HGTV Holiday & Christmas Decorating

Photo courtesy of HGTV.com

Yes, I am addicted to HGTV too! 

I've adored this network for years! 

Especially during this time of year when thinking about decorating my home and clients homes for the holidays. Their designers and contractors are awesome and talented! It's great to share with my viewers the creativeness that HGTV captures. I also gather inspiration from them to pass along to my clients for holiday and Christmas decorating. 

Even our kids love to decorate for the Christmas and the holidays. HGTV has adorable trees decorated that kids are sure to love! Check out the wonderful link below. 

Christmas Trees for Kids

Check out the Christmas Tree Themes from HGTV! 

Have fresh Christmas tree greenery? 

Check out the creative ways HGTV has displayed using fresh greenery. 

Decorating With Fresh Greenery

Thanks HGTV.com for sharing creative ideas for all us to enjoy! 

Charlotte NC Holiday Decorator's Inspiration

 My Holiday Decorating Inspiration 

INSPIRE

"Dear Tonia,  

Thank you for creating a beautiful tree and making our rooms feel so festive and comfortable. You took our old decorations and added a new twist! You are so creative, we could tell you love to decorate for the holidays. Sincere thanks for making our home special for us this holiday season!"  The Johnson Family

We all have fond memories of a special Christmas, one that makes you smile and your heart feel cozy. Here's a glimpse of how Innovative Interiors Holiday Decorating was created. 

~ My passion....One cold December day in the beautiful NC mountains, another year of our family holiday Christmas traditions. We drive every year to the mountains in NC to spend the weekend shopping, spending time with family-creating memories and yes, scouting the mountain side for the "perfect" Christmas tree. Picture this....While sipping hot chocolate, singing Christmas carols with my family, and riding on a sleigh ride looking for our tree. I had a vision of helping others and decorating...a combination of two passions combined in one. So a passion turned into a holiday decorating career. The visions of lights, trees, ornaments, and garlands danced in my head.  

Really, it's true...the passion for helping others and being creative all in one business, what more could you ask for?  As the owner and designer of Innovative Interiors Holiday decorating, the season to give hope, cheer, and holiday spirit is very important to me. To help others feel good about their surroundings...their home or business. Innovative solutions, being creative and thinking outside the box is what this company is about. Because Christmas is so special to me, I strive to make sure it reflects in the decorating we do for our clients during the holiday season. Each team member atInnovative Interiors Holiday Decorating shares the same passion and festive cheer to create beautiful rooms, events, trees and so on for our clients. Rather you want your home decorated or a business event...we listen to our clients, study your home to capture the vision you imagine your home to be during the holidays, and create a festive holiday event for all your guest to enjoy.  

Living in the Greater Charlotte NC area it has been a delight to provide a holiday decorating service to my clients and new clients. Wishing you a beautiful and festive holiday! May your Christmas and New Year be filled with love, warm wishes, good health and prosperity. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Blessings and Smiles, Tonia Mosteller - Founder of Innovative Interiors Holiday Decorating Charlotte NC

Charlotte NC Seasonal Holiday Decorating Services

Seasonal and Holiday Decorators are adding cheer to your home through decorating in North and South Carolina.

The Charlotte seasonal decorating experts at Innovative Interiors Holiday Decorating will customize seasonal decorating plans to fit the needs of each client and home. Hosting a party or event? From a tasteful Halloween décor for all ages, to a beautiful seasonal Fall and Thanksgiving decor, Christmas decorating and to planning a show stopping New Year's party. Our professional interior decorating team will decorate your home and make it last longer than one holiday. With a few slight adjustments, and choosing the right decor and color scheme, we can set the stage for a rustic, elegant, or sophisticated look that can last until the New Year. We can return after each holiday and help you choose the right colors, wreathes, center pieces and create beautiful focal points sure to set the stage in your home during the holidays.

Hosting Thanksgiving this year in your home? If, so I understand it can be quite a task to get your home decorated and your Thanksgiving feast prepared. You have hours and hours of planning to do, and if you are hosting then you probably are already aware of this. The benefits of hiring a profession holiday decorating service, we use your existing Seasonal decorations, or we can purchase new holiday decorations for you too. Our creative Seasonal Holiday Decorating team will sort through your decorations, make suggestions for additional decorations and best of all...we enjoy creating a beautiful, warm and inviting Thanksgiving decor for your family and guest to enjoy during the holiday.

