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“DELICIOUS CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT HISTORIC HOUSES” BOOK FEATURES HEARTHSIDE

Dining Room Table at ChristmasInspired by the beauty of the wonderful decorations from her first book, Christmas at Historic Houses, author Patricia Hart McMillan has once again tapped Hearthside to be included in her second book, Delicious Christmas Decorations at Historic Houses, just released by Schiffer Publishing Company. Not only does Hearthside’s elegantly decorated dining room, appear throughout the book, but it graces both the inside front and back covers! Photographs were taken by Kathy Hartley, President of Friends of Hearthside, and Ruth A.B. Clegg of Angell Fine Arts.

The book is designed to inspire creative Christmas decorating in your home, with tips for caring, keeping and replacing, authentic decorative arrangements made with fresh, dried, and preserved fruits and greenery. Browsing through this book of wonderful decorations of fruits and greens from Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, Hearthside and other historic house museums, one can gather essential details for creating vivid decorations of your own for exteriors, entryways, consoles, mantels, bedrooms, dining rooms, and kitchens.

Beautiful color photographs in this book bring inspiration for creating your own colorful decorations. Instructions for drying your own fruits are included as well as sources and tips for buying and caring for faux botanicals. This book is a wonderful addition for anyone who loves Christmas and the elegant historical decorations of the past, as well as anyone who is interested in adding their own touch to Christmas decorating.

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Last year, Christmas at Historic Houses was released just days before Christmas. In this book, there is a full chapter on Hearthside, complete with several stunning photographs of the rooms decorated by our volunteers, accompanied by the memories of past Christmases at Hearthside as told by the Mowbray family, the most recent residents of the home.

Patricia Hart McMillan is an interior designer and author as well as a tabletop expert. In recent years, she has created centerpieces for Christmas tables on TV in Miami and Palm Beach. Patricia has appeared on several national TV shows and has been quoted on HGTV website. Pat’s interior designs have appeared in leading national and regional decorating magazines and in newspapers, including The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Parade.

Christmas at Historic Houses, sells for $45.00, and Delicious Christmas Decorations at Historic Houses, sells for $19.99, and both may be purchased in the Hearthside Gift Shop or by contacting info@hearthsidehouse.org.

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