The 5 Details That Instantly Elevate Your Holiday Home
There is a difference between a decorated home and a designed one.
At Alchemy for the Home, we focus less on adding more and more on choosing well. The right materials, textures, and moments create a space that feels intentional from the second you walk in.
Here are the five details we are prioritizing this Christmas and why they work:
1. Red Velvet Ball Garlands: Depth Without Effort
Hands down ball garlands are, our favorite item to design with in 2025 and will be plugging them in anywhere possible in 2026!
Commodore Perry, Auberge Resorts, Library fireplace
Ball Garlands
the specific garland we ordered last year isn’t currently available, but you can put them together with wire using these:
2. Sugar-Frosted Ornaments
Holiday design can quickly become visually heavy. These introduce lightness and texture, catching light in a subtle way that balances deeper tones, and brings shimmer to the tree. Also perfect for the culinary enthusiast!
who doesn’t love a sparkly pear
3. Vintage-Inspired Colored Lights
Colored lights feel warm and layered with a tinge of nostalgia. The ball shapes are so unique and special.
for a little whimsy
4. Real Touch Deluxe Norfolk Pine Garland
Not all garlands are equal! These are incredibly high quality and maintain fullness and tone over time so you can restyle them year after year. They hang beautifully over doors, down banisters and anywhere you’d like a little cheer.
Norfolk Pine Garland
wonderful lifelike garland
5. Scent as Design
Every time someone enters my house during the holidays, they ask about the fragrance! I’m obsessed with the Douglas Fir and Vetiver fragrance that brings freshness and grounding to the space (even if it’s still 90 degrees in Austin).
Douglas Fir and Vetiver is a holiday home must
Alchemy is designed for people who want their home to feel elevated without managing the details themselves.
We handle the design, installation, and transition out of the season so your home reflects you, without the effort.
Bookings are open for the holiday season.