Our Charlotte professional seasonal holiday decorating experts will "WOW" your friends and family with a look that is not only beautiful, inviting and fits the personality of each client but it's comfortable and functional too!

If you find yourself running out of time, and need to focus your energy on your guest and meal plan, contact today at Innovative Interiors Holiday Decorating, we are happy to schedule a "free" in home consultation to discuss your Seasonal Holiday Decorating needs. We love to decorate for the holidays and each season! 

Holiday-Seasonal Decorating Charlotte NC and Metro Area, 

Including Upper SC. 

Winter Seasonal Holiday Themed Decorating 

Spring Seasonal Holiday Themed Decorating

Summer Seasonal Themed Decorating

Autumn-Fall Seasonal Themed Decorating

What challenges are you running into with your seasonal holiday decorating? Give Us a call and schedule your free consultation! 

We look forward to hearing from you.

TONIA MOSTELLER

Charlotte NC Holiday . Seasonal . Event . Christmas Decorator

704-651-8878

tonia@ihdecorating.gmail.com

Selecting a Christmas Tree Charlotte NC

Selecting A Fresh Christmas Tree in North Carolina

SELECTING A FRESH CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE CAROLINAS! 

Every year my family and I travel for a long weekend to the North Carolina mountains, we create a lifetime of cherished memories looking for the "perfect" Christmas tree. LOL...note the word "perfect", there is a story behind our tree search every year. To pass the time as we look for our trees, each member of our family plays a game as to which one will find the perfect Christmas trees for our holiday and how long will it take them. To make your best memorable tree experience, Tonia Mosteller of Innovative Holiday Decorating of Charlotte, NC offers this advice to help you and your's select the perfect Christmas tree and have a hassle free holiday.

My husband is 6'4, so he is our tree marker for now (I'm sure by this time next year, our son will be our new tree marker in the family, he is outgrowing all of us). When selecting our Christmas tree, I'm of course a big-tree kind of gal, and my husband is the practical thinking one. My way of thinking from a distance...."No that tree can't be more than 8' tall." LOL...right? Until we approach the tree and my wonderful husband stands beside it. Guess which one of us was wrong. ;)

My niece, nephew, and son letting me capturing some cute photos of them at the Christmas Tree farm in Spruce Pine, NC.

Our four legged son...Riley having a ball in the North Carolina mountains, helping us look for our Christmas tree!

Our family tradition to Boone, Blowing Rock, Valle Crucis, Banner Elk, and Spruce Pine, NC is such a blessing to us all. Our kids look forward to this eventevery year and so do we. We love to cook and bake our Thanksgiving meals while staying in the mountains for a long weekend. The girls go out shopping in Blowing Rock, and Boone, NC, while the boys go off on their adventures. Brian, Carissa and their kids found the "perfect" Christmas tree!

Amps and Mimi found their "perfect" tree at the farm in North Carolina. Can we say $10? Yes...that's right their Christmas tree only cost them $10 and it was 12'! Now, that's affordable holiday decorating!

Well, guess which family won our traditional Christmas tree game? We did...lol, only because we had gone up the weekend before with friends, and then went back to the mountains for our Thanksgiving weekend with our family. Shhh.... ;)

Here are 4 holiday decorating tips we want to share from our family to yours.

Holiday Decorating Tip 1: Know your tree size! Calculate your maximum tree size, measure the height of your ceiling and then subtract 1'. This will allow ample room for a topper, such as a star. If you plan on having a larger tree topper, then give yourself at least 2'. Keep in mind the size of the room that the Christmas tree will be placed in: the smaller the room, the skinnier the tree should be--unless of course there's very little furniture. Then a full tree is actually a welcome addition.

Holiday Decorating Tip 2: Check for freshness while you are at your favorite tree farm. One of our favorite tree farms to visit is located in Spruce Pine, NC we've been going there for 24+ years! Don't wait until you get home to decide if your tree is fresh, nothing kills that Christmas and holiday spirit quite like a tree with no needles. Run your fingers down a branch before you select it. All needles should stay intact, and your hand should smell like a delightful evergreen. Gentle shaking should also result in very little needle drop. If not, keep walking and looking until you find that perfect Christmas tree.

