• Arctic animal ornaments at Pottery Barn holiday 2012
    Photo courtesy of Pottery Barn
  • Vintage ornaments on a tree stump in a feed-store bucket
    Photo courtesy of D'Ette Cole
  • Newsprint star, holiday decorations
    Photo courtesy of D'Ette Cole
  • West Elm mercury glass vases holiday 2012
    Photo courtesy of West Elm

  • Dallas interior designer Erin Sander of Erin Sander Design.
    Photo courtesy of Erin Sander Design
  • Sander creates airy, elegant and clean spaces, like this master bedroom from arecent project.
    Photo courtesy of Erin Sander Design
  • Sander likes to use dynamic tiles as a focal point in a bathroom or kitchen —like these mosaic tiles from New Ravenna, which have the graphic and ethnicqualities of ikat.
    Photo courtesy of New Ravenna
  • A kitchen from a recent home project from Erin Sander Design. Sander takestraditional shapes and architectural elements and adds a modern twist.
    photo courtesy of Erin Sander Design
  • Sander likes to hang interesting mirrors along tile walls in her bathroomprojects for a contemporary edge.
    photo courtesy of Erin Sander Design

  • Designer Kimberly McDonald wearing her own designs.
    Photo by Bo Joplin
  • Kimberly McDonald sterling silver bezel-set agate book ends with diamonds.
    Photo courtesy of Forty Five Ten
  • Kimberly McDonald champagne saver available at Forty FIve Ten.
    Photo courtesy of Forty Five Ten
  • Kimberly McDonald napkin rings.
    Photo courtesy of Forty Five Ten
  • Kimberly McDonald lucite and geode paper weights.
    Photo courtesy of Forty Five Ten

  • You want your house to shine, and it will sparkle much brighter if you dustlight bulbs and clean light covers, says interior designer Janus Lazaris.
    Photo by Adrienne Breaux
  • A clean home is a welcoming home. Finally set down — and stick to — a cleaningschedule this fall, suggests Apartment Therapy's Adrienne Breaux.
    Photo by Adrienne Breaux
  • Flowers bring life to a room, says Texas Monthly writer-at-large Kristie RamirezHoitsma.
    Photo by Adrienne Breaux
  • Set up the guest room weeks before your company arrives, suggests Janus Lazaris.
    Photo by Adrienne Breaux

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