December ’11 About Your Home Issue

Stained glass windows, palatial vaulted ceilings, and imported European lighting are running themes throughout the grey stone estate of Dr. Nash Gabrail and Shelly Rentsch.

If you want to display artwork in your home like the pros, they have a suggestion for you: Do what you want aesthetically. “Let’s not be so serious about it,” says Deea Meek, who with her husband, Sean, owns Eclectic Artists Co-op & Gallery in Jacksonville, Ill. “Do what you love.”

There’s nothing like relaxing in your home for the holidays. Look to these books for ideas for having an amazing gathering.

Lighting your home’s exterior for the holidays isn’t always as easy as it seems. Many people have started hiring professionals to get it done each year, figuring the cost involved beats the time, energy and frustration of handling it on their own.

Volunteers transform three levels of The Massillon Woman’s Club into a Christmas wonderland each year. Named Five Oaks, the home was built from 1892 to 1894 for Mr. and Mrs. J.Walter McClymonds for $200,000 and is now on the National Register for Historic Homes.