Take note, if you are buying a tree from a local lot in your hometown, even with diligent care, cut trees only last around an average of 10 days. Sometimes, you get lucky and a tree will last longer. A lot that offers trees harvested within days of delivery is the way to go if you can't travel to a tree farm and cut your own Christmas tree. Remember...high prices don't always guarantee freshness, and rock-bottom tags often yield very bad results and headaches for you later.

Holiday Decorating Tip 3: Once we are home from our weekend in the North Carolina mountains, my husband immediately will recut the trunk on an angle about 1" above the butt end to aid in water absorption. Make sure to get your Christmas tree in warm bucket of water within an hour of cutting, or the pores will seal or all your hard work and time will be gone. We always soak our tree in a bucket of water outside overnight, plus before our tree comes into the house, we spray it down with a hose to help hydrate the needles and get any critters (spiders) out. ;) 

Holiday Decorating Tip 4: Time to string the Christmas lights and decorate the tree! My favorite thing to do with my family! Don't forget to grab your camera and take pictures!

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from our home

in Charlotte, NC to your home!

Christmas and Holiday Decorations Charlotte NC

Holiday Decorating Tinsel Christmas Bear and Sleigh Ornaments

 Holiday Decorating 

Girls Craft Day! 

Photo courtesy of Martha Stewart Living.

Last year I was searching for some rustic Christmas ornaments that I could make as a craft and add to my rustic Christmas holiday decor and tree. I found these adorable bears from Martha Stewart Living! After viewing her website, I called my girlfriend Christina and told her about these cute bears, "That we must add them to our rustic Christmas trees and holiday decor." I immediately got on the internet and ordered our bears from Lindahl Woodcrafts. Less than a week, these cute wooden bear ornaments made it to our front door. Hassle free, fast shipping, and great customer service! Thanks, Lindahl Woodcrafts! 

So we gathered our holiday shopping list and took off to our local stores in Charlotte, NC, Michaels and Hobby Lobby to get our supplies. I must say...I adore Martha Stewart's line of Tinsel glitters, they are absolutely beautiful! Since I was a busy girl, decorating homes for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday last year, our bears and girls craft day got pushed aside until recently. We know it's September, but Christina and I knew if we didn't do it now, my holiday schedule would not allow us to do it over the next 3 months. After all the spirit of Christmas should remain in your heart all year long. At least it does in mine, I'm like a little kid when I comes to the holidays...my heart and soul radiant's with Christmas cheer and I LOVE to decorate for the holidays and seasons! 

Photo courtesy of Panera Bread.

So my friend Christina and I decided to have a Holiday Girls Craft Day. We watched the Charlotte weather and the perfect day was coming...a cool, and rainy Tuesday! We made some holiday goodies, turned on some holiday music (LOL), and rented a chic flick to watch after our craft day. While working on our bears, we decided let's head back to Michael's and get some more holiday Christmas ornaments! We found some adorable wooden sleighs for 49 cents and grabbed Martha Stewart's "red"tinsel glittered. Tip...if the product isn't on sale at Michaels don't forget to print or use your smartphone for the 40% off Michaels coupon! Heading back to the house, we stopped by Panera Bread's and got their yummy Pumpkin Spice Chai Latte...it was heavenly!!! 

"We had a fabulous day playing with our holiday Christmas crafts,laughing, eating, drinking our Pumpkin Spice Chai Latte, listening to the holiday music (that still makes us giggle) and watching our girlie chic flick to end our day. Great memories!"

Below is the complete "How To" list on how you can make these Christmas Glittered Bears for your tree and holiday decor! 

Give your Christmas tree and holiday decor an extra sparkle with these critter glittered bears from Martha Stewart Living and Lindahl Woodcrafts! When your Christmas lights capture these adorable ornaments, your decorations will be beautiful glistering on the tree! You can even hang them on a garland or fish light with ribbon in a window and the natural sunlight will make them sparkle too! :)

How-To Glittered Bear and Sleigh Christmas Ornaments

Tools & Materials:

Craft brush
White glue
Wooden bears
Glittering tray
Tinsel glitter
Skewer or toothpick
Plastic squeeze bottle with fine tip
Ornament hooks

Glittered Bear Christmas and Sleigh Ornaments How-To
Using a paintbrush, apply white glue to one side of wooden bear.
Place bear in glittering tray, glue side up, and shake tinsel glitter on to glue until completely covered. Let dry, about 15-20 minutes.

