Simply Luxurious Holiday Decor

Last year I began working with the online decor inspiration website Houzz to create a monthly Ideabook full of simply luxurious pieces for the home centered around a different theme each month. Well, as you might imagine, this month’s ideabook is all about the holidays - Simply Luxurious Holiday Decor to be exact.

Above are just a few of the items I hand-selected, but feel free to click here to view the entire 20 item ideabook full of items and explanations as to why and how I would use each piece to create a festive, yet welcoming holiday sanctuary. After all, even the holidays should be simply luxurious.

English Country Decor – June Houzz Ideabook

With the upcoming Olympics set to begin in London with the Open Ceremonies on Friday July 27th, I couldn’t help but pull together an ideabook for Houzz that focused on all things English Country Decor. From delicate tea cups, braided rugs, wallpaper and birdcages as playfully placed accessories, the concept of acquiring items over time, mixing yard sale finds with custom-designed pieces is certainly a decor style for those who love making their home cozy and uniquely their own. Click here to view my entire Ideabook: English Country Decor.

Ideal Closet Decor – May’s Houzz Ideabook

I mentioned this week that last weekend you would have found me in my closet, tossing, deliberating and eliminating anything that did not fit my signature style.

My goal was to pare down to in order to create a 10 Item Capsule Wardrobe, and while I am not at ten yet (per season), I am much closer than I was. What was reaffirmed through this task was that quality is something to pay attention to. And as Jennifer L. Scott states in her book Lessons from Madame Chic, if you keep less in your closet, only shopping for items that adhere to your style, flatter your skin tone and figure, you will find that you buy less which means you save more. So when you do go shopping, you can invest in quality pieces that will last.

For this month’s ideabook for Houzz, I shopped around and gathered together twenty items to help create and decorate an ideal closet that would not only look chic and stylish, but would also properly take care of the investment items in your wardrobe. From a garment steamer, linen organizing trays, customized hat boxes for storage and beautiful French benches and chairs, have a look to see what you too might want to incorporate into your closet, no matter what the size.

~Posts found on The Simply Luxurious Life for closet inspiration:

*A Luxurious, Yet Simple Closet (essential items for an ideal closet)

*A Tailored Shop at Home (images to inspire)

Image: Jenna Lyon’s Brooklyn townhouse closet

A Touch of France – Houzz Ideabook

France is always on my mind, so this month’s ideabook that I pulled together for Houzz focused on touches of France to bring into your home. Click here to view and shop the entire ideabook.