non-traditional Holiday – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:25:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 non-traditional Holiday – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 A Perfectly Plaid Holiday Table https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/a-perfectly-plaid-holiday-table/ https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/a-perfectly-plaid-holiday-table/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:10:52 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=16581 After an insanely fun media console styling session last month, Tasha from Tchotchkes Interior Design and I have teamed up again to bring a little nostalgic yuletide inspiration to Holiday gatherings this season.  This time we’ve brought Retro Wanderlust (the shop in the Minneapolis area for all things vintage home) along for the ride and challenged ourselves to think beyond the quintessential red and green palette and instead focus on less ‘in-yo-face’ festive cues like greenery, Holiday motifs, cozy textures, and candlelight to bring home the warm, merry appeal. Below we’re talking through how we arrived at this look, so you can recreate for your own gathering! The intent was to create visual interest by layering textures and materials. Let’s take it from the top, shall we? We started with a beautiful woven plaid fabric as the jumping off point for the entire scheme. The cognac, frosty blue, and black tones offered a non-traditional, yet nostalgic take on Holiday entertaining. Once the color palette was nailed down, greenery was the next natural step. See what I did there? (wink. wink.) We separated bunches of spruce, pine and cedar into smaller branch clusters and intertwined them with one another. There’s no wire […]

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]]> https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/a-perfectly-plaid-holiday-table/feed/ 2 16581 Modern Holiday Party From Minted https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/modern-holiday-party-from-minted/ Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:13:01 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=8771 Okay you guys. Get ready for some car-ay-zay gorgeous Holiday inspiration! Minted’s blog, Julep, shows us How To: Throw The Perfect Holiday Fete in 5 Easy Steps, so head on over there for the full feature!   But first, I wanted to share my favorite details–it’s just too good! I’m enamored with the clean, white spread accented with cozy Nordic touches and unfussy flora.   Using vintage style sleigh bells to hold place cards – GENIUS!   A mistletoe selfie station? But of course! Set up the backdrop and let people go to town!   All photos are property of Julep.

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