toss them up on the roof to root.
One year I also planted oats left over from cover cropping in the vegetable garden. Oats’ extensive roots would be good to further knit together the rooting mix and lessen chances of rain washing it down.
Planting involved nothing more than grabbing handfuls of oat seed, tossing them up on the roof, then waiting for rain.
Writing about my green roof has encouraged me to more frequently look up at it. It does bring a smile. Is that because there’s something anomalous about an aerial garden? Come visit my farmden at http:// www.leereich.com/.
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Fresh greenery dresses up Laura Hodges’s 2023 holiday table. (LAURA HODGES)
Liven up the bathroom with a bold mirror. (ADOBE STOCK IMAGES)
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