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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Wednesday, December 4, 2013 | 16 Deck the halls on every floor for the holidays Deck the halls and everywhere else in your home this Christmas with a few simple yet festive ideas that borrow from tradition but have a modern style all their own. Colour trends for 2013 include FREE CHRISTMAS TREES 4TH ANNUAL Date: Saturday, December 7th Time: Place: WWW.TREESFORKIDS.CA You give we give! white and red but this year they are teamed with soft hues, in blues, pinks and sage/mint. Brown also joins the colour parade and is especially great when accented with gold. As for materials, ribbons, glass balls, battery-operated candles and lights, birds and anything natural from pine cones to berries to birch are popular. Mantels, door frames and stairwells are all perfect spots to add some fresh garland. On the horizontal layouts, consider interspersing the garland with battery-operated candles and lights, or real candles placed inside a hurricane lamp. Or fill the lamps with cranberries or gold tinsel. Add a few crystal ornaments along the garland that will reflect the light. If you prefer a more natural look, add some fine-feathered friends, pine cones, pieces of birch and berry branches or twigs spray painted in gold or covered in silver sparkle. Where the garland is hanging vertically, wind some silver wire ribbon or a string of lights, if possible, and some sparkly icicles or homemade paper snowflakes. Around your dining room chairs, wrap some thick unwired ribbon with a two-looped ribbon. Glue some small adornments on the centre of the bow, if you like, such as a piece of evergreen and twigs.? On every door in your home consider a wreath and inside each room add a Christmas-themed pillow, for the bed, couch or chairs. Funky wreaths and pillows work for a child's bedroom, fancy ones for the living room and playful ones for the basement. Decorate to your heart's content. There's no need to relegate the holiday decor to the main floor. (RMM) The Trees for Toys project is a fun, charitable program where donated Christmas Trees The Trees for Toys project is a fun, bringing charitable an program where donated Trees are given away, free, to anyone unwrapped toy or Christmas gift. All toys are donated given away, free, to anyone bringing an unwrapped toy or gift. All toys are donated to are children in Oakville area. to children in Oakville area. Give the gift of music lessons at KAOS Music Give the gift of music this Christmas by treating the budding musician on your list to music lessons. KAOS Music offers lessons for all ages including special beginner groups. This past September, KAOS Music opened its first satellite school in the Maple Grove Village mall on Cornwall at Maplegrove, and began teaching private music lessons as well as group guitar classes exclusively for adults. The beautifully-designed studio offers private lesson in piano, guitar, voice, violin as well as woodwinds and ukulele. There is also a specialized beginner adult group guitar program created by the NYC Guitar School in Manhattan. Designed for adults with nothing more then a desire to play guitar, this course teaches adults how to get playing quickly in a fun social one hour weekly class. There is no note reading at all, just playing technique and lots of fun. It's designed for adults with busy work schedules with multiple options for the students if they miss a class. While only a few months old at this point, KAOS Music Lesson Studios leans on its years of experience running its Toronto based music store and school, founded in 1989 by owner Bill Bates. The new Oakville school offers a talented and dynamic faculty of teachers and further benefits from Bates' wife and business partner Shana, who brings her unique brand of style and enthusiasm to the Oakville location. Being a brand new facility, the owners were able to build a studio with spacious, comfortable, sound controlled rooms for its students to learn in, outfitted with state of the art equipment. For parents and caregivers, the contemporary design of the waiting area provides a space to relax and rejuvenate while waiting. It also has a stock of books and Lego for any extra kids to play with while waiting. This is all topped off with complimentary filtered water and a selection of fruit for the customers. Advertorial Activities for the day include: Activities for the day include: For more information please contact: Thank You to Simon Tingle for developing the website.