Decorating For The Holidays: Bernadette Schaeffler Brings Germany to Dallas With Glitzy, Glamorous Results

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Of course, with a design repertoire like Bernadette Schaeffler’s, you know that when Christmas comes around, she pulls out the stops. Still, her decor is both traditional and glamorous, with metallic accents adding to the wow-factor of her bright red ornaments. Considering her home’s palette, this is a natural combination.

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Christmas in my home country of Germany is very different from what we know here in North America. Even though I have to admit that I see more commercialism back home, our tradition is more the focus on the actual religious part of Christmas.

Image 3Christmas starts with the fourth sunday before Christmas Eve, and therefore we have an advent wreath with four candles. Every Sunday one extra candle is lit. When the fourth candle burns we know Jesus will be born soon. Children have advent calendars with 24 doors, too.

With the first Sunday I also start to put my Christmas decorations out. It tends to be a lot of traditional stuff, like nutcrackers and pyramids

In my country we have no Christmas tree until the 24th of December! I got a little Americanized. My decoration is very traditional — straw ornaments and apples. To get a little glitter I added golden reindeer this year. Traditionally, we still use real lit candles.

The results of Schaeffler’s combining her traditional German christmas decor with more modern motifs is just incredible. Find out more about Schaeffler’s collection and the inspiration behind it at her Design District showroom.

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Joanna England is the Executive Editor at CandysDirt.com and covers the North Texas housing market.

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