As you read two weeks ago, I went on my first Market adventure Mary Carol and two of our visual team members in search of Christmas décor and decorative accents. And PHEW was it a wild ride. We’re sourcing products a full year ahead which is going to take some getting used to for this new gal! It proves an interesting challenge, but I like to think of it as giving us the ability to create trends instead of chasing them.
We moved fast and furious while we poured over showrooms to find you the most inspiring new pieces for your homes. Let me tell you, Mary Carol is nearly impossible to keep up with and she runs on coffee alone! I kept asking which showrooms had the best food (priorities, right?!😊)
While we were primarily there to buy, buy, buy, we spent some time trend forecasting and that’s what I’m most excited to share with you today! Here are some of the looks we’re most excited about for next Christmas.
Classic Christmas is always in! The many variations of “classic Christmas” are alive and well and all offer that nostalgic feeling. I’m personally drawn to the vintage, colorful brights paired with frosty whites! You can never have enough sparkle. 😊
The Great Outdoors – In our digital age, lots of us are looking to recharge by unplugging and reconnecting with our roots (myself included). Getting outdoors is one way many of us like to do that. Bringing the outdoors in can be done year-round, not just in the springtime! We’re bringing a true winter wonderland to Nell Hill’s next Christmas, I can’t wait for you to see it.
Velvet Ribbon – We want it in every color to put on everything! If I thought I could have talked the visuals team into a ribbon-only display, I would have tried! 😉 The lush textures work paired with so many other elements, be they old-world rustic or modern glam. This is a look you won’t want to pass up.
Neutrals don’t always have to act as a base – let them steal the show by mixing a range of neutrals with interesting textures. Pair them with classic fresh pine to tone them down or glam them up by mixing them with a classic tinsel tree!
I’ll have to cut myself off there – I don’t want to share too many secrets before we start setting up for Christmas! 😉 When the time comes, I can’t wait to show you all of the fantastic things we’ve picked up. Stay tuned later this year!
Do you have a go-to or favorite look for Christmas? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!
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Katie, it was so nice meeting you at market!!!! So excited for you this year and years to come.!!!❤️
Patti Porter
Rusted Chandelier
St Louis, MO
A dedicated ribbon display? Count me in! Those blues, greens, and gold tones are fantastic. I like to use them on wrapped presents, on the old key to the China cabinet, intertwined with pine cones, etc. I’d take them any time of year!
I always like the shiny ornaments! Makes me think of my childhood.
Welcome, Katie, to Nell’s Hill. I am so glad you had the best tour team for Market. It sounds as you did just fine with the pace. You will be dreaming of the floors and floors of goodies and products for weeks to come. One of the things I so enjoy about Mary Carol, and Nell’s Hill , is the use of plaid. Certainly it is easy to use at Christmas, but it can be highlighted or subtly used throughout the year in interior and exterior applications. I hope you will embrace the challenge.
Sounds like a fantastic trip! I’d have to say that I am pretty traditional in my taste of Christmas decorating. I love the plaids at Christmas and beautiful bows and the outdoors look. The last couple of years, I have also found myself drawn to white(snowmen, deer figuries, birds, lanterns, etc). I also like a touch of bling here and there. I just really don’t like pastels at Christmas!
This is so exciting ! Give me ribbons of velvets , silks and plaids ! Decor of gold , silver and white with touches of red . Please open your shop for online purchasing !
I liked the grey metal reindeer and trees you had in one of your pictures….mix those with some rich colored wired ribbon, greenery and some outdoorsy things for the gentlemen in your lives,tiny white lights and voila, you have a great dining room tablescape, mantel, entryway, covered porch, bedroom, etc. for the holidays.
I collect Mercury glass and it looks so beautiful with tiny white lights, votives, greenery and beautiful dinnerware, chargers, glasses, silverware….I even have Mercury glass in my kitchen and bathroom. I think Mercury glass looks beautiful with blue/white decorative items and dinnerware. Can’t get enough of blue and white and the sparkle of tiny lights.
Looove to decorate my home for my loved ones year round and that is why Nell Hills is such a special place for me and has been for years. I know you will really enjoy your new business, Katie….just like Mary Carol has.
My best wishes to you and all of your employees.
Judith
Gardner, Ks.
Loved the sneak peek of Christmas 2019! Would love to hear some of your forecasting for new trends in design. Thank you!
Looking forward to future!! Yay!! franki
I miss having the full size photo pages. Enjoy the visuals so much! Welcome to your new year at Nell Hills!
Happy New Year and Happy New Adventure, Katie. Traditional inside and out are my loves. Love trees, flowers, birds and warm nature decor, and snowmen and Santa. I have beautiful memories of my childhood Christmas’ and hope to make beautiful memories for my children and grandchildren. Nell Hills makes me happy.
Hi Katie. I too miss the larger pictures in the blog and more of them. I would come back to the pictures all week, until the next post. And on Facebook too — I would run to Nell Hills on my lunch hour or right after work because of some of those pictures on Facebook and in the blog. For Christmas, I love the plaids along with red, burgandy and gold velvet ribbons, with maybe some dark blue velvet to entertwine with black watch plaid — be still my heart. Love naturals along with reindeer ornaments I bought at Nell Hills years ago. Good luck!
Welcome Katie! Another traditionalist here. Blue and white all year. At Christmas I pull everything shiny and glamorous out. Vintage silver, mercury glass, and I velvet! Lots of greenery too. My faux greenery purchased many years ago at Nell Hills Atchison still looks great. That’s what I love about Nell Hills — quality never goes out of style.
Thank you for sharing your experiences; I can image you both getting crazy in the midle of such glorius shows, what you are letting us see look so pretty , What beauty of color tones in the ribbons , I love all of them and I prefer dark gold, green and red (I go on traditional way ) very varied colors, that’s good, so everyone can choose wha ever t they want. WELL DONE.
Thank you
Barbara
I love the photos you shared. My go to Christmas decor is all white lights with multi colored ornaments and decor. I love the shiny, the sparkling , the velvets, the mattes all combined. And the more I can get on my tree of all kinds of ornaments old and new the better. Love the mix of old and new.
Welcome, Katie! Sounds like you, Mary Carol and the team had a fun whirlwind at market! Love the shiny neutrals, but my favorites are plaid ribbons in wonderful colors, especially other than traditional reds and greens.