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Green Holiday Decorating Ideas from Tim and Linda Arbogast

12-17-08 arbogast5.jpgSacramento-based designers Tim and Linda Arbogast -- they helped Bridget with her lovely Sacramento Cottage -- recently decorated a home that was on the Sacred Heart Home Tour. They decided to "go green," which meant recycling, re-purposing, and re-doing. The result? Charming.

 
 

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WOW! This is gorgeous! I love the little Christmas trees and the paperwhites (is that one word?).

What a beautiful space! The frame around the TV is amazing too!

posted by Griffin on December 17th 2008 at 9:20pm
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Fantastic.

posted by racheloncegentry on December 17th 2008 at 9:32pm
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So pretty!

posted by canadian in swedish clothing on December 17th 2008 at 9:45pm
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Very pretty. They even (almost) made their flat-screen TV look good.

posted by madsarah on December 17th 2008 at 10:41pm
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although some of the ideas are nice, why are there so many of each thing? it kinda reminds me of a department store.

i don't think 'charming' is quite the right word for this. maybe, 'redundant'?

posted by ethanollie on December 17th 2008 at 11:27pm
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gah. I have to agree that if it's not a department store, there are far too many of each thing. It looks so cluttered! ONE ceramic owl, or ONE adorable Christmas tree, or ONE pot of gorgeous paperwhites, would be lovely. All together, it gives me the tchotke-heebie-jeebies.

posted by carolyn_suzanne on December 18th 2008 at 1:11am
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Decorations look cool. I like them.

posted by Mikkee on December 18th 2008 at 2:23am
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Any info on that couch? It looks so comfy.

posted by lorettalynn on December 18th 2008 at 8:24am
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With all due respect, the room with the cameo silhouettes is ghastly--the opposite of chic. I second the "gah".

posted by ChrisToronto on December 18th 2008 at 9:37am
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For the most part, this is cute... but I am blown away by the fear of color. The holidays are supposed to be full of "cheer." A little green or even some deep shade of purple would have given the room some spirit and made the natural elements shine.

posted by elizadesigner on December 18th 2008 at 10:53am
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obviously they like what they like! i imagine it's the only time of year they get to display these collections, so why not?

i think the acorn ornaments are the least overwhelming as a collection - the trees are okay, too - but it's the owls! they freak me out just a little bit ;) hehe

i love the paperwhites, but i would have spread things out a bit more. instead of grouping so obviously, i would have made little areas that get a little bit of each collection.

posted by kdkaboom on December 18th 2008 at 10:53am
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Too much of a good thing.

posted by stella1712 on December 18th 2008 at 10:56am
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What's green about this?

posted by kelleyk on December 18th 2008 at 11:57am
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the gold frame around their flat screen is so awesome....can we get a tutorial?

posted by hanako66 on December 18th 2008 at 3:21pm
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I think there is a company that makes those frames for tvs, if you really want to go that route...

posted by shalgal on December 18th 2008 at 9:02pm
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This home tour is the type that assigns a home to a designer.
Each home is usually over the top. It's in a neighborhood of high affluence, home to such notables as Ronald Reagan when he was governor.

posted by swellyn on December 18th 2008 at 9:05pm
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This is gorgeous! Even though it is all white, it is still warm and inviting.

posted by suzy8track on December 20th 2008 at 11:57am
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I LOVE the birch logs.

posted by Monica on December 22nd 2008 at 4:11pm
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