Wednesday Weekly Wish List #183

Your weekly dose of new ideas, helpful hints, favorite items, and tidbits of wisdom…from a trio of lifestyle bloggers who love to share! 

WELCOME TO THE WISH LIST!

Lory | Designthusiasm

1. TOP POST THIS WEEK: Wondering how to keep your home cozy after the holiday decor comes down? Here are ideas for transitioning to winter decor after Christmas, as well as these cozy winter decor ideas.

2. ALSO POPULAR: Looking to create a placid environment in the bedroom? These calming bedroom decor ideas are just for you!

3. AMAZON PICKS: Because Amazon typically delivers quickly, I’m leaving my holiday decor picks up for one more week, with some new items added, so here are this week’s favorites.

4. THIS WEEK ON THE BLOG I shared:

• This elegant silver tablescape for New Year’s Eve or any chic dinner.
• The 6 defining style elements I use in every room and how to use them.
• How to revive an antique chandelier.

5. TOP FASHION PICKS – gold filled or plated jewelry makes great gifts (even for yourself!):

• This stunning 18k gold over silver Byzantine bracelet.
• These Florentine-style 1 1/8″ hoop earrings.
• These beautiful Labradorite hoop earrings.
• This gold over sterling coin toggle necklace.
• These Italian Tagliamonte Ulysses hoop drop earrings (I just received these today!)

6. CURRENT FURNITURE DEALS – for the bedroom:

• This great looking bed with an unbelievable price!
• This fabulous rustic 7-drawer dresser with wonderful detail.
• This chic nightstand with 2 drawers and an open shelf.
• This armoire wardrobe closet provides amazing storage.
• This lovely tufted bedroom storage bench.

7. CURRENT DECOR CRUSHES:

• This charming block printed pillow cover
• These rustic soapstone bowls
• This industrial rustic steel grommet picture frame
• This agrarian trio of handmade stoneware crocks
• This artisan handwoven palm leaf hanging wall basket

8. WHAT I’M READING: If you enjoy historical fiction in a fascinating setting, check out Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Beginning in early 1900’s Korea, it is a dramatic saga of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty that echoes through generations. You’ll find complex and passionate characters, particularly strong, stubborn women and no shortage of moral crisis.

9. WHAT’S INSPIRING ME AROUND THE WEB: This home so well represents what I’m loving in decor these days, a collected mix of old and new, rustic and refined, including these gorgeous holiday looks. See the rest of this beautiful account here.

10. UP NEXT: How to make life easy this year…

Yvonne | StoneGable

1. IDEAS FOR YOU FROM THE BLOG: As we celebrate the week before Christmas, these posts, filled with Christmas ideas, will inspire you! Merry Christmas, xo!

• 12 Ideas To Make Your Home Smell Like Christmas– Filling our home with Christmas-inspired scents adds another layer to that cozy holiday feel and evokes beautiful memories of Christmases past.
• The Real Christmas Story– Read the story stripped of its tinsel and trapping. Take a raw and real look at the very first Christmas.
• 10 Small Items That Will Make Your Home More Magical This Christmas– Don’t forget to sprinkle these items throughout your Christmas home.

2. AMAZON FINDS: See all my favorite new picks in my Amazon Shop.

3. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS: Add a gallery light above a picture to give it a more expensive and finished look. Add wide trim to the long edge of curtains to give them a designer look. Think about timeless furniture for a look that does not go out of style.

4. FABULOUS FINDS: Decor in our home that is on sale or clearance…

• My dining room rug (indoor/outdoor).
• My bedroom curtains and matching pillows.
• Our living room and dining room curtains.
• The mirror that hangs on our stairs.

Decor I’m looking at for our home in 2025…

• These pretty dining room chairs and these.
• This dining room chandelier.
• This wallpaper in brown for a guest bedroom.
• This foundational tufted chair.

5. BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND MORE: Tour this Newport Beach home dressed up for Christmas. Learn how to make 5 Quick Christmas Tray Arrangments. This is a good video about the basics of arrangement-making. And this chic Nashville Christmas Home is a must-see! I love its antiques and tailored style.

6. CURATED CLOSET: Comfortable winter classics…

• This funnel neck sweater.
• These classic boot cut, pull-on pants look classic and smart.
• Oversized boiled wool blazer to wear as a lightweight coat (LOVE) and this paisley scarf!
• These warm and stylish wool booties.

7. FUN AND INTERESTING FACTS: What gifts were given on the 12 days of Christmas? Who was the real St. Nick?

8. THIS AND THAT: It will be Christmas Day in one week, so let’s savor The Week Before Christmas. This post will help you let go of things on your to-do list and enjoy this special time more! Read about interesting ways people around the world celebrate Christmas. Here are beautiful and easy ideas for last-minute gift-wrapping ideas.

9. CHRISTMAS RECIPES: Need recipes for Christmas and New Year’s?  9 Holiday Recipes You Will Want to Make Over And Over are delicious family favorites that are tried and true and perfect for the holidays!

10. CULINARY CORNER: We recently got a jar of Candied Orange Peel as a gift and love them! Thanks, Tim and Eileen! Here’s how easy they are to make. Cut one inch off the top and bottom of a large navel orange with a paring knife and discard. Score orange through the white pith, lengthwise about 1/4 inch apart. Do not score the orange flesh. Add the orange strips, 2 cups of sugar, and one cup of water to a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 45-60 minutes until the pith is white and opaque. Remove to a wire rack, let the excess sugar syrup drip off, and dry a bit. When they are tacky, not wet, put sugar in a bowl, add the orange peel, and coat them liberally. Fill a mason jar and give this as a sweet gift.

ANSWER TO #7: A partridge in a pear tree, two turtle doves, three French hens, four calling birds, five golden rings, six geese a-laying, seven swans-a-swimming, eight maids a-milking, nine ladies dancing, ten lords-a-leaping, eleven pipers piping, twelve drummers drumming were the gifts given on the 12 days of Christmas, at an estimated to cost $46,729.86! The real St. Nick was the 4th-century bishop from Myra, now modern-day Turkey. He was known for his generosity and love of children. The Real St. Nick tells the story. Now you know!