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Silver combined with organic materials
is a hit. (Earnest Home)

She took the same approach for a client who wanted to freshen
up her holiday decorating: Crestin brought in a selection of copper BUILDING A
ornaments for the client’s tree and mixed other copper items in
throughout the room.
“We used half of what she already had and then supplemented NEW HOME?
coppery tones,” she says.
The technique works with any type of metal: “Maybe you edit
what you have a little bit,” Crestin says, and then supplement with
ornaments and decorations in copper or another metal this year.
Be sure to confirm your
builder has coverage
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Sparkly metals also look great alongside organic and natural tex- before you start and
tures, Huh says: “For instance, what’s prettier than silver with if not, see us about
burlap?”
Buy a selection of simple terracotta planters or flower pots in dif- Course of Construction
ferent heights, and spray paint some of them in metallic shades, says
Fishburne. “There are so many fantastic metallic spray paints,” she Insurance today.
says, in shades of rose gold, soft golds and silvers.
Fill them with poinsettias, artificial or real, in whatever colours
appeal to you. If the plants begin to wilt, or you get tired or them
after the holidays, keep the same pots but switch them out for suc-
culents.
Huh agrees that flower pots are a great place to add metallic ac-
cents: “You can switch out some of your usual cachepots or acces-
sories with items that have a bit of glimmer,” she says.
Finally, Crestin points out that metallic scrapbooking paper from
a craft store can be the perfect way to affordably add one more dose BRANDON • 2830 Victoria Ave & Shoppers Mall
of metallic shimmer to your holiday decorating. Buy several sheets
in a colour you like, and use them as a dining table runner with vo- WAWANESA • VIRDEN • CARBERRY • SHILO
tive candles and little silver-toned planters on top.
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