“It’s hard to make plans because we’re such a new family,
but
we’re picking things up every year to
make it fun and special for the boys.”
Lauren Liess
The fam ily eats m ost
m eals in the breakfast
nook,
above.
“ I really
w anted old-fashioned
m ixed w ith super-
m odern,” Lauren
says, so she paired
toile w allpaper w ith
a kn ockoff Saarinen
table she found
on eBay.
C hristian claim s the
bottom h a lf of the
chalkboard-painted
fridge for draw ings
and notes to Santa,
above right.
An evergreen garland,
opposite,
hung over the
doorw ay to the kitchen
holds C hristm as cards.
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