The secret to making any holiday season look easy is mindful planning. With make-ahead wreaths, garages transformed into guest quarters, and easy ideas for instant parties, we're here to help (we're talking to you, procrastinators):
This week, in preparation for Thanksgiving we collect recipes for make-ahead edibles (booze is happily involved), spruce up entryway lighting, and assemble DIY decor to last the rest of the year.
Above: Photograph by Mimi Giboin from Outbuilding of the Week: A Tiny Glass Studio in Barcelona.
Monday
Above: One wreath. Two holidays. Erin has a design that will dress up your home for the rest of the year in this week's DIY Projects. Photograph by Erin Boyle for Gardenista.
Tuesday
Above: In this week's 10 Easy Pieces, we get warm and welcoming with freestanding wood stoves, chosen for both beauty and fuel-burning efficiency. As Janet says, it's "not your grandmother's wood stove."
Wednesday
Above: We welcome stylist and blogger extraordinaire Beth Kirby of Local Milk into our fold. In this week's Entertaining & Arrangements, she'll create a simple and lovely table zero-cost holiday tablescape, with ingredients you already have on hand. Photograph by Beth Kirby for Gardenista.
Above: Agonizing about where to put your out-of-town guests? Stick them in the grottage (a cottage formerly known as a garage), but be prepared for return visits. See our favorites in this week's Guest Spaces Roundup. Photograph by Nicole Franzen for Gardenista.
Thursday
Above: Christine Chitnis and her family visit the source: a bog that grows cranberries. We can't wait to see the pictures (and to eat the sauce). Photograph via Johnston's Cranberry Marsh.
Friday
Above: Laura of Glutton for Life shares an adventurous recipe for an old fall standby in this week's installment our Harvest: Garden-to-Table series.
Wondering what the Remodelista editors are up to this week? They're busy polishing silver and stocking up on stemware; see their ideas for a fabulous holiday here.
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