Some people never run out of fresh ways to decorate their homes for the holidays. If you're like most of us, however, you got some fabulous inspiration while touring the five Huntington, NY, area homes on this year's "Deck the Halls" house tour, benefitting the North Shore Holiday House (NSHH). Whether your taste is sumptuous or classically clean, traditional red and gold or peacock green and turquoise, natural or faux, it was all there for your viewing pleasure.
I created this event and have organized it along with fellow members of the NSHH board for the past five years, and it gets bigger and more successful each time. This year, my co-host Carmen Friedlander and I helped raise $40,000 for NSHH's camps and programs for vulnerable young girls. For me, blending real estate and the beautiful homes in our area with an opportunity to raise money for a wonderful cause was an absolute no-brainer.
But it's bigger than that - the local decorators and nurseries that provide the design work and all the materials benefit too: their work is on display for hundreds of browsers, and each year several of the tour homeowners purchase the designs created just for their homes. Everybody wins!
If you are interested in starting a similar type of home tour in your market, give me a call!
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