Alternative Thanksgiving Entertaining Ideas

HGTV’s Libby Langdon knows all about packing small spaces with big style. But the decorating star also has some great entertaining ideas up her sleeve, including clever alternatives to traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
While each of the following ideas focuses on get-together planning, its centerpiece is what the holiday is all about: celebrating life and the people we love.

Fall into the season

Fall into the season with designer Libby Langdon – By Sheba R. Wheeler 

The Denver Post
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VH1 July 2008 VH1 Save the Music Concert Dinner

The “Hamptons” and “fun and fabulous parties” are synonymous; gorgeous homes, fantastic food, sensational settings and great people mix perfectly to create memorable, magical events. I’m an interior designer but I love to entertain, cook and host parties just as much as I love designing beautiful surroundings. This past weekend I designed the post concert private dinner for the VH1 Save the Music Concert at Morris and Jaci Reid’s home in Easthampton, NY. 

HOME SHOW: Green can be 'Better' - Eco-friendly lifestyle, products visit Las Vegas

Living green doesn’t mean having to sacrifice style in your home. Just ask interior designer Libby Langdon.

Langdon, host of “Small Space Big Style” on HGTV, learned all about green design as she created environmentally friendly living environments for the Living Green Tour and Exhibit.

What's Out and What's In

In looking at trends I find it just as helpful to see what’s on its way out from the last season as what is on its way in for this next. The exciting thing about the High Point Market is the opportunity to see what trends will be impacting the consumer in the next year and a half. I’ll be there this April to get the inside scoop, but here are the trends I see reaching the consumer, as well as retail outlets, right now.

HGTV's Libby Langdon Learns How to Turn Her Design Styles "Green"

Libby becomes part of a 15 city Living Green Tour to feature eco-friendly products and home ideas

NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2008 – Westin Reinhart

Interior designer and lifestyle enthusiast Libby Langdon is taking the first steps in learning how to make interior design “green”. Libby has joined Better Homes and Gardens and Green Works™ on The Living Green Tour and Exhibit™ that is traveling nationwide educating consumers on how they can make the interior design of their homes better for the environment. Libby will use her design expertise and creative insight at the exhibit to bring consumers smart solutions on how to live beautifully and eco-friendly.

Interior Design Trends – Goodbye 2007, Hello 2008

2007 (or general) Design Trends on their way out:

- Painting your trim (baseboard/crown molding) a color darker than your – Crisp, clean white is back.