If there is one new book you purchase this year, I would most highly recommend Aerin Lauder’s latest: Entertaining Beautifully, published by Rizzoli this fall. We are huge fans of Aerin’s elegant and timeless style here at The Glam Pad and didn’t think her first book, Beauty at Home, could be outdone. But Entertaining Beautifully is absolutely a new favorite. It is an invitation into the endlessly inspiring and unique celebrations of the the iconic tastemaker and hostess, revealing how to bring beauty, style, and joy into milestone events, holidays, or everyday moments and meals.
Aerin and her family celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah, and today we are sharing highlights from her lovely holiday celebrations, as featured in Entertaining Beautifully. In addition, we will visit Christmas Past with a collection of some of her most inspiring images.
Aerin and her family put a Christmas tree in the library where they gather on Christmas morning to exchange gifts. Image from from Entertaining Beautifully, courtesy of Rizzoli.
The mantel is decorated with evergreen garlands and the tree is lavished with meaningful ornaments collected over the years. Image from from Entertaining Beautifully, courtesy of Rizzoli.
Appliquéd Christmas stockings filled with small treats for Aerin’s sons. Image from from Entertaining Beautifully, courtesy of Rizzoli.
Bowls of ornaments and colorful Christmas candy add a festive touch to the coffee table. Image from from Entertaining Beautifully, courtesy of Rizzoli.
Enjoying a gingerbread house from William Poll is an annual tradition. Image from from Entertaining Beautifully, courtesy of Rizzoli.
Each year, Aerin’s mother gifts a classic red leather album from Asprey filled with thoughtfully selected family photos. Image from from Entertaining Beautifully, courtesy of Rizzoli.
Williams Sonoma Home 2017
Williams Sonoma Home 2017
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House & Garden 2007
Aerin’s latest book, Entertaining Beautifully.
Entertaining Beautifully is organized by season and encompasses more than twenty celebrations, from a spring floral dinner or a lobster-roll picnic on a boat to Thanksgiving leftovers in a log cabin and a white winter Champagne party in the city. Mini-chapters on stylish family and friends like her mother, Jo Carole Lauder; Daniel Romualdez; Caroline Sieber von Westenholz; and Maria Hummer-Tuttle reveal Aerin’s own entertaining inspirations, as does an “Homage to Estée” chapter about her legendary soirées. Aerin shares all of her secrets, tips, and imaginative ideas in this lavishly illustrated and irresistible volume.
Entertaining Beautifully is available for purchase via Amazon, and it would make a wonderful gift this holiday season. For further Christmas gift ideas, please visit The Glam Pad’s Christmas with the Tastemaker’s Gift Guide featuring tips for everyone on your shopping list from 20 of the nation’s top designers and tastemakers!
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