San Diego Interior Decorator/Designer, Susan Sutherlin in San Diego, California
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Are you making plans for New Years Eve? I’m hearing from a lot of you that you’re looking forward to a quiet evening at home enjoying an intimate dinner with your loved one(s). I thought you might enjoy a few suggestions on decorating a festive table, and possibly a few items you might find helpful the morning after. Enjoy.  .png "Share on Twitter"){kind=small} .png "Share on Google+"){kind=small}  .png "Share on tumblr"){kind=small} .png "Share by email"){kind=small} This year we had fun decorating our own home for Christmas. We had incentive as we had a very large open house last weekend. This was the first big party for us after purchasing and redesigning our home a year and half ago. It was such a treat to have our family, friends and neighbors by to celebrate the season. (Below) – A shot of the Christmas tree. Hard to tell from this far off shot but there was a theme of Top Hats and the colors used where; Red, Black and White.
 Christmas Gift Wrap  (BELOW) – A gift from one of our guests. Isn’t that ornament beautiful! (BELOW) – A few more decorations around the house.
Christmas Decorations
(Below) – For the party I put together a Christmas Candy Bar. Each guest filled up a small treat bag to enjoy sweets for the rest of the evening. Always a huge success when I put this together, and guests can help themselves to what ever makes them a happy camper.
(BELOW) – After the party we just took away most of the candy jars and left a few for decoration and color.
(Below) – In our guest bath we picked up some simple tie back tassels in a Christmas red at Hobby Lobby and used them to wrap around some nice new plush towels. At the bottom of each towel we folded up two hand towels and used them to provide the full look we wanted at the bottom. For guest use we provided whimsical Christmas towels that looked like they were tied with Santa’s belt, but I did an oops and forget to capture that picture . . . sorry.
(Below) – We added some punch of color to our guest bath with some antique glass and rhinestones. The candle that was displayed and lit behind these beauties caught the light well and and that touch of “glitz”.
(BELOW) – Then there were our guests, the best friends and family a girl could ask ask for. You have to love my cousin Hennie who dressed as an ugly sweater (our party theme) IN A gift bag. Here she is under our tree trying to disguise herself among the other gifts. We love you Hennie, you always make us smile. She definitely got the award for the most creative.
(BELOW) – A few of my fellow Southern California design buddies. These two women are the best!
(BELOW) – We decided to cater this event so we could enjoy our guests, AND the wine. We had our local wine bar and restaurant, The Barrel Room provide the food, drinks and staff. We could not have been happier with their expertise. Think about them next time you are putting an event together.
(BELOW) – Until next year, my husband (that great guy in the funny cap) and I wish you only the best in the coming year. Thanks for making 2015 such a huge success for Susan Sutherlin Designs.
  Just wanted to give everyone a big ‘Catch Ya Up News’, if you had not already heard. We are no longer affiliated with the Decorating Den Interiors franchise. We’ve stepped out on our own and could not be happier! I’m so very proud of our team for making this jump, and I must say our clients are thrilled too. As usual, we will continue to strive to give you the most outstanding service and creative design as always. We take great pride to see our clients faces when they see their completed rooms for the first time and I do everything humanly possible to make that a reality for you and me both. Your home should give you great big “hug” when you come home. With all of the changes this month we are having our web page re-created so behind the scenes there are busy computer geniuses pulling the details together, along with my creative mind that just has to have the right look and feel to the site. So….bear with us, we will be back to this BLOG as soon as we’ve got a new design that we are all ready to share. Your Creative Design Partner, Susan
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(BELOW) – I like to also continue the theme of color into by gift wrap. This year I selected one large black checked paper and a solid red and black paper, with multiple types of color themed ribbon..png)
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