How to get a designer look with Christmas decorating Bucks County's home store and interior design firm, Black-cycd Susan, recommends one simple trick for a designer look in Christmas decorating The holiday magic of our 2018 Christmas collection comes from hundreds of clements, all curated to delight," principal designer and CEO Susan Taylor said. There are so many details; you have to walk through cach room setting a couple of times to notice everything. But anyone can achieve a designer look with Christmas decorating if you remember to layer. sprays, picks and swags. She said current technology allows for finer replications of fresh greens, including icy, flocked, sugared or fresh-picked "After a more than usual exhausting Christmas setup at the home store this ycar, I decided to simplify my personal home decorating just to give myself a little break, Taylor said. "But I couldn't dismiss my bins of sprays and picks." She said she found herself adding favorite sprays and picks to almost every single vessel, arrangement, mirror and centerpiece in her home. With these additions, my everyday accents quickly took on a fabulous holiday look, all with a small amount Layering, a techniquc that is part of an interior designer's professional toolbox ycar round, gets a boost at the holidays with special clements only available at Christmas of effort" Taylor said The Black-cyed Susan home store team offers solutions for designer Christmas decorating during posted hours, with no appointment required. Taylor said shatterproof ornaments are the first rule for layering in Christmas decorating. She said first adding shatterproof ornaments on a Christmas tree, in a Christmas centerpiece, on a garland or in an outdoor urn, before embellishing with other decorations, alwaysves Taylor calls essential are evergreen fulness and polish Additional layering elements Submitted by Black-eyed Susan