Once dry, shake off excess glitter and repeat glittering process on other side of bear.
Once both sides of bear are glittered and dry, wipe along the edge to remove any excess glitter. Use a skewer or toothpick to clean in tighter areas, if needed.
Using a plastic squeeze bottle fitted with a fine tip, apply glue along the edges of the bear, working in sections, gluing and glittering as you go.

Once glue is completely dry, attach ornament hook to bear and hang on yourChristmas tree or holiday decor! 

Our finished Tinsel Christmas Bears and Sleighs Ornaments: 

Gather a friend or friends and make it a Holiday Girls Craft Day!

Happy Seasonal & Holiday Decorating!

Holiday Decorating and Decorators Charlotte NC

It's the time of year that we start getting our homes ready for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday, and making our holiday shopping list. Then we start wondering what should I do to get my home ready for these two amazing holidays?! Plus, decorate my home for the most wonderful time of year...FALL! 

Thanks to Southern Living, they share with us some great photo inspirations and ideas that will get you moving in the right direction this holiday season! Check out below these great inspirations, and if you need more ideas be sure to check them out on http://www.southernliving.com/. 

Fall Foliage Arrangement
The key to arranging leaves is to group them by size and color as you would flowers. Fiery red maple makes a beautiful focal point when countered with the feathery foliage of dawn redwood laden with globes of gray-green fruit on the fringes.

Pumpkin Topiary

Vertical displays make a big statement at the front door. Tucking in cool-weather edibles such as ornamental flowering cabbages, kale, and bay leaves adds a distinctive twist. To create topiaries, sandwich bay wreaths between pumpkins stacked in concrete urns, and top with a small pumpkin.

Rustic Centerpiece

Naturally shed antlers lend a new twist to table decor. Pile them up with different-colored pumpkins, pine cones, and loose nuts and bring the outdoors in.

Use Color for Impact

A neutral backdrop of white linens and dishes puts the focus on punches of orange and green.

Candlelight Dinner

Complete your tablescape by adding candles in fun lanterns that complement your color palatte. Mix in simple canning jars for a more casual affair.

Don't Neglect Your Outdoor Space
A cascading display down the stairs allows you to use bigger ones that have more presence and are visible from the road. Position them on their sides or stack them on planters for an original look.

Holiday Decorators Charlotte NC

Tis the season to be thinking about holiday and  Christmas lighting and decorating in the Charlotte, NC and greater metro areas, including upper SC.   Halloween will be here very soon, then comes Thanksgiving, and Christmas decorating. We love the holidays and our Holiday Decorating Professionals reflect our love for the holidays by adding warmth, style, creativity, and festive decorating in your homes or corporate holiday events. Let the experts of Innovative Holiday Decorating of Charlotte, NC take the hassle and stress from you this year by decorating your home, business, or special event this holiday season. 

Don't have time to be wrapped up in Christmas or lights this year?  Give us a call! 

That's what we are here for! We want you to enjoy your holidays with your family and friends creating a lifetime of wonderful memories. Plus, with us decorating for you, this gives you lot's of extra time to be shopping for those special Christmas presents, baking, and visiting others in our communities to spread some holiday cheer. 

Our team schedules holiday and Christmas installs from November 1st to December 20th! Our company will shop for decorations or lease decorations; we install, decorate, and take-down your holiday and Christmas decorations. We offer custom affordable holiday and Christmas decorating, event and seasonal decorating. 

Our holiday decorating services can create a simple or elaborate display whether it‘s for your home or a corporate business event function. It can be a stress reliever to enlist the services of a Holiday Christmas Lighting Interior/Exterior Decorator. We can add Christmas lights, create and decorate all kinds of Christmas Trees to; traditional trees, rustic trees, contemporary or modern trees and whimsical trees. Why? Because our Holiday Decorating Professionals utilizes our decorating skills and our creative minds by adding a new twist to your holiday decorations!

Call or email us today to schedule your free Holiday - Christmas - Event consultation and let us take the hassle out of your holidays! 

Tonia Mosteller
Professional Holiday-Event-Seasonal Decorator
Charlotte, NC and Greater Metro Area, including upper SC
704-651-8878
tonia.ihdecorating@gmail.com